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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western News paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W^ Washington, D. C-, is able to bring readers this weekly column on prob lems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be ad dressed to the above Bureau ami they will be answered in a subsequent col umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. Small Business Aid The small business division of the U. S. Department of Com merce is taking particular interest in veterans who are returning from the wars with the intention of entering the small business field. The small business division has given the subject considerable time and thought and now has avail able for veterans a booklet, “Vet erans and Small Business” which answers numerous questions in the minds of the returning soldier. The booklet covers many facts of the high’y competitive small busi ness field and covers subjects such as, “Postwar Plans for GIs”; “In dustry’s Job to Place Servicemen”; “The GI Bill and Small Business”; “What About These Veterans’ Loti'S?”; “Factors in a GI’s Busi ness Success”; “Getting Started in Your Business”; “How Long Can I Stay in Business?”; “Survival Chances of Retail Stores”; “Risk- taking in a Postwar World”; “Training Program for Small Bus iness”; “Marketing Facts On a County Basis”; “Small Town a Most Important Market,” and sev en other factors or subjects. These chapters were written by experts and information contained will be invaluable to the veteran contemplating entering the small business field. These booklets are available to veterans by writing to the “Small Business Division” of the United States Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. Questions and Answers Q. Can a mother who is all alone and in poor health, have a son re leased from the Army if he has been in since Jan. 25, 1943, and in the South Pacific since June 19, 1943, and has never had a fur lough? Mrs. D. W., Greenwood, Wis. A. The War Department says that the fact the mother is all alone and in poor health would not necessarily bring about the son’s release. If the case can be considered a “hardship case” re lease might be given, but each case must be decided upon its merits and be recommended by the com manding officer. If your son, how ever, has been in the army since the dates you give, he possibly has enough points for his discharge now, or at least in the very near future. Without points for battle stars or decorations, which count five each, he has approximately 63 points. He is eligible for ap plication for discharge now at 70 points and the number is fixed at 60 points November 1. Q. My daughter wishes to know whether she will be entitled to services of a doctor and hospitali zation benefits when her new baby arrives, if her husband who is now in the navy is discharged under the point system before the baby ar rives?—Mrs. W. A. L., Mill Iron, Mont. A. The Navy Departmen' says that if she is now receiving navy medical care to which she is en titled, the navy will do everything it can to help her provided she does not move from the area where she is under treatment and the pregnacy is in the later stages. Suggest she contact the nearest navy hospital or dispensary for specific information. Q. Is there a course of study in fire fighting listed in the educa tional program for veterans and are there any books available on this subject? —G. E. D., Philadel phia. A. Many schools approved by State Boards of Education have instructions in fire fighting. For instance, the University of Mary land, College Park, Md., and North western University, Evanston, HI, have such a course. It may be possible that the University of Pennsylvania has such a course. Suggest that you write one of these schools. Find Milder Type Of Atomic Blast Washington Digest; Second Process Seen Safer For Peace Uses. NEW YORK. — An official Brit ish report on the atomic bomb re veals there are two kinds of atomic explosions, one the city destroying type, and the other only about as powerful as ordinary explosives. The low-power explosion has im portant implications for world safety in the promise that in producing atomic power for peace the en gineers will deal with a force that is not much greater in destructive capacity than the accidents in steam and gasoline power plants. The two kinds of atomic ex plosions depend on fast neutrons for an atomic bomb and slow neutrons for atomic power. Fast neutrons are uncharged par ticles that travel at thousands of miles a second and with energies of millions of volts each. Slow neutrons drob to energies of only a few volts or even fractions of volts, and also to a few miles per second in speed. But these slow neutrons are about 10 times more effective than the fast kind in producing the splits of cores of uranium or plutonium atoms. Their very slowness prevents their use, in an atomic bomb. They would start the explosion without difficulty but before they could spread to de tonate the entire atomic charge the expansion would separate por-* tions of the atomic explosive. This separation would need the re action. There would be an ordinary explosion. A peculiarity of the atomic ex plosives, uranium 235 and plutoni um, is the fact that they are safe until the instant when more than two pounds are brought together