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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C.
Washington, D. C.
FEEDING ITALY
Chief issue in the long series oi
backstage arguments over feeding
Italy has been President Roosevelt’s
desire (1) to get the Italian people
to play a greater part in the war;
and (2) avoid a repetition of Greece.
Already there have been rumblings
of food rioting, and should Allied
tanks and gunj be turned against
the people of Rome as in Athens,
the repercussions would be tragic.
Theoretically, the British have
agreed with Roosevelt. When it
comes to putting the policy into ef
fect, however, it is different. Fol
lowing some disagreements last
August and September, F.D.R.
thought he had the whole matter
ironed out at the Quebec conference
with Prime Minister Churchill, only
to find that in late October nothing
had been done.
Finally, on October 31, he took the
unprecedented step of giving a di
rect order as commander-in-chief to
the secretary of war. He wrote:
“I have had before me the
■hipping difficulties' in getting
supplies to the civilian popula
tion of Italy and I note that we
have been building up some re
serves for use when northern
Italy collapses.
"In the meantime, it seems to
me that the situation is so acute,
from the point of view particu
larly of food in southern Italy,
that some risks must be taken
regarding supplies at the time of
the collapse in northern Italy.
That collapse may well not
come until Germany itself col
lapses, in which case the ship
ping situation will be much less
acute.
"Under the circumstances, I
have determined to assume the
responsibility for asking General
Wilson to increase the ration to
300 grams throughout all of Italy
that our forces occupy."
Despite this categoric position by
the President of the United States,
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, re
ferred to above, did nothing. Last
week, Secretary Stettinius empha
sized shipping as the reason why
increased feeding had not been
given Italy. But he did not give the
whole story. Actually, as pointed out
by the President, there has been ac
cumulating a stock pile of food for
unliberated northern Italy.
• • *
POORLY PAID CONGRESSMEN
The struggle experienced by many
congressmen to make both ends
meet in Washington, and also the
steady retirement of A-l officials
from public life because they can
not take the financial sacrifice, has
an interesting parallel in the early
days of the nation.
Some of the founding fathers, be
ing honest men and without private
fortunes, found it impossible to live
on their government salaries and
were threatened with imprisonment.
For instance, the great revolution
ary war hero, Gen. William Moul
trie was imprisoned for debt. Also,
the first associate justice of the U. S.
Supreme court, James Wilson, had
to flee Pennsylvania to escape his
creditors and was about to be
served with extradition papers in
Edenton, N. C., when he died.
Also, John Rutledge of South Caro
lina, one of the chief drafters of the
constitution, was threatened with
imprisonment for debt and only re
mained out of jail through the suf
ferance of his creditors.
Today, U. S. congressmen,
cabinet members, and federal
judges remain relatively among
the poorest paid public servants
in the world. A U. S. ambassa
dor to London is paid $17,500,
while the British ambassador to
the United States is paid $80,000.
A U. S. Supreme court justice
gets $20,000, while a New York
state Supreme court justice gets
$25,000.
• • •
PERSUADING NAZI PRISONERS
Recently the army’s shrewd
psychological warfare branch in
stalled sound equipment at the edge
of a Nazi-held port behind the
Allied lines in France and offered
the Germans a novel “Trial Sur
render.” The message broadcast to
the Germans went something like
this: “Try it out for three days.
If you don’t enjoy being a prisoner
with us, you can return to your
units.”
As a result of the offer, eight
Nazis surrendered. At the end of
the three days, four agreed to stay;
the other four asked to go back. The
army let them go. To their sur
prise, however, the four came back
a few hours later bringing more
than 50 of their tired Nazi comrades
to join them in the comparatively
luxurious prison camp surround
ings.
• • •
CAPITAL CHAFF
C Students of lend-lease will find at
an American neuropsychiatric rest
home at Shugborough park, in
England, a rather undistinguished
flagpole about 15 feet high bearing
the stars and stripes. At its base is a
sign: “This flagpole loaned the
American forces at Shugborough
park by the Earl of Litchfield.”
C. The Hollywood post office has
made a special rubber stamp to re
address mail to Congresswoman
Helen Gahagan Douglas, who once
lived in < Hollywood.
Snowflakes:
King George of Greece is irked
with his public relations experts.
They kept him staying in his London
hotel room during the Athens mess
—instead of okaying His Highness’
usual routine of making the London
late places surrounded by a bevy
of beauts. . . . Cuba’s Batista will
settle in Brazil.
The Federal Trade commission
is checking up on endorsers of prod
ucts in ads. Wants to find out if the
celebs who endorse them actually
use them. . . . The reason for the
New York butcher strike is this:
The Gov’t clamped down hard on
black marketing. The butchers
learned the fine was too high to
make any profit, even at b.m. fees.
