The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 07, 1946, Image 2
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C.
HOOVER AND REPORTERS
WASHINGTON. — When Herbert
Hoover staged a press conference
after his talk with President Tru
man and Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson, newsmen immediately
asked what President Truman had
told him.
The former chief executive—who
had as rough a time with the press
as any United States President in
this century—replied with deep feel
ing:
“There ought to be a law,”
he said, “against anyone re
peating what the President has
said to him.”
Hoover also refused to answer
any questions about administration
measures to meet the European
emergency, and would not give any
opinion when asked if U. S. ration
ing might be necessary.
• « »
ARMY DENTISTS
At long last Maj. Gen. Norman
Kirk, who has the reputation for
hoarding more medical manpower
than any other surgeon general in
history, has decided to let a few
more doctors slip through v is fin
gers and go back to civilian prac
tice.
He has decreed that all medical
corp£ officers who have served 30
months as of May 1 can be released
from the army before June 30. .
However, this does not apply to
army dentists, who are now getting
to be the forgotten men of the U. S.
army.
For some strange reason best
known to General Kirk, general
service doctors can get out of
the army after 30 months, but
a dentist must remain in 39
months. And today there are
hundreds of patriotic dentists
who gave up good practices to
join the army, now marking
time at army posts, unable to
get discharged.
Furthermore, the brass hats have
permitted the discharge of many
younger dentists, while older men
have to stay on. Many of the young
sters, educated at army expense,
have been declared “essential to
civilian practice” and discharged,
while older men with families to
support, can’t get out. This means
that younger dentists get their civil
ian practice firmly established be
fore older men can even begin to
look for scarce office space.
* * *
HOW TO HANDLE LEWIS
Towering Gov. Bob Kerr of Okla
homa, who packs close to 250 pounds
and a droll wit, tells this story about
a chat with a “prominent Repub
lican” during a recent visit to Wash
ington.
“Why doesn’t Truman do some
thing about John L. Lewis,” com
plained the GOP-er, “instead of sit
ting around on his hands while Lew
is ties up production in the entire
country?”
“Lewis is a tough man to handle,”
said Kerr. “What would you sug
gest that the President do?”
“I could give him plenty of 'eas
if I had the chance.”
“Okay,” said Kerr. “I’m go
ing to give you the chance. I’m
a close friend of Harry Truman.
In fact, I am going to see him
tomorrow morning. And I hap
pen to know that right now,
more than anything in the
world, he wants the answer to
this coal strike. So you just sit
down and write out the solution
and I’ll give it to him the first
thing in the morning.”
The discussion ended right there.
• • •
RAIL BITTERNESS
For a long time, bad blood had
existed between the trainmen-engi-
neer brotherhoods and the other
three—conductors, switchmen and
firemen. It has been somewhat like
the CIO-AFL row, but the bitter
ness deepened after the Roosevelt
arbitration dispute.
Whitney, at the time, sent a let
ter to all his trainmen excoriating
the other brotherhoods for refusing
to arbitrate—a letter which doesn’t
put him in such a good light today.
Among other things, he made up a
little poem which read:
"Three blind mice—hear how
they talk!
They all refuse to arbitrate—
They’re gambling with their
country’s fate—
Though the hour is getting
late
For the three blind mice.”
“Were they afraid to trust the
President?” Whitney asked his fel
low trainmen in the round-robin let
ter. “Or is it possible that they
(the other three brotherhoods) were
playing organization politics in the
hope that they may strengthen their
numerical and financial condition?”
ALL DONE BY MIRRORS
Mother — Goodness, haven’t you
heard a thing on that new auto yet.
dear?
Dad—No; they tell me there ain’t
a chance of getting one for another
six months. They just ain’t getting
’em through.
RADIO—And remember, folks, to gel
one of those 20 new sedans being given
away by Twiggle’s Deodorant. You jusl
send in a four-line jingle on body odors
. . . just a four-line jingle and four cenh
in stamps.... Every week 20 lucky persons
see a brand new 1946 sedan roll up to their
door. .
Mother—Now how do you explain
that? If they can give twenty cars
a week away as prizes in a radio
contest I should think that you . . .
Dad—Now, please, don’t make me
go into that again!
*
Mother (a little later)—I don’t
know whether to call a doctor or
not.
Dad—What’s wrong?
Mother—All those bruises and
contusions.
Dad—What bruises and con
tusions?
Mother—Oh, I got ’em yesterday
in one of those nylon lines. It was
awful.
Dad—Did you get any nylons?
Mother — No; thousands were
turned away. The supply is still
terribly limited, you know . . .
RADIO—And now, folks, for further de
tails in our wonderful contest in which
5,000 pairs of nylons will be distributed
absolutely free to the women cf America!
w . . All you do is send in a 25-word essay
on why you use Zaflex for bleeding gums.
