Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THF NKWHKRRY SUN. NR” MRRRY. S. C. Really By AL JEDLICKA P RESSED by competition from the airplane and bus industries, railroads are striving to maintain a high level of passenger traffic with com modious new equipment devel oped by the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co. of Chi cago, and the Edward G. Budd Comfortable Rail Trips Coming Soon Manufacturing Co. of Philadel phia. Though the railroads continue to dominate freight transportation, passenger traffic is another story, with the airlines showing annual in creases and the bus companies en joying high volume. With plane charges now almost down to the lev el of first-class railroad travel, the airlines are expected to make an even greater bid for such trade, while modernized bus service can be looked to press for the less ex pensive business. With the railroads caught between the postwar competitive threat. Not only are the new cars especially built to provide extra comfort but many also furnish the possibility for cheaper travel because of increased capacity. Capable of seating 48 passengers, a new Pullman long-distance coach attracted considerable attention at the company’s recent exhibit in the Chicago Museum of Science and In dustry. Assuring continuous ease, the car has adjustable chaise longue seats fitted to body form with pro vision for lowering the back and slid ing out a foot-rest at night for com- "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers—WNU Features. By NANCY PEPPER GIDDY GADGETS Seats in the commodious “Day-Nite” coach are designed to conform to the body’s contours. A button releases a leg rest from the seat ahead providing full length sleeping comfort like a chaise longue chair. Below is shown the new dining car. Triangular tables give more aisle space for waiters, and more convenience to diners. Recesses between tables enable passersby to step aside for traffic. Water bottles, creamers and sugar bowls are kept out of the way on wall shelves. We don’t see so much gadget jew elry now that you’re up to your el bows in sterling silver bangles and bracelets, but, after a little special sleuthing, we’re able to give with the goo on a few new gems for gadgeteers. Pit Hits—The latest necklaces and bracelets are made of prune pits, painted in colors to go with your outfits. First wash and dry the pits, then bore holes in them, paint them and string them. Didn’t mother always tell you that prunes would make you beautiful? Good Luck — And you’ll need it if you’re taking exams. That’s why you’re wear ing all kinds of good luck charms on ribbon neck laces. Rabbits’ feet and ele phants are said to be the most re liable. Ever try studying? That’s good for your marks too. Come Seven—One girl started a new earring fad in a Brooklyn high- school by gluing a pair of dice to earring screws. Good conversation pieces. Two Dolls—Wear a tiny doll on your sweater. See that her hair matches yours. Hunting License—These Wolf Li cense pins are the big fad now all around the country. They have dif ferent styles for Wolves and Wolf- esses (female of the species). Of course, you need more than a license for good hunting. The right bait and good aim help a lot. You Wuv a Wabbit—And his name is “Harvey” from the play of the same name. You’re buying Harvey pins at your favorite gadgeteria or you’re making little rabbit pins out of yarn with pipe cleaners looped on either side of the head to represent ears. We saw one of these home made jobs with a tiny, lace skirt. Very funny on a bunny. * HEAVEN SCENT How can any boy keep his head when you smell so sweet? Of course, cleanliness is next to godli ness—and that means that you must make with the soap and water be fore you think about the perfume— but here’s how you take it from there. Hair Care—Pour a little of your favorite perfume in the last shampoo rinsing. Especially fatal when you dance with boys who are taller than you, or moisten the ends of your hair with a little perfume before you roll it up in curlers at night. Sweeter Sweaters—A few drops of your favorite perfume in your last sweater rinsing will keep you flower fresh. Or, wash your sweaters in a bubble bath. Secret Scents—From our most Able Grables we hear you’ll hit your tar get for tonight if you use your scents subtly. Try dabbing a little per fume on your eye brows, on your lips, on your finger tips and in back of your ears. They never learned those tricks from any high school textbook! Perfumed Posies—Wearing flow ers in your hair tonight? Be sure to drop some perfume on them just before you go out. It’s Love in Bloom! Soap Sachet—A cake of scented soap in every bureau drawer makes your clothes smell like lavender and old lace. » Giggle Gags. Teacher—I’d like to be frank this morning. Voice From the Rear of the Class room—With the money he makes, who wouldn’t? > TRIXIE TEEN SAYS— So you’ve been playing one boy against the other! When you date Bob you tell how Bill is rushing you. When Bill calls, you chatter about the flowers and candy Bob sent you. Honestly, you never Rave but you Bore. Both boys are pretty well fed up on that diet of applesauce and baloney. If you think the way to keep an O.A.O. is to keep him jealous—you’re making the mistake of your Love-Life. Claims Total $1,869,114 As Result of Arms Blast WASHINGTON.