Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. PLOT ON HITLER Those whose business it is to study the intricate problem of Ger man politics have now come to the conclusion that if it hadn’t been for the July 20 putsch against Hitler, we might have been saved six months or so of fighting. The attempt on Hitler’s life gave him the excuse to clean out every military man not in sympathy with the war, and his military leaders since then have lacked the courage to suggest an armistice — even though they knew the war was hope less. Here is the inside story of what happened. The Hitler plot had been clev erly arranged by the British. They bad been working for months with a small secret seg ment of anti-Hitler officers in side the German army. Actual ly, their pipelines into Germany had been laid even before the war started. Weeks and weeks of the most minute planning had gone into the plot. However, as in anything as dangerous as an attempt to as sassinate the world’s chief mad man, something went wrong at the last minute. A high-up Ger man officer on the general staff had agreed to place a brief case containing a time-bomb alongside Hitler’s chair during a meeting of the general staff. He did so. But either Hitler moved away or else did not sit where expected. At any rate when the bomb went off, it killed several officers, but Hitler was only wounded in the hand by a bomb fragment. That incident, however, touched off the bloodiest blood purge in his tory. Neutral sources estimate that 100,000 German officers and other high-up officials suspected of anti- Hitler bias were killed. Any Ger man leader who had grown cool re garding the war or was slightly critical of Hitler was included. In the last war, it was the Ger man general staff who demanded of the Kaiser that he sue for peace as early as September 29, 1918. The German civilian government re sisted. In this war it was expected that the professional military caste would see the futility of further fight ing and also sue for peace after the Normandy invasion last June. But as a result of the July purge the military leaders who survived dared not brave Hitler’s wrath. POSTWAR CONSCRIPTION Although no final decision has been made by FDR personally. Undersecretary of War Bob Patter son and several other White House advisers are urging him to press for immediate congressional action on a postwar compulsory military training law covering all men 18 to 26. Patterson and some of the army brass hats want Roosevelt to jam the conscription bill through con gress before the war is over. They are using the line with FDR that passage of a peacetime conscription bill by congress now will be further evidence to the United Nations that this country will maintain a sizable military force to help keep the peace. Congressional leaders so far are against immediate consideration, feel they’ll have their hands full in the next few months getting more urgent postwar measures through capitol hill, such as jobs, without starting up a terrific controversy over conscription. Note: The White Honse is be ing deluged with mail against postwar conscription. Most of the public seems to be against it. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF C. The German people have been ordered to kill all chickens in order to save feed. C A secret report has been cir culated among top WPB officials showing that, as of February 1, the manpower situation was excellent. Manpower Commissioner McNutt has told the senate military affairs committee privately the same thing. . . . Senator Chandler of Kentucky quoting Vice Chairman WiHiam Batt of the WPB "That we have already out-produced our enemies and our Allies.” <1. Representative Charles La Fol- lette, liberal Indiana Republican and a close friend of Wendell L. Willkie, never had met his son, Philip Willkie, until his recent trip to London where Lieutenant Will kie was stationed. A few days later La Follette bumped into Philip acci dentally in New York, and a few days after that Willkie arrived in Washington and was a guest at La Follette’s home. C. The Norwegian embassy has pro tested to Louis B. Mayer against Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer’s plan to screen “Victoria,” by novelist Knut Hansun, who turned quisling. The Norwegians don’t want any book by any quisling featured in Hollywood. Three weeks have now passed and the Norwegian embassy is wonder ing why Louis B. Mayer has not replied. C. The California Veterans of For eign Wars have requested Roosevelt to drop deportation proceedings against west coast labor leader Harry Bridges. Little Known Stories About Well-Known People: His contemporaries thought Ted dy Roosevelt was conceited. They told this one on him. That Teddy died and went to heaven where he discovered the famed choir had been disbanded. He told St. Peter it should be reorganized and that he, Teddv, would conduct. "Very well,” said The Old Fellow. “How many tenors should we have?” Teddy suggested ten million ten ors, as many baritones, etc. “How many bass singers?” asked St. Peter, pencil poised. “Oh,” said Teddy, “I’ll sing bass.” FDR’s guesting at the former Czarist Palace in Yalta brings to mind the yam told about Teddy Roosevelt’s world tour. . . . While in Stockholm he lived at the royal pal ace. When “Mr. Big-Stick” was asked by a newsman how he liked the sensation of living in a palace, Teddy snapped: “I don’t like them. You can’t ring a bell