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PASS POUR m Newberry sun PRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1944 3Tf> 8$U1» 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday In The Year Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1!?37, at tht postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Coneress of March 3, 1879. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDUSTRY The CIO Political Action Commit tee, with its instructions to canvas sers to call on every home in a given area, should suggest something to industry., For instance, what has CIO to sell the people that employing industry has not ? After it is all said and done, industry provides the jobs for the workers. Without private indus try, there would be no need for un ions and thousands of well paid union officials. Totalitarian countries do not tolerate labor unions. You don’t strike under a Hitler or a Mussolini unless you wish to face a firing squad. • If Labor is wise, it will do nothing to undermine the future of private enterprise. And if industry is wise, it will be aggresive in seeing that its story is told in every {possible way to every citizen. Free labor and free enterprise can only rise or fall to gether, and it is foolish for either to do anything that destroys the other. AMERICA’S UNDERGROUND ARMY America has an underground army. Its weapons are electricity, com pressed air, picks and shovels. Its G.I. is the coal miner. He has not fully realized the essential character of his work or he would not have sanctioned work stoppages. Without coal we would be reduced to fighting this war with bows and arrows. The four most important war chemicals phenol, toluene, am monia, naphthalene) are possible on ly because of the work of the coal miner. All high explosives depend upon coal. Every ton of coal a miner mines produces enough steel to make a 2,000-pound bomb Fifty-five per cent of all mechanical energy used in the United States is produced by coal, because 55 per cent of all elec tric power in the United States is produced by coal. The energy con tained in the coal mined daily in the United States is equal to the energy of 500 Niagara Falls Ninety-five per cent of railroad locomotives are powered by coal. The equivalent of 1 1-2 billion tons was hauled between New York and San Francisco by coal burning locomotives in 1942. And this is not all. Eighty-five per cent of all war plastics that go into such items as bomber noses, gas masks, shell noses, radio apparatus, tele phones, pontoons, proiptellers, skis, life rafts, and lacquers require pro cessed bituminous coal as a base. Fi- nally, two-thirds of America’s homes are heated by coal or coke. America could not win the war without its underground army of coal miners. U. S. FLAG RAISED OVER GUAM FOR 1ST TIME IN 2 1-2 YEARS Guam, Marianas Islands, July 30 —(Via Navy Radio)—The American flag was raised yesterday over the Marine barracks on Guam for the first time in two and a half years, by unshaven Marines whose battle uniforms were caked with red clay of this United States island. The bodies of Japanese strewn among the battered pillboxes and revetments along Orote peninsula air field and in the smouldering ruins of Fumay told the story of the bloody battle waged by the marines to re capture the soil so closely related to marine tradition. Capture of the 31-2-mile long peninsula gave the Americans con trol of all three sides of Apra har bor. Gunboats patroled its waters to day to pick off any live Japanese re maining. Six gunboats steamed into the har bor yesterday. As they approached the ruins of Fort Santa Craz, they were greeted by a blast of machine gun fire from a band of Japanese who had dug themselves into the old Spanish fortress. The American flag was raised over the wrecked and smoldering barracks as the first provisional marine bri gade wiped out the last pockets of resistance at the narrow tip of the peninsula. The ceremony was attended by three ranking marine generals—Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith, Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geigler, and Brig. Gen. Lem uel C. Shepherd, Jr., the latter from La Jolla, Calif. “I take great pleasure in stand ing here today on this hallowed ground where our marines were killed or captured by the enemy,” said General Shepherd, whose provisional marine brigade wiped out the Japa nese on recaptured Orote peninsula. “Yon kept the heat on them,” said General Smith, “and they can’t take it**. And Geiger added, “You licked the Japs on every occasion where you would find them.” GREATER PRECAUTIONS IN RURAL ELECTRICITY » FAVOR FAMILY IN REALTY SALE Government to Follow Policy of Selling Surplus to Individuals, Farmers Washington, July 23—The govern ment will follow a policy of selling its surplus real estate in family-size parcels and to farm purchasers who will cultivate the land themselves, W. L. Clayton, surplus war propertv ad ministrator, announced today. * '* The statement replied in part to criticism of the surplus farm land disposal program by James G. Pat ton, president of the National Farm ers union. Patton in a statement two weeks ago opposed assignment of the .sales job to the Reconstruction Fi- nance corporation, predicting dom ination of the disposal program by the National Association of Real Estate Boards and further control of agriculture by big interests. The government has acquired large acreages of land for war purposes which R will not need when hostilities end. Clayton, in an outline of general policies to be followed by the RFC on real estate other than industiral property, set forth these additional objectives: To sell as promptly as possible at current values without undue dis- rupturn of the market; . ^ outright, reserving the . 