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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. ERA OF FANTASY WASHINGTON.—It is difficult for the average person to understand the amazing vistas opened up by science during World War II and realize that the unbelievable era of Buck Rogers fantasy is now actually here. The most obvious development was the atomic bomb. Not as well known but perhaps even more fantastic are the numerous secrets of the earth which the bomb’s invention also opened. For the past three years, for instance, geoclastic scientists have been working on a project for setting off a controlled chain reaction in the crust of the earth. This project is described by scien tists as a hydrogen chain reaction, in which the hydrogen in the surface of the earth would be made to bum in a slow but continuous stream. Simultaneously, these scientists are reported to be preparing a means for speedily extinguishing such blazes. Fantastic as this may sound, it is only a small phase of the field which science opened up at a time when the government, in desperation and out of fear of what enemy scientists might be doing, gave American sci entists full freedom to work. An earth-crust chain reaction now is deemed a reasonable possibility and might mean the end for a coun try even as large as Russia. A chain reaction of this type could car ry across mountains, through ice and snow, searing everything in its path with the relentless force of a gigan tic, fire-burning steam roUer. American scientists warn that what they are working on also is be ing worked on by scientists all over the world. No nation has a monop oly on knowledge. What American science has is a head start and the “know-how.” • • » DISLIKES MODERN ART President Truman is strictly a conservative when it comes to modern art. “Ham and eggs” art he calls the paintings of the surrealists, the fnturists and the cubists. The chief executive wants his art down-to-earth and easy to understand. He likes it to be beautiful, not shocking, and to represent something. Report ers saw an example of the art Mr. Truman loves recently, when he gave them a private showing of “The Peacemakers” —a painting by George Healy which the President had pur chased for the White House for $10,000. • • • MARSHALL’S ‘FILIBUSTER’ GOP congressmen are accusing General Marshall—half-jokingly—of being just as good at filibustering as Senator Bilbo. Members of the house foreign affairs committee say that in their closed-door session with the new secretary of state, he kept on talking until just before the bell rang calling congress into session. By that time there was no chance for them to fire any embarrassing questions. * Several Republican congressmen came to the secret committee ses sion primed with questions on Pales tine and Russia. However, Marshall, with one eye on the clock, gave a brilliant monologue on foreign af fairs for more than an hour. Marshall’s monologue, however, gave a well-rounded picture of U. S. foreign policy. Here are the high lights : RUSSIA—The Byrnes policy of be ing fair but firm with Russia will be continued. Marshall has given this policy careful study and is convinced Byrnes was right. AUSTRIA—Will be the first treaty to be taken up in Moscow, largely be cause it is “in the nature of a lib erated area.” ' GERMANY—Within three years the German people should become economically unified and self-suffi cient, requiring no more loans or food from the U. S. A. PALESTINE—The United States must be more cautious regarding Palestine now that Britain has agreed to lay this problem in the United Nations lap. Instead of giv ing advice regarding Palestine, the U. S. A. now will have to act. EUROPEAN RELIEF—Food con tinues to be the greatest stabilizing influence in the world, and the Unit ed States must continue to feed the world—perhaps for some years to come. CHINA—“I am somewhat disillu sioned about the Chinese situation," Marshall commented. He spent more time on this subject than any other, remarking with a laugh that he felt more at home when talking about China. His off-the-record discussion, however, included little he had not already stated publicly. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and son, James, have signed contracts to help in the scripting and to give technical advice for a screen biography of the late President. Producers will be Kennedy-Buchman productions, af filiated with Columbia. . . . Allen Dulles and his brother, John Foster Dulles, of the New York law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, have been retained by Eric Johnston’s Motion Picture association as advisers for the Geneva international trade con ference in April. Elmer Tritehell Dodges Southern Cows and Pigs Dear Folks: Well, I have just made one of them trips South through Georgia and Florida by auto and the cows are ahead on points although I am still holding the pigs even. I never knew there was so many cows and pigs loose on highways before in the whole U. S. A. Them Georgia cattle are the skinniest I ever seen and now I know why. They keep thinking there is grass in macadam, cement and asphalt. And a cow bom and raised in Florida evidently has been sold on the idea there is nour ishment in them white lines that mark the middle of through roads. * Georgia and Florida cows are the only kind that have to be taken into a service station every few weeks to have the dents taken ont of them. • They are a breed known as Back- into cattle. They will back into any thing. You get the breed by cross ing a very calm cow with an extra dumb jackass. All cows is oblivious to traffic more or less, but a Geor gia cow won’t even look up at a Mack truck. It operates on a queer basis. When a car comes along it places itself in front of it, waits for the shriek of hot brakes and then answers with a low “Nuh-h-hts to Yoo-oo-oo!” moan. • The pig is a Georgia and Florida road problem, too. There are big sows there that have bumped into cars so often they have developed collision resistance. I saw one hog with the license plates of fonr states engraved on its right side. These hogs have learned to “give” when hit, and there is just a queer flumpf” sound and a slight jar like you had !