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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
Gems of Thought
TP WE give way to our pas-
sions we do but gratify our
selves for the present in order
to our future disquiet.—Tillot-
son.
A pause, a hush, a wonder growing;
A prophets vision understood;
In that strange spell of his bestowing.
They dreamed, with him, of Brother
hood.
—HARRISON D MASON.
Men must know that in this
theater of human life it remain-
eth only to God and the angels to
be lookers on.—Francis Bacon.
Duty so soon tires. Love goes
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NAZI PEACE FEELERS
Reports that the German general!
revolted against Hitler only after
peace negotiations with Russia
failed, have caused Washington dip
lomatic sources to reveal that, on
two previous occasions, German
peace feelers were extended to Rus
sia.
In fact, there was a very deep
fear in U. S. army-navy circles that
Russia might be tempted by these
earlier offers, especially during the
days when no second front had been
started and when Stalin was bitter
against the Allies for not starting it.
Nazi peace offer number 1 was
made several months after Stalin
grad, during the early winter of 1943.
The peace proposal was made by
the Japanese ambassador in Mos
cow, who, being neutral, was in a
position to lay the matter before
Foreign Commissar Molotoff. Just
what was in the Nazi olive branch
is not definitely known, though Hit
ler was reported ready to give back
to the Russians all of their pre-1939
territory except the Ukraine.
Molotoff is reported to have torn
up the offer and thrown it into the
waste-basket.
Nazi peace offer number 2 was
made in the summer of 1943 in a
villa on the outskirts of Stockholm.
It was made by Hans Thomsen, Ger
man ambassador to Sweden and for
mer charge d’affaires in Washing
ton. Thomsen, who speaks perfect
English, was bom of a Norwegian
father, and married a Hungarian
who was openly bitter against Hitler
and constantly damned him at Wash
ington dinner parties. Washington
hostesses never knew whether Frau
Thomsen really hated Hitler or was
putting on an act to show that there
could be freedom of expression
among Germans.
At any rate, Hitler later gave her
husband a position of great trust as
ids own personal interpreter, then
sent him to Sweden, where Thom
sen handled the peace discussion
with the Russians.
The Stockholm olive branch also
was rebuffed by the Russians, though
they didn’t hesitate to let the Allies
know that something like this was
being talked about—even intimated
that, if the second front wasn’t
opened before long, the next olive
branch might be more acceptable.
Churchill never took any stock
in these intimations, claimed the
Russians were bluffing and
would never make a separate
peace with the Nails. His thesis
was that Stalin would be thrown
out of Russia if he did. This
was one reason why Churchill
kept palling back from starting
a seeond front.
Roosevelt, however, felt that
(1) it was only fair to the Rus
sians to carry out what we had
promised them and the world as
early as 1942; that (2) a second
front was the one way to keep
Germany busy on two fronts and
end the war in a hurry.
• • •
DESTRUCTION OF THE ROBOT
Authentic London reports are not
too encouraging regarding destruc
tion of the robot bomb. Greatest
success has been in knocking it out
in the air with fighter planes. How
ever, it takes a robot just 3% min
utes to cross the channel, so the
fighters have to work witik terrific
speed. (Total time from the bomb’s
launching until the time it hits Lon
don is estimated at 10 minutes.)
If they knock the bomb down over
London, it explodes with just as
much damage as if they had let it
alone, so there is only one place to
go after it—over the channel.
Once a robot escapes the fighters
and passes over London, anti-air
craft fire is stopped and the only
thing to do is to let the bomb take
its course and explode wherever it
hits.
Furthermore, it is not easy to
knock down a robot over the channel.
Gunfire must strike its nose in or
der to explode it. A cannon ball
in the body of the robot plane, how
ever, will usually knock it out. Some
intrepid fighters have flown up very
close—the robot cannot fire back
—and tipped up its wing with the
wing of tiie fighter.
NOTE — The Germans recently
have perfected a clock which goes
off inside the robot about ten min
utes after it leaves France, or about
tbeHtime it is over London. This
clock turns the robot’s tail rudder
so that it makes an eerie, graceful
curve as if someone were inside
piloting it, or as if it were radio-
controlled. This sudden turn is cal
culated by the Germans to send it in
a different direction from that in
which the British are preparing to
receive it.
