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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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