into a single closely packed mass. The slow neutron explosion would separate this mass too soon. The fast neutrons, however, work in millionths of a second and spread so fast that they ignite all, or near ly all of the atomic explosive. Billionaire Firms in U. S. Increased to 43 NEW YORK. — The number of private business enterprises with to tal resources of a billion dollars or more each increased by 11 during America’s participation in the Sec ond World war, a United Press study disclosed recently. The survey revealed that 43 busi ness organizations in the United States now boast membership in the billion-dollar club compared with 32 on December 31, 1941, a short time after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. At this time last year, billionaire enterprises numbered 41. Metropolitan Life Insurance com pany, the study showed, led the list of billion-dollar organizations for the second successive year. The com pany, one of the nine insurance com panies to make the billion-dollar grade, reported total resources of $6,995,450,571. Bell Telephone system, comprising American Telephone & Telegraph company and its telephone operat ing subsidiaries, again ran second with $6,548,361,704 in resources. Prudential Insurance Company held third place with $5,856,880,815. Chase National bank of the city of New York, the world’s largest commer cial bank, retained fourth position with $5,288,247,000. Crime Wave of ‘Slaves’ In Bremen Is Suppressed FRANKFURT AM MAIN. — The United States army said recently that order had been restored in the Bremen area following a crime wave in which gangs of former slave laborers treated all Germans as "fair game.” . Trc.ps of the 29th infantry divi sion joined with military govern ment forces in curbing attacks that had reached "serious” proportions, the official announcement said. “Because many erstwhile slave laborers have been reluctant to be repatriated and because they con sider all Germans to be ‘fair game,’ the looting of farms and attacks upon civil policemen have been mounting during midsummer," the announcement said. Lt CoL R. R. MacDonald, United States public safety section, said “our latest report from Bremen Is that the situation now is well in hand.” Height Is Increased For Airplane Hostess KANSAS CITY, MO. — Air host esses may look different lately, ac cording to Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc., officials. The reason is that they’re taller than they used to be. The airline has upped the height requirements for hostess applicants by 1 inch — from the former 5 feet, 5 inches to 5 feet, 6 inches. Veterans’ Administration Has Capable Leader General Bradley Has Fatherly Interest in Veterans; Actions Show His Ability to Administer This Big Job By BAUKHAGE Commentator and News Analyst WNU Service, 1616 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. I have just come back from a visit with the father of 15 million. That isn’t such a far-fetched figure to use in describing the tall, rangy Missourian, who is in charge of “the biggest business in the world,” which is how they describe the Veterans’ Administration in Washington. To call Omar Nelson Bradley "father” of the service men and women isn’t stretching it. Ernie Pyle once said: “If I could pick any two men in the world for my father except my own Dad, I would pick Gene'«l Omar Bradley or General Ike Eisenhower. If I had a son, I would like him to go to Bradley or Ike for advice.” Ernie was a pretty keen judge of human nature on the hoof. I thought of that when one of Brad ley’s co-workers in the Veterans’ Administration, who is almost a decade older than the general, said “fatherly” was the way to de scribe the manner in which he was treated the first time they had a problem to straighten out with the boss. And then I met the General. I found a weather-beaten, wiry, long-legged soldier, whose eyes twinkled brighter than the four stars on his collar. Fatherly, yes —and I’ll have a word about that a little later. But I found out something else. I found out why he ought to be able to run one of the hardest jobs in the govern ment. And I’ll admit, right off, it sounds almost too good to be true. We had been talking about the details of the reorganization of the agency which is now going on and with which General Bradley is minutely familiar. Then I asked him what it was, if anything, in his military training and' experi ence that he could use in his pres ent position. He said that he thought it was the same with all jobs such as this. And here is the theory on which he works: “First, build your organization on functional lines. Second, get the right man to head up each function. Third, give him full re sponsibility to act on his own au thority.” How, I inquired, does this fit in with your military experience, having had some of that branch of adventure myself—although running a platoon isn’t running an army. “It’s a good deal like the army,” he answered. “You have your staff. You have say 20 sections, each with a special function, work ing under your chief of staff. Sometimes, of course, you group some of the functions, but the or ganization is along functional lines.” And how, I asked, do you choose the men to head up these various activities? His answer came back without the slightest hesitation. “I choose a man, first for his ability, second for his loyalty—and I count