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THE NEWj3ERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. HERBERT HOOVER HESITATED WASHINGTON. —Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson had a hard time at first persuading Her bert Hoover to come to Washing ton for the food conference. Ander son caught the ex-President at Key West, Fla., where he was fishing. “I’ve promised my family for sev en years to take them fishing,” Hoover told the secretary of agri culture, “and now at last here I am.” Anderson, however, emphasized the urgency of the food crisis. “We need your experience and ad vice, Mr. President,” he said. “You can go back to your fishing imme diately afterward. But this is a time when your country needs you.” Hoover finally consented to come. BRICKBATS WIN ELECTIONS Two of the bitterest opponents on the house floor and in the inter state commerce committee are Rep resentatives Clarence Brown, con servative Republican of Blanches- ter, Ohio, and Vito Marcantonio, American Laborite of New York City. Off the floor, however, the two respect each other’s ability and get along well. Sitting in the house lobby the other day they smilingly concluded an agreement which will probably never be carried out. They were talking about campaign expenses, when Brown proposed: “Vito, I've got a suggestion. Why don’t we both cut our campaign ex penses to the bone? Here’s how to do it: "You go into my district and make three speeches against me. Call me a reactionary Hooverite, an isolationist, an economic royalist — and any thing else you can think of. That’ll elect me. “Then I’ll go into your district and make three speeches. I’ll call you a Red, a Dago, a new dealer and an anti-Ra' 'inite. “With the proper literature about you in my district and the proper literature about me in your district, both of us are a cinch for re-elec tion when we do that.” Marcantonio agreed that the idea had merit, and they shook hands on it. NAZIS REMAIN IN GERMANY A secret report on failure to de- Nazify Germany has been made to the war department, but is consid ered so shocking that it probably will be destroyed. It is now in the office of Brig. Gen. Frank A. Meade. The report shows complete failure to clean out high-rank ing Nazis. It also shows a sur prising number of so-called Ger man “laborers” who have secre taries and stenographers as signed to them. This is one of the latest dodges to get around the employment of Nazis by the American army. According to army rules, no former Nazi can be employed in any'job more im portant than that of a “laborer.” Result is that many Nazis are used in important jobs, but listed on the books as “laborers.” That is why they are assigned secretaries and stenographers. These “common laborers” are then put in charge of important manufacturing plants. The report now in the hands of the war depart ment was made by the public safety and inspection division of military government. It may never see the light of day. HOW WYATT DID IT If there were more men like Hous ing Expediter Wilson Wyatt around. President Truman would have eas ier sailing. The other day in Chi cago, Wyatt was gue:t speaker at a banquet of the National Associ ation of home builders, 3,200 strong, all hostile, all prepared to boo at the man who proposed revolutionary building ■ reforms in order to com plete 3,000,000 homes in two years. As Wyatt arose, the atmosphere was charged with hostility. How ever, he told stones, explained his program, made no antagonistic statements. “If you gentlemen are against this program, then you don’t understand it,” Wyatt said. “It’s my fault for not making it clear.” After 45 minutes, having won over a considerable part of the audience, he stopped. Then for 45 minutes more he answered questions. Every inch of the way he fought for his program of low-cost housing for vet erans. Finally, when he finished, ev ery builder in the huge dining room rose to his feet and cheered. NOW WHITE SPAGHETTI Some of the strongest opposition to the President’s “dark bread” or der is coning from an unexpected quarter — spaghetti manufacturers. Spaghetti, macaroni and noodles are made from semolina, a gritty flour made, in turn, from durum wheat. Semolina millers, as well as spaghetti makers, are up in arms about the “dark bread” order, de claring it will drive them out of business. A number of semolina mills have filed an exception. Innocent Bystander The Cinemagician.-;: Paved with guffaws, “Road to Utopia” has Bing and Bob performing their whackro- batics. . . . “Sunbonnet Sue” packs the nostalgic charm of a family al bum—playing a heartful of Gus Ed wards’ hits. . . . “Open City” (which was produced in Italy) is a slam bang-up tribute to the intrepid Ital ian Undergrounders. .. . “The Sailor Takes a Wife” is a fluffy little ro mantic fable with Robert Walker and June Allyson whipping up the froth. . . “Six Gun Man” is a stenciled plot, repetitious as hiccups. . . . Advance reports say that “Jour ney Together,” an importation from Britain by Terrence Ratigan, will be a big click. . . . “Phantom Ex press” co-stars a yawn and a snore. The Radio: The newest man-wife combo on the air is Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilson of Akron, Ohio, and these parts. Via Station WLIB once weekly. . . . Billy Halop’s emoting on CBS’ “Aftermath” i* a welcome addition. He recently returned from the wars. . . . “Duffy’s