. . . Merely send in a 25-word essay and
the six box tops and win a dozen pairs of
nylons. . . .
Dad (with sarcasm) — Supply
Scarce, did you say, honey?
Mother—Now I know I’ll have to
cfell the doctor! Those bruises hurt
more than ever.
•
Dad (as the radio announces an
other contest in which 10,000 pairs
of suits will be raffled)—Make it
two doctors!
Mother (at the phone)—I can’t get
a doctor. They all say they won’t
be free for weeks.
RADIO—Do you want a doctor? Are
you feeling indisposed? Clip the tops of
four boxes of Uyxby’s new face simonizer
and . . .
Mom and Pop—Awahh-h-h-h!
• • •
Merrily We Roll Along
A National Highway Safety con
ference is being held in Washing
ton, with its main object safer auto
driving. Well, we think its emblem
would be four slices of baloney float
ing in a dish of applesauce. Every
body knows that the incredibly
reckless driving and the hundreds
of tragedies every day are due
chiefly to three facts:
1. Few states make more than a
pretense of an adequate test for
auto drivers, seven out of ten of
whom don’t even know the elemen
tal rules of the road.
2. Not a community in America
has police enough to make a real
war on reckless drivers, and the
cops now on the job are almost
helpless, due to the fact the
courts let the reckless drivers off
with piddling fines.
3. Big cities, especially New York,
permit flagrantly dangerous speeds
on crowded streets day in and day
out, with the traffic cops apparently
loving it.
* • •
“Orson Welles has written a mu
sical with forty scenes, calling for
’much activity among the audi
ences.’ ”—News Item.
*
If a good title is wanted how
about “Welles-A-Poppin”?
• • •
VANISHING AMERICANS
“Tie government won’t stand for it.”
“Let’s see, you had two beers and gave
me a quarter; you got 15 cents coming
back."
•
“fVe’U get married first and find a place
to live afterwards.”
•
“Ask for our 25-cenl steak sandwich."
• « •
Msifiels, style parades and the dis
tribution of nylons are now features
at Yankee stadium ball games. We
expect to hear of a pitcher taken
out for a bathing beauty any day
now.
* * *
CAN YOU REMEMBER—
Away back when you could take the car
to a service station and have the carbon
cleaned for less than the cost of a new
auto?
CAPITAL CHAFF
Candy made in Fascist Argentina
is now sold in the house of repre
sentatives’ restaurant. . . . Senate
Majority Leader Alben Barkley
grows in stature daily as a result oi
his difficult battles in a hard-head
ed senate. . . . John Pehle, just re
signed from the treasury, will go to
work for the French government.
. . . The Soviet government is now
permitting the state department to
up the circulation of its Russian
language magazine Amerika from
10,000 to 50,000 copies a month.
“Anybody got a one-man power
saw they are sick of what works?
Mention your needs and I’ll take a
look out back. NHM 1909.”—Yankee
magazine.
*
All we can think of at the moment
is a patty of butter.
• • •
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy
has abdicated after 46 years on (or
under) the .throne. Whatever his
tory may say of him, it can never
classify him as a fellow who
couldn't hold a job.
BREAD LINES BEGINNING TO FORM . . . Not the depression soup lines, but bread lines caused by the
rationing of flour to bakeries, has resulted in bread lines in most cities and before the doors of most bak
eries. Photo shows a bread line in Detroit. The baker says he has 600 loaves daily, soon to be cat to 450
loaves, but the line-up each morning soon buys up the entire allotment.
HOW ALLIED AIR FORCE WRECKED FRANKFURT . . . Bombs from American and British air forces
rained from the skies caused a vast panorama of ruin at Frankfurt, Germany. Photographs show Five Fin
ger Place as it appeared at end of war. Insert shows same location as it appeared on a prewar German post
card. Only the little statue is unmarked. Few cities took a more sustained beating than Frankfurt.
TO BE TOGETHER . . . Courage and devotion dominating one of the
truly great love stories of modern times. Maj. Hans G. Hornbostel,
San Francisco, veteran of two wars and the “Bataan death march,”
is exerting every effort to enter the Leprosarium at Carville, La.,
so that he can remain at the side of his wife, who contracted the
ravaging disease while in a Japanese prison camp. Major Horn
bostel, who is not afflicted with leprosy, is shown with his wife as they
talk with Dr. J. C. Geiger, chief of San Francisco health department.
POSTAL PAY INCREASE . . .
Pres. Harry S. Truman as he af
fixed his signature to the bUl giv
ing all postal employees a raise
of $400 per year. Postmaster Han-
negan witnessed the signing of
new postal pay bill.
