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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. PRIVATE PURKEY WORRIES AROUT RECONVERSION I Dear Ed: Well, I am pretty tide nip in the Eurprean war, but I get « couple of minutes now and then to think about my reconvertion plans. Reconverting me from the job of a foreign demonstrator for the arsenal of democracy back to a local filling station attendant is not going to be ■easy. * Two years in a global fracas like this make a man a new model. He gets to be a hard boiled, quick tem pered guy with a hide like a ella- phunt, a disposition like a gorilla and a very itchy finger on a gun. Take me. I got all geared up for destruction and it is not going to be no cinch making me over for peace ful persuits. * Sometimes I wonder how long it will take to reconvert me so I will not want to end all argu ments with a bazooka. Before the war I was a fine sample of a peaceful American. In my gas station job I was polite, I never got quarrelsome with nobody and was even teached to turn the other cheek. But in the war I got made over into a rough and tumble Dick Tracy fight ing on a 24-hour basis and never remembering nothing about good manners. * As soon as the ump blows the whistle on this war me and the boys has got to get ourselves all retooled, regeared and refinished so we get fighting out of our systems and go nil day without shooting nobody. We got to be able to come on strangers all of a .sudden and not fire at ’em first. We got to get used to ordering breakfast, and sleeping late morn ings. • I serpose when I get back to the gas station job I will not pay no attention to orders at first unless they is yelled at me in a rough voice and I guess the boss better wear stripes on his coat for a time. Also I will not be able to look at a hill, a moun tain or a beach no place without feeling I got to take it. Every time I see a bridge I will want to blow it up from habit. * Just being back at the pumping station with no iron hat on and with out a ton of equiperment on my hack will seem funny in the first stages of my reconvertion and I gess maybe the boss should make it easy by letting me strap a couple of tires and 40 pounds of auto sup plies on me for a while. • Reconverting myself to soft beds, light shoes and no k. p. duty is a big job, and I will need the help of Mr. Byrnes and Barney Baruch all right. But the big reconvertion task will be to get my stommick back on a basis where it can stand eggs that ain’t never been took out of no cans. « Well I sura got a problem but I am giving it plenty of thought and I hope for the best. Yours az always, OSCAR • • • RECONVERSION WORRIES A Volunteer Shop Worker: Oh, reconversion frightens me, I fear the sudden step That reconverts me to a girl Who ends the day with pep; That finds no wrenches in my hands And not a clock to punch— And makes me throw away those slacks And take my time at lunch! To have my nails look right again, To wear once more a skirt. To lack a pay check every week— Ah, that, I fear, will hurt! • A Housewife: How will I reconvert myself From harassed, fretful days And worries over ration points And all those OP As? From living everything by points, Not knowing where I’m at To entering the butcher shop And saying “Gimme THAT!”!!! • A Husband: Oh, speed the reconversion days! To war my wife did go; And I’ve been keeping up the house (or very nearly so); Of drug-store food I’m pretty sick, My stomach’s on the bum; The kitchen sink is full of plates, I’m feeling extra glum; So send the Missus home to me. Without her life’s a blur; From everything in this damned war I’ll reconvert to HER. » • • YOO HOO, MR. HULL! Sumner Welles, former assistant secretary of state, is the latest United States ex-official to accept a job as a radio commentator. He will be sponsored by a watch com pany. The author of “Time for Dis cussion” has made a decision for “time.” Those GI Joes may put a chain on the watch on the Rhine. • • • One thing thit tear it going to do it to cure Japan of the habit of calling all wart “mcidentt.” By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. M AX MARGIN, one of radio’s real celebrities, really just happened into radio. He’d been a top-notch newspaperman, a highly successful playwright (“Cheating Cheaters,” “Three Live Ghosts,” etc.), and had made his mark in Hollywood. When he was asked to do a radio script he knew little about radio, but he dashed one off, it clicked, and now he’s one of our foremost writers and producers of air shows. Listening to “Crime Doctor” on Sunday eve- MAX MARGIN nings, you’d have very little idea of what an expert job it is, just be cause Marcin is so skilled. He writes the week’s show, then goes into re hearsal, polishing the sketch till it’s perfect. * Everybody but Barbara Britton and Ray Milland thinks it’s funny. For a scene in “Till We Meet Again" they laid face down in grass that supposedly was growing some where in France. The turf was care fully laid, and they spent several hours stretched out on it, pretending they’d been caught in an air raid. The last bomb burst, Ray and Bar bara arose—and found they were covered with flea bites! * Betty Hutton worked so hard por traying twins in the Paramount musical, “Here Come the WAVES,” in which she is tri-starred with Bing Crosby and Sonny Tufts, that she lost eight pounds. * That’s a nice record that Dinah Shore chalked up overseas. She made 130 appearances