Tavern” is cooked up by only 11 gag-writers. . . . “Dead End” was loaded with earthy hngo. But the roughest word in the Theatre Guild’s version on the networks was “jerk.” Bigtown Newsreel: Honorable John Coffee of the House of Repre sentatives week-ending from the Capitol at the Pierre. . . . Anita Colby, the model’s model. . . . Ann Sothem, the star, paying an unex pected visit to the 52nd street joynts and delighting the proprietors of same. . . . Don DeFore (the orches tra leader in the film, “Stork Club”) in town to rehearse with “Judy O’Connor,” which opens in Apr. . . . Claudette Colbert, whose husband is a specialist on hay-fever and aller gies, but she suffers and suffers and suffers all year ’round. . . . Martha Raye carrying her beautiful baby from the St. Moritz to a waiting cab and the choo-choo to Chi. Sallies in Our Alley: Jackie Green, the Embassy Club clown, was in a Broadway restaurant and asked a waiter the price of dinner. “We have two dinners—one for $2 and another for $5,” was the reply. . . . “What do I get extra on the $5 dinner?” asked Green. ,. . “Pres tige,” was the snapper. . . . Har vey Stone says Sinatra has muscles now — from carrying all that money to all those banks. . . . Latin Quarter boss Lou Walters asked an actor if he knew what an atheist was. . . . “Sure,” was the retort, “someone who don’t believe in Looey B. Mayer!” Novelette: When Harry Tugend (who wrote the film “Wake Up and Live”) was an unknown writer, he courted Jean Barkow. ... At the time she was Billy Rose’s Girl Fri day. . . . “Why do you go around with a nobody?” Rose asked her. “Hook up with a success or some guy likely to be one!” . . . Jean dis regarded the counsel and married Tugend. . . . They’ve been living (happily ever after) in Movietown, where Tugend is now Paramount Studio’s executive producer. ... He will soon produce Paramount’s film, “The Life of Billy Rose.” Three months ago the U. S. Army in Germany discovered the lists of Nazi sympathizers in the U. S. A. Army officials promised the lists would be made public. The State Dep’t promised the lists would be made public. A Cong. Committee promised the lists would be made public. . . . And what happened? Absolutely nothing! After all those jjromises — the lists are still a se cret. And even the reason the lists are being hushed up—is a secret. Quotation Marksmanship: K. Roos: Shall we split a kiss? . . . Anon: Rudeness is the reply we can not think of. . . . J. M. Barrie: I am not young enough to know every thing. . . . Virginia Faulkner: The decoration was not so much period as exclamation point. . . . Stefan Zweig: The lark whirred upward like a skyrocket of delight. . . . Chris Morley: The extraordinary insect obligato of Summer nights. . . . H. V. Morton: Conversation as for mal as a minuet. . . . C. E. Coe: As naked as a peeled banana. . . . O. W. Holmes: Sin has many tools, but a lie is a handle which fits them all. . . . Sax Rohmer: A smile 30 years her junior. . . . Heywood Broun: The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteris tic which distinguishes the human beings from the beasts. . . . Gelett Burgess: A secret as fascinating as a loose tooth. Times Square Ticker: Observers report Sec’y of State Byrnes wait ed (unrecognized) in the Waldorf barber shop until Frank Costello wised up the manager and got him priority. . . . Van Johnson will dine at a 52nd Street spot which barred him five years ago when he was merely an autograph collector. . . . G. B. Shaw told Gabriel Pascal that Irv Hoffman’s caricature of him is the best of thousands he has seen. . . . Ned Sparks reports that he would like to get back to Movietown and do a picture. RED CROSS POSTER COMES TO LIFE . . . Pfc. CampbeU Gordon Pyle, Lancaster, Calif., the wheel chair patient in the Red Cross 1946 poster, and Peggy Neel, Red Cross hospital worker, examine the winning poster, a photograph made of them at New Caledonia during the war. Peggy Neel is resting at her home In Searcy, Ark., and Private Pyle has re-enlisted in the army. CHURCHILL TALKS WHILE TRUMAN LISTENS . . . Former British prime minister, Winston Churchill, told the audience at Westminster college, Fulton, Mo., that the United States and the British empire should form a military alliance to police the world and to provide a bulwark against encroachments of Communist ideals and ambitions from the East. He recommended that the atomic bomb be kept secret. RIOTS DURING STRIKES CONTINUE . . . Representative of other strikes, two pickets and a policeman strike the pavement in the action- packed scene as they clashed in front of the Western Electric com pany’s Kearney, N. J., plant. The police seem to have the situation well in hand. While some strikes have been settled, others have been announced to start during April. Violence has been reported in various parts of the country. SPRING ‘QUEEN OF BOVINES’ ... As a feature of the unique spring celebration held in th< canton of Valais, Switzerland, cow fights are held to determine whic.i one will be supreme and be crowned the “queen of bovine queens.'