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4 THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE R ADIO, which so often looks to the movies, theaters and cafes for its stars, has glanced at its own front parlor and brought out Georgia Gibbs for the sum mer replacement of “Hall of Fame” on Sunday nights. Georgia, who got her start on the air a few years ago, has gone straight ahead as a singer; she’s appeared on the Jimmy Durante-Gary Moore show Higher Meat Ceiling Would Hurt Farmers In Long Run: Wickard Raising Limits Would Lead To Increased Wages and Prices All Along Line. Machine Finds Difference Between Two Peas GEORGIA GIBBS since its inception. But now she’s branching out as a songstress-of- ceremonies; she is being co-starred with Paul Whiteman over the Blue Network. Don DeFore (of Paramount’s “You Came Along”) plans to take a busman’s holiday this summer in his home town. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He’ll do some acting in a play for the Sinclair Memorial Church’s drama group. The rest of the <;ast consists of his brother and his three sisters. And the director is his mother. If acting doesn’t actually run in that family it certainly has a good start! * When he was a Mack Sennett star, about 29 years ago, Chester Conklin used to pick np a youngster who had no car and drive him to the stndio; the lad worked for $5 a day, with a three-day-a-week guarantee. His name was Eddie Sutherland, and, as director of RKO’s “Having Wonderful Crime,” he was deUghted when he found a role suited to Conklin, and signed him. When George Marshall, director of “Murder, He Says,” started in pic- tures 33 years ago, he shared a room with two other $3-per-day actors. But they all changed professions— the others were William Seiter and Frank Lloyd, also directors, and good ones. * Gig Young, the promising young actor who took a “rain check” with Warner Bros, for duty with the coast guard in the South Pacific, came back on furlough and added his bit to the list of how-small-the-world-is stories. He met a marine officer named Obringer on Guadalcanal, and asked him if he knew Roy Obringer of Warners’ legal depart ment. “Sure,” said the other. “He’s my father.” —*— Harriet O’Rourke, soprano soloist of “Steel Horizons,” has a parrot, Sammy, who’s the envy of her singing friends. Sammy practices right along with Harriet, and has developed a good ear for music— she says he squawks whenever she makes a mistake. * What Charles Boyer did for the ■ovies, Jerry Wayne, star of his awn show on the Blue, will do for the stage. He’ll appear with Joan Roberts in a new musical, “Marin- ka,” a musical version of the film, “Mayerling,” in the role of “Prince Rudolph.” * By WALTER A. SHEAD WNU Staff Correspondent. In view of the conflicting stories an meat shortages, on lowering or increasing ceiling meat prices, on claims of losses by packers on meat slaughter . . . here are statements by the two top men who should know most about the meat and food situ ation in this country. Claude Wickard, secretary of agri culture, states, “The shortage of meat is due to a greatly increased demand, since actual amounts of meat available or in prospect for 1945 are at a high level. Over-all meat production—pork, beef, veal, lamb and mutton — is estimated at 22.4 billion pounds dressed weight for the calendar year 1945. This is 38 per cent above average produc tion 1935-39, and was only exceeded in two years, 1943 and 1944. “A general increase in livestock and meat ceilings is not likely to immediately increase the number of animals marketed. In fact, it might have the opposite effect. The amount of feed, grain, grass and roughage and the numbers of live stock now on hand will govern the total meat production during the next several months. In so far as pork production is concerned, farm ers are much more interested in support prices than they are in ceil ing prices. “Slaughterers have taken advan tage of farmers on the support price program. For instance, when the support price governed hogs weighing from 200 to 275 pounds, slaughterers were very careful to ma terially slash prices offered for hogs weighing slightly under or over the weight range. Small Plants Active. Meat slaughter outside of federal ly inspected plants (and this is con trary to testimony of the independ ent packers) has been at a relatively high level so far in 1945. This either means that small operators are, after all, able to continue in the business, or that the black market has substantially increased. And there is no indication at this time that the profits derived from the processing and handling of meat are retarding production and mar keting of livestock. Any break in ceilings which would result in an increase of meat prices at retail should be avoided. Farmers and ranchers deserve fair prices, but ceiling increases which could only lead to demands for the upward re vision of wages as well as demands for other price increases will work against the long run interest of farm ers and ranchers, as