before* oar troops; on several occasions she sang to groups of men within two miles of the actual fighting. She ate GI meals throughout the trip. —* Gigi Perreau isn’t doing so badly for a three-year-old; her role in “Dark Waters,” the Benedict Bogeaus’ production, is her sixth featured role in major pictures since she made her debut a year ago. She started as little Eve Curie in “Madam Curie,” and forged right ahead. * A new star may be rising on the Kate Smith program’s horizon, if rumors are true. Ted Collins, pro ducer, who brought to fame “Abbott and Costello,” “The Aldrich Family,” “It Pays to Be Ignorant,” and many other radio favorites, is said to be on the lookout for a new star to be featured on the Kate Smith Sunday Variety hour. * A new series of weekly dramatic programs, “Assignment Home,” dealing with problems involved in the return to civilian life of mem bers of our armed forces, begins Saturday, December 9, on the Columbia Broadcasting system, in collaboration with the army service forces. High-ranking army officials will participate, taking the micro phone to deliver messages directly to the American people. * Father Ambrose Hyland, chaplain at Dannemore prison, is now in Hol lywood helping in plans being made at Metro for filming of “Church of the Good Thief,” a story of the chapel he founded at the institution. He has organized the Good Thief Foundation, Inc., which will use pro ceeds from the picture for the bene fit of prison inmates. Money paid for the story has bought them a li brary. * Carrying a spear for John Barry more in “Richard III” started Allyn Joslyn on his acting career. From the silent Shakespeare role Joslyn leaped to a two-word part in the Theater Guild’s “He Who Gets Slapped." He had to say “Very well!” It paid him 10 dollars a week. He’s now getting considerably more than that—his latest picture. “Bride by Mistake,” with Marsha Hunt. —*— ODDS AND ENDS—Sandra and Ron nie, the two Burns children, now nine and ten, got a unique birthday present — George Burns and Gracie Allen let them appear before the studio audience prior to the broadcast to do a dance routine. . . . Herbert Marshall does a suave villain for his role in Paramount’s “Her Heart in Her Throat.’' . . . Poodles Hanneford, the famous circus performer, will play a stage-coach driver in Errol Flynn’s “San Antonio.’’ . . . Radio is full of men who began their careers as lawyers—among them Lanny Ross, now an army lieutenant overseas; Don Ameche, and Michael Romanom of “Road of Life” and other radio serials. CNUFFY Stirnweiss, the bounding Yankee second baseman, rates double ranking as a combination baseball and football star. Snuffy at North Carolina university was the tar heel ace from the Bronx, one of the best backs that ever galloped and threw passes for Carolina glory. Now he has proved to be one of the best young ball players that Joe McCarthy ever handled, espe cially on offense where he is a run- away cheetah around the bases and better than .300 at the plate. The Stirnweiss claim to double fame brought up an old argument recently that began with this ques- GrsntUnd Rlee tion— “Who was the best combination football and baseball player in the history of the big leagues?” There are more than a few who belong in this contest. First of all, there was Christy Mathewson, Buck- nell’s star back and the Giants’ greatest right-hander. A trifle later on we had Big Orvie Overall of Cali fornia and the Cubs. Eddie Collins was a fine Columbia quarterback be fore he became one of the top second basemen of all time. Certainly no one could rake up a list along these lines and leave off Frank Frisch, the 145-pound Ford- ham flash and one of the best ball players of his or any other time. We can offer you another in the person of Spud Chandler, Georgia’s star kick ing and running back and the Yan kees’ 1943 ace. Lou Gehrig was another Columbia football star, whose fine gridiron rec ord was overshadowed by his base ball fame. And no one can overlook Mickey Cochrane, a triple-threat performer of high merit at Boston university and one of the three best catchers I’ve ever seen. Cochrane was All-America calibre in every way. And there was Jim Thorpe, only a fair big leaguer, but football’s fin est back, and Ernie Nevers of Stan ford and the Browns who was as good a back as any coach could ask for. The Hot Parade There must have been a few oth ers, but even this collection shows the hot parade Stirnweiss has joined — Mathewson, Overall, Collins, Frisch, Chandler, Cochrane, Gehrig, Thorpe and Nevers. But the main question still re mains unsettled—“If 100 points were awarded for baseball skill and the same for football ability, who would finish on top?” Mathewson, Gehrig, Cochrane, Frisch and Chandler head the base ball list. Thorpe and Nevers were the two leading football players from the group. In the combined rank ing we find Frisch, Chandler, Stirn weiss, Cochrane and Overall well up the ladder. My guess is that for combined ability in both games Frisch wouldn’t be too far away from the main gate. But he would be well pressed by Overall, Chandler and Cochrane who were also high up in both branches of the football-baseball tree. Nelson’s Swing Byron Nelson, the Texas whiz, has already cracked all past money and bond-winning records for competi tive golf. Before the year is out he Is sure to pass the $50,000 mark, which is a Mt. Everest altitude in the ancient and honorable pastime of pasting