and complain about the room!” One of the staff offered his res ignation to the executive editor of the old New York World. He explained that he was going to start his own little country news paper. “I’d like some advice from you,” said the reporter, “on how you think I ought to run it.” “You’ve come to the wrong person,” said the exec. “Ask one of our indignant subscrib ers.” When President Roosevelt was Governor of New York a film sales man named Moe Schenck (he worked out of Albany) was intro duced to him. . . . The other day Moe was in the White House to see one of the secretaries about a film. . . . As he came out of the office FDR came along. “Well!” well’d Mr. Roosevelt. “How are you, Moe, you old sunuva- gun—what are you doing in Wash ington?” Moe explained his mission briefly and started to go. FDR said: “Good luck, Moe. Don’t be such a strang er. Come see me sometime.” “Mr. President,” Moe intoned, “I’m a very busy man.” At a social event which Thom as Edison attended reluctantly at his wife’s urging—the inven tor finally escaped his admir ers to sit in a corner. A friend noticed that he kept looking at his watch and, drawing closer, he heard Edison sigh deeply and murmur: “If there were only a dog here.” The home of Beethoven in Bonn has been converted into a memorial museum. In one of the rooms, roped off from curious hands, is the piano upon which Beethoven composed most of his famous music. A very snooty girl visited the shrine with a party of American tourists. She looked at the piano with awe and asked the guard if she might play just a few notes on it. She sat down and played a few bars of the Moon light Sonata. As she left she re marked to the attendant: “I sup pose all the great pianists who have come here at one time or another have played on it.” The guard replied: “No, miss, not at all. Paderewski was here sev eral years ago, but said he wasn’t worthy to touch it.” At a dinner party Bea Lillie (Lady Peel in private life) was wearing the family pearls. A feline meowed: “What lovely pearls, Bea. Are they genuine? Of course, you can always tell by Siting them. Here, let me see.” “Gladly,” said Lady Peel, prof fering her jewels. “But remember. Duchess, you can’t tell real pearls with false teeth.” One of the important Washing ton newspapers once reported (on its front page) a mild in disposition of President Roose velt with: “President Kept to His Rooms by Coed.” FDR heard of it and requested several copies, which he shows to visiting diplomatic bigwigs in their moments of relaxation. This is how one of the world’s clas sics was written: Nathaniel Haw thorne worked as a bookkeeper. One day he was fired and came home depressed. But his wife wasn’t. She told him that she had secretly saved money from household expenses so that he could one day afford to write the book he was planning. That is how Hawthorne wrote “The Scarlet Letter.” It’s supposed to have happened at President Roosevelt’s inaugural re ception. A midwest plumbing man ufacturer who had supported the Demo campaign fund brought his teen-age daughter to the luncheon. The young lady had been coached for weeks on correct etiquette in company of all these big people. Ev erything went well until she was in troduced to FDR. She curtsied slight ly and they said with great defer ence, “This is a great honor, Mr. President, I’ve heard father speak of you many times.” “Lil Audrey,” veteran bomber of the famous U. S. army 7th air force, has made 100 missions, flown 343,000 miles and has dropped 416,900 pounds of bombs on Jap targets across the Pacific. The bomber will tonr the United States combat crew training centers. Capt. Jim Braddock is shown shaking hands with the pilot, Lt. Francis Pouls of Pasadena, Calif. Loses Leg but Net His Ambition Bert Shepard of Clinton, Ind., who lost part of his right leg as a flying lieutenant in Europe, is shown here in a workout in spring train ing with the Washington Senators in College Park, Md. He is shown as he slides into first base. Prior to the war he played in the minor league clubs. Mine Detector Combats Crime Military police are shown using an army mine detector, whose duties are usually confined to the battlefield, in the search for a gun believed to have been used in a murder. A gun was found but it was not the one sought. This is believed to be the first time the mUitary mine detector has been used in crime detection. The mine detector indicates the pres ence of metal. This improved mine detector, developed during the present war, offers many postwar possibilities in addition to that of crime detector. Already plans are being formulated to utilize a modified form in a group to be organized for treasure hunting. Lest They Forget—This Is War Cpl. E. A. Nault of Meadow Lake, Saskatoon, Canada, posts a dramatic sign on the road to Calcar, Germany, to remind Allied soldiers not to fraternize with the enemy. The American command has published similar orders, having information that German agents are stiH working actively in conquered territory. Some reports have been received of Vazis cultivating friendship of Allied servicemen in order to carry on work against the armed forces. Arrests are made daily. Takes His Medicine Peeking from his cozy quarters at the Bronx zoo, Simian Sam takes his spring tonic. Above you see the cheerful chimp doing his duty, down ing the stuff to the last drop. After licking the spoon, he registers ex treme