Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C The Broadway Express The Stare Door: Craig Reynolds, first actor to enlist (and the first to get hit with a Purple Heart), gets so few roles these days he has to take odd jobs to balance the budget. . . . Salaries are rolling back. The $200 a week comediocrities again are being offered $200, instead of the wartime bribe paychecks—and ac cepting them. . . . Profit on “The Jolson Story” now is figured “in ex cess of five million bux.” . . . The dog in “Lovely Me” has been or dered to move from his boarding house because he comes in too late (after curfain time) and wakes up the other dogs. . . . The role of the fencing champ (he aopears only in the first act) of “Cyrano” is so strenuous he has to alternate with another. . . . And you have troubles? Two days after Helen Walker’s pro ducer announced she would dance “for the first time” in her next role, she was badly fractured in a crash. Midtown Vignette: Norman Cordon is the 6'4 basso of the Met. He is also the top male singer in the revived “Street Scene.” . . . Norman believes in direct action. ... He was dining in a midtown spot when a clunk at the next table slandered FDR and boosted Hitler. . . . Cordon went over, grabbed the nuisance in his arms, earried him to the street and dumped him into the gutter, saying: “You’re spoiling my dinner, Adolf!” The Press Box: Georgia offered a striking illustration of the meth ods used by Fascists to take advan tage of confusion and strong-arm their way to power—completely dis regarding the laws. Governor Ar- nall deserves support for refusing to be pushed around by the Tal- madge hoodlums. The actions of those muscle-men gave America a chilling example of fascism in ac- t'jn. ... A Bawstin gazette observed s- many generals and admirals are getting top jobs, Washington is no place for a felt hat. . . . After giv ing the news from Dixie the once over, you’d never think the Eman cipation Proclamation was signed 84 years ago. . . . The Jersey Journal solved the mystery of the “J. S.” on the new FDR dimes after check ing with the government. They do not stand for Joe Stalin. They are the initials of John Sinnock, chief of the Philly mint. Character Study: He under pays his help but overtips the waiter. ... He takes cabs to avoid subway crowds but wrestles through choked theater lobbies for a few puffs on a cig- gie. ... He greets every corny line in a show with a cornier comment but thinks a guy is a celebrity when he has more wives than children. The Late Watch: Those strato sphere salaries paid H’wood stars are coming down fast. Drop in box office receipts, curtailed production, etc., have studios pruning costly player rosters. Many stars, how ever, are willing to take a shave. Supply and demand, you know. . . . Sonora will market 20 million new black label platters at 39 cents re tail. That’s 20 to 40 p.c. under cur rent market and is the first price break in this field since Dec. 7, 1941. . . . Tropical Park track reports at tendance was up 50,000 but the “take” is down 10 per cent. . . . The police have notified all night clubs they must be closed and empty at 4 a. m. This is very funny consid ering most joynts are empty much earlier. New York Novelette: Justin McCarthy, the young lone-wolf stick-up fool (who was collared recently), is well known to Broadwaysenheimers. ... He sold several of them plenty of “shares” in an electronic and helicopter firm which flopped. . . . Most of his suckers are no little miffed with Justin because “he didn’t at least apologize” with some of the loot he got away with—sticking up night «lub patrons in their cars—as they waited for lights to change. ... He almost talked a famed radio star into starting a manu- - factoring company with him. . . . One of his stock victims was ready to tell the gendarmes about him six months ago (which would have ended his ca reer of crime before it started), but Justin talked him out of it. . . . The irony of it: Had he gone to the hoosegow then tie term would have been short. Now he may spend his life in Jail. Truman’s admiration for Sec’y of State Marshall amounts to hero wor ship. He is said to have referred to Marshall as “the greatest living American.” . . . Alan Ladd doesn’t know when he’s well off; just bought a coast night club. . . . Despite the slump everywhere, gambling houses across the river report a 15 per cent uptake. . . . Bookies are blowing their tops because too many femmes are horning into their racket. . . . Mrs. FDR shaking hands with a passerby admirer near the Sherry- Netherland hotel. Woman's World Add Gay, Fresh Dashes of Color By Fashioning Own Lampshades £rtta ^Jlade e V If you’ve had your heat on just long enough to notice the perma nent film of soot that has gathered over many of your furnishings, then it’s time to freshen up the hduse. Some special offenders frequently are the lampshades. No homemaker, whether