They decided it was cheaper to get
out of business than make whole
salers rich and themselves poor.
Add rackets: Phones in Florida
are bringing as high as $500 each
from people who lost theirs to the
armed forces a year ago. . . . The
mobs are set to run the bookmak
ing in Mexico and Havana. They
had been figuring on the tracks suf
fering disaster for more than a
year. . . . Sidney Kingsley dashed
off a five page scenario in 30 min
utes, for which Zanuck paid him
$50,000. More than a 1,000 smackers
per minute.
Though war plant absenteeism
was a contributing factor, the Wash
ington grapevine is saying that the
main reason for closing the tracks
was this: congress was preparing
to stick a 10 per cent tax on the
mutuels, and the track owners (in
stead of cooperating gladly in view
of the fortunes they’ve garnered
lately) made ready to fight it. . . . It
was their attitude, more than any
thing else, which irritated the pow
ers that be.
The first Broadway hit show to
beat the jinx of the amusement page
alphabetical listing is "A Bell for
Adano.” . . . Many shows that
put an “A” in front of the title to
inherit the top of the list flopped.
“Angel Street” was the exception
for a long time. . . . The commies
in Indianapolis, Erie and Buffalo
last week started their campaign to
discredit G-man Hoover with a na
tional smear attack. . . . They say
N. Y. Times’ critic, Brooks Atkin
son (now in the hospital after a long
session covering China’s part in the
war), doesn’t want to resume
drama-inspecting. He prefers doing
something important, such as his re
cent assignment. His excellent re
ports are credited with actually in
fluencing U. S. policy in the Orient
Faees About Town: Libby Hol
man, the blues thrush-tobacco heir
ess, who is quietly backing Broadway
shows. . . . Band chief John Kirby,
$5,000 wealthier after winning a li
bel action from a Pittsburgh writer,
who cast aspersions on his draft
status. . . . Canary Bernice Parks,
currently at the St. Regis, who will
decorate Life’s pages as best-
dressed gal. She has 16 fur coats.
Her match book covers feature
photos of her feller. . . . Horace
MacMahon, one of the stage’s capa-
bles, serving the nation by deliver
ing war bond speeches—while wait
ing for producers to come to their
senses. . . . Milton Berle, who at
this tardy time is feuding with
Joe E. Lewis over the song, “Sam,
You Made the Pants Too Long!”
Apparently after reading the “Fighj
or Work” edict.
Story of the Week (By Dr. Elisha
A. King): Do you remember the
Indian juggler described by William
Hazlitt in one of his famous essays?
The juggler was perfect in throwing
and catching brass balls—keeping
four in the air at once. That was
his whole stock in trade, but it was
the best he had. Seeing a number
of people go to the Shrine of the
Virgin Mother bowing, praying, etc.,
he became interested and wanted to
worship. Finally, he went in,
squatted in front of the image and
performed. It was the best he had
to offer and doubtless acceptable.
. . . I mention this because of a
report from Guadalcanal describing
a Christmas evening service. Father
Gehring celebrated midnight Mass,
but no one could play Christmas
music. A soldier had gotten a small
organ from somewhere, but no one
could play it. However, one man
was found who knew only one tune,
“Yiddisher Mama,” so he played
that.
With the heavens for a roof, Mass
was said in Latin, a Jewish boy
played the one piece he knew and
several hundred Protestants, Catho
lics and Jews knelt and listened.
The Radioracles: Talk about de
flation. When CBS last week dropped
Raymond Scott’s 20-piece orchestra
(which cost the network more than
$250,000 in two years) the spot was
inherited by Milt Berth’s Copaca-
band, which has only three musi
cians. . . . Ted Adams, acting-pro
ducer of “We, the People,” had no
trouble booking H. Hodgkins, the
youthful spy-catcher fo'r the pro
gram. . . . Because Adams sum
mered near where the spies landed
—for 25 years.
Eighth Air Force Wins Laurels Over Europe
Center photograph ahcws result of 8th air foree raid over Strasbourg, Germany. Upper left, English
geese wander in for information at a class for crew of the 8th. Lower right, Capt. Kenneth R. Martin, Ke-
wanee, HI., left, and Lieut. Donald E. Young, Pittsburgh, with Biondie, one of the mascots of the unit. Circle,
Lieut. Col. Francis Gabresk, Oil City, Penn., top ace, with record still standing, despite the faet that he has
been a prisoner in German hands for some time.
Nazi Troops Still Powerful and Well Armed
Left, a Nazi soldier, heavily armed, typical of men facing bur armies on German front. Upper right, Ger.
man troops file past a burning: American tank. Lower right, armed with antitank weapons, on the style of
our bazooka, units of the Volkssturm parade in Berlin. These photos were captured by American soldiers.
