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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1946 Few Yanks In Paris But City About Same Paris —^American faces, Yank ex uberance and U. S. Army uniforms are vanishing rapidly from the streets of Paris and this once light hearted capital misses, them. War-time fun center for Ameri can and other Allied military men are colorful beyond all telling for that reason, Paris has become just another capital in an impoverished hungry, Europe. The glitter is gone and all that is left are the tatered coats of the poor and the dark af fluence of the conspirators of black market who acost you on every historic comer. That the city misses its former visitors is evident in a hundred ways, but perhaps the most obvious is the almost exagger ated courtesy which Parisians lend to even the most prosaic contact with Americans. Ask directions from one Frenchman and at least two others will overhear and hasten to help. Ask for a menu in a restaurant and the resultant scraping and bowing is embarrassing. Cost Of Living Incidentally, so are the prices. Food and drink pjrices (in restau rants patronized by Americans are fabulous, although this was also true in the black market places which would take on a hungry Yank while the war was on. The differ ence now is that if you are an American unconnected with the Gov ernment you can no longer eat in U. S. messes and must do so in civ ilian eating places. Prices for a meal, with the necessary “supple ments”, range upwards from 400 francs, with the bracket from 800 to 1200 francs the one you're likely to land in. A very ordinary meal thus might cost between six and ten dollars. Actually, though, Parisians are not the only ones who miss Ameri can faces. Yanks on furlough from other sections of Europe feel the same if they can compare Paris now to the roaring closing days of the war. The famed Rainbow Corner is gone and the Hotel de Paris turned back to civilian hands. Only two Red Cross clubs remain—the Colum bia Club for enlisted men and the Mayflower Club" for officers. The usual army facilities like post ex changes and casual messes have been pared to the point where they are hard to find. Metro Works Better There are other changes besides' the numerical shrinking of perman ent and visiting U. S. Army person nel. For one thing all Allied troops must now pay Metro fares of two francs, for second class and five francs for first class cars. The subway now runs until 12:30 a. m., which eases somewhat that old last-train rush from bars and night clubs. More of the closed stations are reopening daily and many have been retagged with names like Stalingrad—names associated with this war. Store windows look much more enticing. There are radios and even new cars and trucks on display and the quality of everything seems to have improved greatly without heavy price increases as a result of devaluation of French currency, Because gas rationing has been lift ed, there are many more cars on the streets, adding new peril to the lives of those who must cross boulevards afoot. French drivers themcelves, notoriously bad, haven’t changed a bit. Military vehicles are now in the very small minority. Cabs have just been taken from control of the police and, providing FOREIGN POLICY PROBE IS ASKED • Wherry Critical of Alleged Secrecy Maintained by State Department WASHINGTON, April 7.—Senator Kenneth S. Wherry (R-Neb.) minor ity whip said tonight that he will keep plugging for a full investiga tion of the State department until its foreign policy is well known, “even of the man in the street.” Author of a pending resolution that would create a five-man committee to inquire into the operations and policies of the State department, Wherry told reporters that not even the Senate knows whether the office of Secretary James F. Byrnes is op erating under any secret agreements. Secrecy Is Charged “The Senate does not know any more about the foreign policy of the United States than do any 96 citizens that you could go out and pick up on he streets,” he added. Wherry’s plan became apparent late last week after two democratic colleagues—Senators Claude Pepper of Florida and Francis J. Myers of Pennsylvania—made speeches high ly critical of American foreign pol icy as it relates to Great Britain and Russia. Pepper charged that the United States and Britain were ganging up on Russia. Myers as serted