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THE NEWBERRY 8UN. NEWBERRY, S. C.
A REPORT ON GERMANY
Hard-boiled Leon Henderson did
some tough talking to President
Roosevelt when he arrived back
from his economic survey of occu
pied Germany.
Henderson was sent by the White
House to consult with General
Eisenhower regarding the economic
setup in Germany after the Armi
stice. But, while the former OPA
administrator has kept very mum
about it, he was quite critical in his
verbal report to the President re
garding negligence on the part of
the army, the state department and
the Anglo-American-Russian com
mission in London regarding plans
for running Germany.
Henderson told FDR that
neither the U. S. military nor the
state department had done any
thing except the sloppiest sort
of planning about running the
difficult German civilian econo
my after the armistice. U. S.
Ambassador John Winant in
London, Henderson indicated,
had been sitting on his haunches
as a member of the tripartite
eommission supposed to look
into this, but doing nothing.
Henderson reported that the plan
for cutting Germany up into three
different sections under the British,
American and Russian armies
simply would not work economical
ly. He pointed out that the Ger
man railroads were set up to work
as a unit, not in three different sec
tions. Likewise with German indus
tries. Henderson proposed, there
fore, that German civilian economy
be run by a civilian commission
representing the Allies which would
have charge of the entire country.
He also proposed that the military
take orders from the civilian high
commission.
What the President will do about
the Henderson report remains to be
seen. When he suggested that Hen
derson go back to Germany, the
hard-boiled ex-OPA administrator
refused. He said it was impossible
to work under the present setup. In
stead he will go to China to
make a study of price controls for
Chiang Kai-shek.
(Note — What some White
House advisers fear is that the
same chaos and inflation which
killed democratic government in
Germany after the last war once
again will become so ruinous
that the German people will fall
back on another Hitler or
Kaiser.)
• • •
G.I. JOE AT PEACE TABLE
More and more state legislatures
and members of congress are urg
ing that a G.I. Joe sit at the peace
table; also that he begin by sitting
in at the important San Francisco
United Nations conference. Some
further propose that Sumner Welles,
former undersecretary of state and
the man who originally planned for
the peace machinery, attend the San
Francisco conference, perhaps as ad
viser to the soldier delegate or as
an unbiased observer with no ax to
grind either for or against any one
political party.
The Maryland and Rhode Island
legislatures are the latest to push
the idea of a G.I. Joe at the peace
table, resolutions being introduced
by Charles M. See of Cumberland,
Md., and Joseph Mills of War
wick, R. I. The Texas and South
Carolina legislatures have already
passed resolutions, while Senator
Johnston of South Carolina and Rep
resentative Jackson of Washington
have introduced resolutions in the
U. S. congress urging that the G.I.
Joe attend the San Francisco con
ference as a starter to the final
peace session. They propose that he
be no higher than the rank of ser
geant.
Note — The Iowa poll, con
ducted by the Des Moines Sun
day Register, found that an over
whelming majority of lowans,
83 per cent, favored having a
member of the armed forces at
the peace table.
« • •
DEMOCRATIC JOE STILWELL
Gen. Joe Stilwell has always
Crated high with his men. Now that
he’s stationed in Washington as
chief of the army ground forces, he
still has the reputation of looking
out for them.
The other day, Washington realtor
CoL Gus Ring, who is used to get
ting phone calls from all sorts of im
portant apartment hunters, was
surprised to find General Stilwell
walk in his oTice and ask for an
apartment. Stilwell didn’t want the
apartment for himself, but had trav
eled all the way across Washington
to try to get an apartment for the
widow of one of Stilwell’s junior of
ficers who had been killed in action.
Note—He got the apartment.
• • •
CAPITOL CHAFF
<L Henry Wallace and Loan Adminis
trator Fred Vinson are getting to
gether to discuss plans for coordi
nating the 60,000,000-job program.
C. As Wallace looked around the
room in Jesse Jones’ old loan office,
he said: “I just want to see where
the bodies are buried.”
C Credit Republican Senator Austin
of Vermont with doing one of the
best jobs at the recent Mexico City
conference. Though not a trained
diplomat, Austin was a tower of
sound advice to the U. S. delegation.
New York Picture Postcards:
Crowds rushing away from the
Main Stem after curfew as if it were
a pal who could no longer do any
favors. . . . An all-night beanery’s
electric eye peering into the early
ayem darkness—showing that one
part of the town has insomnia. . . .
/i ballet of spring breezes dancing
through the streets. . . . The parks'
trees sprouting tiny buds clenched
like a baby’s fist. . . . Tips of sky
scrapers providing exclamation
points for the city’s exciting scenic
story. . . . Torch-carriers suffering
from high-blonde pressure, attempt
ing to kill a heartache with a hang
over. . . . The sign in a bar: “Time
Tells on a Man—Especially a Good
Time.” . . . The warm poetry of
Broadway friendship which can turn
into the cold prose of enmity over
night. An interesting and disheart
ening phenomenon. . . . Dawn com
ing out into the sky to put the stars
to sleep.
Among the town’s little heroes:
Civilian defense workers who are
still carrying on their duties. . . .
Gigantic fingers cf silence gripping
the city at dawn. So quiet you can
hear the click of traffic lights as
they switch colors. . . . The touch
ing goodbyes between soldiers and
their loved ones at depots. “I’ll
write you every day, honey!” . . .
Sabbath morning church-belloquence
which seems to fit the silence rather
than break it. ... A scoop of after
noon sun being served on a platter
of whipped cream clouds. . . .
Broadwayites clogging all-night caf
eterias—sipping coffee while nib
bling on a side-dish of conversation.
. . . Rockefeller Center gal guides
who are more arresting than any
of the sights they point out.
Regal Fifth Ave. shopwindows
crowned with luxuries—a fitting
tribute for the Queen of Big
Town streets. . . . The hams who
are walking showcases for their
own personalities. . .. Garments
arrayed on 10th Ave. clothes
lines swaying to the tune of
breezes humming by. . . . The
sky coated with glowing twilight,
exhibiting a visual wink which
brings out the smile in anybody’s
spirit. . . . The enameled self-
assurance of Main Stem movie
ushers who have all the dig
nity of generals.. . . Hushed con
versations which cushion the vel
vety atmosphere of the sumptu
ous Music Hall lounge. ... A
gay wind holding on tight to the
dress of a chorine as it goes
around her curves.
Comely Travelers’ Aid ladies who
greet strangers with a bouquet of
bright smiles. . . . The Hudson Riv
er cob-webbed with streaks of moon
light—a view that tattoos itself into
your memory. . . . Sunrise tinting
the sky with a Paradise of colors as
the world hands people its most
priceless gift: A new day. . . . The
theater’s best-dressed mr>n: The
ticket collector—garbed in & tux. . . .
A rustle of silk heralding the ap
proach of first-nighters coming down
the aisle and leaving a trail of per
fume. . . . The Empire State Build
ing at noon—cellophaned with sun
shine. . . . Midtown canyons at dawn
filled to the brim with hush. . . .
The smell-binding aroma of roast
ing coffee tickling nostrils as you
ride over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Mountains of clouds cruising over
the city and making mammoth
buildings insignificant. . . . Head
lines on newsstands gleaming with
bright war news which lights up the
dimout. . . . The Flying Fortress
whizzing over the Statue of Liberty
and dipping its wings in a salute
to the grand lady who carries a
torch for Uncle Sam.
Train announcers’ voices yawning
out their remarks as if they wished
>hey were elsewhere. . . . Workers
gulping a quick breakfast of oran-
juice, coffee and doughnuts—like bit
ter medicine they didn’t want to
taste. . . . Broadwayites straining
talk through their cigars as they
stand on street corners tossing away
precious minutes they can never
hope to retrieve. . . . Movie stars
rushing around town convoyed by a
fleet of press agents.
The slanty penmanship of rain
scribbling its unruly signature on
window panes. . . . Darkened sky
scrapers putting shadows on stilts
as they stand guard over the streets
all through the night.
Cool, clear nights when you can
even see baby stars staying out all
night. . . . Agonized cries of fog
horns along the waterfront sandpa
pering the hush of the night.