well as against the success of our immediate war effort.” War Food Administrator Marvin Jones said, “we have a vast supply of cattle in this country, more than 80 million head. They are being slaughtered at this time in greater numbers than they were in the same period last year. But meat is one of the most essential requirements of a fighting man. In view of the great- That old saw “as alike as two peas” doesn’t mean a thing to the Food Machinery corp. quality grader which takes two grades of peas from any given quantity and separates them by specific gravity, the fancy going through one outlet (A), and the too mature through another, (B). In illustration above (C) shows tender peas floating on top of brine; (D) the too mature peas sinking. Peas enter the machine through a feed hopper on top which dis charges below the surface of the brine. The circulating brine enters the separating tank through the bottom, and at a tangent, so as to cause the entire tankful of brine to whirl. As peas are admitted to the br'ne, the fancy, lighter ones quickly float to the surface and are carried around to the discharge point by the circular motion of the brine. The firm or hard peas sink, are caught by the whirling brine and dis charged through an outlet in the bottom of the tank. "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers—WNU Features. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Gay Two-Piecer for Teen-Agers By NANCY PEPPER LET’S MAKE SCENTS ly increased military demands, you and I will average about 7 or 8 pounds less during this year than the average in the five years just before the war. “There will be less beef and pork for civilians than we have had in the past, but a little larger pro portion of veal, lamb and chicken. The demand for food has been enormous, both at home and abroad. For the past three or four years we have eaten more food than ever before in our histo-'y. Nearly a tenth of our population is in the armed services or is employed by them. If those 12% million people were per- Atinute A(aka - Ltpi By GABRIEIXE manently camped in one spot and would remain there in their bar racks, their food demands would be far less. But they are scattered all over the world and big pipelines of ships are filled with food to reach them. The nature of war makes it impossible to plan the exact amount of food that will be needed at any given place next month, or next week. The exact amounts can’t be known. To risk having too lit tle is a chance that we will not take. Food Keeps Allies Fighting. “The United States has de liberately chosen to spend material whenever possible, instead of men. It is consistent with this policy that we are supplying food to French soldiers, Italian soldiers and Filipino fighting guerrillas, along with our British and Russian allies. Thus, in sofar as any civilian in America today shares the nation’s food sup ply, to that extent he helps save the lives of his neighbor’s sons. Some items of food such as fats, oils and sugar will not be sufficient to meet all wants, but with available sup plies of other foods there will be sufficient for good nutrition. There is no occasion for hysteria. We should keep our feet on the ground and at all times hold steady to our course of winning the war.” Don’t yon swoon over perfume? But do you use so much of It that other people swoon around you? A little perfume is siren stuff: too much of it is downright repoxious. Here’s the way to good scents, as reported by our soda fountain sleuths. Bright Lights—Rub a little per fume on the electric light bulb in your bedroom lamps. When you light them, the heat will waft the perfume through ybur room and you’ll feel like a movie queen in her scented boudoir. Lights — camera — action! Bureau Blossoms — Your bureau drawers will smell like flower gar dens if you leave pieces of sweet scented soap in each one. Or, how about placing a blotter saturated in perfume in ev ery bureau draw er? Salted Ribbons — Sounds weird but smells wonder ful! Keep your hair ribbons in an empty bath salts box and they’ll capture its fragrance. It won’t just be “Stardust” that makes him swoony when he dances with you. Enchanted Envelopes—Seal your envelopes with perfume and you’ll be sending scents to all your friends. Bottle Business—Dress all your perfume bottles in little shirred skirts, made from the leftovers from your dressing table skirt. Do you know that one of the best aids to beauty is an exercise routine to keep the body fit and vital? Do you know that if, when a fingernail is bruised, the finger is dipped in extremely hot water and kept there for 30 minutes, the nail will not turn black? Do you know that a scalp massage is the best known treatment to encourage the growth of hair? Do you know that toenails should always be filed, never cut? Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Feature*. ‘Iron Chancellor 9 Does a Little Advertising ' A It’s becoming an old story to Di nah Shore, this business of being named the No. 1 radio songstress of the nation, in a newspaper poll. So far this season it’s happened 11 times—but to Dinah it’s still pretty thrilling. * Probably the most carefully guarded plot in Hollywood was that of “Notorious,” Ingrid Bergman’s picture, which Alfred Hitchcock will direct for David O. Selznick. Hitch cock and Ben Hecht wrote most of the story in a hotel room in New York. Only they and Selznick knew for some time what sort of role Miss Bergman would play. * Among the many accomplish ments of Felix Mills, band leader on “The Man Called X”—the summer replacement for the Bob Hope show —is the ability to play every instru ment in the band. He can also read music upside down—though just why, he can’t say. —*—: ODDS AND ENDS—The “tall tain" submitted by wounded servicemen and featured on the Kate Smith hour unit even- molly appear in booh form. . . . Frankie Carle says he knows he’s a success—he got a fan letter asking him to lend the tender ilflOO.... One of the extras in Columbia’s “The Fighting Guardsman" is Gertrude At- tor, who was Thomas Meighan’s leading lady about 25 years ago.... Johnny Mack Broivn, Monogram Western star, is mak ing a personal appearance tour of southern theaters. . . . Ozsie Nelson, costar of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’’ over CBS, has another picture on the list; it's Paramounti “People Are Funny." This imposing equestrian statne of Prince Otto von Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor,” stands in conquered Saarbrucken. The sign hanging on Bismarck’s arm reads, “Truckin’ Thru Saarbrucken with the 274th Inf. Reg.” It was put on by U. S. engineers. Bismarck is generally regarded as the founder of the modern German empire. Rural Roads Can Be Paved With Federal Aid if State Will Meet Half of the Cost It is an axiom that it costs less to drive over good roads than over bad ones. But the actual spread be tween the cost of operating over good roads and over bad is far greater than the average person suspects. An eminent authority on the subject is the rural letter carrier. He knows all about roads, good and bad, for he and 32,120 of his fellows daily drive 1,500,000 miles over all kinds of roads. Most of this tre mendous mileage is what we know as secondary or farm - to - market roads. Dirt Roads Hard pn Cars. Rural carriers use three main types of roads — dirt, gravel and paved. Records kept by carriers in Indiana and Iowa show these oper ating costs per mile: Earth roads 7.8 cents Gravel roads 4.5 cents Pavement 3.8 cents About three years ago, the Na tional Rural Letter Carriers’ associ ation made a study of its member ship in 44 states and came up with an average cost of 8.269 cents per mile. Some carriers reported costs of 10, 12 and even 16 cents a mile. The 8 cent average is, however, just about twice the cost of driving over good roads at that time. It is estimated that due to lack of maintenance and general wear and tear, the average is today probably 25 to 30 per cent over the previous study. In the light of these fig ures, bad roads prove themselves a depressing economic waste. Less Than 1% Good Pavement. We have in this country a vast network of county, township and vil lage roads totaling 2,400,000 miles. These roads serve 6,000,000 farms with an annual production of food valued at $12,000,000,000. These are the roads that carry our children to school, bring the mail to us and deliver farm products to market daily. But let’s break this highway system down further. We find only 45,000 miles of high grade pavement, a small fraction of 1 per cent. Some 99,000 miles have a low type bituminous surfacing, 788,000 miles are of a non-treated surface subject to dust and mud, 613,000 miles are merely graded and Steady Stuff This boy and girl business keeps us busy, even in these days of manpower shortage, but we’re up to the minute with the latest news and views of who goes with whom and bow can you tell. Here are some of the new expressions you ought to know. D.B.—Dream Boy or Dearly Be loved (It’s what a gal calls her OAO). Clickers—Boy and Girl who are going steady. On a Chain—What you call a cou ple who are going steady—because they’re linked together, see? Bulb Snatcher—Girl who blitzes another girl’s steady (or boy who does vice versa). Running on the Same Ticket—Go ing steady. She Walks Alone—You say it with music when she and her steady have pf-f-tt. 11-18 Junior Two-Piecer "THE gay little flared peplum on this smooth two-piecer for jun iors whittles your waist to a mini mum. Use big, bright ric rac for a dashing trim. Smart, and so easy to wear for all your sum mer activities. • • • Pattern No. 1984 is designed for sizes 11. 12, 13. 