* Properly organized battle takes place yearly to mark the beginning of spring in Switzerland. NEW NAVY COACH . . . Capt. Thomas James Hamilton, USN, Columbus, Ohio, who had been ap pointed head football coach at the U. S. navy academy. He will be aided by Edgar E. “Rip” Miller, who will serve as assistant coach. MAY SUCCEED MANNERHEIM . . . Premier Dr. Julio K. Paasi- klwi, who is slated to succeed Field Marshal Carl Gustav Man- nerheim as president of Finland, who recently resigned due to fail ing health. Mannerheim is 78 and served as wartime commander of all Finnish armed forces. He has been ejected to resign for some time. KEEPS CANDIDATE IN ARMY . . . Lt. Col. Harold G. Hoffman, former governor of New Jersey, and again a candidate, received set-back when army ordered him into hospital for observation. He wants to run as a Republican. AGAIN AND AGAIN . . . This gentleman since 1894 appears in Washington on every occasion to voice his opposition to one and all measures before congress. Now he is against loan to Britain. He is “General” Jacob S. Coxey, leader of Coxey’s army in 1894. He now wants to protest against the United States loaning any money to anyone in Europe. SHARPSHOOTING CO-ED ... A modern Annie Oakley is Eugenia Griffith, Yeadon, Philadelphia suburb, who as a member of the girls undefeated rifle team at Drexel institute of technology is out to retain an undefeated record. IJtfSfonL ^ SERVICE H.. BUREAU EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with tha 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 col umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. Factors That Determine , Veteran’s Pension Rate n Closest to the heart of every vet eran who wears a wound stripe is adequate medical care. Gen. Omar Bradley, administrator of veterans* affairs, shortly after his appoint ment, picked as hij assistant to have charge of the medical and sur gical division of VA, a man who is no stranger to wounded vets. He is Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, who was chief surgeon of the Euro pean theater of war, and as such had under his direction 254,000 medical department men, including 16,000 doctors, 4,500 dentists and 18,- 000 nurses. Under his administra tion more than 1,500,000 patients were admitted to army hospitals in the European theater and of this number 340,000 were battle casual ties. So General Hawley has had broad experience in caring for our fighting men in time of war and has been chosen to head up the medical branch of VA because of this experience and great success. Under the expanding hospital pro gram of VA, General Hawley is call ing upon the best medical and sur gical brains of irie nation to take a hand in the great rehabilitation program of disabled veterans. The idea to take veterans’ hospitals close to the medical centers of the na tion reflects one of General Haw ley’s plans to decentralize and bring treatment as close to the home towns of the country as possible. Questions and Answers Q. Our boy was taken Into the army. We are farming 520 acres of land, milking 12 to 20 cows by hand the year round, raising over 350 head of hogs a year. 1 am physically unfit to do any farm work. This work is all up to two boys 19 and 20, one a 4-F. We must hire a man to replace the boy that is gone. He has set aside $30 of his wages to help pay for this help. Will the government match this, and if so how do we go about getting it? This boy was really needed.—L. U., Gladbrook, Iowa. A. Your local selective service board had the responsibility of de ciding whether or not your boy was needed more on the farm than in the army. If they had decided he was needed there, he would have been given an agricultural defer ment under the selective service law. No, there is no provision for the government to match the $30 per month. If you can prove a hard ship case, which is unlikely, the boy could ask for a discharge on that ground. He would have to initiate the case through his commanding officer. Q. Is the widow of a World War I veteran entitled to a pension if the husband’s death is not connect ed with the war? Do World War I veterans receive pensions? If a disability allowance was discontin ued and the case reviewed and re fused again what can one do? Is the wife of a World War 1 veteran entitled to medical care?—Mrs. J. H., Tower, Minn. A. Yes, the widow of a World War I veteran is entitled to a pension although death is not service con nected. Only disabled veterans re ceive pensions. In case a disability allowance is discontinued and re viewed and refused again, the vet eran has the right to appeal to a board of the VA. Wives of World War I veterans are not entitled to medical care. Q. 1 have a lot on a main high way. I’d like to put up a business but in order to do this I need around $2,000. Could you send me full in structions on how to go about this matter and just what I must do?— Mr. H. F. S., Selma, Ala. A. Go to your bank and ask if they will make you a G.I. loan on the proposition. If they consider it a good risk, they will take care of all the details. Q. When and how is transporta tion for servicemen’s kin available and what are the chances for the wife of a PFC whose husband is stationed in Regensberg, Germany? —Mrs. C. O. B., Chamberlain, S. D. A. The serviceman must initiate the request with his commanding officer. If the request is granted you will be notified of all details. Only wives are eligible. Q. I was discharged from the army in January, 1944, because of wounds received when I stepped on a land mine. I had temporary amnesia and head injuries. Have only a 45-degree extension of my left arm. Otherwise am in perfect shape. How do I go about getting back into the army?—M. 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