she is fastidious or just plain neat, ever will permit a soiled lampshade in her i home. Naturally there are some ' which simply will not respond to ; cleaning after a certain stage has been reached, or they have become so faded and weary that nothing short of drastic means will solve the problem. Making lampshades at home is really a simple problem. You have the frame, and the rest is just a matter of choosing the right fabric for your room, and fitting it. Now, don’t let this last be your stumbling block, because it’s really easier than fitting a dress. You can pick up the lampshade and just go at it easily, using your pins generously to tack the new lampshade on, and then stitching it on. And, of course, you always can use paper or fabric and paste this on over the lampshade you now have or on the frame, and it’s as easy as doing up paper dolls. The main requisite is keeping the work mathe matically precise in measurements, and then using your neatest tech nique in pasting or sewing after fit ting. Wrapping or Wallpaper May Be Used for Covering We have all at one time or another run into wrapping papers or wall papers which we thought would be the perfect choice for a lampshade, but somehow we never were quite able to figure out how to put them to use. Here’s a foolproof plan for making these shades fit. To make a pattern for the shade, lay some large pieces of brown wrapping paper or newspaper on the Brighten your drab rooms ... floor. Paint the edges of the lamp frame white, and while the paint is still wet, roll the frame across the newspaper. Make certain that you turn the shade evenly, particularly if the shade is not round. The wet paint leaves a mark on the paper that can be used as a guide for cutting either paper or material lampshade. Cut the pattern as soon as the paint dries, leaving enough at the edge so that the shade cover caft be joined properly. The paper shade then may be attached to the frame and held with paper clips while you stitch the top and the bottom by overcasting or by sewing on a braid ing. Never throw away the top or bot tom rings from old shades as these can be used to make fabric shades. If you v/ant to make a pleated pa per shade, this will have to be cut -n < t < By making your own lampshades. in a circular shape before pleating. Fitting properly in this case is of the utmost importance. Here again, use the pattern trick described above and make sure the pattern fits before you actually cut the shade itself. Fabric-Lined Shades Require Different Technique Fabric shades should be stretched tight on the frame you use for them, but before you actually place the fabric on the frame, you must Flannel Dress This dress and jacket costume by a New York designer uses pink flannel tor the dress with a simply styled high neck and short sleeves and a stitched yoke effect on the bodice. It is belt ed in the same pink and black wool used for the jacket printed with Peruvian charms. wind seam binding or a bias of th same fabric as the shade around the wires of the frame. Another decision you must make before actually covering with fab ric and cutting the shade is whether or not you want the edges finished with a double fold, decorative rib bon, fringe or braid. This will make a difference in the size of the shade itself, and you may not have fabric to waste in trimming off later. Always assemble everything be fore you start to work, as the job requires concentration, and you can not stop and look for something when you are trying to do a good job of fitting. Fabric shades may be lined or un lined depending upon the kind of ma terial used. If you stretch the fab ric to the shade, it must always be lined. Select the lining fabric care fully as this is right next to the light, which will give any fabric a rosy glow. As you stretch the fabric over the shade pin it carefully to both top and bottom. Make certain the fab ric really stretches and use a bias cut. Pin and re-pin the shade sev eral times until you are certain that the fabric lays smooth as silk on the frame. Then overcast the fab ric to the frame as you would with a paper shade and trim as desired. For lampshades with petticoat ruf fles, use any of the dainty organdies or various printed fabrics. These in many cases may be unlined, but it’s a good idea to test the fabric against the light so you will know what to expect when you have the shade made. The ruffle which you are using must be cut three times as large as the circumference around the shade. Pleat or gather this and join the ends. Heavier fabrics such as drapery and slipcover material also may be used for lampshades, but these are best made like the paper shades, more tailored and trim. Do not at tempt to put ruffles on them. Trim Your Fabrics If you’re doing some trimming about the household, you’d be sur prised how easy it is- when you have the know-how. In making pempons for hats or dresses or other purposes, use