14. IS. 16 and 18. Size 12. short sleeves, requires 3 s ,t yards of 39-inch fab ric: B yards trimming. TRIXIE TEEN SAYS— Don’t try too hard to be the Life of every Party. What I mean is, don’t insist upon being the center of attention. People won’t linen to you just because you’re making more noise than anyone else. Don’t try to blits ALL of the boys ALL of the time. Girls who try to be the Life of the Party sometimes turn out to be the of it. Death 1 drained, and 861,000 miles are classed as primitive — in other words, hardly more than trails. Over these roads flow a large part of America’s farm production, yet 42 per cent of the farms are still on dirt roads. Better rural roads will speed up shipment from farm to city and materially reduce food costs. U. S. Funds Available. Recently enacted federal legisla tion has authorized funds for ex tensions and improvement of sec ondary roads in the immediate post war era. This federal-aid fund must be matched dollar-for-dollar by the states, and if the state laws do not permit such participation, they should be amended this year to make it possible. Users of rural delivery service and those who should have it can do a great work by letting their state legislators know how they feel about better farming community roads. At the same time, they can let their local highway officials know how much these postwar plans mean to them and their families. The users of farm-to-market roads have a real stake in what should be done. When making pancakes, here is a useful tip: Rub a little salt over the frying-pan when it is hot. The batter will not stick then. —•— Used crankcase oil may be used to paint fences and gates. Paint only during dry weather. —a — squeeze a little lemon juice through the meat grinder before grinding dates, figs, prunes or rais ins and they will leave the chop per more readily. —•— To avoid fatigue while you are ironing or doing any work where you remain long in one spot, stand on a heavy rug or rubber mat. —•— Dusting with talcum or corn starch will help keep rubber gloves from sticking together on the inside. The powder is dusted both on the inside and on the out side. This should be done to any rubber material that lies folded. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions. slighUy more time Is required In filling orders for a few ad the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells St. Chicago Enclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name ••••• Address... Phones on Street Cars Two-way radio telephones are now used by 13 street-railway companies for communication be tween the dispatcher’s office and supervisory motorcars and emer gency trucks, says Collier’s. A new device, used in conjunc tion with such systems, automat ically records the exact time each streetcar passes a number of suc cessive points spaced along its route. With it, a dispatcher can see at once when and where a particular car is behind schedule or stopped by an accident and can then radio the nearest supervisory car to make an investigation. SNAPPY FACTS RUBBER In 1942, our first year at war, AVs^h of tho rabbar consumod In tho U. S. was synthatici in 1943, 35%, and In 1944 80%. At tho prosont tlmo, mom than 85% is synthetic. Tho synthetic rubber Industry Is us ing soap at tho rato of 100,000,- 000 pounds a yoar—enough to cover the needs of the population of Chicago for one year. A now kind of Synth otic rub bar has boon dovolopad from lactic add (buttermilk). The B. F. Goodrich Company has mod# experimental tires of rubber produced from kok-saghyz, the Rus sian dandelion. Jkmz m p&tce BEGoodrich I ^RSr in rubber Snap, Crackle,B>pJ MOPS'/ By GLADYS PARKER I “Rig Grains Are Gnat Foods’* — ifaf.tfttJlvff ■ Kellogg’s Rice Krlspies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food ele ments declared essential to human nutrition. Fight Battle of Odor With Convoy of Skunks ALBANY. —Motorists rubbed their eyes in unbelief, then broke all records in closing automobile windows as a convoy of skunks, reported to have numbered at least 300, crossed the four-lane Albany-Schenectady road. It was believed that brush fires had driven the skunks from their old lairs. TEIEFACT U. S. PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE IN 1944 i ftf WESTESN STATES 55222222 WWWWWWftW «**«*«** lake suraiosif v2 J N. EASTON STATES Each symbol represents 2 million gross tons S. EASTGM STATES Coast-to-Coast in Eight Hours Made by Big Plane LOS ANGELES.—A Pan Ameri can Airways crew has flown a Con stellation transport plane from Los Angeles to Miami in 8 hours and 5 minutes, a new record for the 2,500- mile hop. The flight knocked 38 minutes off the mark set February 20. Capt. Victor Wright piloted the Constella tion on the “routine” flight for the army air transport command’s Af rica-Orient division. JOEYi Gee, Moral I almost had to fight to keep the Filled Buns you put in my lunch boxl MOM: Well, Joey, well Just have to tell their Moms how easy It is to make those buns and other wonder ful treats with Flelschmann’s yellow label Yeast I AND ANOTHER THING, EDITH... FLEISCHMANNS IS THE ONLY YEAST FOR BAKING THAT HAS ADDED AMOUNTS OF BOTH VITAMINS A AND D, AS WELL AS THE VITAMIN B COMPLEX 1 . for y°un now. IlS&sa • And all those vitamins go right Into your baking with no great loss In the oven. So, always get Fleischmann’s yeUovtt label Yeast A week’s supply keeps In the ice-box. n.y: