University of South Carolina Libraries
THE NEWBERR\ 4 MN. NEWBERRY. S. C. United Nations of N. Y.: New York is the breath-taking atone and steel monument to the 20th Century. It was erected by the brawn, brains and sweat of foreign ers and their descendants. The varied nationalities, religions and races have liveH together in peace and enjoyed the benefits of democ racy. New York is the striking real ity of the American dream. ... If one great city can be the living ex ample of the UN ideals—and if 48 United States can do it—so can the United Nations. . . . New York rep resents the test-tube of the One World experiment. If 8 million peo ple can accomplish that—billions can. For the experiment has suc ceeded far beyond the wildest hopes of starry-eyed dreamers and proph ets. Our fabulous metropolis should be an inspiration for visiting UN dele gates. Here is living proof of UN ideals. The Big Town’s diversity of creeds and nationalities wouid amaze even many native New York ers. Every member of the United Nations has contributed to its myriad population, plus some na tions that aren’t members. This is a big city and a little world. The British atmosphere of Ye Olde English Chop Houses along Thames Street. Many of them are replicas of famed ^ eateries in London. They feature wood-paneled walls, sepa rate stalls and are decorated with early prints. The cuisine is simply ripping, old boy. It is usually so quiet there—you can hear a mon ocle drop. The West Forties and Fifties have a French population that is large enough to form a true French Quar ter. Bastille Day and other French national holidays are celebrated here, and many restaurants serve Gallic dishes. If you pass this sec tor — you can enjoy the sight of stylishly - groomed mademoiselles living up to their reps as slick chicks. Whew-la-la 1 Every section of the planet is rep resented in our incredible over grown hamlet. Among the foreign colonies that thrive here are the Hindus, Persians, Mexican Indians and Koreans. The Hindus and Per sians are for the most part prosper ous merchants and importers. . . . The mosque in Brooklyn attracts de vout Mohammedans. Most of the Mohammedans in our town are Turks. The Estonians periodically hold music festivals, at which many of the men and women appear in the Estonian peasant costume—and a good time is had by all. . . . An imposing edifice known as the Nor wegian Seamen’s Church is mani- tained chiefly for Norwegian sailors. It has always had its pastor select ed by church and governmental au thorities in Norway. The East Side Armenian shops— holes-in-the-wall — feature copper coffee urns, silver vases, ornate Vic torian lamps and mantel clocks and an occasional porcelain shepherd ess. Priceless antique metalware is sold here as well as the shoddiest machine-made' articles. Aftei' Czechoslovakia became an independent nation in 1918 many Slovaks from downtown moved up into the Czech quarter, and the two groups have combined many of their interests. Pride in their lan guages and traditions has prompted them to maintain separate schools where (after public school hours) the children can be taught their native speech and history. One of the city’s most colorful spectacles is the annual Decoration Day Czecho slovak parade in native costume. The Latin-American colony on Saturday nights is alive with ex citement. Dance dens are throbbing with rhumba rhythms. Watch these lithe people weave their ball-bear ing torsos during the tantalizing tempos. They make the rhumba a fine art. Famed Chinatown is packed with more happy orientals than you can find in Asia. Here are unique joss houses where Chinese Buddhists worship. Shops hawk exotic herbs at fantastic fees. And if you listen closely, you can pick up the jive lingo and swift patter of the al mond-eyed jitterbugs. At the foot of Washington Street you will appreciate New York’s cos mopolitan rep. This is the Syrian Quarter where newsstands feature Arabic dailies. Turks, Armenians and Greeks also make their homes here. Shops glit ter with vivid Syrian silks of rain bow hues. Coffee houses and confec tioneries of the Levantines add a picturesque touch. Occasionally, you can be startled by the sight of an old man in a fez. Little Italy’s rollicking fiestas are among the town’s wow scenes. The streets are strung with lights, and happiness gets a workout. The peo ple sing and dance and toss inhibi tions to the winds. Washington, D. C. RUSSIA IS LIKE U. S. WASHINGTON. — Reminiscences of a Reporter—It’s been a long time since the sixth Pan-American con ference in Havana, 1928; but that conference has certain similarities with what’s brewing in New York today. Calvin Coolidge made a spe cial trip to Cuba, the first time in years a President set foot on for eign soil. Charles Evans Hughes, ex-secretary of state, dominated the U. S. delegation. Frank B. Kellogg, his successor as secretary of state, also fretted and fumed in the back ground. Reason for the desire to