• • •
ROBOT BOMBS IN LONDON
The uncensored diplomatic pouch
from London reports that the pro-
•portion of Americans being killed by
Hitler’s robot bombs is greater than
the proportion of British. This is
because Americans in London
haven’t learned to adjust themselves
to living in a city where death lurks
at every corner.
Because Americans aren’t trained
in watching for means of protection
in the street, they lose that split sec
ond’s time necessary to get out of
the way of flying glass and bricka.
A S IS usual, in an army camp, an
argument over sports was un
der way. This one on baseball came
in the wake of the recent all-star
game in Pittsburgh.
The general idea was this—if you
picked two all-star teams from both
leagues, dating back
to 1900, and they
played a series of
seven games, which
league would win?
Naturally the first
move in such a situ
ation is the selec
tion of the two
teams. Which inci
dentally, will only
drag in another ar
gument. I’m stick
ing my neck out,
but here we go—
NAT'L LEAGUE
Grantland Rice
AMER. LEAGUE
Catchers
Bresnahan, Dickey,
Hartnett Cochrane
Pitchers
Alexander, Matty, Johnson, Grove,
Hnbbell, Dean Walsh, Waddell
First Base
Terry, Chance Sisler, Gehrig
Second Base
Frisch, Eddie qollins,
Hornsby Lajoie
Third Base
Traynor, Bradley,
Jimmy Collins Baker
Shortstop
Wagner Joe Cronin
Outfield
F. Clarke, Moore, Cobb, Speaker,
Ott, Sheckard Both
Cy Young isn’t included in the list
of pitchers since the Gilmore, Ohio,
phenom pitched for both leagues.
His winning record of 511 games
leaves the others far behind.
Having taken the first hurdle in
naming the two teams the next bar
rier is picking the winner.
You would find on both sides, bril
liant pitching skill thrown against
terrific hitting. When this combina
tion collides, the star pitcher usual
ly has the call. Only great pitching
could suppress these hitters, but the
great pitching is there.
Rating the Two Squads
1. The catchers—Here the Ameri
can league has at least a shade. As
good as Bresnahan and Hartnett
were, Dickey and Cochrane are at
least close to being the two all-time
tops, especially on the power side.
2. The pitching—Anyone who can
say that either league has the win
ning margin here is a better guesser
than I am, taking all eight in their
beSt years. Walter Johnson would
be the hardest to beat, but the two
sets average arm and arm. We’ll
give the pitching a draw.
3. The infields—With Sisler and
Gehrig the American league has a
decided advantage around first base.
Bill Terry was about the best all-
around first baseman the National
league had to show, but there may
be a stronger choice in Frank
Chance. The consistent batting pow
er of Sisler and Gehrig is well above
the N. L. pair.
I'd say the A. L. also has the edge
at second base with Eddie Collins
and Nap Lajoie on the job. These
two were among the harder and bet
ter hitters, although neither out
ranked Hornsby in this respect. They
were also among the greatest de
fensive inflelders in baseball history.
The Summing Up
The A. L. takes a healthy lead in
the outfield. Cobb, Speaker and
Ruth, form an incomparable trio.
Just back of these would come Jack-
son, DiMaggio and Ted Williams.
Fred Clarke of Pittsburgh, Terry
Moore of St. Louis, Mel Ott of the
Giants, Jimmy Sheckard of Chica
go’s Cubs (also Brooklyn) might
form a stronger defensive combina
tion. I think they would. Bnt they
would be outclassed on the attack
ing side in the run-making depart
ment.
For that matter Cobb, Speaker
and Ruth were never listed with
the lame and blind defensively. They
could also roam quite a bit.
To help out the army-camp argu
ment, it would be my guess that the
American league outfield would sup
ply the winning balance on the side
of power. They wouldn’t be mur
dering such pitchers as Hubbell, Al
exander, Matty and Dean but when
you add up the combined assaulting
ingredients the A. L. can offer, you
get a trifle too much for the N. L.
'■» match.
The National league’s best chance
would be in the box with four of the
smartest pitchers and four of the
greatest competitors that ever baf
fled a batting eye.
In this ledger the A. L. wins in a
driving finish.
