Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. The Broadway Scene: White Housers hear Mr. Big has an offer from a famed mail order firm to serve as chairman if he doesn’t make it in ’48. . . . The El liott Roosevelts are miffed with the mag which published their Stalin in terview. Allege several Q and A’s were omitted. . . . They say Fred Astaire’s sister, Adele (Lady Caven dish), will wed a Chicago business man. . . . Earl (Madman) Muntz has purchased a fleet of 600 cabs for shipment to Tokyo. . . . They say King George of Greece hasn’t a drop of Greek blood in him. . . . Site for the New Hotel Astor will be 53rd and Park. . . . Eisenhower boosters shelved the idea when they learned that Willkie buttons cost $90,000. . . . Freda Hempel, the Met star, is go ing into the cosmetic biz, while famed cosmeticians are going out of their alleged minds. “Governor” Herman Tal- madge and his first wife were guests of the Japanese govern ment (on an all-expenses paid honeymoon) before the Pearl Harbor attack. The Japs paid for it in exchange for pro-Jap writings, ads, etc., which his fa ther printed in his Georgia pa per, “The Statesman.” It all came out in Georgia at the time, and on other occasions—and was never denied. The Stage Door: MGM is planning to sue Lana Turner for “damages” as the result of her hopping to Mex ico without permish. They’re not optimistic about collecting but they hope it will discourage Lana and others. . .. Ed (Archie) Gardner, the radio star, is trying to persuade Ethel Merman to be his summer replacement on "Duffy’s Tavern.” He also has a radio format for her, if she will only listen. . . . Among other standees at the revival of “Sweethearts” was composer Vic tor Herbert’s daughter, Ella H. Bartlett. Not a seat left. . . . To persuade Dorothy Ross to star at the new Club Bagatelle, the owners built her an apartment there. . . . The day after Grace Moore was killed, local phonograph shops were besieged for her recordings. Former Secretary of State Byrnes was flying to Cleveland to appear on a program spon sored by Henry Luce’s news- mag. .... A reporter on the plane asked Byrnes how he felt about George S. Messersmith, U. S. ambass to the Argentine. . . . Byrnes said he didn’t care for him; in fact, he didn’t like anyone who wore a red carna tion in his lapel. One of his pet aversions, added Byrnes. . . . Then the plane landed and the first to greet the party was pub lisher Henry Luce, their host.... With a red carnation in his but ton-hole 1!! The Press Box: Just when every body was getting indignant about the elections in Poland, Georgia’s lower house passed the white primary bill disenfranchising a million Amer icans. Oh, brother. Will Pravda have a holiday with that one! . . . The N.Y. Newspaper guild’s replace ment . director, Carmen Henry, warned out of town scribes to shun New York for jobs. Because staffs are bulging with returned service men and their wartime replace ments. “Don’t,” she cautions, “get stranded in the Big Burg.” . . . Tip to feature editors: See if you can get that beribboned air corps vet to gab. He peddles hot chestnuts from a little cart at 47th and Broad way. Eavesdropped at the Park Avenue: “I’m warning you, at the rate you’re going, you’ll die broke!” . . . “That’s not what’s worrying me,” sighed Wingy Grober, “I just don’t wanna live broke!” The Airistocrats: Dust off a halo for “The Greatest Story Ever Told” via ABC. The program came up with a revolutionary commercial style: The sponsor is merely iden tified at the start and conclusion of the show — there are no tiresome plugs. . . . Van Johnson should save his singing for the bathtub. His ■dueting with Dinah Shore was as musical as gears being stripped. . . . Senry Morgan's twitting of the di gest mags was an elegant spooform- ance. . . . Peter Lind Hayes’ chuckler: A movie star celebrated her silver wedding—she just mar ried her 25th husband. . . . Jane Russell’s thrushing on Kay Kyser’s stanza proved that she can enter tain with a song as well as a sweater. Winchellebrities: Sonja Henie, a real good skate. . . . June Havos, the s-xy blonde, and Luba Malina, the ditto brunette, keeping each oth er from getting lonely at the 1-2-3. What a waste of girl! . . . Bill Orr (of the cinemas) in Reubens’ get ting howls with his trick cravat, which slowly rises and falls—with out using the hands! .... Marion Drake, the model, says she is a di rect descendant of Sir Francis Drake. She plans to write a biog about the Ol’ Soanso. . . . Teen agers saluting Gen. Ike. VUmJtome *1044*41 H&jvosii&i In WASHINGTON By Walter Shead WNU WNU Washington Bureau. 