—Damage claims totaling $1,869,114.83 have been paid or recommended for payment by the navy as a result of the Port Chicago (Calif.) explosions of July 17, 1944. Secretary Forrestal said 9,668 claims were filed with the navy. A total of 2,545 property damage claims and 46 personal injury claims aggregating $463,510.25 have been paid by a special board of investi gation. In addition, the navy has recom mended to congress $68,224.28 for personal injury and $1,337,380.30 for property damage as just claims re quiring congressional approval. The explosion occurred when two ships loaded with ammunition blew up at a pier. Property damage ex tended over a 25 to 40-mile radius, affecting nine California counties. For private overnight travel, Pull man has designed the roomette, duplex roomette, drawing room, bedroom and three-tier sleeper. ‘Duplex’ Accommodates 24. Equipped with private washing facilities and a 6-foot, 5-inch bed, each of the roomettes accommo dates one person. The duplex model, however, can carry 24 passengers instead of only 18 because every al ternate compartment is raised above the floor level, and beds slide from under them to save folding space. Large enough to hold five persons by day, the drawing rooms can ac commodate three persons at night, with two beds folding from one wall and a third from another. Each compartment has its own lavatory. In the bedrooms, four sleepers un fold from walls and seats, with suf ficient space for comfort for six per sons by day. A development of the war result ing from Pullman’s experience in production tor the army, the three- tier sleeper, Capable of carrying 42 persons, promises cheap and com modious overnight service. With each compartment seating six by day, curtains can be drawn at night for privacy and two beds unfolded, with another stationary upper berth available. Because of air condition ing, agreeable temperatures are as sured. Dining in Comfort. As a result of a newly designed dining car, travelers can expect quick service and convenient accom modation. By being seated at op posite angles along the sides, with a V-shaped table to fit in, a person will be able to leave his place without bumping others around, and wait ers also will have sufficient aisle space to move about easily. Long trips will be made less bur densome in Pullman’s new recrea tion car, with one end convertible from an observation lounge into a movie compartment, with uphol stered chairs and divans for 28 per- ( sons swinging in to face the screen, i In the bar lounge on the other end of the car, seats fold against the wall, clearing floor space for danc ing. In addition to maximum comforts assured by new innovations and universal air conditioning and indi rect lighting, recent mechanical de velopments -promise easier and safer riding in the future. Pull man wheel trucks are designed to control car sway at high speeds, overcome sharp leaning on curves, reduce bounce on roadbeds and elim inate noise and vibration through the use of cushioning materials. New tight-lock couplers will remove all of the old starting and stopping jolting. Automatically operated elec trical braking will assure smooth and even deceUeration throughout the entire train. Alarm boxes in each car will warn trainmen of overheated axle bearings and head off danger. In designing its railroad car of to morrow, Budd’s has striven to pro mote cheaper travel by providing even more capacity per car than Pullman. In addition, sleeper types are arranged in such fashion that removal of partitions creates double rooms. Like Pullman, Budd has designed a deluxe coach, with center support for seats assuring a lot of leg room, and lowered backs and upraised foot rests providing comfortable sleeping accommodations. A hidden radio installed in the chair back at ear height, with modulated control for soft transmission, will furnish welcome entertainment. SERVICE ■ BUREAU EDITOR’S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washing- ton, D. C., is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. Local Service Centers Gen. Omar N. Bradley, adminis trator of veterans’ affairs, in a re cent statement declared that the most pressing need, insofar as the civilian population and the veteran is concerned, is the establishment of a single service center in every community so