Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. GrantUnd Bice D ACKED crowds jamming the sta 1 diums wherever Notre Dame has played this season reminds one again of the record crowds Notre Dame has drawn for the last 20 years in football. There has been nothing in sport to match the crowd appeal Notre Dame carries, no matter where the game is played. To keep an attendance record at such high mark for 20 years is something beyond the tale of the book. In those years, I can recall a crowd as high as 101,000 for a Notre Dame- Southern California game in the big Los Angeles Municipal stadium. Certainly Notre Dame would draw another ca pacity gathering at Los Angeles this fall if extended travel restrictions hadn’t ended the old ri valry for the time being. This sea son again, Notre Dame has played to capacity in practically every one of her games. In just three games, including the army clash, the South Bend troop ers added up a count of some 200,- 000 at Urbana, Baltimore and New York. It was packed-house business in each place—with many, many thousands unable to buy tickets. “Sold out” is usually the message weeks ahead when Notre Dame plays, wherever she plays. Notre Dame’s ten games passed the 500,000 mark, and lack of seat ing space is the only thing that keeps this count from beating the million mark. Color's the Answer You might ask just why this is so. The answer is simple enough. It began under the colorful leadership of Knute Rockne, plus the influence of Notre Dame’s faculty. The crowd long ago began to sense the fact that Notre Dame teams not only played fine football, but they were teams that gave the game spirit and sportsmanship. From the Four Horsemen and the Seven Mules to the 1944 team, No tre Dame has given the crowd what it wanted to see. In the last 20 years I’ve seen Notre Dame beaten, but I’ve never seen a dull Notre Dame team. I’ll admit that through most of this period Notre Dame has had the jump in material. Good, young foot- hall players want to go to Notre Dame, for Notre Dame has the big edge in national headlines. Yet No tre Dame plays in no bowl games, no post-season games, and you might be surprised to know how many young or budding stars pick coUeges who might be eligible for one of the big bowls. No one can question the fact that through the last ten years Notre Dame has meant the top in football to millions, to more millions than any other team. How About the Others? What about Minnesota’^ many great teams? What about Michigan or Ohio State? In the main these teams stick to the Middle West. They have had teams better than Notre Dame. But Notre Dame cov ers the football map. The roving Irish may play in Los Angeles or in New York. They come to Balti more. They invade Atlanta. They take on all comers. They cover no restricted territory. And if you look over their record you’ll know Notre Dame has done better than just av erage. Navy finally won, and then Army, after waiting many years. Until this year’s 59-0 victory, good Army teams hadn’t won from No tre Dame since 1931, a matter of 13 years ago. Army hadn’t scored on Notre Dame in the last five sea sons. Notre Dame’s one big pitfall was Pittsburgh under Jock Sutherland. The Big Scot had the whip hand over Notre Dame, winning year aft er year. But in the last decade Jock’s Panthers were the only oppo nents who kept on winning from the South Bend bunch. It must be admitted, however, that in the way of color, spirit, sportsmanship and skill, Notre Dame has deserved its place as the big drawing card of football. On the winning side, against college teams, you’ll find in the three years pre ceding this season, for one exam ple that Notre Dame has lost only two games, if our memory re mains. Those college victories go to Michigan and Georgia Tech. But win or lose, the South Bend Simoon keeps packing them in. And prob ably will do so, year after year. • • • Bookies vs. Machines “I’d say,” one veteran bookmak er told me, “we gave the players at least 100 per cent the best of it over these mutuel machines. We know our day is over, so far as setting prices are concerned. “As everyone knows, outside bookmakers still keep busy. With $400,000,000 handled at New York tracks, at least $250,000,000 is han dled away from the tracks. There would be no such betting as thin un- der the old bookmaker system. Brighter'Colors, Snappier Styles For New Shoes Lifting of WPB Restrictions Permits Use of Two Tones By AL JEDLICKA W HAT with the government releasing restrictions on the use of colors, retailers’ stocks of shoes will be bright ened up next spring, a visit to the national shoe fair in Chicago re vealed. For*women, shoes will come in red, liberty red and blue jacket blue, among other col ors; for men, they’ll range from army russet to such lighter shades as turf tan, and for children, there will be assortments from black to white. With the lifting of