1619 Eye St., N. W, Trimming Costs and Taxes Difficult, Congress Finds A POLL of editors of Qome Town newspapers throughout the country, a tremendcus force in the nation’s economic fabric and who reflect the thinking of some 70 mil lion rural and small town citizens, shows the first thing they want this congress to do is to pass legislation which will stop crippling strikes. The second thing these editors want is slashing of the cost of gov ernment and balancing of the bud get. As a matter of fact, the bud get is in balance right now. And it is certain that the cost of govern ment will be cut some. Senator George of Georgia, who probably knows more about government finances than any man in either house of congress, says the Presi dent’s budget of 37V6 billion dol lars can possibly be shaved by 2 billion dollars. Senator Taft says 5 billion, maybe. Congressman Taber, New York, says 6V4 billion, sure. And he says the government can cut off one million employees and not miss them. Perhaps that’s true. There’s no question about the need of a reduction in governmental costs, since the government current ly is taking too large a proportion of the taxpayer’s income. But in the opinion of experts there is no quick, easy way to reduce govern ment expenditures by any across- the-board method, such as a hori zontal 20 or 25 per cent cut, as many are suggesting. A look down the budget statement indicates that a huge volume of government outlays are the consequences of leg islative policies approved by con gress, and however unwise some of these policies may be, they have loaded the government down with financial obligations which must be honored. After 15 years of depres sion and war the scope of govern ment has so broadened that the public has come more and more to regard the government as a pro tector of its economic interests. What Can We Do Without? So a common sense approach to the problem, it seems to this report er, would be not a hit or miss slash of various funds, but a careful scru tiny of the entire government set up to learn what government serv ices the public can and will do without. For certainly any slash in government funds will mean that some service now performed in be half of the people must go by the boards. Appropriations for the Export-Im port bank, for relief and adminis trative outlays in occupied coun tries, for the United Nations, for the International Monetary fund, for FAO and other such items, are com mitments which this government has made, with the approval of congress, and which we are honor- bound to keep. These appropria tions total some four or five bil lions of dollars. Shall we slash these? There is 330 million dollars for the Commodity Credit corporation, al located to support farm prices for the next two years as the govern ment has pledged itself to do. Shall we cut it 25 per cent? About cutting personnel . . . the civil service commission says there are now 2,286,600 on the fed eral payroll. Only about 235,000 of these are in Washington. Of the total, post office has 491,000; Vet erans’ administration, 176,000; war department, 600,000, and navy, about 400,000. So war, navy, post office and VA employ 70 per cent of the total federal personnel, the other 30 per cent being scat tered throughout the scores of other federal agencies. War agencies, ex cept War Assets administration, which are going out of business soon will lop off about 50,000 em ployees but that’s far from a mil lion. General Eisenhower and the secretaries of war and navy say they are operating now on a skele ton force, below security. Shall we cut the post office and Veterans’ ad ministration service? Savings Would Be Offset Although this congress is economy minded, these same “economy minded” congressmen have intro duced new spending measures which if enacted into law would more than offset the 6% billion dol lars which Congressman Taber says can be cut from the budget. Take aid to states for teach ers’ salaries. Several bills are in, calling for annual appropriations of 150 million dollars to 200 million dollars. This is more than the entire annual cost of the Internal Revenue bureau and its 46,000 employees, or the administrative cost of Veter ans’ administration. So to slash costs and bring the budget into balance, to include debt reduction at a lower level than now, will require some radical revision of legislative rather than adminis trative policy. What are you will ing to do without? By VIRGINIA VALE I T’S Fred MacMurray whom the public chose for the - stellar role in RKO’s “The Miracle oi the Bells.” A blank ballot was printed in the New York Times and ballots were inserted in each copy of the book, so (as is not always the case in such mat ters) the public really had a chance to vote. The character is that of a lively, hard-boiled press agent FRED MacMURRAY perfect for MacMurray. Clark Ga ble and Cary Grant also got plenty of votes; right now the public seems to want to see Clark Gable in prac tically anything' Same with Ingrid Bergman; she led the list for the role of the motion picture actress; second place, an unknown, with Jen nifer Jones and Greer Garson com ing next. * You’ll learn some surprising facts when you see the new March of Time, "Germany — Handle with Care!” You’ll learn the reasons for the British and American attempt to break the economic barriers sep arating the four zones of Germany; you’11 see German crowds at the races, and at fashion shows. And the curtain is lifted on the obscure Russian zone. “Germany—Handle with Care!” is important! * Ancient Aztec civilization gets a lot of attention at the NBC “Life Can Be Beautiful” rehearsals; the star, Alice Reinhart, and her hus band, Les Tremayne, also on the show, spend their vacations in Mex ico each year; his hobby is studying and photographing archeological ruins. Next time they’ll visit