College Football Outlook
One odd fact is that 1944 will have
many more colleges playing football
than 1943 could show. Army col
leges will still be up against the
same handicap that wrecked so
many teams last fall.
From present indications, after
the start of midsummer practice, a
far greater number of squads will
be more evenly matched than they
were a year ago where too many
teams were badly outclassed. Few
experienced players are left now.
WHY, DOCTOR!
A Chicago doctor, the new presi
dent of the American Medical asso
ciation, says the vitamin is being
overdone. The people of America
couldn’t be sick enough to need all
the vitamin pills that are being
made and sold every year, he de
clares.
•
The doctor doesn’t belittle some
very swell work being done by vita
mins A, B, C (and so on down the
alphabet), but he says it is time to
halt excessive claims. We are with
the medico. Too many claims are
being made that vitamins will do
everything up to and including the
reconditioning of a hair sofa, the
eliminatioh of birdshot wounds and
the lifting of fallen arches.
*
“Try a bottle of this remarkable
pale ale tonight,” says the radio
voice, “and get these important vita
mins that will <ure general debility,
cross-eyes, low blood pressure, mea
sles and cigarette breath.”
»
“Do you sometimes feel a little
below par?” says another air-wave
pleader. “Are there moments when
you are not the life of any gathering?
Rash out now and buy a loaf ot Mc-
Swiffey’s bread, so full of vitamins
that you will never again know what
it is to feel off form.”
•
You no sooner swallow that one
than an announcer shouts: “Begin
wolfing these remarkable gumdrops
today. Full of vitamins A, B, C, D
and E; they will put you in such
shape that you will never know a
day’s illness!”
•
Then to top it off comes one of
those jingles: %
Would you be a fine American—
A credit to the land?
Buy Superdooper Nuttybars,
And chew to beat the band!
* • •
It’s being overdone to a point
where thousands of Americans who
really need vitamins get sore at
the very mention of them.
*
Elmer Twitchell thinks there is a
fortune in it for the maker of any
American product who will go on
the air with the simple statement
to the unpitied audience:
“I offer you this product with no
elaim whatever except that it is the
best I know how to produce. I’m
not quite sure myself just what
health-giving properties are in it. All
I want the public to know is that
whatever vitamins may be involved
are entirely accidental.”
*
But Mr. Twitchell may be biased.
He fell badly for a brand of animbl
crackers sold to him on the repre
sentation that it had a vitamin that
would eliminate buckteeth, cure a
charley horse and add 20 yards to
his drive.
• • •
MRS. DEWEY’S VIEWPOINT
“Mrs. Dewey said she would not
make speeches, talk on the radio or
write for the newspapers.”—(News
item.)
I will not write a column.
Nor talk by radio;
I’ll make no lecture tours.
Or round the nation go;
If I get in the White House
I’ll stick to plain brass tacks;
Let Thomas run the country—
And just let me RELAX!
No syndicate can touch me.
I’ll show no writing style
With men like Westbrook Pegler
And Simms and Ernie Pyle;
I’ll not record my doings—
I’U merely be a wife;
Let Thomas have the spotlight,
I crave the peaceful life.
I will not give indorsements
For beds or books and such;
I’ll have no platform manner.
Nor literary touch;
I’ll have no railroad schedules;
No bugles will I sound;
If I get to the White House
I think I’U stick around.
I feel it must be pleasant
To occupy the place,
And do a little sitting
And set no dizzy pace;
Let Thomas get the headlines.
Red, black or green or pink;
The White House must be lovely
When one would sit and think.
To keep it nice and cosy—
Te see the cooking’s right—
To be around when Tommy
Is lonesome is my deUght:
I’U soothe him when he’s fretful.
And cheer him when he’s gruff;
Just staying in the White House,
Gosh, CANNOT be so tough!
• • •
Dr. Charles Kettering announces
that he developed a rocket plane 25
years ago, as did Lawrence Sperry;
and that since the Nazis decided to
resort to this type of thing, we are
certain to produce something bigger
and better. Can’t you imagine the
howl the Nazis wiU put up about
brutal qnd uncivilized tactics when
this happens?
• • •
There are certain serious short
ages in Germany, the largest of
which are in convincing explana
tions and alibis v „ : . <-
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