that the United States— through the State department—had failed to protest British abrogation of a treaty in granting independence to trans-Jordan. After Pepper’s speech, Wherry had his resolution reprinted and placed on the clerk’s desk. It was introduc ed originally late last year. British Are Criticized A frequent critic of the adminis tration’s foreign policies, Wherry broke into Myers’ speech to invite the Pennsylvanian to join him in demanding the State department in quiry. Myers, who favored asking Byrnes’ office for an explanation of the trans-Jordan episode, skirted the matter but said he would read the resolution and then confer with the Nebraskan. you can coax the driver out of his morning paper, you are free to hire him without special preliminaries. Flowers In The Madeleine - Travel agencies and Embassy of fices are crowded with would-be travelers, possibly reflecting to some extent the impact on human relations of the long visit of large numbers of Americans in uniform. War wives and war fiancees presumably, are part of this throng. Basically, however, Paris still is pretty much the same place it was a year ago. The flower stands lend bright color to the Place de la Concorde and the Boulevard Made leine. Plants and wreaths still shiver under the plaques marking the spot where nine patriots died in the fighting for liberation of the city in August, 1944. The Eiffel tower still flaunts its doubtful beauty above the brown Seine, where fish ermen still rub tiny wads of dough from thumb-joint cups and dangle them on tiny hooks before the tiny fish in that avenue of commerce. There are fewer salutes before the tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, but the Eeter- nal Flame burns on. The ruined German vehicles that clung to the roadsides in the suburbs a year ago still are there too, only they’re brok en up and stacked neatly as scrap in junkyards. Yes, basically, Paris hasn’t chang ed. It's really just all thotse Amer ican faces that simply are no long er there. Retail Field Favored By Most Veterans Start ing Businesses WASHINGTON.—Thar’s gold in the retail field, judging from the number of veterans who are willing to brave the risks of the business world by investing their money in retail ventures. The April issue of “Domestic Commerce”, monthly publication of he U. S. Department of Commerce, revealed this fact after a survey indicated that most ex-GIs who are pinning their hopes of success on their own business are getting into the retail field. More than 6500 inquiries in a 14- month period that ended February 28, indicated that 46.8 per cent of the business-minded veterans wanted to enter the retail field; 13.6 per cent, service establishments; 4.7 per cent, manufacturing; 3.9 per cent, whole saling; 2.8 per cent, construction and contracting, and 0.8 per cent, trans portation, communications and utili ties. Household appliance and radio shops were found to be the most popular type of business. Next in order of popularity were apparel stores, filling stations, grocery stores, restaurants and other eating places. r Ex-GIs are interested chiefly in businesses requiring small invest ments and demanding relatively little special skill, the survey showed. Opportunities in the most popu lar group—household appliance and radio—are good because many stores in these fields were forced to close during the war, it was pointed out. Between September 30 1941, and June 30, 1943, 530,000 businesses of all types were discontinued. Most of these were small businesses and 375,- 000 were in retail or service trade. Summer-Forkner Engagement Told Mrs. James Harrison Summer, Jr., of Columbia, anounces the engage ment and approaching marriage of her daughter, Miss Sara Margaret Summer to Charles Malcolm Fork- ner, of Seattle, Washington. Miss Summer is the granddaugh ter of Mr. J. H. Summer, Main street. Wherry atacked the so-called “Morganthau plan” whereby Ger many would be stripped of her in dustrial strength and become an agricultural nation. He implied that the State department still was ad- hearing to it. “There can’t be any real peace unless the Morganthau plan is scrapped ” he said. “The State de partment just can’t continue with it. Unless we shelve it, we may get into another war. My feeling is that this plan will be scrapped sooner if we have the investigation I have proposed.” Displaced persons of Europe re ceived the 9,000,000 