embroidery twist (thread), novelty knitting thread or yarn. Cut two circles on cardboard with a hole in the center of each. Thread needle and pass around the holes and around cardboard until a thick layer is formed all the way around. The thicker the layer, the fluffier the pompom. Cut the thread between the two card boards, remove them, holding threads firmly in the center and tie a thread to secure them at that point. Clip edges of thread. To make fringe, buy it by the yard or ravel threads from the material you are using. Cover the top of the fringe with tiny braiding or overcast it. Then comb to make it straight. Fashion Flashes You may have your gloves long or short depending upon your prefer ence. Gauntlets with wide cuffs are especially smart .for suits. Gay little shorties as well as all lengths of the longer gloves are used for formal wear. Some of them may even be the fingerless mitts which haven’t been seen since ladies used fans exclusively. Sandals of transparent plastic look especially lovely with a gracefully draped lame gown. If you’re very feminine, wreath yourself in white silk marquisette with a modified hoopskirt and even a bustle. If you’re dramatic and very smart, choose a simpler gown in a stunning color that gives you long, flowing lines. VUtJfome in WASHINGTON By Walter Shead WNU Correspondent WNU Washington Bureau 1616 Eye St.. N. W Monopolistic Practices Threaten Free Economy C'OLLOWING closely upon the ^ heels of a house sub-committee report concerning the evils of monopoly and concentrated econom ic power. President Truman, in his message on the State of the Union to the 80th congress, held the cor rection of these evils in our system of free enterprise as second only in importance to curbing the power of labor unions. Soon after the senate reconvened, Senator Wayne Morse (Rep., Ore.) introduced his “anti-monop oly act of 1947” making it unlawful (or business firms to form a monop oly and prohibiting them from join ing international cartels and provid ing a $3,000,000 annual appropria tion for the justice department to enforce provisions of the proposed law. Senator Morse was joined in introduction of the measure by Aiken (Rep., Vt.); Langer (Rep., N. D.); Young (Rep., N. D.); Mur ray (Dem., Mont.); Kilgore (Dem., W. Va.) and Taylor (Dem., Ida.). Some provisions of the bill would eliminate discriminatory freight rates by directing the Interstate Commerce commission to prepare uniform class rates for railroad transportation; authorizing the jus tice department to participate in patent suits and prohibit patent li censing agreements which limit pro duction or control prices; authoriz ing the Federal Loan administra tion to make long term capital loans at low interest to small and com petitive business enterprises with emphasis on guaranteed loans han dled through private banks; more adequate enforcement of the Sher man and Clayton acts, and amend ments making officers and directors of corporations violating the acts liable to penalties; authorizing the Federal Trade commission to act as master in chancery in any anti trust proceeding and to bring find ings of fact and recommendations to the court; directing the President to review the operations of regula tory agencies. By VIRGINIA VALE B ETTER put “Bedelia” on the list of new pictures that you mustn’t miss; it has everything. It stars beautiful Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Anne Crawford and Barry K. Barnes, and the sup porting cast, from Jill Esmond straight through, couldn’t be better. Vera Caspary, who wrote the book, helped with the screen play—but “Bedelia” is better than “Laura.” MARGARET LOCKWOOD And if you don’t like pictures that make you shudder, don’t let that worry you—the suspense is beauti fully handled, and it’s distinctly not a horror picture. When a review er wants to see a picture a second time, it’s good! “Bedelia” is an Arthur Rank production, released by Eagle-Lion. RKO has another beauty contest winner on its hands; this one is Mar- na Kennealy, winner of the an nual Irish beauty contest which eight years ago started Maureen O'Hara on the road to fame. Pat O’Brien discovered Miss Kennealy when in Ireland. Regan Callais is the first televi sion actress to be drafted to the screen. RKO signed her after she was discovered in a recent beauty contest in Chicago. She danced in night clubs in New York, Montreal and Atlantic City before going to Chicago to appear as an actress and dancer in the Patricia Stevens “Cov er Girl” television show—so she I seems like a natural for the movies. 