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W THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Washington, D. C. BRITAIN’S BANKRUPT STATUS One of the most important docu ments bearing on the postwar world soon will be issued by the British government in the form of a White Paper. It will be a survey of Brit ain’s financial position and a frank admission that she is bankrupt. The White Paper will tell in detail how British investments throughout the world have been liquidated to pay for the war and will come to the conclusion that, if the British Empire is to continue free trading, she must have outside help. The alternative to free trade and free competition, the White Paper will say, is a system of barter, re stricted trade and cartels, such as that practiced by Germany after the last war. International cartels, of course, have been blasted public ly by President Roosevelt and one British corporation, Imperial Chem ical Industries, already has been prosecuted by the justice depart ment on a charge of conspiring with the Du Fonts before the war to con trol the world production of certain chemicals. According to inside word from the diplomatic corps, the publication of Britain’s frank survey of her bank rupt financial position will coincide with the secret conferences now tak ing place here between Lord Keynes And U. S. officials regarding the re newal of lend-lease. With the war in Europe nearing a close and with U. S. forces now getting a greater proportion of war supplies direct from the United States, British war needs for lend- lease are dwindling. However, the British have proposed in Lord Keynes’ private conversations, a new type of postwar lend-lease whereby the British could resell goods to for eign countries in order to reestab lish their export trade. Keynes Proposal Word leaking from the diplo matic corps is that Lord Keynes now proposes a total lend-lease allotment to Great Britain of 6*4 billions for 1945, of which 314 billions could be reexported in British trade. Most of this would be in the form of American raw materials which the British would process into finished goods and then sell. The British do not propose that finished Ameri can products be given them for reexport, but only that they get lend-leased raw materials to re vive their crippled industries. One proposal is to set up a new postwar lend-lease court composed of one Britisher and two Americans which would de cide which goods could be used for British trading purposes. The whole plan will b£ submitted to congress probably before Christ mas. Bigtotvn Characters: The barber who asks patrons if they want their locks clipped with or without conversation. . . . Sales men in hoity-toity shops always ele gantly attired. Without spats they would feel naked. . . . The creamy- voiced barker at a penny arcade—a well-known Shakespearian thespian a decade ago, until he discovered that shilling provided a steadier in come. . . . Sepians at electric shoe- shine parlors conversing in jive lingo which baffles people who can understand only English. Pretty bobby-soxers lugging lunch boxes to the Paramount—so they can survive sitting through a half-dozen shows worshipping King Sinatra. . . Jitterbug, almond-eyed youngsters in Chinatown—complete ly Americanized. . . . An old artist copying masterpieces in the Mu seum of Art. His hands are shaky, so he steadies his brush by gripping it with both hands. The handicap, however, doesn’t seem to affect his excellent canvases. . . . Crowds fas cinated by pigeons nibbling at bread-crumbs. Proving again that almost anything can attract a mob in the Big Burg. . . . Germans in Yorkville saloons sipping their beer. These spots used to be Bund hang outs. Now big signs urge customers not to discuss the war or politics. The dramatic contrast in tawdry, sidestreet joynts: Entertainers con sist of a mixture of has-beens and youngsters with a bright future. . . . Celeb fanatics ogling first-nighters entering the theatre—getting more of a thrill by staring at biggies than first-nighters get from the shows. The silly brawl between two friends at a midtown bar—because each insisted on paying the check. . . . The 77-year-old gent who has the same breakfast every morning at a Madison and 50th street eatery: Doughnuts covered with mustard. Ugh. He claims that combination has added years to his life. . . . Side walk Napoleons who used to discuss military tactics remaining in tune with the times. Now they also de bate postwar problems. . . . Swishes who congregate for some unknown reason in foreign language movie temples. . . . The lovely Schraffts’ hostesses. Most of them look as if they had to pass a screen test be fore they were hired. Newspaperman Stuff: Ogden Nash was once taken to task for using the word “coyful” in one of his verses. . . . “Have you ever heard of anything being full of coy?” asked a critic. “No,” nash’d Nash. “But neither did I ever hear of anyone being full of