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THE NEWRERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. alter mche Like Their Sisters They Await Pay New Envoy to China PRESIDENT’S MOTHER IS 93 WASHINGTON. — The President’s mother is 93 years old. It’s been a long 93 years of taking knocks and enjoying good times since her birth November 25, 1852. That was just two years after the famous Missouri compromise which historians claim contributed to the Civil war. In the years that have passed, the Jackson county farm where Martha Ellen Truman was born has become 33rd and Indiana avenue in Kansas City, while her son, whom she never expected to be President, now sits in the White House. Like her son, Mrs. Truman is a friendly person who likes company, Including newspaper reporters. And if it wasn’t for her maiden daughter, Miss Mary Jane Truman, who lives wi h her, and another son, who lives not far away, ihe President’s mother Would be a mecca of news interest. But whenever her son and daughter see a reporter approaching, death lurks in their eyes. The newsman is treated as a carrier of bubonic plague. If you are fortunate enough to meet Mrs. Truman, however, you can understand where her son gets his energy. Except for being slightly hard of hearing, she is exceptionally hearty. Her voice is crisp, her observations pointed, and she possesses a poise and calmness of spirit rare in women of her age. Like her son, who likes to get up early, Mrs. Truman is up with the dawn and about her household tasks. The house in Grandview, Mo., is a one-story affair, which enables her to get about without climbing stairs. A half-acre yard, enclosed by wire, surrounds the house. Four rocking chairs are in the front room. HELPED HARRY’S CAMPAIGN. Mrs. Truman reads with interest, occasionally attends the Baptist church, knows everyone in Grand view and until recently took an active part in the affairs of the com munity. Back in 1934 when she was a rela tive youngster of only 82, Mrs. Tru man even took an active part in Harry’s campaign for the Democrat ic senatorial nomination, making frequent trips inio Missouri counties visiting old friends in behalf of her son. Then, during the last Presiden tial campaign, she opened her home to women of Washington township communities and served as chair- J man of county group meetings for women party workers. When Truman first was mentioned as vice presidential nomineee, his mother didn’t want him to be vice president. “Harry is doing a good job in the senate,’’ she said. “And he ought to stay there.” But listening to radio returns the night of the election, she switched chairs frequently and re* sed to go to bed until definite word of a Demo cratic victory was received. “If Harry doesn’t win,” she com mented then, “he won’t be dis graced. After all, it won’t kill him to lose.” Months later, when Truman was elevated to the Presidency by the death of the late Frank lin Roosevelt, she said: “I never thought Harry would be Presi dent some day, like most mothers think. I never thought he would be vice president—nor senator, for that matter. But whatever he is—I’m for him.” (EXEESZTn Tale of the Town: NBC’s Ben Graner reports that Albert Einstein, the top mathema tician and atomic bomb authority, likes to relax with a violin. Recent ly he invited the renowned pianist, Arthur Schnabel, to his home for a musical week-end. They were running through a rath er involved Mozart sonata and Ein stein was having some trouble play ing. Finally, after several explana tions, Schnabel got irritated. He banged his hands down on the key board and groaned: “No, no, Albert. For heaven’s sakes, can’t you count? One, two, three, four. Ain’t It the Truth: On One 5th Avenue, a patron was telling a bar tender his views on the atomic world. “Jet planes, sky highways and there’ll even be machines as bartenders! These machines will do everything you do!” “Mebbeso,” said the bartender, “but those machines wouldn’t last a week. They might mix you a drink and hand it to you—but no machine would ever put up with some of the lushes we meet!” Qniteso, Quiteso: Marie MacDon ald, just arrived for the premiere of ner latest film (“Getting Gertie’s Garter”), was asked if she wasn’t bored with people who keep call ing her The Body. “No,” said Marie, “I found out that in Hollywood a gal can’t get anywhere by being referred to as The Brain.” Arlene Francis relays the one about the Hollywood producer who squawked when he got an estimate depicting Civil war scenes. It was for $1,000,000. “Why, you money wasters!” barked the producer. “The battle between the North and the South didn’t cost $750,000!” “The original battle,” snapped an accountant, “was a flop.” Boo, Y’self! Boris Karloff met Bela Lugosi the other middle-of-the- night and compared notes. “I had a wonderful day,” said Karloff, “I picked up three more corpses!” “Y’don’t say!” said Lugosi. “That’s wonderful. You must come to my house some time and see my bathtub full of blood!” “I’d love to,” exclaimed Boris. “What’s your phone number?” “Call me any time,” giggled Bela. “I’m at PLazma 9-2259.” As is the habit of women the world over, these Indian women, whose husbands are employed at the Pickle Crow gold mine in Canada, await their husbands with their pay checks. Indian workers are paid at the same rate as white tnen, average base pay of $47 per week, but it is said many prefer credits at local stores to actual cash. Grantland Rice General of the Army George C. Marshall, upper, who steps into