another govern ment restriction, two-tones will come back on the market, it was re vealed, with manufacturers per mitted to use different colored leather in the upper part of the shoe with composition soles, or only one sheath of leather with another of fabric for the upper with leather soles. There will be snap to next spring’s shoes, a survey revealed. Lighter, Airier Brogans. Women’s brogans will be airier, lighter and dressier, with dominance in open toes and heels. Following the prewar trend, there will be lib eral lines of “casual,” or informal, types for comfort or knock-around wear. Comfort also will be a theme for men’s shoes, with two-tone mocca sins with composition bottoms in their own again. Saddle oxfords will be given a big play. Open toes and backs also will fea ture children’s and misses’ lines next spring, and increasing atten tion will be paid to the adequate airing of active juveniles’ perspir ing feet, both from the comfort and health angles. With the modern young miss catching on fast, at least one manu facturer has developed a fashion able misses’ line patterned after adult styles, to give “little sister the same shoe as big sister.” This manufacturer’s so - called “high- style” line will run in sizes 5, 6 and 7. Some Late Developments. In general, developments in shoe manufacture have kept apace dur ing the war. One of the big innova tions is the “no mark” synthetic rubber heel, made of a compound that does not scuff up floors, etc. Nylon thread was found adaptable for sewing sharkskin tips to ordi nary leather uppers. Hot wax and oil treatments have been developed for preserving leather soles. Plastic soles, of vynol resin, for instance, have proven exceptionally durable. Because of its life and porous qualities, however, leather still re mains the No. 1 material for shoes, with no replacement in sight. Expe riences in importing also have proven the superior processing of American tanneries, it was said. Despite the government’s removal of many restrictions on the indus try, production of civilian shoes will continue to be limited, with little prospect that normal supplies will enter the market for at least a year after the war. At the present time, manufacturers have to fill large gov ernment orders, and manpower is short. Because of the tremendous output of shoes in the immediate prewar period, the U. S. was better off than it might have been if in ventories had not been worked up, one manufacturing representative said. \\ GAY GADGETS Associated Newspapers—WNU Features. // By NANCY PEPPER HAIR LOOMS Who says the teens aren’t a lot of sentimental sillies? Back in grandmother’s day it was con sidered romantic to wear a lock of yonr best bean’s hair (crew cuts hadn’t been invented, remember) in a locket or brooch, and, just to show yon that history talks back, take a gander at the tricks the teens are doing with a clump of their O. A. O.’s crowning glory. Pigtail puss—Boys are sporting powder puff faces on their lapels or sweaters with pigtails made of their Fever Fraus’ hair. Of course, it’s the girl who makes the gadget, but it’s the boy who wears it. Just match up the pig tails and you can tell who his big moment is. Telltale tails — A favorite lapel lunacy is a little animal, made of felt or leather, with a long tail made of real hair. Trade one with your best friend. Cats’ whiskers—Make a pussy cat or bunny face out of powder puffs and use a • wisp of your own hair for whiskers. Lovelorn lockets—Strictly modern versions of grandmother’s lovelorn lockets are aspirin boxes (prewar metal variety), empty lipstick tubes or rouge boxes with locks of your steady’s hair inside. His picture would make it twice as romantic— even if he isn’t exactly a Pin-up Purty. Pass me the shears, dears! over a sweater worn in the new tuck-in fashion. Kute kerchiefs—Knot a small square around your neck over a sweater as a change from the usual dickey collar or necklace. A west ern fashion for every pistol packin’ mama. Giddy girdle—Tie a square or long scarf around your waist with the ends hanging at the side. You’ve no idea what it will do for a plain shirt and skirt outfit. Bandanna beanie — The newest trick with beanies is to sew one to a cotton bandanna ’kerchief, clamp it on your topknot and tie the ends of the bandanna under your chin. FIT TO BE TIED We’re talking about scarfs— a favorite accessory with the soda fountain set. You can make your own with bits of left-over fabric or you can buy ’em ready-madf. In plain color they’re a swell place for autographs or liptographs. They’re also a handy parking space for gad get pins and, if you’re lucky, fraternity and school pins. It’s a hold-up—Sling a long scarf around your heck and pin the two ends to your skirt waistband in sus pender effect in front. Looks keen SWING YOUR PARTNER Well, before you swing your partner— you have to find him (or her). That’s why