bash.” ARMY’S PREFABRICATED BRIDGES One of the great but little known stories of the Western front is the way in which army engineers got a group of bridge experts together nearly two years ahead of the Eu ropean invasion and designed fabri cated sections of bridges which would exactly replace specific bridges in France, Holland and Bel gium. Through the European under ground, army engineers were able to get exact measurements of the bridges which they knew would be destroyed by the retreating Nazis. Each part was numbered, and spe cial assembly crews, trained in Eng land, rehearsed the job of putting them in place. When the invasion came, these bridges traveled so close behind our advancing armies that they were fre quently ahead of the field kitchens. And on arrival at a destroyed bridge its replacement was a matter of hours. • • • HILLMAN WOULD END PAC Sidney Hillman didn’t advertise it but, during the last days of the campaign, he took steps to dis band his controversial Political Ac tion committee. The final decision will not be up to him alone, for the whole thing will be threshed out at the CIO national convention in Chi cago. But not waiting for the con vention, Hillman sent notice to most of the 200 members of the PAC staff that they go off the payroll before then. Originally PAC was set up as a permanent organization, and there are several schools of thought in side the CIO regarding its continua tion. One group, including auto workers president R. J. Thomas, wants to keep PAC alive. Hillman, on the other hand, wants to shut up shop, concentrate on New York poli tics, and also get his health back. The word “controversy” serves as censors’ abracadabra. . . . They mutter that something is controver sial and—presto—they presume the truth will vanish. . . . Blue-pen- cilers have used that alibi to hin der freedom of speech and press for a long time. . . . All of which leads into an Alec Woollcott yarn that illustrates our viewpoint on the subject. . . . When Alec was broad casting his sponsor pounced on him with the squeak that he must refrain from using controversial ma terial. . . . Woollcott promptly de manded that the sponsor explain what he meant by “controversial material.” The sponsor’s reply was a dilly: He deplored Alec’s caustic refer ences to Hitler and Mussolini—for fear it would antagonize people in the country who supported them! From FPA’s new book, “Nods and Becks”: Of course, there are many who say that a daily columnist; which means a' person who has six or seven full columns a week in a paper, doesn’t really work, but that he would like other laborers to work six days a week for the period of the so-called — properly so-called — emergency. . . . We know not what course others may take, but we nev er have been able to do it under a seven-day week, and some nights. Often we dream of Jeanie with the unfilled column. We dream that we have three minutes in which to write a column, have it set, read proof and make it up. It would be pleasant to work five eight-hour days a week. To quit, in the mid dle of a syllable, if need be, when the whistle blew! And then some days, as if mere writing weren’t enough trouble, there is a lot of clip ping and pasting to do. It sounds easy, but it takes longer to find the shears and the paste for first-class stuff than it does to write third—all right, we won’t argue—fourth-class stuff. MERR Y-GO-ROUND C.A11 during the war, FDR has been a close reader of Carl Sand burg’s “Lincoln” and has continued his reading during the campaign. Someone who dropped into his pri vate study one day found a copy of the book open to Lincoln’s war days. . . . During the 1864 campaign, Mc Clellan’s followers accused Lincoln of squandering public funds, mis management of the government, de stroying civil liberties, meddling with the war, and standing out for “unconditional surrender.” The Society Set, which claims to be sophisticated, but is the easiest pushover for all types of phonies. Societyites have gushed over fake dukes, counts and other spurious nobles for years. No matter how many are exposed there are always other phonies to take their place. . . . The dowager who lost her fortune a few years ago. However, she still lives in luxury because she became a bookie! Her clients are Park Ave- nuites. . . . Music lovers who take symphony scores to Carnegie Hall and read the music while played. Their Days of Hunger Are Over An old Italian farmer joyfully shows children one of the sacks of Wheat that have been shipped to Italy by Allied government (right). The woman and baby, refugees from St. Nazaire, France, receive their share of food. Left, shows the unloading and checking of food in Italy, intended for the civilian population. In This Corner—the Winners Another term in the White House has been assured for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who together with his running mate, Harry S. Truman, right, received a total of 432 electoral