im press the brethren: Worry . . . Worry over American troops on Nicaraguan soil. . . . Worry over American troops on Haitian soil. Worry about the right of Amer ican troops to intervene in vari ous countries such as Mexico to protect U. S. oil. Memory Flashes: Charles Evans Hughes, sedate, bewhiskered, im pressive, buttonholing Latin dele gates. He made a great picture, did a beautiful job of organizing a bloc of pro-U. S. A. nations. . . . Cuba, Panama were to us as Poland and Yugoslavia are to Russia today. . . . Hughes’ objective: To prevent any discussion of intervention. In other words, the U. S. A. reserved the right to land troops on foreign soil without being hauled before the public court of Pan Americanism. . . . Hughes won out. Our inter ventions in Haiti, Nicaragua, were successfully barred from the agen da. We didn’t have to stage a walk out as the Russians did' at New York. Biggest Test: Whether the U. S. A. would consent to arbi trate disputes with its Latin neighbors. . . . Hughes had in structions to duck even ♦his. The state department didn t even want to discuss the matter. It was a tough fight to bar all de bate of arbitration, but Hughes won out even on this. TROOPS IN NICARAGUA PAN-AMERICAN ARBITRA’l ION CONFERENCE, Washington, 1929— U. S. public opinion, usually ahead of the government, by this time had begun to change. . . . There had always been resentment against landing troops in Nicaragua. The Pulitzers plus other liberal news papers poured a torrent of abuse on the state department. Even con servative papers were skeptical. . . . Charles Evans Hughes was raked over the coals for opposing ever, the discussion of arbitration at Ha vana. . . . Like Russia, we still de manded the veto, but unlike Russia, the American people didn’t support their government. They were ’way ahead of it. RUSSIA AND UvAN NEW YORK, 1946—Today, Rus sia, fuming against the United Na tions, is in the same boat as the U. S. A. before the Pan-American union. Instead of Nicaragua, it’s Iran. . . . But there is one essential difference. ... In 20 years, the U. S. A. moved far ahead in inter national morality—due to the power of public opinion. The American people, its press and pulpit, were continually pushing their govern ment. . . . The opposite is true of Russia. The Russian people know little about Iran, little about the UNO conference, have to take what their government gives them. A Stars and Stripes quiz of Red army soldiers showed that most of them thought Churchill was an American. .♦ . . We have to make allowances for Russia because in a sense she is a new nation—sensitive and sus picious. * « • COLUMNIST ICKES Probably it was pure accident, but Harold Ickes begins his new career as newspaper columnist on the same day he is needed most in his old job as coal administrator. And, good columnist that he is bound to be, probably most people would prefer Ickes at the helm in this coal dispute rather than wielding a pen three times a week. As a columnist, Ickes should tell the inside story of how he outsmart- ted John L. Lewis during the last coal strike and made him call it off. During Lewis’ illegal walkout over organizing foremen last fall, Ickes pulled his trump card. The government-owned big inch and lit tle inch pipelines no longer were needed to carry oil to the East coast; so Ickes threatened to con vert them to natural gas. With this trump card, plus the fact that the miners themselves didn’t want to strike, Ickes bulldozed Lew is into calling the strike off. * * • UNRRA MERRY-GO-ROUND After Mayor LaGuardia was ap pointed to take Governor Lehman’s place, delegates of hungry nations at the Atlantic City UNRRA con ference wisecracked: “We asked for 500,000 tons of wheat and you gave us a Tittle flower’.” . . . With out disparaging the many fine quali ties of Fiorello, some felt that food problems would not be solved by an atomic bombshell. . . . The La Guardia appointment was right out of the Missouri mule. The Little Flower is now at work. WARSAW, CITY OF RUINS . . . Life goes on in a city of complete ruins. Children in Warsaw, Poland, are playing games in front of the ruins of Marien Kircher, the oldest church in the Polish capital. Charred wreckage forms a cross in the background. The population, once over a million, has dwindled to a few thousand of under-nourished and ill-clad population. Warsaw is the “ghost city of Europe.” The mystery is why the few remain in Warsaw. HOOVER DISCUSSES FOOD . . . Herbert Hoover, center, former president of the United States, who is currently making a tour of Europe to study the food problem, is shown following his arrival in Czechoslovakia with Lawrence Steinhardt, left, U. S. ambassador, and President Benes, right, of Czechoslovakia. Hoover has reported an urgent need for food in most countries of Europe if open revolt and starvation is to be averted. ' PINING UNDER THE PINES . . . ’Tis said that in the spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love, so