that benefits to the veterans can “get down to the grass roots of the home community.” Many communities already have set up these centers where the re turning veteran may go for informa tion, for service, for advice, but there are thousands of home com munities where no such benefit is available to the veteran. “We have the plans,” General Bradley said, “but you can’t help a veteran with a plan. We need the help of business, patriotic and civic organizations, of the press and ra dio, in'solving a problem of space and personnel which is slowing up our job.” In the meantime, the veterans ad ministration has inaugurated a six- point program for amputee rehabili tation to include: (1) direct veteran contact to learn problems, invite criticism and provide corrective measures; (2) a survey to determine availability of prosthetic appli ances; (3) to provide each veteran a booklet with essential information; (4) a program of scientific after care designed to meet the need of the veteran; (5) a conference with artificial limb manufacturers to es tablish fixed limb standards; (6) to establish a museum of prosthetic ap pliances. Panama Canal Toll Is Avoided by British Ships LONDON.—The ministry of war announced that ships from New Zea land and Australia had been re routed to avoid .the Panama canal where tolls must be paid in dollars. The ministry said ships from New Zealand would be sent generally around Cape Horn. Australian ships will be sent around the Cape of Good Hope and through the Suez canal. Minute Make- Up* By GABRIELLE When your head is 100 per cen* and your eyes are 100 per cent, and your feet are only 50 per cent, then your average is 83% per cent, but your physical efficiency is only 5 per cent. So, my advice is—take care of your feet! Massage feet and legs with lotion to soothe and soften. Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Feature*. Many Children Who Quit High School for War Jobs Will Never Complete Education “The child labor program for the postwar years must be two-edged, states the National Child Labor com mittee in its annual report: “First, it must continue to focus on child labor sore spots, and ef forts must be pushed to secure laws, law enforcement, and public sentiment that will outlaw forever the employment of children under conditions detrimental to their health, education and welfare. “Second, it must turn its attention to the one child in six who does not enter high school, the 50 per cent who enter high school but do not graduate, and the unknown number who are college ‘material’ but never get to college. We must find out why these boys and girls stop going to school. If it is due to financial diffi culties, tlu* can be remedied. If it is due to lack of interest in school, this, too, can be remedied. “The steady increase in the num ber of school drop-outs caused the greatest concern to those watching child labor during the war. The peak was reached in the spring of 1944 and the leveling off process had started even before V-E Day. This peak number was 3 million full or part-time workers 14 through 17 years of age as contrasted with 900 thousand in 1940. Of the 3 million, there were 1% million who had left school for work. “Efforts to raise the age limit in state child labor laws from 14 to 16 for all employment during school hours and for manufacturing em ployment at any time did not make much progress in the 1945 legisla tures. Illinois was the only state to enact the 16-year standard while similar bills were defeated or failed to come to a vote in California, Dela ware, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas. Important action raising the compulsory education standards was taken by three states—Georgia, North Carolina and Oregon. ' Questions and Answers Q. 1 want to know if a man who 1 has been in the army over six ; months, is 30 years old and has a ! wife and four children, will be sent overseas or will he get a discharge soon?—Wife, Strasburg, N. D. A. According to regulations at this , time your husband is eligible for overseas service. According to the information you give, he has only 1 approximately 42 points. Q. I want to know if my husband | can get a discharge. He has been in service 21 months and overseas 14 months and has four children and is 1 needed at home since his mother is i his dependent, too, and very feeble. He is in the army and is 29 years old.—L. B., Pisgah, Ala. A. Without any points for battle stars or decorations, your husband has 71 points so he would be eligi ble for discharge. Q. My husband served nine months in World War I, five of these over- j seas. While in service, one of his ear drums was affected from roar of guns and he can hear but very little. During this time his service record was lost and now he cannot get help because be doesn’t have a record of his ear. Does he have to | be handicapped because the army lost his record? He can do very little work.