votes, 17 less than the. Democrats se cured in 1940. Truman, senator from Missouri, gained nationwide fame as head of the committee investigating war expenditures. Dewey and his running mate secured a total of 99 electoral votes, unless late’ soldier votes change the picture, which is not considered likely by most political observers. Too Late for Treasure Hunt Insert shows Rudolph Wickel of Verona, N. J., as he left for Holyoke, Mass., to dig up a bonanza of $1,000, whose location was told him as a studio guest on a quiz program. Others beard the program, and Wickel arrived to find that Jose H. Roy and his 14-year-old brother-in-law, Henry Martell, already had the money, as shown above. Posted on Election Returns GIs of the American news services broadcast election returns to American soldiers all over the world from the New York headquarters of Yank magazine. The army news services shooting the result overseas with an estimated 25,000 words by cable and another 25,000 by radio to furnish the armed forces with early returns. Train Wreck Toll General view showing the wrecked Challenger streamlined train, which resulted in the death of 12 persons and in the injury of at least 100. Seven cars were derailed, three miles from Colfax, Calif. Wives of Winners Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, up per; and Mrs. Harry S. Truman, wife of the newly elected vice presi dent of the United States. Unlike the first lady of the land, Mrs. Tru man takes little part in politics or in public life activities. Mrs. F. D. R. says she is ready for new term. Stars on Her Flag Another gold star has been added to the service flag of Mrs. Alben Borgstrom, Tremonton, Utah, moth er of Marine Pvt. Boyd Borgstrom, who was discharged by marine com mander, when first three brothers were killed in action. Real Purdue Power Boris Dimancheff, Purdue half back, is leading the Big Ten scor ing. Against the Iowa eleven he raced to four touchdowns and e*- -oc*^ t** more. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE AT ONE of the first committee f \ meetings of the “American Scriptures,” intermission fea ture of the Philharmonic Sym phony Sunday afternoon con certs, the distinguished council waited and waited for Carl Car- mer. They swapped stories of his absent mindedness—there was the time he’d completely forgotten a faculty meeting, the time he’d in terviewed a famous actress, and worn one white shoe and one black one. The famous gentlemen of the council were in something of a tizzy over the absence of the famous au thor who’s heard in "American Scriptures.” Finally they phoned him—and discovered that the meet ing had been called for the following day! Danny Kaye says he makes love in two styles, wolf and dove, in “The Wonder Man,” his second pic- DANNY KAYE ture. He plays identical twins of completely opposite temperaments, and woos Virginia Mayo and Vera- Ellen by different techniques. * Chungking, capital of wartime China, played an important role in the first American air raid on Tokyo, in 1942; it was there that Doolittle and his men were to meet after bombing the Jap capital. So Met ro’s “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” was booked for a world premier in Chungking as well as in New York. Spencer Tracy has the brief but im portant role of Doolittle. * All top roles for Columbia’s pic- turization of the radio show, “I Love a Mystery,” have been filled. Jim Bannon, former announcer on the program, plays one of the two detec tives; the second is played by Bar ton Yarborough, who created the role in the original radio show. The two leading feminine roles go to Nina Foch and Carole Mathews; George Mcready has the most im portant male role. —*— Johnnie Johnston, rising young movie and radio star, is proving that performers have to have the stamina of a coal heaver these days. Recently out of a hospital bed after an appendectomy, Johnston, who sings romantic songs with Paul Bar on’s orchestra on the new CBS “Mu sic That Satisfies,” appeared at five shows a day at the theater where Lana Turner’s “Marriage Is a Pri vate Affair” was playing. * Phil Baker, star of CBS’s “Take It or Leave It,” claims he was the highest paid movie actqr in Holly wood. He got eight weeks’ pay for one week’s work—when he reached Hollywood, the “Take It or Leave It” film was complete except for his sequence. * Johnny Morgan seems to have grabbed top place among the new comedians of 1944. In addition to his Monday evening show he will soon be seen in a new Broadway musical comedy, and is headed for Hollywood in the spring. * A talented new crop of top-line performers, scripters and techni cians will emerge from veterans of this war, a survey of the results of the first few weeks of NBC’s “Wel come Home Auditions” reveals. One of every three veterans interviewed has been found worthy of profes sional employment. Auditions are held Wednesday and Saturday morn ings, and interviews are held in Radio City all