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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. A RGUMENTS and debates on ^ sports reach fever heat in so many army camps, here and abroad, that one regrets there are only 24 honrs in a day and the type writer carries only so many words. Here are a few of the answers to a swarm of questions: 1— In our opinion, the best fighter we ever saw, pound for pound, was the late Harry Greb, the Little Hercules, who as a middleweight, in his prime beat such high - class heavy weights as Gene Tunney, Tom Gib bons, Jack Dillon and on the side an noyed Jack Demp sey beyond meas ure in two sparring partner stands. GrantlandRice 2— We still have no idea how Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis would have concluded their program, had they met when each was at his peak—the Demp sey who wrecked Willard and the Louis who wrecked Schmeling. In any event the action would have been terrific. Louis was the better boxer and the better two-handed puncher. Dempsey was the faster, the more aggressive and the harder to hurt. 3— Most of the pro golfers rate Byron Nelson as the best golfer who has come along in the last ten years —considering shot-making ability with every club and tournament temperament. Nelson is the golfer they always have to beat. Close rivals—Sammy Snead, Craig Wood, Ben Hogan s^nd Jug McSpaden. 4— This is a tough one. The Car dinals should win the National League pennant under wraps. The American League is tougher, with the Yankees favored if the draft breaks are about even. Washing ton’s Senators can supply their full share of trouble. The A. L. should offer a much eloser scramble through the summer campaign. THE OPA AND BEAUTY Federal control of beauty is at hand! We are to ‘'administrate’' pulchritude. • The OPA is about to include lips, eyebrows and cheeks in the same general category with broccoli, es- carole, chuck pot-roasts and citrus fruits. • At the request of the senate bank ing committee, Chester Bowles is drawing up an amendment to the price control act to give OPA power to control prices in beauty parlors. “I think the public is entitled to this protection,” announces the OPA chief. • Woman, lovely woman, Is more .important to war morale than fresh regetables, pork products, canned fruit juices and recapped tires. What man will oppose a ceiling on any thing that contributes to her beauty? ♦ Those eyes, those lips, those cheeks 'are essential to victory. Never let it be said that America lost a battle because of snapshots showing the fighting men that their wives, sisters and sweethearts have found facials too prohibitive. • America’s beauty resources are second to none. We lead the world in mascara reserves. We have a bumper crop of rouge and rinses every year. There is enough beauty to go around, if the prices are con trolled. We look for OPA beauty ceilings any day now: Facials (round and chubby) $0.60 Facials (long and thin) .65 Facials (extra dry) >?5 Rinses (dressed) -50 Permanents (feathers off) .80 > To trifle with the famous poets; My Daphne’s hair is twisted gold, Bright stars apiece her eyes do hold; My Daphne’s brow enthrones the Graces— Thanks to a ceiling on such faces! Washington, D. C. BNPROMOTED COMBAT FLIERS One thing that gripes the boys at die front is the way a lot of the desk ifficers in the war department and rthers here at home seem to get gromotions more rapidly than the boys who are up on the fifing line. Some of them feel so badly about it that they aren’t anxious to come tome, though given opportunities of tmiough, because they are out ranked by their old friends at home. For instance, most of the new pi tots just arriving in England are second lieutenants. They haven’t teen on any missions at all. Mean while, men who have been in Eng land for two years, and have been lying over Europe constantly, still temain second lieutenants. "How many do you have?” asks some newly arrived pilot who has Sown twice across the channel, each light being a mission. • • • TIRE-RATION PROBE The Office of Price Administration la quietly probing several cases of tire ration violations which promise lo be sensational. They go right tato some of the biggest tire com panies of the country. One of the big tire companies It being probed on a charge of having failed to void the tire ration certificates turned in to them by retailers. In other words, when a retail tire store or garage sells a tire, it has to send back to tbe tire manufac turer the certificate issued by tbe OPA ration board. Howev er, the OPA is tracking down reports that these tire certifi cates, instead of being stamped as used, are going back to the dealers, or else remaining with them in the first place. Thus, they are able to sell more tires without requiring more certifi cates in exchange. Another big company is being investigated by the OPA for buy ing up new tires of various makes from dealers and later reselling them through the com pany’s own stores at consider able loss. Even though not the tires made by this company, the loss was considered a good in vestment because it got motor ists into the habit of trading with this company’s retail stores. There may be some startling news breaking on this soon. • • • GERMANY’S SMART CHOICES U. S. experts who have studied Ihe Nazi military setup to resist in- rasion figure that Hitler—or whoev er did the picking for him— *as smart in his selection of German military leaders. Three of the best men in the German army have been given the job of combating what the Nazis know is the death thrust at Germany. No. 1 is Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt, considered the best strategist and over-all commander In Germany. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, immediately under him, is die best man for lightning moves Kid panzer tactics. Finally, Colonel General Heinz Suderian is considered the best tank sommander in the German army. U. S. experts, who believe in look- big facts in the face, classify these diree as among the top military brains of Europe. • • • DAYLIGHT SAVING TO END? It looks as if daylight-saving time arere going to be abolished with- aut giving the President a chance to Mock the repeal. Several resolutions have been introduced to abolish war time, as a result of protests from farmers in agricultural areas. These are now before Repre sentative Clarenee Lea of Cali fornia and his Interstate Com merce committee, and it looks as if one of them would be re ported out and passed. If so, it cannot be vetoed by the President, for the original bill es tablishing war time provided that it was to end six months after the war, ar upon a concurrent resolution by both houses of congress. This latter provision precludes a veto, since resolutions are not sub ject to being overruled by the White House. In fact, Congressman Lea arrote his original daylight-saving bin in this form for the specific pur pose of heading off the White House in case Congress wanted to abolish war time. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF ff. Congratulations to Lieut. Harry B. Paul Barnhart for bringing laughs lo the boys in the South Pacific with his army show "Stars and Gripes.” Every day the state department condenses foreign news develop ments for its officials both at home and abroad. It is one of the fairest news summaries in Washington. 1. The navy is starting a school of government, similar to the army’s at Charlottesville, Va., to train men so govern occupied territories. Some aavy men are wisecracking that diey don’t need to train governors yt occupation because the British lake over all Pacific possessions as toon as we capture them. (The Solo mons and New Guinea were largely British before the war.) WADING IN DEEP WATER. 5— This is an even tougher prob lem from the marine base at Parris Island. College and pro football will depend largely - on the progress of the war this spring and summer. I know the navy is more than keen to keep football going. But those colleges under army control will have a rough time keeping football alive. Navy Secretary Forrestal is a strong believer in competitive play, just as Secretary Knox was. The odd part is that Princeton, play ing out her schedule last year, is through for this season. But other colleges who dropped out in 1943 will be back in 1944. 6— Rating the five greatest home- run hitters isn’t so complicated. After Ruth you have Jimmy Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott and Hank Greenberg. Don’t forget that Home Run Baker of the Athletics led his league four years in succession with a total of 39 home runs. The quality of the ball they hit has made a kill ing difference. Ten home runs a sea son in Home Run Baker’s day was something to cheer about. 7— A query from Ft. Monmouth— The Cardinals are a kick-in for the National League pennant unless they keep losing men in the draft. If a few more like*Musial and Lit- whiler are called, that whittles them down to closer competition. But even in that case, they have the best reserves left. Max Lanier and Mort Cooper alone can come close to winning a pennant with only a fair amount of outside help. 8— South Pacific— From all ap pearances the navy team will be football’s 1944 standout. Judging from present prospects, navy has a squad even better than its 1943 ar ray, which lost only to Notre Dame. And there will be no 1943 Notre Dame team against the coming autumn skyline. Army will be good, but hardly up to navy class with the stars that are expected to shine along the Severn. It would not be surprising to see navy the best team in the country, college or pro. Outside of navy and army, one guess is just as good as another. 9— North Africa—There have been more great first basemen and sec ond basemen than there have been star shortstops and third basemen. I couldn’t tell you why. But there has been no list on the left side of the diamond to compare with Sis- ler, Gehrig, Chase, Terry, Hornsby, Collins, Frisch, Lajoie, Gehringer, Evers, Gordon and a few more. The number of great shortstops and great third basemen has been on the limited side. GREATEST SHORTSTOP 10—A sergeant asks, “Outside of Hans Wagner, who is the best short stop the big leagues have ever known—especially in fielding. Well, sergeant, we can take you back to Herman Long of the old Bos ton Nationals. We can move you along to Bancroft and Jackson of the Giants, to Joe Tinker of the Cubs, to Jack Barry of the Athletics, to Leo Durocher of the Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Cardinals and Dodgers, to Marion of the Cardinals, to Crosetti of the Yankees. On Daphne’s cheeks grow rose and cherry. On Daphne’s lips a sweeter bsrry; My Daphne is a thing of beauty— For OPA has done its duty! • There is a garden in her face, Where roses and white lilies grow; 4 heavenly Paradise is that place Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow; There cherries grow which none can try— If Chester Bowles decrees “Too high!” • • • THE FIREMAN AND THE EXTRA JOB A member of a big city fire de partment, found to be working in a factory on the side, has been dis missed from the department. He thinks it unfair, insisting that there is nothing wrong in a fireman work ing somewhere else when not on his shift at the firehouse. « He thinks it strictly proper for a fireman to change quickly from uni form to shop clothes and—presto! —appear in a factory with his thoughts completely detached from things burning. There would be times when, high on an extension ladder during a big fire he would quit for lunch sharply at noon. * And other times when busily at work on a production line he would drop everything and start yelling for his rubber boots, at the sound of a firebell. * The fireman says he took a side job in a factory to help win the war. And he says he has a letter from Washington praising him foi such patriotism. Whether Washing ton favors the idea of all firemen bustling from their shifts at the hose companies to join the night force at the war factory has not been stated. But if so we hope the administration won’t encourage the police to be similarly patriotic. • It’s nice to know that when you want a cop you won’t be told he will come over when the shop closes. • The fireman says that he has had numerous offers for his services from factories at much higher pay than fire departments pay. We trust this will not be carried too far. Even a war plant owner may find his house on fire sometime. And it will annoy him to discover that the fire depart ment has closed down because of the trouble keeping the help. • • • Vanishing Americanisms 1. —I can get you anything you want. 2. —Let’s have the car completely overhauled. 3. —Waiter, a planked steak for four! 4. —Do you think the Democrats will ever get in office? 5. —The boss is a swell guy; I wanna see him get along. 6. —Get in early, work hard, never mind the clock and you’ll succeed in life. A HANDSOME pair of cushions to brighten up your living r< m may be made from things on hand or from remnants of silk. Frequently the largest pieces of the skirt of an old silk dress may be used for a pair of matching cushions. The backing may be made of sateen. A soft fold of a contrasting silk around the edge makes a smart finish. The sketch shows how such a fold is cut and applied. Eighteen inches square is a good size for the cushions and, if you have an assortment of cushicns of Good Buy for You! different sizes, it is easy to trans fer the filling into ticks of the size you want. Stitch and turn, leaving a four-inch opening in one side. Rip a smaller opening in the old ticking; sew the large opening over the smaller one and then work the filling through. Rip apart and saw the new ticking with close stitches. • • • NOTE: This illustration is from BOOK 2 of the Mend-and-Save-for-Victory book lets. 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