8T over onient recapture only if national defense re<}uires; To give former owners an oppor tunity to repurchase their land at current market values; And to avoid sales to speculators or persons .planing to combine small tiacts into large ones for speculative purposes. Clayton said all land would be ap praised and “experienced a nd 'disin terested men” usually drawn from the local community. “Agricultural and other rural land may be replot- ted into economic units,” he said but it is not planned that city or subur ban land would ordinarily be so treated. The surplus property chief said that wherever it is held to be ad visable that land be subdivided to bring about a satisfactory disposal, the subdivision will be done without regard to the size of the original tPflCt “Emphasis IS placed upon the need of exercising every effort to find buyers who will themselves buy and use the property,” Clayton added. To this end, surplus agricultural land will be sold in family-sized farms.” Clemson, July 22.—In connection with National Farm Safety Week, July 23-29, the attention of users' of rural electric current and electrically operated equipment is called to some of the more urgent {precautions ad vocated by REA and extension work ers, says C. V. Phagan, extension ag ricultural engineer. These precautions include proper, installation and inspection of wiring; location of switches beyond reach of children or animals; grounding and insulation of equipment wherever rec ommended; use of appliances in a dry location and only when operator’s hands and feet are dry; adequate lighting around equipment used; en closure or guarding of gears, rotat ing parts and belts; and proper use of fuses. A blown fuse is an indication of too much load on the electrical circuit, a wiring fault, or short circuit. Safety demands that the trouble be located before a new fuse is inserted and that only fuses of the .proper size are used. I Overloading the electrical circuit, 'using metal sockets instead of por celain ones, permitting wire insula tion to become frayed or worn, and using extension cords as permanent installations are a few of the danger ous practices often reported. Many avoidable electrical accidents occur aling high-voltage power lines as well as cn the farm wiring circuit, REA warns High objects, such as well casings or hay loaders, some times come in contact with a power line as the result of farmers’ care lessness. REA system managers are con stantly warning farmers to keep peo ple and livestock away from fallen power wires and to report line trou ble to system headquarters so that experienced maintenance men can promptly make repairs IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN MILK STRESSED IN DEMONSTRATION By P. B. Ezell, County Agent “Throughout the ages, milk has been recognized as an indispensable food, and milk is truly nature’s most nearly perfect food,” stated B. E. Goodale, extension dairy produlcts specialist, during his discussion on “The Production of Clean Milk and Cream on the Farm” which was a ipart of the all-day dairy products processing demonstrations held in Newberry o njuly 27. Mr. Goodale outlined the essentials of producing and processing clean milk from the cow to the table, lay ing special emphasis on cleanliness of bams, yards, cows, milers, uten sils, and the utmost importance of rapid cooling and low holding tem peratures. Cleaning and sterilizing all milk utensils was stressed. “Milk is superior to any other food or combination of foods as a source of calcium,” said Mr. Goodale in discussing the food values of milk, "Calcium in one quart of milk is equivalent to the calcium in 28 oranges or 6 pounds of cabbage or 7 pounds of carrots or 27 pounds of {potatoes or 39 eggs. “One quart of milk furnishes 32.4 grams of protein—about one half of the daily protein need of an av erage adult and one-third or more of the daily need of a normal grow ing child. “Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 or G, is indispensable for growth —and for health and vigor in adult life. One quart of milk furnished as much riboflavin as 12 eggs or 1 1-2 pounds of dried navy beans or 2 1-3 pounds of lean round or 14 ounces of American cheese.” County Agent P. B. Ezell and Home Demonstration Agent Ethel L. Counts were responsible for the plans and exhibits for the local dem onstration. WEST CONFISCATES JAP LANDS By HOLLIS B. FULTZ Chief Investigator, Washington State Attorney General’s Office In at least one place in the United States where Japanese had heavily infiltrated during the 30-year period prior to Pearl Harbor, action is be ing taken to oust them from the lands which they have in one way or another surreptitiously acquired and to make it impossible for this low- grade, longhour Oriental competition to ever again undersell the Ameri can farmers of the Pacific coast. Actions to transfer to the State of Washington all titles in real estate now owned by Japanese aliens have been begun in seven counties of the state and unquestionably many other suits will be filed later These suits were all filed by the office of Attorney General Smith Troy as the result of a long and ex haustive investigation ordered by him before his entry into the army in 1941. Troy is now serving as a major with the American expedition ary forces in Europe. The estimated value of the land in volved in the first suits filed is ap- .;>roxinjately $300,000 and the prose cuting attorneys of the various coun ties in which this land is located all joined with the attorney general’s of fice in the filing of the complaints. The laws of Washington State make it a crime to sell property to a Japanese alien or to in any way help such an alien secure an interest