it’s a good idea to start off your next party with a match-up dance that will give every Sad Sam and Square Apple an even break with the Wiser Wolves and Winsome Witches. The ideas listed below are guar anteed ice-breakers for any party. Comic characters — Cut famous characters out of the comics. Put the male characters in one box, the related female characters in an other box for the boys to pick from. The dance starts when Mag gie teams up with Jiggs, when Flash Gordon finds Dale, when Blondie finds Dagwood, when L’il Abner finds Daisy Mae. Get the idea? It’s more fun than the fun nies. Beautiful babies — Have every guest bring his and her baby pic ture to the party. All the girls put their pictures in one box, the boys in another. Then each picks a pic ture and the fun begins when they try to identify each other. The theme song of this one should be “You Must Have Been a Beauti ful Baby." U. S. Air Corps Wrecks Own Bases in China To Hinder Jap Drive Demolition Crews Blow Up Fields, Burn Buildings. The demolition of air bases is one job the China air service area com mand hoped never to be required to carry out. But the Japanese drive to control the Hunan Kwangsi rail way and establish a line of com munications to French Indo-China has slowly but surely driven Chinese ground forces back and necessitated abandonment of a number of for ward bases of Maj. Gen. C. L. Chen- nault’s 14th air force. The air serv ice command has never left a base behind without mutilating it so thor oughly that the enemy could not possibly take advantage of the smoking remains. In the case of Hengyang, a 12-man crew in only 14 hours obliterated an installation that took thousands of men 11 months to construct. After that, on J.iiy 6, came the destruction SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS The Rambling Rhymster ■y LE8 PLETTNER IN A RESTAURANT It/hai to. Vo * By PHYLLIS BKLMONT Party menus nowadays call for unrationed food, but should work no special hardship on clever hostesses. Chicken salad or sandwiches, molded vegetable salads, cream cheese spread on f crackers, home made ice cream and cake will not eat up your ration stamps and all can be served attractively. Make your “plainish” cake fancy with thick icing and decorate it with tiny flags of the United Nations. The result is an eyecatching and very appropriate decoration for your table—or your buffet supper. Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. “Just look at that fellow.” Remarked the wife, As we sat in a restaurant. “Although I feel mellow. Still, for my life, He does me completely daunt. Just look what he's eating,” Said she again; Assaulting he* dish of greens. “My eyes are a’meeting. Though it’s past ken— Doughnuts and coffee and beans. You’d think he’d be having Some slight regard for the health Of his inner works, And not inflict such a combine hard To handle ... and causing quirks. You’d think he’d be having Some mite of sense. And would see what the stuff will do. I can’t see how people Can be so dense. And stupid and dumb—can you? He’s fat and he’s florid And up in years— You’d think that he ought to know Such things won’t go in his inward gears— Some day will cause pain and woe. He’s looking so happy and satisfied He can’t realize what it means— Knows not what they’ll do to him inside— Those doughnuts and coffee and beans!” Museum Piece Comes Back From Alaska Back in 1906, this was a snappy model delivery truck. The two- cylinder relic is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Pettigrew of Wrangle, Alaska. They hope to trade it for something a little more up to date. It has buggy wheels with hard rubber tires, kerosene headlights, and the gas tank in front. Minuto Aiello- tips By GABR1KLLB Is your skin so dry that it looks “drawn,” no matter what you do? Does your powder flake? Well, do this: Put on a little fine cosmetic oil or a very rich emulsion. Leave on for just a minute, then blend on a foundation cream. Your dry skin will absorb the oil and cream. Use a little cream rouge, then press and pat on powder. The first application is absolutely necessary if you are a “dry skin” sufferer! Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. Gasoline - soaked buildings at Hengyang airdrome blaze fiercely a minute after being fired by the demolition crew. Below: All that is left of the base are a few charred timbers and blistered oil drums, a testimony to the thoroughness of the wrecking methods of the China air service command. of Paoching; Lingling followed, and then, on September 20, air strips at Kweilin; and, as the Japanese ad vanced inexorably, Tanchuk on the West river followed. In every in stance, t]?e job was done by a hand ful of men especially trained for the particular airdrome, and always the demolition was completed within a few hours after the field was aban doned. Usually, the demolition of build ings is a comparatively