pleasure. General’s Pet Mount Pistol slung at hip, Lt. Gen. Dan I. Sultan, commanding general oi India-Burma theater, rides this sure footed pack mule over a steep jungle trail during a front line visit to the Mars task force along the Burma road. This is a familiar picture oi General Sultan. Succeeds Sen. Moses Wilson R. Young, (R), Lamore county farmer, who was appointed by Governor Aandahl to succeed the late Sen. John Moses, (D), who died recently. Young, strong for inter national cooperation, will serve until the 1946 election. Arctic Rescue Head Lt. Col. Norman D. Vaughn, above, head of the Arctic search and rescue division of the North American division of the AAF air transport command, which has rescued many Yanks. \/l ANY years ago Ellsworth Vines, the star tennis player, and not a bad golfer, made this re mark— * “It’s surprising how long it takes a fellow to get into hard competitive condition—and what a short time it takes to get out again.” And Vines was a hard trainer. This happens to be completely true. It is one answer to Gunder Haegg’s showing in the recent IC 4A games at Madison Square Garden where he practical ly collapsed in the mile run. Haegg, the great Swedish flash, oudoors and in shape, has run the mile in 4.02. He was timed around Gunder Haegg 4.31 over an indoor track with no chance to train, soon after he landed. This means a lost or missing mar gin close to 29 seconds—or some thing more than 150 yards. In the best mile that Haegg ever ran he would have beaten Rafferty’s 4:16.4 mile by over 90 yards. For a 4.16 mile is barely more than a gallop. Looking as far back as Joie Ray, a 4.16 mile would have been a com mon canter for the old-timer. Rafferty has always been a fight ing miler. Then we had Nurmi’s 4:10.4. And Nurmi was one of the great runners of all time. From that mile to 10,000 meters. From that point on down to Arne Andersson’s record mile in 4:1.6 we have seen the records fall—via Glen Cunning ham, Lovelock, Haegg and others who hammered the figures dow*, split second by split second. But in all this natural ability has needed the hardest sort of work, plus able trainers and able coaches who have yet to receive the credit they deserved. The Greatest Race To me the mile has always been the greatest of all races. It com bines more in the way of speed and stamina than any other distance. The 100 yards—the 220—even the quarter—are largely speed tests. Al though it must be admitted that the 440 yard dash, or the quarter, is also a killing distance, calling for extended speed. But the mile is something in between the sprints and the longer distance races, leading up to the marathon. The average, normal human be ing from city and farm, usually talks and thinks in terms of the mile. It is a mile to some place—or 5 miles—or 10 miles. You know just about what that means. The mile today is the ideal com bination of speed and stamina—a race that draws and keeps the crowds interest. The 100 and the 220 are over in too much of a hurry while the 2 and 3 mile races are too long to watch. In this country most of our best running has been turned in from the 100 yard dash to the mile. We have had few runners with the pati ence ,to train for longer distances. We have been better at the shorter distances with Paddock, Wykoff, To- lan, Jesse Owens, and many others. Here it was largely a matter of a flash—or half a stride. But the main or major goal in track racing has been to reach the mile in four minutes flat. Here is something that demands both speed and stamina to the ultimate limit. The time may come when some one will beat four minutes. But that is the big target now. Arne Andersson has brought the mile to just a trifle more than a second from the four minute mark. Four minutes will be reached and beaten, but hardly through the war period. For with all the ability one may have, there is still the matter of condition and hard training through a long period. For example, Gunder Haegg is still the greatest distance runner in the world, over the one, two and three-mile tests. His record is one of the most amazing in all sport. Yet, out of condition, his last show ing at the mile and his best showing at the mile, are close to 29 seconds apart. We have always believed there are no supermen in sport. Records are only made to be broken. What they all want is the target. Sooner or later they bowl this target over. It has been said—“There is no substitute for work.” Also—“There is no substitute for experience.” Cer tainly in a mile run there is no sub stitute for a long, hard training pe riod that brings the legs and the wind working together as a team. And that goes for a Mercury. Tops in Training While we’re speaking of condi tion, if anyone cares to know about the all-time top in physical training, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to visit the four navy pre-flight schools at North Carolina, Georgia, St. Mary’s and Iowa. These four major pre flight headquarters were first set up by Comdr. Tom Hamilton, carried on by Comdr. Frank Wickhorst and are now under Comdr. “Killer” Kane. In addition to the academic and military side they have done an incredible job of conditioning. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FARM IMPLEMENTS GARDEN CULTIVATOR Tractors made from odd parts. Simple, easy plans to Bo by. Plans and instructions $1.00. E. Mo- ANINCH FARM SHOP. Morrice. 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