American Red Cross food parcels which were left over when the war ended. R - U AWARE? The mt. lion, cougar, MEXICAN LION, PUMA AND panther is all the same animal. /r/tAA/6£s r»/?o//avoaT sam /v&rr/r amo © UNIVERSAL rEATUHES CO I We >vant you to be aware of our sincere interest in each of our customers. We extend Eas ter Greetings to the people of Newberry, and wish them a joy ous new life. ' ■ DIAMOND RINGb Trade Mark Registered W.E. Turner JEWELER Redeemer Church To Observe Palm Sunday The Church of the Redeemer will fittingly observe Palm Sunday at its Sunday morning services on that day. Amid appropriate decorations a class of fifteen will be confirmed and several received into the mem bership by Letter of Transfer. The special mjsic arranged by Miss Mazie Dominick, church organist, and choir director, will consist of two appropriate and beautiful an thems, together with a season pre lude and postlude. Following the reading of the Epistle, “Palms” by Faure will be rendered by the regu lar church choir and “Jerusalem” by Parker will be sung as the offertory anthem. For the prelude Miss Dom inick will play “Jerusalem the Gold en’’ by Ashford and for the postlude, “Processional to Calvary” from The Crucifixion. Rev. E. B. Keisler, pastor of the church, will preach on, “Living the Mind of 1 Christ.” The evening service next Sunday will be the first in a series of Holy Week services which will be held each evening through Friday. On Holy Thursday evening the Holy Communion will be administered. On Easter Day two services will be held in the church. The first will be at 7:00 o’clock in the morn ing. It is expected that many of other churches will share in this ser vice. Mr. Keisler’s subject will be, “The Meaning of Easter”. At the 1:30 service on Easter the Holy Communion will be administered again. Limeli&rht And Fame Exact Heavy Death Toll In United Staues WASHINGTON, April 7. — The limelight and fame are a poor re cipe for a long life, Dr. Mapheus Smith, sociologist for the selective service system, reported tonight. The little known people, who take it easy and lead retiring lives, have a much better chance to reach a ripe old age, contrary to wide spread belief that greait men are im perishable, the former University of Kansas professor said. Greeks Started Story The idea that fame means long evity took hold in the early days of the Greek philosophers, he said. But in the “feverishness” of modern times, Americans with the excep tion of Supreme Court justices, seem to die younger if they are famous. Dr. Smith based his conclusions on a study of great and neargreat Americans in Who’s Who. By com paring ages by prominent men when they were first listed and the time they died, he found they are not reaching their life expectancy. Actually, he said, they should live longer because they have the advantages of wealth education, medical attention and servants—tout these are offset by strain, lack of exercise, overwork and erratic hours. The nation, as a whole does not have a good record for longevity of its public officials and the “strain” of being one is partly responsible, he said. “Terrific Burden’’ He called the presidency a “terri fic burden” that does not contribute to long life today although many presidents lived to be quite old when the nation was young. He said the late President Roose velt “burdened himself out,” while “worry” overcame President Hard ing, and “exhaustion” killed World War I President Woodrow Wilson. Heads of government agencies are under similiar life-shortening strains, he said. And in Congress, while some older members “last on and on,’’ a large number of younger men die in office. He said the same is true in other walks of life and that more and more people who achieve reputations are dying around the age of 50. T-4 LEWIS J. SHEALY, 1720 Caldwell street, who went into the service on March 2, 1945, was hon orably discharged at the Fort Mc Pherson Separation Center, April 2. He was awarded the American Service and World War II Victory medals. Thousand Pounds - Of Rattlers Taken OKEENE, Okla., April 7.