simple job. Drums of gasoline are set near each structure as soon as there is any indication that the installation may have to be abandoned. After the field is deserted and ready for the demolition crew, the drums are placed inside each building, the crew shoots holes in them and from a safe point outside, hurls burning material through windows or doors to start the blaze. Bomb and ammunition slots are destroyed by dumping gasoline in side. The tremendous heat, when it burns, sets them off. The main prob lem is planning their destruction in such an order that they can be handled speedily and the crews can reach adequate shelter. For explo sive demolition of any real size, hastily built lean-to’s serve to keep the crews safe from falling rock and fragments. Unexpected Perils. To illustrate some of the unfore seen dangers encountered in this work. Col. Richard Treiber, chief of personnel and training, recalled the burning of a building full of 5C ali- ber ammunition at Hengyang. “We fired it and ran like mad for the nearest revetment before the cases began to explode. Everything went fine until a stray slug hit a gasoline drum next to us and the stuff began to trickle down the hill toward the fire . . . We didn’t stay much longer.” The defense plans provide for two types of demolition, “destructive” and “explosive.” “This,” Colonel Treiber said, “means that we de stroy as much as we can by fir* and by breaking it up with ham mers or sledges. We take care of most of the machinery this way, though sometimes when it is too big we have to use explosives on it.” The final job is that of making the runway useless to the enemy. This is done by mining the strip with bombs in a pattern ingeniously de vised to accomplish the most damage in the least time. When there is time, the bombs are buried in the runway to accomplish a maximum of damage, but some times it is necessary to tie two or three together and explode them on the surface. Disabled Soldier Is An Expert Crocheter TOPEKA, KAN. — A Kanka kee, 111., airplane mechanic who learned the art by watching his mother, whiles away hours of convalescence by crocheting. Corp. Vincent Mersolais ex plained to the astounded soldier- patients of Winter General hos pital that he had learned just to show his sisters how easy it was. 200 rt« CENT- TE1EFACT VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION IN U.S. A. (PER CAPITA INCREASE SINCE 1909) 1909 1943 FRESH VEGETABLES 1909 1943 CANNED VEGETABLES If it were not for the shortage of cans daring the last two years, the consumption of canned vegetables would be even greater than shown. Artificial Moonlight Helps in British Drive SUPREME HEADQUARTERS. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. — Artificial moonlight has helped the British keep their ad vance moving in west Holland by night as well as by day. The synthetic moonglow, first used at Caen but on the secret list until recently, is created by focusing mo bile batteries of floodlights toward enemy positions while Allied move ments are kept in the shadows. Pretty Frock for Gala Occasions New Party Frock for Little Girl Princess Frock YOU’LL look lovely and slim 1 in this charming Princess frock with its contrasting yoke that frames your face so becomingly. For that all-important “furlough date!” * • • Pattern No. 1Z52 comes in sizes 12, 14. 18, 18 and 20. Size 14, % sleeve, requires 3Vs yards of 39 inch material; 3 .k yard of 35 or 39 inch material for contrasting yoke. For this pattern send 25 cents in coins, your name, address, size desired, and the pattern number. The Objective Joan—Here’s a woman writing in for advice on where to take her three daughters for a Christmas vacation. What’ll I tell her? Jasper—I should think Sulphur Springs would be a good place to make matches. A man received a notice to move from his landlord. Believing it could not be enforced, he replied: “Dear Sir, I remain, Yours truly.” Snpercolossal Joan—Isn’t the sky lovely? It’s just like a picture this evening. Jasper—Yeah, with an all-star cast, too! They Are Joan—I notice your aunt is wearing a pair of silver bars pinned to her coat. Is her boy friend a captain? Jasper—No, two lieutenants. Surprise “That man,” said Smith, “came to tliis town 20 years ago, bought a wheelbarrow, and began collect ing rags. What do you think he’s worth today?” “I couldn’t guess,” confessed Jones. “Nothing,” said Smith. “And he still owes for the barrow.” Heavy Adversary Tim—Look, Daddy, I pulled this cornstalk up all by myself. Daddy—My, what a strong boy! Tim—Sure. The whole world had hold of the other end. For the Little Girl PVERY little girl loves a party frock. Mother can easily and quickly make this dainty on* with its full skirt gathered onto tlM yoke. Pretty for play time too. • • • Pattern No. 1230 comei In sizes 1. S, 3. 4 and 5 years. 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