heavily on the loyalty. Get loyal men of ability and you’ve gone a long way toward solving your problems in any organiza tion.” That sounded pretty good to me, but what about the present situation where, after all, there is always a Congress on Capitol Hill, a Congress with constituents who have votes and some of whom want jobs. I asked the General, what about politics? He didn’t seem worried. He said that he hadn’t had any trouble. “I’m not a politician,” he said. “I never intend to run for office.” That was all he would say, but here is a story I picked up later at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. A certain Congressman got a hot letter from a constituent who had been fired from the Veterans’ Administration. No doubt with due cause. He ho. -footed it up to the General and s^oke, as legis lators often do to officials, with considerable vigor. “I want the man re-hired at once,” the Congressman demanded. The General was polite but sorry. He stood by his decision. “If you don’t. I’ll attack you on the floor.” “Go ahead,” said Bradley, faintly recalling, I imagine, some of the attacks in Normandy. “I’ll block your bills,” said the irate Congressman. That was a horse of a different color. “You will?” said the General. “All right, and if you do that. I’ll go to the President with my resignation. He’ll get that or find a means to stop you.” (Period.) We a Knew about the Gen eral’s war record—in Tunisia, on the Normandy beachhead, among the hedgerows, where he smashed a gateway at St. Lo which made Patton’s lightning drive possible. But we didn’t know much about the man. Most of us didn’t know he was from Missouri and later some of us might have suspected that that was the reason why he was picked, although the Presi dent said it was because he wanted a World War II soldier to take care of the wants of World War II veterans. Now we have some other reasons for believing that the choice was predicated on wise advice and is going to prove itself a fortunate one. On the horse-sense side, it is because Bradley has established a record as an administrator. He proved that in the army and had the acumen to see the chief fault in the veterans’ organization and has set out to remedy it. On the emotional side—well, Er nie Pyle was right. The trouble with the Veterans’ Administration was that it grew so rapidly that it didn’t have time to delegate authority. And there was another reason for this. It was built on what seemed a very sound theory. Let’s take its cervices to the veteran. For instance, small hospitals were scattered all over the country, many in little commu nities where the veteran could get to them easily. But that didn’t work out. It was hard to get ex pert medical men, good service and the latest equipment in the smaller communities and because the re gional organization was spread so thin, it was necessary to have a strong hand in Washington. The result was that the grip of that hand was so tight that the whole system was cramped. • Bradley put his finger on the situation (with the help of well- chosen counsel) and reversed the former policy. Now it’s “bring the veteran to the hospital.” Bring him by rail or plane in an emer gency, but bring him to a well- manned, well-equipped center whose size and importance will at tract the best there is in medical skill, when he needs specialized care. Hand in hand with this regional centralization of the medical facili ties, the new organization has de centralized the authority. As soon as Bradley looked over the set-up he said: “This is like having a 150 regi ments under one man. In the army that would be unthinkably. We’d break it down into corps and divisions at least.” And so that is what was done. But first he made a sharp cleav age between the medical organiza tion and the rest of the activities. He created a new office, “Acting Surgeon General of the Veterans’ Administration.” And he ap pointed the best man he knew. Major General Paul Ramsey Haw ley, who had been chief surgeon for the European theater and did an outstanding job. And here I wonder if there wasn’t one of those important un conscious childhood impressions which helped. Bradley’s middle name, Nelson, is for a well-loved family physician. And Bradley’s fatherliness is attested to in his interest in the physical welfare of his men. Again and again war correspondents mentioned the fact that he planned engagements so that his troops would suffer the fewest casualties possible. He has an instinctive understanding of the afflicted. BARBS... by B aukhage Q. Will a soldier who has been in service for two years and IX months in the States and 13 months overseas receive mustering-oat pay if he is given a dependency dis charge?—Wife, Treloar, Mo. A. The War Department says thc.t if his dependency discharge is honorable he is entitled to muster- ing-out pay. Q. Please advise if an ex-service man can obtain a loan to join up in an open shop in one or more unions?