The lady garbed in a flowing white
gown who strolls along Sixth Ave.
distributing religious pamphlets. A
decade ago she was a well-known
actress. . . . Mobs rushing to stores
(where ciggies are being sold) as if
it were a gold rush. . . . Feminuis-
ances chin deep in mink lolling in
swanky eateries where they turn the
private lives of friends inside out.
. . . The hackrobatics of cabbies
jeeping their way through traffic.
. . . Table-sitting orators in cafes
trying to breathe the life of an idea
into a mquthful of dead words.
Nine New U. S. Four-Star Generals
THOS. T. HANDY B. B. SOMERVELL GEORGE C. KENNEY
The above nine lieutenant generals were nominated by President
Roosevelt to be full generals in the U. S. army.
They are:
Jacob L. Devers, commanding general, 6th army group, Euro
pean theater.
Mark W. Clark, commanding general, 15th army group in Italy.
Walter Krueger, commanding general, 6th army, Philippines.
Carl Spaatz, commanding general, U. S. strategic air force in
Europe.
Joseph T. McNarney, supreme deputy Allied commander, Medi
terranean theater.
Omar N. Bradley, commanding general, 12th army group. West
ern front in Europe.
Thomas T. Handy, deputy chief of staff, U. S. army.
Brehon B. Somervell, commanding general, army service forces.
George C. Kenney, commanding general. Far East air forces.
American Street and Mayor
The ancient Rhine city of Coblenz has a new mayor. He is Brig.
Gen. Frank J. Culvin of Tucson, Ariz. Left: At Krefeld, Germany, Sgt.
George A. Kaufman of Fort Smith, Ark., is changing a street sign from
“Adolf Hitler Strasse” to “Roosevelt Boulevard.” The 9th army is eras
ing all marks of Nazi rule in captured Germany. „
Wounded Vets Join Ball Clubs
Left, Lt. Bert R. Shepard, who lost his right leg on his 34th mission
over Germany, is shown as he batted them out at the Washington Sena
tors’ training camp. Upper right, Emer Durrett, discharged marine vet
eran of Guadalcanal, now a Brooklyn Dodgers’ outfielder. Lower right,
Bright Whiteside, Boston Red Sox catcher, received navy medical dis
charge, having been wounded in action.
France Pays Lend-Lease Debt
The French provisional government presented the United States gov
ernment with $40,000,000 as a further installment on the accepted out
standing billings for shipments of materials made to French North
and West Africa during the last two years. Leo T. Crowley is shown
receiving one check from Christian Valensi of French supply council.
Four Awards in Day
Pilot of a navy scout bombing
plane, Lt. Kenneth Roy Miller of
Hutchinson, Kan., is shown after he
had been presented with four deco
rations in a single day in a cere
mony at the naval air station at
Patuxent River, Mo.
Emblems of Honor
Here are sketches of the new em
blems to be worn by soldiers and sail
ors who are honorably discharged
from the service but still wear
their uniforms, pending reconver
sion to civilian attire. Top, army,
a golden yellow eagle; bottom, navy,
blue on white.
Joins Flying Club
Secretary of Commerce Henry A.
Wallace, together with 91 mem
bers of congress, has seriously taken
up flying. He is shown as he steps
from cockpit of plane in which he
was taking flying lessons for post
war flying days.
Pin-Up Bride Puss
This kitty with the soulful expres
sion of an expectant bride is the pet
of Miss Roslyn Stock of Bronx,
N. Y., who dressed puss in brida’
finery for pin-up pictures.
/
NLY a few years ago, almost the
entire country started pulling
for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The
Dodgers were the people’s choice, or
cherce. But this season as a lone
bystander or spectator. I’m pulling
for Connie Mack’s Athletics. Which
means Connie Mack.
With the respect in which Connie
Mack is held in this country, with
ail the publicity he
has drawn, I still
doubt that the Unit
ed States quite ap
preciates what Con
nie Mack has meant
to the integrity, to
the cleanness, to the
all-out sportsman
ship of baseball;
virtues which should
belong to all games.