4 Losing Battle Recently your Home Town Re porter discussed the report of the house small business committee showing how ineffective had been the fight against trusts and monop olies during the past 50 years, and how this concentration of economic power had grown to effectively shut out competition. President Truman, although aware of the conservative trend of the present congress, did not hesi tate to back up this house committee report and, indeed, of a prior finding of fact by a committee known as the temporary national economic committee. Said the President: “The second major policy I de sire to lay before you has to do with the growing concentration of eco nomic power and the threat to free competition in private enterprise . . . to strengthen and enforce the laws that regular business practices is not enough. Enforcement must be supplemented by positive measures of aid to new enterprises. Govern ment assistance, research, pro grams and credit powers should be designed and used to promote the growth of new firms and new indus tries ... we also should give spe cial attention to the decentralization of industry and the development of areas now under-industrialized.” Expect Little Action , Although this question of eradica tion of monopoly and concentration of economic power is considered by economists as ranking high in im portance if the American capitalis- i tic and free competitive enterprise system is to survive, there is grave doubt if this congress will take any action, either upon the President’s suggestion or the bill which Senator , Morse and his colleagues have in troduced. It may be remembered that Senator Morse introduced this same bill in the 79th congress and it ran up against a stone wall of opposition. If possible, the present congress is more conservative, more inclined to let business alone than even the last congress, and although the anti-trust division of the justice department and the restraint of trade suits may be pressed by this and other agencies, there simply are insufficient funds and personnel to carry through on any well organized program, if not backed by further action from congress. After reaffirming his belief in cap italism, Senator Morse declared: “However, I refuse to blind my self to the fact that private property economy does not entitle great com binations to a license to make un reasonable profits and exercise un reasonable controls oyer the public at the expense of the rank and file of the American people. I refuse to ignore the fact that if we are to maintain this private property econ omy then the individual citizen who wishes to exercise economic initiative must be able to do it in a free competitive system.” In the movies it’s an unwritten law that. a screen hero mustn’t either stoop or stretch to kiss a girl. If he's a bit on the short side he stands on a plank. If he’s too tall for the girl she’s built up. So, for her romantic scenes with tall Kent Smith in “Nora Prentiss,” Rose mary DeCamp had to wear three- inch platform soles'. But it’s Ann Sheridan who really sets a record— she kisses him 22 times. This is the picture in which James Wong Howe, one of Hollywood’s most fa mous cameramen, makes his debut. As a result of Ed Gardner’s ap pearance at the National Press Club dinner he got President Truman’s autograph on his apron. Gardner tried three years ago, at the Birth day Ball, but a bunch of Secret Service men interferred. * Lucille Wall, who plays an attor ney in “Portia Faces Life,” fre quently gets letters asking her for legal advice. The other day one asked what to do about a park ing ticket. “Pay the fine,” wrote Lucille. “That’s what I had to do.” * After major studios had been bid ding for them for seven years, James Cagney landed the screen rights to William Saroyan’s “The Time of Your Life”—it’s the only play ever to win the Pulitzer and Drama Critics prizes simultaneous- Too bad that Jack Parr, the comic, couldn’t see eye to eye about his material for the Vaughn Monroe show; he and the advertising agen cy that liad signed him on a six- year contract ran into difficulties, and now the deal’s off. * Ozzie Nelson has to be very care ful of the dialogue he writes for the radio counterparts of his young sons. They listen to the sliow, and if they don’t like the lines they remark lat er “Say, pop, we didn’t sound much like ourselves today!” * While on tour for the “March of Dimes” Ezra Stone and Jackie Kelk of “The Aldrich Family” had no trouble with bobby-soxers, but in ev ery community they were mobbed by mothers. “And we loved it!” declared the air’s Henry and Homer. * ODDS AND ENDS—William Fraw- ley doesn’t have to worry about bis ward robe lor "My Wild Irish Rose”; most of his scenes take place in a Turkish bath cabinet, and he wears a sheet. . . . Robert Stevens was called back from his honey moon to play one of the chief supporting roles in "The Crime Doctor's Vacation,” at Columbia. . . . Vincent Sherman has been directing "The Vnfaithfsd” at War ner’s with a very sore head; his garage door slid down on it. .. . William Boyd is an old-time screen star at heart, apparent ly; his new town and country car it named ’Hopalong Cassidy”; he has the name on the door in silver letters! 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