in real estate. Aliens have no right to any interest in real propertv in Washington and are prohibited from leasing property as well as purchas ing it. The statutes of the state make it the duty of the attorney general' in conjunction' with the prosecuting at torneys, to recover any property held by Japanese aliens, and it is under these acts that Attorney General Troy’s office is now proceeding. While the Japanese population of Washington, at the last census, is 'given as only 15,000, these aliens held farms alone valued at almost $6,000,- 000, and through the assistance of some unscrupulous white citizens^ they had acquired control of hun dreds of hotels in the state. The clever manner in which this ownership was camouflaged is shown by the names of many of these busi nesses, many of them being of pure Irish, English and French origin. Also, in many of these hotel's, when American help was employed, nothing Shout them suggested that they were owned by Japanese. It was the extreme difficulty of finding who actually owned much of the property suspected as being held by Japanese aliens that delayed the move on the part of the attorney general. However, Troy’s investigators found not only was there much prop erty held directly by aliens, but they also found title in the names " of children who were holding property for their alien parents. The fact that the laws do not require contract sales and leases to be officially recorded made the search to establish the real owners of mutch of the Jap-held prop erty a heavy task. The investigation revealed that there had been a heavy transfer to American citizens of property once held by Japanese These transfers be gan with the forced evacuation of the Japanese from the coastal areas; a move in which Attorney General Troy took the lead on the Pacific coast in carrying out the desires of the military, authorities that all Japa nese be removed from that area. All proceeds from lands escheated from Japanese aliens will go into the common school funds of this state to assist in the education of the child ren of American citizens. It is Impiossible to state at this time to just how far the move to forfeit the property of the alien Japanese will go. The move is being universally acclaimed, not only in Washington but all over the North west and the Pacific coast. There is a growing feeling upon the part of the citizenry here that at the end of the war the Japanese should be repatriated to their home land. What citizens of this section most fear is that, instead of there 'being 110,000 Japs on the Pacific Coast at the end of another 30 years, there will be at least half a million of them, creating a serious national security problem Regardless of the fact that small elements of Japanese-Americans are fighting in the army of the United States, there is no belief in the Pa cific Northwest that Japanese can ever be assimilated into our civiliza tion. JAMES EUGENE McNAULL MAKING GOOD FARM BUTTER NOT DIFFICULT MATTER By P. B. Ezell, County Agent “Do not churn whole milk,” urged B. E. Goodale, extension dairy pro ducts specialist, during a dairy pro ducts demonstration on improving the quality and increasing the use of butter^ for the farm family food supply, held in Newberry on July 27. “Modem findings assure us that the practice is ineffective and ineff- cient,” added Mr. Goodale. During the discussion, emphasis was placed on the many disadvant ages of whole milk churnings such as incleased labor, bigger chums, de creased quality of bi tter, and neces sity of higher churning temperature. The churning of sweet cream was demonstrated in detail from cooling tub to finished, packaged butter ready for the farm table or for sale. “The recognized superior butter on the market today is sweet cream butter, so why should we not process such butter for our own table?” said Mr. Goodale in advocating modem methods of home churning. In answering questions after the demonstration, Mr. Goodale pointed out that lower churning tempera tures, churning sweet cream, churn ing richer cream, and more care in sanitation from cow to chum, would result in better quality butter. Twenty persons attended the but- termaking demonstration held at Newberry High school where an ex hibit of farm buttermaking supplies and equipment with attached price tags and dealers’ names, attracted much interest. County Agent P. B. Ezell and Home Demonstration Agent Ethel L. Counts were responsible for the plans and exhibits for the local demonstra tion. MISS WICKER ATTENDS CONFERENCE Mrs. Sudie C. Wicker, local Veter ans’ Employment Service representa tive for the United States Employ ment Service attended a joint con ference with other representatives of Selective Service and the Veterans’ Administration on July 26. This con ference was held for the purpose of setting up Informational Service Cen ters over the state. The obligations of the United States Employment Service, Selective Service and the Veterans’ Administration toward our returning veteran® was outlined at this meeting so that the representa tives of these agencies would clearly understand their parts in helping the veterans to readjust himself into the economic {pattern of civilian life. JOSEPH LINCOLN TOLBERT, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lincoln Tdl- bert of Ninety-Six are receiving con gratulations upon the arrival of a son, Joseph Lincoln Tolbert, Jr., bom at the Greenwood county hos pital, Greenwood. Friday, July 28th. Mrs. Tolbert is the former Miss Lou ise Harmon, daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. T. S. Harmon of this city. J. B. (JAZZ) JOHNSON WITH WAR BOARD Mr and Mrs. A. E. McNaull. of Columbia, announce the birth of a son, James Eugene McNaull at the Providence hospital