Jimmy Murray, Johnson City, N. Y„ not wanting to be an exception to the rule, whispers sweet nothings to his lady fair, Kathy Callahan. They’re all wrapped up in the mysteries of puppy love as they hold a tryst under the pines. Many an oldster could take a lesson from this young fair couple. PARIS CELEBRATES AGAIN . . . For the first time since the war Paris burst forth with all its pent up gaiety in a colorful carnival that brought forth its brightest costumes and floats. The holiday spirit penetrated downward into the younger brackets, too, hnd here we see three children of the many who marched through the streets of Paris in masquerade, the hardships of war a thing of the past. AIR COMMANDER . . . Lt. Gen. George Stratemeyer, former com mander of the U. S. air forces in China, has been appointed com mander of the newly formed air defense command. He will be responsible for defense of the United States. MAY RULE AGAIN ... As a result of the recent Greece elec tion, King George II, now in exile in England, may be returned. He first reigned in 1922, but fled the country the next year due to an uprising. He was restored to his throne again in 1935 but forced into exile in 1941 when the Ger mans overran his country. CONTENDER WORKS OUT . . . Billy Conn, who meets world’s champion heavyweight Joe Louis at Yankee stadium on June 19, punches the bag at his camp at Greenwood Lake, New Jersey. A $3,500,000 gate is expected. EGGS GETTING LARGER . . . This S. C. White Leghorn hen is certainly in a class by herself. Held by owner, Mrs, William Burnham, Albany, N. Y., she looks over her 14-ounce egg, 5 inches long, 9 inches in circumference. COMPTON HONORED . . . Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, Boston, who was awarded the highest award the war depart ment can bestow on a civilian. Sweet Round-House Those designs for living in the world of tomorrow keep coming. Every day some fellow who must have studied architecture .while riding in Mardi Gras parades springs something newer and screw ier in housing. » The brass ring in this month’s Caroussel Ride with Blueprints goes to a Kansas man who has produced a round bungalow. * It looks like a butter dish with ventilation arrangements, a super mousetrap with roof, a derby hat with windows. . It is made of aluminum and is suspended on cables from a steel shaft. The rooms, six of ’em, are cut in like slices in a pie. It is the ideal home for a six -day bicycle racer who has married the winner of a marathon waltz and who is raising a family of hysterical roller skaters. _ It takes a heap of living to maKe a place seem home, as Edgar Guest said. And Edgar never lived in a home where the tenants had to steal three laps on themselves to deter mine where the front door was. . A window runs all around the house. No matter where you sit you get a choice of views. Life in a house like this must make you feel like a cross between a roulette bail, the needle in a compass and breast of chicken under glass. . In such a home you are really a chocolate eclair with ears and a cream puff with plumbing troubles. * Viewed from a distance the place looks like half a watermelon with curtains over the wormholes. * In it there is the spirit of a- Sal- vadore Dali dream sequence, a night-club designer’s nigbtmaie and a pinwheel maker’s lost week end. * We are ordering one for summer occupancy. But we will shoot the first neighbor who sticks his head into our living room and yells “Fifty dollars for a sprint!” • • • Spring Signs Gentle spring is here I know— The thrush sings in the tree, The turtle dove is singing low, (We’ll soon bomb Bikini) . . The frogs are croaking on the pond, The kids play mumble-peg. Lambs gambol in the fields beyond . . . ("Will peace now lay an egg!). The vernal season, yes, is here. And I have ample proof: Much gayer is the chanticleer, ’Ihe squirrels romp my roof; I saw an oriole today, the buds burst near my door— And everywhere the people say, “Looks like another war!” The bluebird soon will be along, The dew is on the grass, The woodland now is full ol song And congress full of gas; The hurdy-gurdies grind it out . . . (The little states get knocked about As ultimatums fly!). The waterfall is foaming white, The trout are seen to break, I heard a nightingale last night . . (Joe Stalin’s on the make); Along the wall, the chipmunks run, We soon will have bock beer, (Our army has a rocket gun To pierce the stratosphere!). * * * Have you heard about the UNO delegate who was disturbed in a New York hotel and phoned down, “I demand a little peace here!”