the Yuc&tan peninsula—they’re doing research on the ruins there right now. * When Milton Berle supplants Rudy Vallee on the air, beginning March 11th, you’ll hear a new singer for whom great things are predicted. He’s Dick Farney, and the movies are already after him, but he wants to make a name in radio here first. He’s very handsome—“and sounds so much like Crosby you can hard ly tell the difference.” When you see “The Locket,” with Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum and Gene Raymond star ring, you’ll see samples of art work by other players. In an art gallery sequence displays include charcoal sketches by Douglas Fair banks Jr., water colors by James Warren, oil paintings by Barbara Hale, statuary by Ginger Rogers and pastels by Myrna Dell. Just pastime art, but good. * The report on Fred Astaire’s first movie test is practically a classic —“Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” But he’s not the only one who hit the top after a dis couraging start. Of course, there’s Ray Milland, who made four trips from England to Hollywood before he made the grade. —*— Abbott and Costello yearn to do “Hamlet” in the movies; it’ll be a burlesque version, of course, which may cause admirers of the classic to shudder. The boys won’t get around to it till after they make a picture in England next summer. —*— Joy Ames and Dick Landry, danc ers, were paired as a romantic team in “My Wild Irish Rose.” They’d never met till the picture started. So—they fell in love, and were mar ried on the set, with stars Dennis Morgan and Andrea King as best man and matron of honor. * After more than eight years on CBS, “Kate Smith Speaks” will switch to the Mutual network on June 23rd, with Ted Collins as News com mentator; it’s a five-year deal. “Kate Smith Sings” will continue on CBS till further notice. * ODDS AND ENDS—Barry Thomson of "Young Dr. Malone" could tie himself in knots with his hobby—he hoards string . . . Mary Patton’s father is a doc tor and her mother is a nurse, and Mary plays one nurse after another on "Road of Life” . . . They say Humphrey Bogart blushed one of the deepest blushes in Hollywood history when he had to do a scene for "Dark Passage" in baby blue pajamas . .. Gig Young, who plays those romantic roles, recently lectured a boys' club on "The Care and Feeding of Trop ical Fish” . . . Joan Crawford took four trunks from Hollywood to New York, re turned to Hollywood with eleven, all well filled SEWING CIRCLE PAHERNS junior } reS5, /^LOWING buttons circling one shoulder and one hip highlight this enchanting junior dress. It has a gala spring air and will fit hand somely into your spring-through- summer wardrobe plans. Use a soft solid tone, flower-sprigged fab ric, or all white. Pattern No. 8080 Is designed for sizes 11. 12. 13. 14. 16 and 18. Size 12. cap sleeve. 3V» yards of 35 or 39-inch. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South WeUs St. Chieaco 7, UL Enclose 25 cents In coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size . . ■ Name Address Taffy in Life Better Than Epitaphy After—Depew On his eighty - fifth birthday famed orator Chauncey Depew was invited to a gala dinner. All the notables present took turns in making highly complimentary speeches about the guest of honor. Finally there were cries of “Speech! Speech!” > “You have no idea how good it is to hear words of praise while I’m still alive,” said Depew. “I’d much rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.” WHY TAKE HARSH LAXATIVEST Healthful Fresh Fruit Drink Makes Purgatives Unnec essary for Most People Here’s a way to overcome constipa tion without harsh laxatives. Drink juice of 1 Sunkist Lemon in a glass of water first thing on arising. OLDER PEOPLE! Many Doctors Advise ft/ERffy TONIC Older people I if you haven't the stamina you ahould—because your diet lacks the natural A&D Vitamins and energy•buildinff. natural oils you need—you’ll find i/ood-taatinff Scott's Emulsion helps build atamina, energy and reaiatanee to colds. Sea this wonderful difference—buy Scott’s at your druggist’s today/ SCOTT'S EMULSION YEAR-ROUND TONIC Most people find this all they need -stimulates normal bowel action day after day! Lemon and water is good for you. Lemons are among the richest sources of vitamin C, which combats fatigue, helps resist colds and i nfections. They supply valuable amounts of vitamins Bi and P. They pep up appetite. They alkalinize, aid digestion. Lemon and water has a fresh tang too-clears the mouth, wakes you up, starts you going. Try this grand wake-up drink 10 mornings. See if it doesn’t help you! Use California Sunkist Lemons. \ MOROLINE A (GREAT . VALUE \ Quality petroleum in< | VMLUE 1 JILLS - m/O -/*B Degrees of Homicide The degrees of homicide provid ed for in our state criminal laws range from ohly two—murder and manslaughter—in Illinois and a few other jurisdictions to seven in Wisconsin, which has three de grees of murder and four degrees of manslaughter. flurtimrtmfofa' NELvVw sleep all night! Thousands now sleep undisturbed, because of the news that their being awakened night after night might be from bladder irritation, not the ktdneya Let’s hope so! 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