Saturday, July 29th. Mrs. McNaull was the former Miss Maybeth Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wood of Helena. Mr. McNaull is in the service. MRS. DOMINICK SPONSORS LIB ERTY SHIP IN HONOR OF HER FATHER, MR. SEGAR Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Dominick and their two daughters left Satur day for Portland, Maine, where Mrs. Dominick will sponsor the launching of the Liberty ship, “George N. Se- ger”, named for her father, the late Congressman Seger of New Jersey. The launching will take place on August 8th. After short visits with relatives and friends in New York, New Jersey and Washington, they expect to return home in about two weeks. To avoid walking with a cane, bet ter sit up and take note of National Farm Safety Week precautions. The article below is published for its worth in furthering the waste pa per and tin salvage effort and because it was written around a former New berry man, J. B. (Jazz) Johnson, son of Mrs. J. B. Johnson of West End, in the Pensacola, Fla., News. Mr. Johnson has been away from New berry for about 26 years. He is captain of the National Guard at Valdosta. Ga., was in the first World War and offered his services for the present war but was not physically acceptable; “Waste paper and tin are the most essential salvage materials for win ning the war, J. B. Johnson, war production board representative from ' Jacksonville, said here Wednesday. Johnson came here for conference with civilian defense leaders regard ing increasing salvaging of paper and tin cans. He conferred with Harvey Bizzell, salvage committee chairman, Mrs. L. A. Wright, vol unteer services leader of OCD; A. K. Howard, Boy Scout executive, and others taking an active interest in Salvage work. How to Prepare Paper Arrangements for a waste paper collection Aug. 10, with the Boy Scouts assisting, and trucks being supplied by the Army, Navy, city, county and some private owners were praised by the WPB represen tative. Householders have been urged to save ps(per flor the collection and {prepare it in convenient bundles as follows: Newspapers, about 12 inches high. Magazines and books, about 18 inches high. Cardboard, corrugated board and cartons, flattened and bundled about 12 inches. Each bunle should be tied se curely so that it can be handled from house to truck and from truck to box car. Each householder is requested to have the bundles ready on his front porch for collection on what has been termed Waste Paper D-Day, Aug. 10. New Plant for Tin Johnson said that the government had built a new detinning plant at Birmingham to handle cans from the southern area and that more were needed to keep the plant in operation at top speed. After the tin is taken off, the steel left is compressed into 100-pound bales and goes to steel plants for reuse. Canopeners are now being man ufactured in quantity and will soon be available so that housewives will have proper implements for prepar ing cans. The cans should be cleaned, labels removed, both ends removed and inserted in the cylinder and then the can flattened. Neighborhood grocers have agreed to receive the cans, which are picked up by bottling company trucks. WHEN WILL IT END? l | » •S£ •15 Roosevelt) 11 Duee Stalin Tojo Year Bom .... 1874 1889 1882 1883 1879 1884 Took Office .... 1940 1933 ’ 1933 1922 1924 1941 Age 55 62 61 65 60 Years in Office . 4 11 11 22 20 3 3888 3888 3888 3888 3888 3888 To find end of war divide 3888 by 2. lesult 1944. To find month, day and hour again fivide by 2. Result 9-7-2. (Sep- tember 7, 2 o’clock.) To find Supreme Ruler: Take first letter of each name: Result: CHRIST. IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES OF MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS . . . W. H. DAVIS & SON will continue to be operated for the service of the public, with the same mechanics, and under management of P. W. DAVIS, oldest brother of the late Walter H. Davis. Mr. Davis has had 20 years experience in Motor Re building. For the past 10 years he has been with Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines, inc., rebuilding motors in their shops in Winston-Salem, N. C. and Richmond, Va. Heyward Davis and Miss Faye Davis are continuing with the business in their capacities in the Repair and Book keeping Departments. James H. Davis, son and surviving partner, now in the Armed Forces, will return to the business after the war. OLDSMOBILE W1LLYS STUDEBAKER Sales and Service Front-end Aligning Wheel Balancing W. H. Davis & Son 9 14 Main Street Telephone 75 TAX NOTICE 1943 tax executions are now in the office of the Tax Collector. The tax laws of South Carolina are very exacting atnout delinquent taxes. Having been appointed tax collector by the Governor, it is hoped that those who have not paid their past due county taxes will come by and do so at an early date. This office is under oath to exercise diligent pursuit of delinquent taxes but will he fully cooperative at all times. Your cooperation is earnestly requested. Tabor L Hill TAX COLLECTOR To the Voters of the Third Congressional District: 1 desire to express to you. my deep and sincere appre ciation for the handsome vote given me in the recent State Democratic Primary and to assure you L shall continue to demonstrate my loyalty to tlie Constitution of the United States and devotion to the fundamental principles of de mocracy as enunciated bjj Jefferson, Calhoun and others who contributed to the formation of our Democratic Party. In addition it will be my; purpose to represent the interest of all the people in my distxict .to the best of my ability, and I trust that my efforts and accomplishments may be such as to justify the confidlence you have reposed in me. f ,J Very sincerely, Butler B. Hare