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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. MISSIONARY GETS POST WASHINGTON. — Here’s the in side story on the sudden appoint ment of John Leighton Stuart as new American ambassador to China. \ Originally, President Truman planned to appoint Lt. Gen. A1 Wedemeyer as ambassador to Chi na. As a matter of fact, Wedemey- er’s nomination already had been typed and was on the President’s desk. However, last week General Marshall sent Truman an urgent cable advising that he finally had found one -nan who could act as am bassador and who was on good terms with both the Communists and the Chiang Kai-shek group. Marshall also pointed out that Stu art had lived in China for 50 years and spoke fluent Chinese. So, 24 hours later. President Tru man nominated J. Leighton Stuart to be American ambassador to China. • * » ARGENTINE ATOM BOMBS The fascist Argentine government has completed elaborate plans for going into the atomic-bomb busi ness on a scale parallel to that of the U. S. The Argentine Scientific asso ciation has proposed and re ceived approval of the Argen tine war and navy departments to finance importation and op- erattns of the best nuclear physicists in the world, includ ing German refugees. The Argentine government is guaranteeing these scientists unlim ited funds, complete scientific lib erty and absolute personal security from police terror. The head of one important Argentine scientific group informed the Peron govern ment that Nazi scientists are doing well but still are not operating rap idly enough to satisfy the Argen tines. i • • • ATOMIC RAT RACE U. S. atomic delegate Bernie Ba ruch has confided to friends that he is much opposed to having chair manship of the atomic commission rotate each month. This means that Australian Foreign Minister Her bert Evatt, United Nations dynamo, now steps down as chairman. The Australian is about the only member of the atomic commission who has Soviet Envoy Gromyko afraid of him. The other day Gro myko opposed a decision by ma jority rule, proposing a two-thirds vote instead. Evatt was on the Rus sian in a flash. ‘It’s not necessarily true, Mr. Gromyko, that the majority is al ways wrong,” rebuked the Austra lian. On another occasion, Gromy ko was protesting against the Baruch plan. Instead he pro posed immediate destruction of all existing atomic bombs and release of the atomic bomb se cret by the U. S. When Bernie Baruch, listening through his ear phone, heard this he became almost apoplectic. But before Baruch could speak, Evatt took on the Russian again. “You know, Mr. Gromyko,” said Evatt, “not all the parliaments in the world would approve all the proposals that you make here. If they did, it would be a different world.” • • » NO CONGRESSMAN IS GUILTY The case of Andrew Jackson May and his backstage wire-pulling for war profiteers illustrates two defects in our politico-congressional system which sooner or later must be cured. 1. The almost - life - or - death power of the chairman of any congressional committee over executive branches of the gov ernment. 2. The fact that certain con gressional districts are so dom inated by political bosses that no matter what a man does in Washington he can’t be defeat ed for reelection at home. Congressman May comes from a district in the Kentucky mountains, many of whose people now regard 'him as something of a hero. They believe that Jack May can do no wrong. Prior to May’s incumbency his district sent a Republican, John Langley, to congress. He landed in jail for bootlegging. But even after he had been convicted, Lang ley was re-elected to congress. And when it became clear that Langley could not adequately represent his district while behind bars, his loyal constituents sent his wife to congress. Actually, the great majoritf of congressmen are absolutely honest. Misguided and frequently wrong they may be, but most of them are honest. • mm BIKINI AFTERMATH Air Chief General “Toughy” Spaatz is not happy over the air force’s role in the first Bikini test. The bombardier and pilot, who dropped the bomb more than a thousand feet wide of the mark, are in the doghouse permanently. Both will be transferred to routine as signments. General Spaatz feels there is no excuse for their wide miss. . . . The British cabinet has decided to settle 250,000 anti-Rus sian members of the Polish army in England permanently. Politics Makes Strange, Etc. Peculiar deals involving congres sional war profiteering revive simi lar shenanigans by legislators in the past. About a century ago a group of business men borrowed $200,000 and incorporated the Central Pacific railroad. Then they used the 200Gs to bribe congressmen to steal rail road franchises. The 200Gs eventu ally secured land grants for 9,000,- 000 acres and a federal loan of $27,000,000! The swindlers became rich and powerful railroad owners without investing a penny of their own money! The Tweed Ring was the most corrupt gang that ever afflicted New York. Boss Tweed filchqd millions via bribery and legalistic hocus-pocus—until he was finally put behind bars. But Tweed beat the rap many times. After one grand jury failed to dig up enough evidence to indict Tweed, an edito rialist wrote that it reminded him of the man who had been discovered dead and the jury was puzzled as to what caused his death. The jury finally issued this re port: “It was an act of God under very suspicious circumstances.” Capitol Hill now is burdened with too many demagogues. But the current