—Hund reds of rattlesnakes were captured alive today in the first postwar rat tler roundup in the gypsum hills of northwest Oklahoma. More than 800 reptile hunters armed with weapons ranging from old fashioned forked sticks to a $10,000 DDT spraying unit spread over a 150-mile square area to bag the dreaded serpents. Earl Records, president of the newly organized International As sociation of Rattlesnake Hunters, es timated that 1,000 pounds of rattle snakes were taken. The snakes will be shipped to medical laboratories museums, circuses, and curio manu facturers by a group of snake brok ers who gathered here to buy the catch. A $10,000 fee was offered by one snake dealer for the first eight-foot specimen. But Records said the long est bagged before nightfall was a six-foot diamond back. Guides and doctors carrying snake bite serum accompanied each group but none of the hunters got a scratch. “We’ve put on a safety campaign for the past several months to keep people from getting hurt,” Orville Van Gulker, one of the founders of the annual rattlesnake rounduip ex plained. VICTORY RAY SMITH, S 1-c, 1309 Second street, received his hon orable discharge from the Navy at the Charleston Naval Separation Station, Friday, April 5, after be ing in the service over one year. He is entitled to wear the American Cajitpaign and the World War II Victory medals. RITZ THEATRE Thursday and Friday Ann Southern, George Murphy Hillary Brooke IN “UP GOES MAISIE” Fox News Cartoon—Who’s Who In The Jungle Saturday Bill Goodwin, Robert Lowery Virginia Grey In “HOUSE OF HORRORS” NEWS COMEDY MONDAY & TUESDAY James Mason, Ann Todd and Herbert Lorn , IN “THE SEVENTH VEIL” M. G. M. News Comedy WEDNESDAY Martha O’Driscoll, Tom Neal Donald MacBride IN “BLONDE ALIBI” Chapter 2, Master Key Comedy WELIvS THEATRE TTTTTPQn A V LOVE, HONOR and GOODBYE Virginia Bruce and Edard Ashley Added—SELECTED SHORTS FRIDAY a nd SATURDAY ALLAN LANE in “The Topeka Terror” Added—PHANTOM RIDER and ANDY CLYDE Comedy MONDAY and TUESDAY WONDER MAN (In Technicolor) Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo Added—PATHS NEWS WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO Tom Conway and Aita Cordey Added—THIS IS AMERICA Admission 9c-30c every day Opera House SATURDAY JOHNNY MACK BROWN in “The Texas Kid” Added—WHO’S GUILTY and EDGAR KENNEDY Comedy Admission 9c—25c ALL DAY Morning Show 10:00 Saturday Children under 12 years 5c Late Show 10:15 Saturday Night WONDER MAN (In Technicolor) Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo NICE SELECTION OF EASTER FLOWERS CORSAGES Orchids, Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas, etc. Give your Easter Eve a dainty handpicked Corgage of our fresh Spring flowers . . . you’re sure to be -her Easter Knight. Potted Plants, Hydrangea, Easter and Calla Lilies, Begonias, etc. Don’t forget to dress up the home for Easter. We also have a nice selection of Cut Flowers. ♦ 2Ctttarb’a ffiUrrrat 3Flariat 2003 DRAYTON ST. PHONE 592-W Newton-Hendrix A marriage of interest to friends in Newberry and elsewhere was that of Mrs. Helen Woodle Newton and Clifton Eugene Hendrix, which was solemnized at the home of Mrs. Newton’s sister, Mrs. A. W. Murray on Johnstone street, Wednesday af ternoon at 6 o’clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Aubrey Estes, using the ring ritual of the Baptist church, in the presence of the immediate fam ilies. Mrs. Hendrix was attired in a midnight blue two piece suit, with which she wore white accessories, and a corsage of white roses, and carna tions tied with white satin ribbon. Following a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix will make their home on Hunt street, Newberry. We have never understood why they speak of a man getting drunk as “getting high.” It looks mighty low down to us.—Picken County Progress. NOTICE OF NEWBERRY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETING Notice is hereby given that all Democratic Clubs will meet at their usual places of meeting on April 27, 1946, for the purpose of reorganiz ing, and election of delegates to the county convention to be held at the court house on the first Monday (the 6th day) of May 1946 at 11 o’clock a. m. Each Club will elect one dele gate for every twenty-five members and one delegate for a majority frac tion thereof, based upon the number of votes polled in the first primary in 1944. A list of delegates so elect ed certified by the president and secretary of each club, must be filed with the undersigned on or before the date of the Convention. Each club will elect an executive commit teeman, and other club officers. Mrs. R. D. WRIGHT, Chairman. MRS. A. H. COUNTS, Secretary. 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