week. Goodman Ace, of “Easy Aces,” once named a character for two of his friends, and innocently offended an individual of the same name in Brooklyn. Now, whenever possible, he has each actor use his own name. Judge Begley, Florence Halop, the secretary, and all the others are real people. Mary Hunter, who’s “Marge Hale” is an exception— “Marge” was an established script name when Mary joined the cast. * ODDS AND ENDS—Tom Andrea, first member of the “This Is the Army” troupe to receive an honorable discharge, has been signed to a long-term contract by Warner Bros Jack Carson gets the leading male role in “Mildred Pierce” opposite Joan Crawford. ... “The Legend of Sleepy Hol low” will be produced by RKO at a musi cal. . . . The air's “Grand Ole Opiy” cele brates its 19th anniversary in radio Novem ber 28. . . . Film stars Lloyd Nolan and Claire Trevor take a radio flier to cope with crime and criminals in the Mutual network thriller series, “Results, Inc.” he plays a detective agency boss, and Claire, hit secretary. CLASSIFIED DEPART M ENT HELP WANTED • Persons now engaged in essential industry will not apply without state ment of availability from their local United States Employment Service. SERVICES OF 1st Class WATCHMAKERS and Jewelers interested in postwar perma- Butchers Wanted for hog and beef killing depart., also hog cutting, steady work now. after war. Must be from non-essential wonc. or bring release. J ONE S-CH AM BLISS CO., 2135 Forest St., Jacksonville, Fin. SINGLE L.-DY, thoroughly trained in of fice work Knowledge of simple bookkeep- ;o l. — nr CotiirHnv n ft prnDnnS OIT. Excellent Opportunity with postwar future for young man to work in essential fo<Mi plant. Some high school education required. Applications of veterans will be welcome. NATIONAL FRUIT PRODUCTS CO., Ine. 725 Humphries St. S. W., Atlanta, Gn. HOME INSTRUCTION Learn at Home the different branches of drugless healing. An uncrowded field. Beaut, diploma. Free literature. Instil, of Drugless Therapy, Box 148, Tama. Iowa. REAL ESTATE CALIFORNIA DEEDED LANDS Million Acres California State Deeded Lands now available for settlement; from 25c to $1.50 per acre. Statewide; timber, grazing, agricultural; country and city lo cations. Homeseekers wanted, not specu lators. For locations, descriptions, mini mum prices, maps, filing blanks and in structions, send $5 money order to STATE LANDS DEPARTMENT U. S. Post Office, Box 482, Eureka, Calif. MACHINERY Dragline—P. A H. Model 206 dragline with bucket. Thoroughly reconditioned by fac tory mechanic. % yard capacity. New top, cable, new paint. Has been idle since over hauling. Priced right for quick sale. Ph. 5-1488, 1261 W. Forsyth St., Jax, Fla. NURSERIES “COLDPROOF” FIG, bears first year. Gi ant Pecan. Softshell black Walnut; Grapes, Roses. Delta Nursery, Jackson, Miss. Beauty Preparation Wrinkles — Double-Chin erased — Govern, inspected preparation, guar, results. 30 days sup. $3. Mrs. Leonard Butler, Havana, Fla. FOR RENT DRUG STORE—Dress Shop, grocery store, gift shop, electrical appliance store foe rent. T. Z. DANIEL, Milieu, Georgia. PRINTING MIMEOGRAPHING and Maltif raphlag. 14 years of fine work and fair prices. Free samples and prices. E. ALLSMITH, 1506 W. Nedro Avenue, Philadelphia 41, P*.-" Rate of Heart Beats While the human heart rarely beats less than 70 or more than 75 times a minute, cases in which this rate of pulsation was as low as 42 and as high as 184 have been recorded in medical literature. When raw windi cut like a knife.a CHAPPED LIPS SOOTHED QUICKLY! * Crocked Opt—act cruel, and painful! Caused when raw, bitter weather dries skin cella, leaves them “thinty.” Skin may crack, bleed. Mentholatum acts medicinally: (1) Stimulateslocsl blood supply. (2) Helps revive thinly cells so they can retain need ed moisture. For sore, chapped hands, lips—Mentholatum. Jars, tubes, XM. MENTHOLATUM Dry Cow Feed The specialists recommend sup plying dry cows with feeds contain- pig plenty of vitamin A. A deficien cy of this vitamin can cause them to lose their calves, and calves bom with a deficiency of vitamin A will be susceptible to calf diseases, espe cially scours. ■ Cows getting green pasture, hay with green color, er silage made from crops having green leaves will have their vitamin A needs taken care of. Five pounds daily per cow of pea green leafy al falfa hay, or five pounds daily of • yellow variety of sweet potatoes will furnish the needed supply of vitamin A during the dry period- = i s» WNU—7 47—44 When Your Back Hurts - And Your Strength and Energy Is Below Par It may be caused by disorder of kid* ney function that permits poisonous waste to accumulate. For truly many people feel tired, weak and miserable when the kidneys fail to remove excess acids and other waste matter from the blood. You may suffer nagging backache, rheumatic pains, headaches, dizziness, getting up nights, leg pains, swelling. 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