the pill. Slightly changing an old query— “Upon what swung doth this, our Nelson bank, that he has become so great?” In pursuit of this information we called upon A1 Ciuci, pro at the Fresh Meadow Country Club, and one of the best instructors and smartest observers of them all. He knows most of the answers. Here is Al’s angle on Nelson— “In my opinion the success of By ron Nelson is due to his sound golf swung. Just what does this mean? It means for a starter that he has firm, uncocked hands and wrists at the top of his backswing. This gives him a closed face. He has a solid strong right leg bearing his weight, and what is more important—a re stricted pivot on his backswing. “His head is at all times back of the ball, which accounts for his body being back of the sphere until the hit and his hands move on to com plete a smooth follow through. With this type of swing he can rarely push the ball off line. If any error occurs, he wull hook. Like Douglas Edgar “Nelson’s backswing reminds me of Douglas Edgar, whom you remem ber well. In my opinion Edgar was the finest iron player of all time. He was a great instructor as well as a fine player and he started a system of club swinging that came along to Nelson many years later on. “Don’t forget also that Nelson is a determined competitor who is usual ly able to concentrate fully all the way through a tournament. This is just as important as a correct swing.” _ _ SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT ; South of Border’ Tea Towels INDULGE in a riot of color in these “South of the Border” tea towels. Make gay Caballeros and senoritas in cross-stitch. Brighten your kitchen with cross-stitch towels. Pattern 7159 contains a transfer pattern of seven motifs, averaging 6ft by 7 Inches. 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 Needier raft Dept. 564 W. Randolph St. Chicago 60, IU. Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No Name Address ... Coral Sea Divers Easily Overcome Grip of Octopus Natives of the Coral sea have very little fear of strangulation in the grips of the monstrous octo pus. Usually the octopus wrraps its tentacles about the victim’s legs, waist or neck and breaking this hold is simple. The native simply grasps the octopus’ up per and lower jaws and, with a sudden powerful thrust, turns the mouth inside out. This bursts the ink reservoir, killing the octopus and causing the tentacles to un coil. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER H yon hova any doubts I tba shortage of now posiaw- gar car liras, a recent state* meat by a geverneseat agency that knows the situation should clear your mind. K points out that less than one new tire for oach car or the rood will bo produced in 1944, even if the Industry is able to achieve the goal of 22 million passenger car tiros. Tire cam Is Imperative now, par ticularly with users of truck and bus casings. Stocks are low, and It Is estimated that during,the latter past of the year there will be a shortage of 25,000tires a month to meet re placement requirements on vehldee using tires of the &25 size and over. In mtM peace REGoodrichj f, RST in rubber Warm feet are assured when one has to wear rubber boots in winter or when wading an icy stream, if woolen socks are first put on and then paper sacks drawn on and snugly folded about the foot. Then put on another pair of socks—heavy cotton does all right for the second pair. Feet dressed in this way get warm and stay so, no matter how cold the day or water that one has to wade. —a— A few cranberries added to your applesauce when cooking will give it a delicious flavor. —a— Cotton corduroys look best if after laundering they are not ironed, but merely brushed along the direction of the ribs while still slightly damp. —•— When washing windows, add a few drops of kerosene to the water to give added polish. Painted fur niture is easily cleaned if a little kerosene is added to the washing water. To save your rubber heels, have the shoemaker reverse them when they get worn on one side. In laundering, remember the temperature of the water is im portant. The hotter the water, the whiter the clothes. A f?£ IKE TE/. cflRmsn ORANIGE* PEKOE is PEKOE j ^ T6fl Ready to be EnjcyecL RICEKRJSPIES 'Thu Gratae arc treat Feeta”— * Kellogg’s Rice Kritpies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food elements declared ential to human nutrition. (Drawing courtesy Quaker Stats Oil Bsfining Carp.)] Soldier of the Soil V ICTORY begins with tba American farmer, working from long before ■unset until long after nightfall. Upon him falls the burden of feeding the fighting forces ... the civilian population ... and hungry mouths in war-tom countries. To the challenge of producing more food than ever, American soldiers of the soil have responded with heroic effort. Despite shortages of help and equipment, they have established records. They have contributed mightily towards winning the war. Now you are asked to help your fellow- men in another way ... to contribute money to give men in the armed forces needed recreation, to give books and sports equipment to prisoners of war, to give nerve-shattered men in the merchant marine a chance to recuperate. To give unfortunate people abroad and at home a chance to have life, liberty, and happi- The dollars you can give are needed more than ever this year. Please give generously. Give generously to Your Community War Fund Representing the National War Fund