I don’t believe the •
majority of the peo- Connie Mack
pie know or under
stand the great job Connie has
done through more than 60 years in
promoting these ideals, which are
far above the nine pennants and the
many World Series his teams have
won. There have been many smart
managers and many smart owners.
But no one else who could match
what Connie Mack has contributed
to baseball and to sport in general,
as player, manager and owner—or
one who could say with Victor Hugo:
“The snows of winter may be on
my head, but the sunshine of eter.
nal spring is in my heart.”
Forty Years Ago
Coming up from the south, I first
met Connie in the World Series of
1905. That was the year when
Christy Mathewson wrecked the
Athletics with three successive shut-
outs s Connie Mack was then well
over 40 years old. He was supposed
to be past his prime, over four dec
ades ago. But after that 1905 Series
I found that Mr. Mack had no alibi
of any sort to offer. He had only
praise for the great pitching of
Matty, who held his hard-hitting
team to 13 singles in 3 games.
“What a pitcher,” Connie said then.
“What a pitcher.” He had nothing
to say about the absence of his
great pitcher, Rube Waddell, who
had been injured before the series
and couldn’t even throw a ball.
It may be the younger genera
tion doesn’t know so much about Mr.
Mack.
Well, at the age of 82 or 83, or
whatever It is (who bothers about
the years, anyway), Connie is a lean,
tall, gray-haired fellow as straight
as a south Georgia pine. The last
time 1 saw him was the 1944 World
Series in St. Louis—between the Car
dinals and Browns—when he looked
to be the keenest of all the flock
that follows any World Series show.
We talked of the days when he dug
up the greatest bunch of left-hand
ers that ever worked for any ball
club. Connie was always partial to
southpaws — Rube Waddell, Herb
Fennock (rated by Bill Hanna as
the greatest of them all), Eddie
Plank (the Gettysburg Guide), and
Lefty Grove—certainly one of the
best.
It was also Connie Mack who dug
up one of the great infields of base
ball—even if you have forgotten their
names—Stuffy Mclnnis, Eddie Col
lins, Jack Barry and Home-Run
Frank Baker. Kindly name me a
greater infield?
A Great Sportsman
In these last 40 years I have never
seen or met Connie Mack when he
wasn’t kind and considerate of all
concerned — ballplayers, baseball
writers and the public at large. He
merely happened to be a great
sportsman. And we can use a lot
more great sportsmen than we
have today. He has nothing to cover
up—nothing to explain. For 60 years
he has stood four square against all
the winds that blow in sport, and
many of these are adverse winds.
There was never any “dead pan”
about Connie. He had a quaint
sense of humor. The tough breaks
never bothered him.
“It all belongs in the game, v he
used to say. “You get the good ones
and you get the bad ones. It ail
averages up.”
Some time ago I was kidding Ty
Cobb as to whether he or Babe Ruth
was the greatest ballplayer.
“Why pick on Ruth or me,” Cobb
said. “Why not turn to Connie
Mack? Mr. Mack has done more for
baseball and sportsmanship in gen
eral than any two men that ever
lived. He is the ablest man and the
squarest shooter I’ve ever known—
and 60 working years couldn’t knock
him down.”
That’s one of the reasons I’m pull
ing for Connie Mack and his Ath
letics through 1945.
Country of Youth
This is a young country, and it
should be the country of youth. They
are the ones who should take charge
—not the older men who rarely hear
a shot fired in anger.
What we need is a sporting pro
gram for these 10,000,000 or 12,000,-
000 war servicemen, which army
and navy are now arranging, to take
up the physical and mental slack.
Tennis, golf, baseball and basket
ball will do more to “rehabilitate”
these battle-weary heroes than any
thing else.
Gems of Thought
A THOUGHTFUL mind, when
it secs a nation’s flag, sees
not the flag only, but the nation
itself; and whatever may be its
symbols, its insignia, he reads
chiefly in the flag the govern
ment, the principles, the truths,
the history which belong to the
nation that sets it forth.—H. W.
Beecher.
A man may build himself a
throne of bayonets, but he can
not sit on it.—Dr. W. R. Inge.
The only way to have a friend
is to be one.—Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
All who joy would win
Musi share it—happiness was bom m
twin.—Byron.
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