MOON-JUMPING COWS . . . Flying cattle to South America from New
York City leads the way to a new modern method of transportation of
high quality breeding stock. Valued at $20,000 these Ayrshire dairy
cattle are shown on plane, converted into a flying barn. The trip will
take about 20 hours, instead of several days as would be necessary
by rail and water. More exports of cattle will follow from the United
States to other southern countries.
FAIRWAY TO FURROW . . .
Pausing between tournaments on
his farm near Denton, Texas, golf
champion Byron Nelson relaxes
behind the wheel of a tractor. He
raises sweet potatoes, peanut:: and
cucumbers.
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Newspaper Man Stuff:
INS foreign news chief J. C. Oes-
treicher tells about the pompous
general who gathered a group of
war correspondents and bored them
by outlining the broad strategic
situation without giving them any
worthwhile news. When the general
asked for questions, newsboy John
ny Florea promptly double-talked:
“That is great, General. But when
will your troops take Unterstitzen
on the Bleiweis?” . . . The general
looked uncertainly at his maps. Of
course there was no such town. He
asked Florea to repeat the query.
The reporter did so, emphasizing
that Berlin could not possibly be
reached unless the Bleiweis was
crossed and Unterstitzen captured.
Afraid to admit he didn’t know
something, the general confidently
replied: “My men will take it in a
few days at the most.”
Probably the most bumptious pub
lisher of all was James Watson
Webb. During the Civil War he
wrote to Lincoln suggesting that he
be made a major-general. Lincoln
offered him the slightly lower rank
of brigadier-general. Webb re
turned the commission with the
words “Respectfully declined —
J. W. Webb” written across it.
Some legislators are again
whooping up plans to clamp a nix
on newscasters who tell the truth
about them. Which isn’t anything
novel. Years ago, only reporters
who were friendly to Congressmen
were allowed to enter the Halls of
Congress. Henry Clay fought such
undemocratic procedures. He point
ed out: “Liberty is not the private
property of Congress. It is Ameri
ca’s heritage. If freedom is only
aqporded to our friends, then we
are the foes of democracy.”
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When Floyd Gibbons covered
China for a news service, he didn’t
communicate with his home office
for many weeks. Finally Gibbons’
editor asked another news service
to cable their correspondent in
Chine and find out what happened
to Floyd.
The whimsical newsman cabled
his retort: “Have located Gibbons
in the bar-room of Cathay Hotel in
Shanghai. Do you want me to in
terview him?”
A steel sheathed Bible carried in
the left breast pocket saved the life
of Flying Fortress Bombardier
Robert Turner of Lexington, Ky.
. . . Returning after a mission over
Germany, Turner discovered sev
eral jagged flak fragments embed
ded in the Bible.
During World War I the life of
Ross Neal (of Lebanon, Tenn.) was
saved when his Bible instead of his
heart absorbed a German bullet. In
appreciation (during World War
II), Neal’s church sent a copy of
the New Testament to every mem
ber in the Armed Forces.
Oldest Bible in America is a
Latin translation dated 930 A. D.
The lettering is in pen and ink on
vellum. . . . For the past 25 years
more than 25 million Bibles have
been distributed throughout the
world. . . . The American Bible so
ciety (130 years old on May 10th)
has 16,000 copies of the Scriptures
in its New York library — written
in over 860 languages. . . . Esther
8:9 is the longest verse in the Bible
. . . 89 words.
John Barrymore was arrested for
speeding in a hick town. At the
courthouse he rushed to the phone.
“We’re only allowing you one
call,” said the judge, “so you bet
ter phone your lawyer.”
“Lawyer,” snapped John. ‘Tir
phoning my press agent.”
Inquiring photogger Sam Mellor
stopped a group of ex-G.I.s to ask
what they thought of the way Con
gress is treating returning service
men.
“Do you think,” asked the news
man, “that Congress kept its prom
ise and received the vets with open
arms?”
“That’s the trouble,” niftied an
ex-G.I. (bandleader Herbie Fields),
“Congress welcomed us with open
arms—instead of open minds.”
Just after the last election FDR
had an appointment with a visiting
Gov. But due to a meeting on war
matters, he was detained.
“Mr. President,” his secretary
said, “I guess you know you have
kept the Governor of Massachu
setts waiting four minutes.”
‘That’s not so bad,” winked
Roosevelt. “I intend to keep the
Governor of New York waiting four
years.”
During the early 1800s America’s
gazettes were very prim and dull.
Editors recoiled in horror at the
thought of dealing in personalities.
But one New York newspaper blew
the lid off this staid attitude—with
a bang — by publishing the first
interview. An interview with a pros
titute !
There has been no satisfactory
agreement among scholars or ety
mologists on the meaning of the
word “Selah” — which appears so
often in the Book of I’ alms.
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