? * * • There may be some good reason why no nation ever lends any money to Uncle Sam, but there can*t be any why none ever offers him a cigar. * * • Use for Old Street Cars The papers are devoting much space to the “discovery that old street cars can be converted into pretty comfortable dwellings.” Dis covery my eye! Years ago we were a surface-car tenant, a two-surface- car dweller to be exact. Two were hauled down to the beach of a Con necticut shore resort and a small living room built between them, with a porch added front and rear. Each car was used as a bedroom. We occupied a set-up with a bunch of boys back home. There was only one drawback. Jim Finnegan used to get in after midnight and enjoy ringing up fares. • • • SHORT STORY I matched my ready wit with men And now I’m all alone again. • • * With the Want Ads “1937 Plymouth, 4-room sedan, ceiling price $350. John Musil, 542 W. 49”—N. Y. Times. * With ijuest room between the car buretor and the battery? • • • We trust that if there is a free lunch at the UNO bar there will be absolutely no baloney. A S YOU probably know, it isn’t an easy job to get baseball managers to give out personal inter views concerning the comparative strength of certain stars pr certain po sitions. It so hap pens that one of the most important sectors in baseball, especially winning baseball, is that spot of the diamond guarded by the shortstop and the second baseman. While no direct quotes were avail able we have run across seven managers and scouts quite willing to give out their pri vate opinions. Here is the way the concensus came out— No. 1. Rizzuto and Gordon, Yankees. No. 2. Pesky and Doerr, Red Sox. No. 3. Reese and Rojek, Dodgers. No. 4. BoUdreau and Mack, Indians. No. 5. Marion and Verban, Cardinals. This ranking or rating inc’uded all-around quality, hitting, fielding ‘and double-play results. There was a close finish between the Rizzuto- Gordon and the Pesky-Doerr com binations. It was generally agreed, that the Red Sox pair carried the higher-hitting average, but the de fensive play of Rizzuto and Gordon gave the Yankees a slight lead. In the work they have shown be fore and what they have turned out this spring, it would be difficult to find a more brilliant pair of infield Workmen than Rizzuto and Gordon. Both are all over the lot. And both can get the ball away quicker than you can discard a burning package of paper matches. They keep you dizzy attempting to follow their dou ble-play actions or their work on ■some slow grounder that has to be handled in split-second time. Pesky arul Doerr are good and they are likely to rate higher on the hitting side. But certainly on defense the Yankees have the edge over any other combination in ei ther league. The Dodger Ranking I was surprised to see Pewee Reese and Stan Rojek rated over some of the others. But these votes came from scouts who had talked with National League managers. They figured that Reese would be good enough to give either Marion or Miller a stretch run at shortstop and that Roiek would be a big sur prise. Oddly enough they figured that-while Marion and Boudreau were two of baseball’s best short stops, their second-base support couldn’t match Gordon or Doerr. And Rojek, with all his bright pos- sibilties, is still something of a guess when planted in this able company. This shortstop-second base com bination means a lot to any winning club. Suppose we look back a few years—there we're the old Cubs, winner of four championships in five years—and their entry was Tinker and Evers. How about the Athletics from 1910 through 1914 when they also won four pennants? Their an swer is Jack Barry and Eddie Col lins. Cleveland once had 'Tuck Tur ner and Larry Lajoie. One of Mc- Graw’s greatest teams had Dave Bancroft and Frank Frisch. They were factors in winning four pen nants in a row. It might be noted that the clubs more favorably mentioned in the two pennant races are strong at this essential fortress. They are the Yankees, the Red Sox and the Car dinals. Joe Gordon Two-Sport Stars A while ago we attempted a rat ing of the best baseball-football combinations such as Frank Frisch, Snuffy Stirnweiss, Lou Gehrig, Ma- thewson, Overall, etc. Ra/Farnham from Philadelphia writes that we have left opt the star bet of the lot. “His name is Mickey Cochrane,” says Ray. "Cochrane is still re membered as one of the great catch ers of all time—one of the best hit ters—a winning manager. But few remember that at Boston university in the early twenties, Mickey was also one of the best backs of many seasons. He was a star triple threater—one who could pass, run and kick with any All-America named that season. He was also a magnificent tackier and blocker. Cochrane was also the strongest part of the offense used by the Providence Steam Rollers.” In addition to this baseball-foot ball argument we have already lo cated the best combined tennis and golf player known to sport. His name is Ellsworth Vines. In his day tennis never knew a harder hitter. He was one of the best. Vines is now to be' listed among the better pros, good enough to break 70 here and there, and usually in the low 70s. The tall and willowy Ellsworth can belt the ball a long way, is a first class iron player and a pretty good putter. His long game is good all the way. Vines has always been a fine competitor