the world’s No. 1 postwar trouble spot, China, due to his recent ap pointment as ambassador, succeed ing Maj. Gen. P. J. Hurley, lower, who resigned in protest against poli cies in China. Legion Commander Bottle Pussy Has Dinner A Hollywood star and a West Coast “Dorothy Parker” haven’t talked for years. They met at a party the other day, and the actress purred: “The critics all say my latest picture is a must.” “That makes two in a row,” said the other. “You mussed up the last one, too!” When it comes to putting on the feed bag, Muggsy just won’t stand for interruptions. So the photographer’s presence didn’t stop him from keeping “on schedule.” Photo shows Muggsy in a grade A session as he juggles the bottle at the Marilyn Williston home at Weymouth, Mass. It is impossible to get the cat *o drink out of a saucer or pan. UNRRA Rebuilding Youth of Europe And anyone*who has ever talked with Mrs. Trilfnan cannot deny that. Her eyes never fail to twinkle when someone mentions her son. Mrs. Truman has enjoyed good health since her recovery from a fall in April, 1944, when she slipped on a rug and suffered a broken left hip and left shoulder. When she at tends community activities she usu ally wears a black dress and hat, and a dark wool shoulderette to keep her warm. Secret service men who have found it difficult to keep up with the pace of President Truman undoubt edly will agree with her statement describing her son when she said: “He is no slow person. He gets where he’s going in short order.” • • • CAPITAL CHAFF After flirting with various law firm offers, Franklin Roosevelt Jr., finally decided to team up with New York’s ex-Lt. Gov. Charlie Poletti. The firm is Poletti, Diamond, Rabin, Freidin and Mackay .... Young Roosevelt has been doing a swell job pushing housing for veterans dumped off the boats from Europe. He is roaring mad at Mayor La- Guardia for neglect.ng this. . . . “The mayor knew way last summer that these men were going to be coming back,” says young FDR, “but did nothing about it. Most of the men can’t affojd to stay in New York hotels, even if the hotels had any rooms, which they haven’t.” . . . Kentucky Republicans view 269- pound Ed Pritchard (he reduced from 300) as one of the smartest political organizers in the state. But they don’t like having him around. He is trying to mould split-up Demo cratic factions, and as long as they New Yorkers are talking about President Truman’s very good friend from Missouri, who recently went to the White House for a favor. “My boy is overseas, and his old mother may not live. Can you help me bring him home right away?” Mr. Truman obliged. ... A few weeks later the same old pal went to see the President for another “break.” ... He hoped Mr. Truman could arrange the transfer of some factories (in the reconversion man ner) for him. “It would put me on Easy Street,’' said the old pal . . . “Now look here,” said Truman sternly, “helping get your boy back to see his ailing mother was human. Don’t ask me to fix anything in which money is involved. I’m not go ing to be part of any Harding ad ministration!” New Yorkers are talking about the headaches Paul McNutt will inherit when he lands in the Philippines. . . . Blanche Faye’s new understudy role (to G. Niesen) in “Follow the Girls,” a funny show. . . . The digest mag which expects to have a circu lation of forty million one day. If Russia permits it there. . . . Greta Garbo’s spurning of the leading role in “Bella Donna” because, she said, she will never again play the part of a sinful woman. . . . The exciting Warner short titled: “Hitler Lives?” . . . The record night at a midtown spot: $10,000 (on the Sat. night of the army game). . . Burl Ives and Helen Payne, who cancelled their merger plans recently, deciding to wed in the next fortnight. . . . Play wright Lillian Heilman switching producers after all those successful years! . . . The backers of a flop show who complained to the D. A. Saturday about the alleged misuse of their monies. A producer and as sociates will be investigated. . . . The fact that if you dial the letters MAE WEST on your phone (tee- hee), you always get a busy sig nal! A UNRRA doctor took these two pictures of the same baby. Last July this nine-month-old little skeleton, just liberated from a Nazi con centration camp, was turned over to the UNRRA. By the end of Octo ber, after months of excellent care in Sweden, he was a normal healthy baby demonstrating the success of building up Nazi starved children. Percherons Become Circus Stars New Yorkers Are Talking About: The $100,000 per annum offer J. Ed gar Hoover turned down recently to quit the FBI. He didn’t want to be “window dressing” for the firm’s product. . . . That fight in an East Side swank spot, which ended hu morously. The tuxedoed fellow and his elegant Mrs. (who started the fracas) were both knocked flat. . . . The much publicized glamour girl, once wed to a millionaire, who hocked her mink coat for $300. She remain split, the Republicans can was the one wife (of his many) who win. ' - - ... For the first time in the history of the circus, Percherons are being trained to become sawdust ring stars. Sometimes known as the Percheron Norman, named from La Perche, a French district, this type of horse .is ordinarily a work horse. These magnificent specimens are being refused any settlement or alimony., trained at the Sarasota, Fla., circus winter training headquarters. John Stelle, ex-governor of Illi nois, who will serve as commander of the American Legion during 1946, With hundreds of thousands of vet erans of World War II joining with veterans of World War I in the Legion, it becomes the largest or ganization in U. S. Barefoot Tennis Ace a Dinny Pails, Australia’s favorite tennis player, shown in his fa vorite footwear — nothing — as he took the measure of some of Unit ed States’ new top-ranking stars when they visited Australia as G.I.s and G.I. morale builders. General Follows Son Lieut. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, veteran of World War I, who also fought against both the Germans and Japs in World War II, recent ly died at San Antonio. He lost his son in this war. C'ORTY-FIVE years ago it was in- 1 evitable that another big league baseball club would come along to divide patronage with the National that had been in operation for 24 years. So the American League ar rived. It has been just as inevitable that another new football league would come along the same road. Now the battle of the pro leagues is already under way, although the new All-Amer ica outfit won’t take to the field until 1946. In the earlier and perhaps the later milling of this grid iron war, a large number of pocket- books are going to be badly dented or flattened out. Dnly four teams have ever made any money to date in the National— Vew York, Washington, Chicago Bears and Green Bay. The others .ogether have lost well over a mil- ion dollars. , But in spite of this there is no | onger any questioning or doubting Jie fact that the new league is al ready. here. Jimmy Crowley’s cir- :uit has signed up many smart :oaches who' couldn’t have been ured away by anything less than protected financial guarantees. The lew circuit has already signed up »o many good college football play ers—Bertelli, Bill Daiey, George franck, Glen Dobbs, Otto Graham and others,- to back out now. The lew league has paid out too much money already to quit. , What will happen later, you might ask? For one thing the good college .’ootball players will benefit tremen- lously in a financial way. Battle of Pocketbooks For another thing v witji greatly in- ireased salaries, bonuses and what lot, there will be a big drop in prof- ts all around. Even as things have leen, it tal es an attendance of some !0,000 to break even. It will be a battle of pocketbooks and bank accounts for some time ;o come. The National League can’t ilford to let its rival grab all the leading stars, for such men as Hut son, Baugh and Luckman have been largely responsible for big crowds. There will be enough good football players to go around, but there are aever enough outstanding stars or ictual gate builders. What will happen later on? It is iur opinion that after a series of painful sorties on the bankrolls in volved, there will eventually be tw< major football leagues with eight teams in each circuit. Some cities now on trial may fail to stand up or to show their en thusiasm for pro football on the aeeded scale. This is still true of big :eague baseball today where more dian one or two big league cities should be replaced by others and where there should be some shifts in two-club centers that can only ; aarry one club. New York, Chicago and Philadelphia can handle two major league football clubs. Granted the new league intends to hustle and put up a hard fight, there will prob ably be a football civil war for about a year, as there was in baseball when the young American League raided the National and took away many of its better players. Bonanza for Players Neither league can afford this type of competition long. It will be a won derful thing for the players and coaches, but more than most of the club owners can face without going broke. Any number of good football players will be emerging from war service this winter and spring and many more will be graduating from college next June. Most of these will go with the team which offers most. There is one point that both leagues should watch. This is, taking good care that they don’t cross up the colleges or start raiding college teams. The colleges are now far stronger than the pros, consider ing the entire map, and they should remain that way. They are the foun dation of football. There are or will be less than 20 pro league teams. There are over 200 college teams that appeal to more than 10,000 col lege players. The present National League ar rangement of taking in no player until his college class has gradu ated should be maintained by both leagues. After all such teams as Army, Navy, Pennsylvania, Southern California, Ohio State, Michigan and Minnesota, to mention only a few, far outdraw any professional outfit. Army and Notre Dame, Army and Navy games could each play to 300,- 000 spectators if there was only space enough. * * • t Overlooked Old-Timers During Ty Cobb’s recent visit east the talk got around to some of the great ones of the past who are gen erally overlooked. “For example,” Ty said, “there was Kid Nichols of Boston, St. Louis and Philadelphia. Kid Nichols was one of the greatest pitchers of all time, but how many even remember his name today?” I happened to recall some 40 years ago the admiration Christy Mathew- son had for Nichols. Chosen One Shotved The Badge of Industry Canny young Jean was a won derful aid to her mother when time came to start the new Victory gar den. She proved it the very first day. Mother was seeking an industri ous, energetic man to help her do the planting. Two men came to apply for the job. 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