batch aren’t gifted with Huey Long’s evil talent. He was a wily rat. ... A reporter once saw a pcge from a Huey Long ad dress. Various instructions were penciled in the margins. Such as “pause here,” and "use angry fist gesture,” etc. At the end of one long paragraph, the following was scribbled in capi tal letters: “Argument weak here. YeU like hen!” One machine in the East doesn’t miss a vote-getting trick. The boss sends toys to children of voters. He uses expensive chauffeured cars to bring voters to the polls. And on Election day he sends nurses to take care of tots whUe mothers vote. No one ever has estimated how much money grafting officials have filched. But the sum reaches astro nomical figures. One fact wiU give you a faint idea of the rooking that the public has taken—and still is taking. When Tammany was rid ing high its take during one year was $75,000,000. The influence of corrupt political bosses on national affairs cannot be overestimated. Many lawmakers are merely errand boys for local ward heelers. A reporter recently snapped: “This is truly a mechan ical age. Even public officials are frequently machine made.” All is fair in love, war and poli tics. Sen. George Norris’ political opponents once persuaded a grocer named George Norris to enter the primary against the U. S. senator. The Big Idea was to confuse voters by having similar names on the bal lots. But the scheme was called off when it was spotlighted by the press. Mark Twain used his pungent pen to attack the shady schemes of Tam many. The death of a Tammany leader inspired one of Twain’s famed quips: “I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it!” New York Side-Show: He started working for a Wall Streeter nearly a year ago. . . . Under the impression his em ployer was wealthy. ... He practiced forging the boss’ sig nature. . . . After 10 months or so—he tried passing a check “signed” with the employer’s name—to see if it worked. . . . He wrote it out for only $50. . . . It came back marked “Insuf ficient Funds”! Mussolini’s daughter, Edda, who has been “amnestied” by Italy, has applied for entry into Argentina be cause there’s no spot in Italy where she would be welcome. But the pass port hasn’t been okayed yet. . . . Belgian monarchists are perturbed over the 16-year-old crown prince of Belgium, who would prefer enter ing a monastery to assuming the throne, if the king (as expected) abdicates. . . . The most quoted gag (in the foreign bars in Shang hai) goes this way: “The Russians will probably obtain the atomic bomb in the Shanghai market.” . . . Los Angeles, they say, is be ing flooded with phony ten spots. Mrs. M. Falkenburg (Jinx’s moth er) will follow in her daughter’s foot steps and become a Conover model! . . . Irving Berlin has two songs on the Hit Parade at once! . Doris Duke shoves off for Honolulu shortly, accompanied by a boogie- woogie teacher. She will spurn the offer of a fashion mag post in Paree. . . . A famed photo mag is dropping 20 p. c. of its roster, as is a big N. Y. ayem paper. ... A mobster, who tells the underworld the mayor “crossed him,” threatens to erase him when he gets outs. PEACE ON EARTH ... As Old Glory was lowered in the gathering dusk of V-J Day, 1945, a marine kneels in silent prayer beside the grave of a comrade in the cemetery on Okinawa. Peace came for him after the war as it came for many on the battlefields. Insert shows Air Vice Marshall Isett, New Zealand, as he signs the surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay, while General MacArthur looks on. One year later, on August 14, all the world will honor those who willingly gave their lives that their’s might live in peace. While V-J Day marked the end of the war, hundreds of thousands of veterans are still on active duty, finishing their job to see that war never lifts its head in the world. The nation honors all who contributed to success of the war against Japan, many who formerly fought against Germany. H. C. L. AFTER TWO WARS . . . Following the trend of the cost of living in the United States after World Wars I and II, economists point out that in 1918 and 1919 prices rose spectacularly. Cost of commodities took but sUght rises after World War II because of government price controls. Following demise of OPA, prices rose sharply on some staples and articles. This chart compares increases after both wars. It is based on the U. S. bureau of labor statistics’ consumers’ price index and covers 200 goods and services in 34 large cities throughout the country. WATER SPOUTED A MILE . . . Power and heat of the fifth atomic bomb churned Bikini lagoon into a caldron of flame, smoke and steam and pitched battleships about like toy boats. The underwater explosion sank the battleship Arkansas and two smaller craft and dealt mortal wounds to the aircraft carrier Saratoga, which sank seven hours after the explosion. Size of water disturbance can be seen in above photograph, by comparison with naval ships still floating. OFFICIALS’ WIVES AID HOME CANNING PROGRAM . . . Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, Mrs. John R. Steelman, Miss Drucie Snyder, Mrs. Robert Shields and Mrs. J. A. Krug did their bit for National Home Food Preservation week by canning peaches at community center in Washington. They are shown with their cans of peaches ready to be placed in canner. Hundreds of wives of U. S. government officials took active part in the program to preserve home-grown food. QUEEN OF INDIAN TRIBES Miss America of the Indian Na tions, Princess Dorothy Lee Rain water, selected in a recent com petition at Atlantic City. Princess Rainwater has traded her tribal costumery for American sports attire. MODERN CRUSOE ON BIKINI . . . George A. (Gator) Medlin, Orlando, Fla., operator of a navy power crane* at Bikini atoll, where atomic bomb tests have been car ried out, believes in being com- fortable on the job. He survived the final test. The Great American Home Pop—Well, what have we got in the family now, a psychopathic case or a character actress? Mom—What do you mean, Henry? Pop—1 mean our daughter. I just got a gander at her down the street. She’s rigged out like a refugee from war-torn Europe! Mom—Oh, you mean those knock about clothes! Pop—I mean she’s wearing over alls and a man’s shirt . . . and the shirt outside the pants! Mom—Girls will be girls, my dear. Pop—Okay by me but they wanna be boys! Why this costume that would indicate she just fled from a fire without time to get her right clothes? Mom—It’s just a new summer fad, darling. The kids like to be com fortable and cool. Pop—Since when were men’s overalls regarded as the symbol of comfort and coolness? Mom — Jumpers, not overalls, dear. Pop—They look more like men’s overalls than men’s overalls do. And why the shirt-tails outside, that s what I wanna know? Mom—Oh, dop’t take it so seri ously. All the young girls are dress ing that way. Pop—What for? What’s wrong with the idea of a girl looking sweet and dainty? What’s so awful about her looking a little feminine? Mom—I think the kids today look rather cute. Pop—Bah! If Prunella is cute in those slop-ins and man’s oversized shirt, so is the Witch of Windsor. She had three kids with her all dressed the same. They look to me as if they were waiti.ig for a broom- ride. Where do they get these screwball ideas? Mom—You’re being old-fashioned. I don’t know why Prunella wears her shirttail outside but it prob ably is just a reflection of the de sire to be unconventional, unfet tered, free. Pop—Bilge water! 1 say it’s just a sloppy custom that makes a girl look like a character out of the dressing room of the Marx Broth ers, a sort of belle of the rummage sale, and I’m giving my ultimatum. Mom—Ultimatum? Pop—Yeah! Get my daughter back into female attire! And be fore somebody names her Miss Hobo for 1946. * • • VANISHINGAMERICANISMS “All you can eat for 60 cents!” * “Try our beef pie 30 cents!” * “Today’s Special: Planked Steak.” « “Concert, boat races, baseball game, dance and sheepbake, $1.50 per person, beer free. . “iVe make you a suit for $50 with extra pants.” • • • Back Home Stuff Perry’s boat house and clam bar is no more. . . . For over half a century it stood at the old iron bridge across Indian Cieek on the winding road along the Connecticut shore, a landmark to young and old. . . . D. B. Perry started it as a young man, built his house on the water’s edge and raised his family there, renting boats, selling bait and fish and dishing out clams on the half shell with a flavor of chestnuts. . . . He closed the clam bar in the shack with the quaint iron stove in the center several seasons ago much to the regret of natives and tourists. . . . Only one son, Ernie, remained to run things, and with “D. B.” ailing, it was decided last week to sell the boats and wind up the business. . . . Now there isn’t a boat at the landing and it seems strangely unreal. ... No more will the sign that seemed to us to represent the acme of individual en terprise and success be seen there around October 1, “Closed for Busi ness Until Next April.” • • • ‘NIGHT AND DAY’ A new movie “Night and Day” tells the life story of Cole Porter. And we wonder if it includes the episode of his first musical at the Shubert theater in New Haven, “See America First,” with Liz Marbury as his discoverer and producer. We can recall Cole, a dapper Eli, nerv ously listening to the comments in the Taft pharmacy next door be tween the acts. . . . Incidentally the part of a middle-aged Yale profes sor in the movie is played by Monty Woolley who, at about the time Por ter was at Yale, was also a student there. • • • Visitors to Saratoga will miss that ancient landmark, the Grand Union hotel, razed since the last racing season there. The coil of rope in the corner of the room, the marble washstands with the open plumb ing, the soiled window shades, the massive chandeliers and the beds that Washington slept in (followed by Buffalo Bill and his buffalo herds). Ah, what memories! . . . And those two-mile rambling veran das which were ever a reminder of the days when porches were porches and rockers were rockers! JlaifuiSL (Dumb Sfiojv A father and his young son were walking out together, and the boy asked how elec tricity passed through wires. “I don’t know,” said his father. “I never learned much about elec tricity when I was at school.” They walked a little further, then the boy asked what caused thunder and lightning. “To tell you the truth,” replied nis father, “1 never have under stood about that myself.” “I say, Dad ” began the boy a little later, and then paused. “Oh, well, never mind—it really doesn’t matter.” “Oh, go ahead,” said the father. “Ask questions—ask a lot of ques tions. How else are you going to learn?” Gas on Stomach RdievMl in 5 minutes or doable your money back When ex com stomach acid causes painful, suffocat ing gas, sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known for symptomatic relief — medicines like those 1 n BeU-ans Tablets. No laxative. 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