—J. C., Coffeeville, Miss. A. Can find no regulation which provides for a loan to join a union. Short Shirt Tails Will Continue in Style, W. P. B. WASHINGTON. — War-bom stub by shirt tails and collarless pa jamas may continue in style awhile. The industry, WPB reported re cently, wants to retain the restric tions until it’s sure plenty of cotton fabric will be available. Meanwhile, the agency announced that fabric manufacturers no long er need put aside part of their pro duction for priority orders when no such orders are on the books. Mahomet went to the mountain. The Mikado went to MacArthur. This, it seems only fair to say, merely demonstrates the excellent judgment of all parties concerned. ... As I look back over a few dec ades I have enjoyed on this mun dane sphere, the only things I regret seem to be the things I missed. A lot of New Yorkers who had forgotten there were such things had to use stairs during the ele vator men’s strike. And this did more for the calves than if they’d taken the ceiling price off of veal. ... Production of rubber heels la still behind demand. But there are still more of the other kind ot heels than we need. U. S. Spending Is Cut 18% Billions Budget Director Announces Post-Victory Slash. WASHINGTON. — Harold D. Smith, budget director, announced a post-victory slash of 18V4 billion dollars in estimated government spending for the current fiscal year, ending next June 30. He disclosed that 19H billion dol lars had been lopped from August 1 estimates of war cost, but that this saving was offset in part by a billion dollar increase in esti mated nonwar spending. The revised estimates, he said, were made possible by Japan's surrender and reflect "the liquida tion of our war effort.” He listed total expenditures of 66.4 billion dollars including 5Vs billion dollars for war purposes and 15.9 billion dollars for nonwar' spend ing. The figures compare with August 1 estimates of 83 billion dollars in total spending, 70 billion dollars for war expenditures and 14.9 billion dol lars in nonwar costs. The total spending figure repre sents an overall saving of. 33.7 bil lion dollars from the 100.1 billion actually spent during the 1945 fiscal year. The new war spending figure is 40 billion dollars below the 1945 out lay, but nonwar costs are expected to be 6.3 billion dollars higher this year. Smith said that 1946 receipts are expected to drop from 46.5 billion dollars to a flat 36 billion dollars, but that this year’s deficit will be only 30.4 billion dollars, as com pared to 50 billion dollars in fiscal 1945. As a result, he said, the public debt will climb to around 272.9 billion dollars on June 30. 1946, instead of the 275.2 billion dollar figure pre viously expected. Milady Is Promised 11 Pairs of Nylons a Year WILMINGTON, DEL. — E. L Du Pont de Nemours company, swing ing into large scale peacetime pro duction, promises nylon-starvec. American women 11 pairs of hose a year. It won’t be long, Du Pont said, until we have what amounts to a nylon world. Through years of ex perience in putting the strong yam to military uses, the textile indus try has learned many new ways of handling the yarn. Sheer nettings, which proved an invaluable aid against mosquitoes in the tropics, soon will appear in win dow curtains. Curtains, dresses, veilings and even underwear made of nylon will hold their shape and smoothness through countless launderings, the company added. In announcing recently that plants at Seaford, Del., and Mar tinsville, Va.. have opened capacity production of nylon yam for civil ian use, Du Pont said it can pro duce enough yam to make 360,000,- 000 pairs of hosiery a year. Present capacity, company of ficials explained, is substantially above the prewar level. Plan Centers to Fight Tropical Skin Disease WASHINGTON. D. C. — Eight centers specializing in the treatment of tropical skin disease will be established in this country, Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, army surgeon general, announced recently. The centers will be at Wakeman General hospital. Camp Atterbury, Ind.; Brooke General hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Madigan Gen eral hospital. Fort Lewis, Wash.; Moore General hospital, Swanna- noa, N. C.; Harmon General hos pital, Longview, Texas, and in United States army general hospi tals at Camp Edwards, Mass.; Camp Butner, N. C., and Camp Carson, Colo. Maj. Clarence S. Livingood, Philadelphia, Kirk’s consultant in dermatology, said there was no rea son to fear spread of tropical skin infections in this country because few of the diseases were contagious and no transmittable cases would be discharged until they are non- infectious. Tokyo Trim’ Is Latest Style for Men on Guam GUAM. — Army and navy bar ber shops on Guam have been de luged during recent weeks with de mands for a new type haircut—the “Tokyo Trim.” Hundreds of American officers and men, anticipating the likelihood that they soon will be in Japan, have been ordering hair clipped close all around. They figure that Tokyo’s barbers are probably out of business—that a close trim is cool and makes the hair easy to keep clean. Soviet Scientists Find Rich Relics of Ice Age LONDON.