—Wife, Deatsville, Ala. A. Your husband’s service record should be in the war department in Washington. Would suggest that you immediately file a claim for pen sion, due to disability, with the Veterans administration at Birming ham. Write to the bureau of en listed personnel, war department, Washington, D. C., concerning his service record, giving all details possible. Q. I was called for the army Sep tember 4, 1918, and went to Fort Riley, Kans., and got my discharge at Fort Riley September 14, 1918. I got the $60 bonus and the whole out fit of uniforms. Did guard duty and my serial number was 34743Q0. 1 asked for the soldier^ tax exemption in Iowa and they turned me down. —E. J. H., Webster City, Iowa. A. You were apparently in the army only 10 days, but the in ternal revenue bureau says there is no federal tax exemption for veter ans except on disability payments and the $1,500 exemption on active service pay. There may be an Iowa state law providing for some form of tax exemption for veterans. Sug gest you apply to your state or local tax authorities. Q. My husband, who is in the navy, has three children and is 26 years old. Under this new system of discharging fathers of three chil dren, will he be eligible for dis charge?—Wife, Vanderbilt, Mich. A. The navy department says “yes.” Q. How long will boys 18 or 19 years of age, who entered service in the spring of 1945 and are now on their way overseas, remain in the service?—N. G., Lancaster, Wis. A. Under present regulations, un til they have the required number of points to make them eligible for discharge. Q. I want to know if a man who has been in the navy 21 months, is 34 years old and has a wife and three children will be discharged?— Wife, Owens Cross Roads, Ala. A. Yes, he is eligikde for applica tion for discharge. ■s. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Gay Jumper and Matching Jacket 2-8 yrt. T'HIS gay little jumper is bound -*■ to delight the younger set. Pretty to wear with snowy blouses Or brightly colored sweaters. The Salt may pit your cast alumi num ware. Never store salty foods in aluminum, and to prevent salt used in cooking from settling in the bottom of the utensil to do its harm, add salt only when the wa ter boils or food has already been added. —•— Soaking clothes overnight is not desirable, as the long soaking has a tendency to let the dirt freed from clothes settle back into the fabric. —• — Marks caused by matches struck on a painted surface usually can be removed by rubbing them with a cut lemon. —•— Worn linoleum can be brought back to life by using a special paint made by several of the larger manufacturers. matching jacket has a pert peter pan collar and can have long or short sleeves. • • • Pattern No. 8947 Is tor sizes 2, 3, 4. 5. 6 and 8 years. Size 3, jumper, requires 1 yard of 35 or 39-inch material: jacket, short sleeves. Hi yards; long sleeves. 11, yards. Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions, slightly more time Is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South WeUs St. Chicago Enclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No. Slip Name Address— WORLD S LARGEST SEILER ATIBt We find books for you, including old and scarce books. Write us name of book wanted and author. We locate and write you price. No obligation. C. C. Giese Co., 128 Light St., Baltimore 2, Md.—Adv. Special sponge rubber table cloths, developed by B. f, Goodrich, attached to tables in factory assembly lines en able assemblers to pick VP small metal parts without fumbling. Officials predict that tire produc tion may jump to nearly 4,000,000 passenger car tires a month during thel ast quarter of 1945. Spare tires should never re main idle until other tires are worn out. Rubber needs to be "exercised" to keep it in best condition. The new B. F. Goodrich all-synthetic Siivertown passenger car tire ac tually outwears prewar natural rub ber tires. BKGoodrich F, > S T w Rubber Au&r r GmdReffef FROM SNIFFLY, STUFFY DISTRESS OF HeadCotdsl Instantly relief from head cold distress starts to come when you put a little Va-tro-nol in each nostril. What’s more — it actually helps prevent many colds from developing if used in timel Try itl Follow directions in package. VICKS VA-IRO-NM Now—sweeter, tastier bread with FLEISCHMANN’S FRESH It’s so easy to bake delicious, smooth-textured loams if you use Fleischmann’s active fresh Yeast. This fresh yeast is full-strength. It goes right to work to help you get best baking results every time. IF YOU BAKE AT HOME—insist on Fleischmann’s active fresh Yeast. The cake with the familiar yellow label! De pendable—America’s favorite for over 70 years. SPRAINS AND STRAINS iMuscular Aches and Pains • Stiff Joints • Bruises • M££D ca. SLOAN’S LINIMENT