Eisenhower Decorates State Aide
Brothers in House
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pins the DSM on Brig. Gen. Julius C.
Holmes for exceptionally meritorious services to the government. Holmes,
recently appointed an assistant secretary of state, was instrumental in
setting up military governments in Sicily and Italy. In background is
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder.
Rep. Max Schmabe of Missouri,
lower, welcomes a new member of
the house, George B. Schmabe, his
brother, recently elected as con
gressman from Oklahoma. He is
shown giving his "rookie” brothel
points of procedure of the house.
Three New Ladies of Congress
The new congress has been “improved” by the addition of three new
women members. L. to R.: Helen Gahagan Douglas of California, Speak
er Rayburn, who welcomed the women, Cease Going Woodhouse of Con
necticut, and Emily Taft Douglas of Illinois. Helen Douglas and Emily
Taft Douglas both have husbands in the service.
Church of England
Although he never had a parish,
the Right Rev. Geoffrey Francis
Fisher, Bishop of London, has been
named Archbishop of Canterbury,
highest office in the Church of Eng
land.
LOVE LETTERS OF A
BUREAUCRAT
My (unless otherwise designated)
Darling:
Your last letter expressing some
apprehensions as to the depth of my
affection for you has been received
and placed on file. Under separate
cover I am sending you a more
detailed statement of my love for
you. This will give you the over
all picture of a more secure setup
as man and wife, should the propo
sition under discussion be carried
to a successful conclusion.
Your complaint that you fear ceil
ings have been imposed on my af
fections for you have been given
careful consideration and will be
processed further, and while a more
complete report will be made to you
later, it is my conclusion that your
deductions are basically in error.
•
I have gone over my feelings
again with special care to every
phase of the project, and all my
data shows I have reached a new
high in devotion for the last fiscal
year. My regard for you has
reached 98 per cent as against a
high of 95V& for the previous year.
We can, I am sure, through the
establishment of even greater
unity, hold the line.
*
If we maintain a proper spirit of
cooperation we can stablize our af-
: fections at the hoped-for levels of 100
per cent and then blueprint a
course which shall surround them
with the proper safeguards against
seasonal declines, my (as within
the meaning of Section 7) dear.
You are quite wrong, my honey
child (and nothing in any subsequent
paragraph shaU be taken as conflict
ing with my use of this term of
endearment), when you imply that
my letter indicated my deep love
for you had been frozen. Nor have
I sought to establish any controls,
as you also seem to suspect. My
policy today is as announced to you
in my communications of January
3, March 10, June 23 and October
8, arid you may consider this docu
ment as a blanket authorization to
so construe it.
•
While my affection for you has
I exceeded in scope anything origi
nally charted, I have, of course,
been very busy with war problems
necessarily affecting our lives, and
some reconversion plans will of
course, be necessary to permit me
to return fully to the realm of ro
mance. I assume this is true of you,
too, my sweeti-pie. (Note—A fuller
distribution of terms of affee-
tion such as this is now made
easier, due to a slight lessening of
controls.)
•
Hold to your basic emotions to
ward me and in all moments of
doubt please realize that you are en
titled to my (1) steadfast devotion,
or (2) complete affection (which
ever is the larger), and without
deduction.
I Believe me to be (dear sir or
madam) your devoted slave (within
the meaning of the code of August,
1942).
UNO WHO.
• •
THE DIAPER CRISIS
(“Through Edward Sturgis Jr. of
the National Institute of Diaper
Service of 420 Madison avenue, OPA
has been petitioned to lift ceilings
on diapers. Diaper mills are refusing
to manufacture them because of the
low profit.”—News Item.)
We know what the urge is,
Mr. Sturgis.
This war is one of the worst,
But let first things eome FIRST!
On the list of preferentials
Let us keep the real essentials
Hey! Hey!
OPA!
Here’s a crisis very
Extraordinary.
Of all goals,
Chester Bowles,
This is tops;
It’s over crops.
It’s over stocks
And over socks;
It’s over rentals
And price of lentils;
1 Over hamburger prices.
And raspberry ices.
Over tires and peaches
And girdles and breeches!
I —
No diaper mill shirking!
Get ’em working!
Come on, OPA!—
Let there be no delay!
Think, brothers.
Of your mothers!
Yes, Chester, your problems mount,
But consider things that COUNT!
• • •
No Cavities
i Dentists are having a convention
in New York. They had considerable
trouble getting hotel rooms, for once
their plea to “open wider” going
largely unheeded.
And we understand the favorite
reply of hotel clerks to the dentists
when about to tell them there were
no rooms to be had was “Listen,
doctor, this isn’t going to hurt you.”
• • •
It would seem from reports from
abroad that when Greek meets
Greek they open fire.
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