—A Russian scientific expedition to the Ural mountains has reported “important discover ies” of ice age relics, the Moscow radio said. The expedition found four deposits some 43 feet below the earth Indi cating bone coal had been used as fuel, the broad, ast said. The scientists also unearthed the remains of mammoths, wild horses and other animals. Tarragon Vinegar Tarragon vinegar is a favorite in dressing summer salads. The dark green leaves of tarragon are used for seasoning the vinegar. They are used both fresh and dried. This herb needs a little covering of Utter and leaves for winter proiection. Cage Crickets In the Orient the chirping noise of the house cricket is highly appre ciated and many households keep them in cages, the cages often elab orately wrought and decorated. Two-Headed Stream - The Rhine river rises as a two- headed stream in southern Switzer land; enters the Boden See (Lake Constance), and emerges to con tinue its winding 850-mile course to its multi-mouthed outlet in the North sea. In its oceanward jour ney it picks up several important tributaries, such as the Lahn, the Neckar, the Main, and the Ruhr from the east, and the Mosel from the west. In some stretches the river is an international boundary. It is a frontier between Switzerland and tiny Liechtenstein, between Switzerland and the old Austria, be tween Switzerland and Germany, and between France and Germany. Through Germany the river flows in a geperal northwesterly direc tion, turning sharply west at the Netherlands line to enter the North sea. Freshen Grass With Fertilizer in Fall Late August or September is the best season to give lawn grass a “lift.” After the hard summer sea son. some refreshments in the way of fertilizer, and possibly lime, is called for. Thia stands of grass are particularly in need of help. If your lawn has not been limed in the last few years, it is suggested that you apply 50 to 75 pounds of ground limestone per 1,000 square feet This will sweeten the soil and make it possible for the grasses to respond better to fertilizer treatment The addition of 10 to 20 pounds of fertilizer per 1,000 square feet of lawn will do wonders. Fertilizers such as 5-10-5, 4-12-8 or those of similar ratios are well adapted for thickening lawn grasses. Uniform distribution can be obtained by spreading the material in two di rections. Measure out half of the fer tilizer needed for the lawn and spread it in a north-south direction. Then spread the other half in an east-west direction, and there should be little difficulty in getting even coverage. Lawns given a tonic in the manner described soon will assume a good healthy color and develop a dense stand of grass. Lawns composed of dense turf will resist invasion by un desirable weeds such as crabgrass, buckhorn and dandelion. Combustionlble Hay Experienced farmers know that hay, if incompletely cured at time of storage—meaning that it has a moisture content of 25 to 30 per cent — is subject to spontaneous combustion. Perk Up Potato Salad Potato salad will taste better if placed in the refrigerator to chill several hours before serving time. This gives the onions and season ings a chance to permeate the sal ad, making it uniformly delicious. Trail-Makers The first trail-makers in America were buffaloes. -High EHERwmft helps build RESISTANCE TO COLDS Enjoy the feeling of energetic well-being! Take good-tasting Scott’s Emulsion right away. If you fed tired, rundown, unabie to throw off worrisome colds— because your diet lacks nateral A&D Vitamins and energy-build ing, natural oils! Scott’s befee bu\L& energy, stamina, resistance. Buy at your druggist’s today! SC0TTS EMULSION YEAR-ROUND TONIC To Get Better Cough Syrup,Mix It ot Home SoEasy! No Cooking. Real Saving. To get quick relief from coughs due to colds, you should make sure by mixing your own cough syrup at homo. It's no trouble at all. and you know it's pure and good. It needs no cooking, and it's so easy to make that a child could do it. From your druggist,get 2V4 ounces of Pinex. Pour this into a pint bot tle, and add enough plain syrup to fin up the pint. To make syrup, stir two cups of granulated sugar and one cup of water a few moments, until dis solved. Or you can use corn syrup or liquid honey, if desired. The full pint thus made should last a family a long time, and gives you about four times as much cough medicine for your money. It never spoils, and children love its pleasant taste. And for quick results, you’ve never I seen its superior. It seems to take hold instantly, loosening the phlegm, soothing the irritated membranes, and helping to clear the air passages. Pinex is a special compound of proven ingredients, in concentrated form. Well known for quick action oh throat and bron-hial irritations. Just try it, and if not pleased, your money will be refunded. MINOR SKIN IRRITATIONS TSipa I size! MX Mothcfi- here’s a fast-acting chest rah that will not irritate child's tender skin Remember, your child’s skin is thinner, more delicate than yours. He needs a chest rub that’s good and gentle. Get the prompt, really effective results you want the soothing, modern way ... just rub on Menthoiatum. With no irritation to delicate normal skin, Mentholstum helps ease away soreness and tightness from cough-wracked aching chest mus cles ... vapors rise high into nasal pas- i A COUGH MEDICINE of his very own When your child has a cough due to a cold give him Dr. Drake’s Glessco, a cough medidne specially pre pared for him! This famous remedy helps eliminate phlegm, and soothes and promotes healing of irritated membranes. Children like its pleasant taste. Give your child the relief Dr. Drake’s has brought to millions. II DR. DRAKE'S QL ,' INI 6tHHI« COWattY. flMMAT, onto __ essco IWifffll Clabber Girl's balanced double action makes if the natural choice for the modem recipe ... for just the right action in the mixing bowl, plus that final rise to light and fluffy flavor in the oven. CLABBER GIRL