>it a balloon. • On the few southern roads little pigs dash out on the express high ways every few feet, too. Starting young like this they develop high speed and by the time they are a year old they are either dead or else on the market for dog races. * So if you know anybody setting out for the South by auto, warn him about the animal life and tell him to drive slow passing farm stock and always hold out his hand so a hog or heifer will know what he is going to do. Yours, Elmer. • • • SHORT STORY Popper’s spending Days in bed: He tried to coast on Junior’s sled. • • • The Atomic Subway Train ("Dr. D. H. Andrews of Johns Hopkins says there will be atomic subway trains running from coast to coast inside of an hour some day."—News Item.) Scene: A business office in San Francisco. The Boss—Miss Hostetters! Miss Hostetters? Office Boy—She ain’t in yet. Tied up in the subway, I guess. Boss—That’s the usual alibi! She’s supposed to be here at 9 in the morn ing and here it is 10 minutes past. Where does that girl live anyhow? Office Boy—The Bronx, N. Y. Boss—That’s the trouble having a stenographer who lives in the Bronx and has to come to work in San Francisco. Yesterday she was 15 minutes late. I’ve a mind to hire a girl who lives near the office, some where like Chicago or Cheyenne. You’re always on time. How do you do it? Office Boy—I only have to travel from Cleveland. • • • In the British Isles things are so tough that you can stir up hard feel ing by singing “There’ll Always Be an England.” • • • “Florida Hard Hit by Cold.”— Headline. * We hear that this season the Miami papers have frequently re sorted to the standing headline, “Yankee Weather Hits South.” • • • RUSSIA TO AMERICA I can throw rocks And it’s hunky-dory But a rock from you Is another story. CAN YOU REMEMBER When: Pop liked lunior to call him "Gov- ernoP’? Barbers talked more and charged less? Fountain sugar bowls were at your el bows? And back when a man had to prove he knew a little something about the rules of the road before he could be licensed to drive an auto? • • • The war must be over. Those girl drum majors are coming back in the photo sections. WAR II VETS PICKET IN OHIO . . . Approximately 1,000 veterans of World War n marched on the Ohio capital, Columbus, to apply maxi mum pressure on authorities for a speedy solution of veteran prob lems. Arriving by bus, train and “thumb,” they attended meetings of the legislature. A committee called on Gov. Thomas J. Herbert, veteran of World War I. The group marched with placards dis playing their problems and wants, as shown above. KINGS OF THE BAT . . . Babe Ruth, slowly recovering from his recent operation, is shown revealing the secret, heretofore told only to Lon Gehrig, that earned for him the title as king of swat. When Hank Greenberg, right, visited Ruth, he revealed the secret: “The little finger of right hand extends down below the main surface of the handle and butt. It makes the grip break at the right moment and throws the whole weight of the bat into the ball.” COWBOY MEETS INDIAN CHIEF . . . Rogers Hornsby and yonng Mike Began get acquainted with Chief Deerfoot and his pony at Tucson, Ariz., Fiesta de Los Vaqneros. Young Mike is showing great promise both as a western cowboy and a fntnre big league ball player. Hornsby is on temporary assignment conducting the Cleveland Indian bat ting school at Tucson, and young Mike is only one of the millions of youngsters who would like to follow in the footsteps of the famous ball player- I PRESIDENCY FOR JAPAN ... As Japan begins to rehabilitate into a modern nation there are some who feel their country should be governed by a presidency instead of the old sovereign rnle. Here. Naosabnro Tadano, an advocate for the more modern government, i addresses throngs as they pass a Tokyo corner in effort to convince them to vote down the emperor and cabinet members. Hirohito al ready has denied his divinity. HERO OF RESCUE . . . Hero of plane rescue of 11 crew members of a B-28 in Greenland is Lt. Bob by Joe Cavnar, 22, of Okmulgee, Okla. Cavnar made a wheel land ing on the ice in northern Green land and flew the 11 men out after their plane crashed. TEMPLE SKIPPER ... Alice Put man, recently elected captain of Temple university’s co-ed basket ball team. She is an all-American halfback in field hockey and mem ber of varsity tennis team. Miss Putman hails from Philadelphia. MEDAL WINNER . . . Harold John Warren Fay, Boston, who recently was awarded the Edward Longstreth medal of the Franklin institute for particularly meritori ous improvements and develop ments in machines and mechan ical processes. HARDY SCOUT . . . The feet be long to a rugged Boy Scout who elected to spend the night in this snow-camouflaged tent at Alpine camp. New Jersey, because the bunk house was “too warm.” The Scouts were on maneuvers. TINIEST RADIO - TELEPHONE . . . Dr. Cledo Brunett, U. S. bu reau of standards engineer, with vest-pocket personal short wave radio-telephone displayed in right hand. The transmitter is housed in li. stick tube. 'T'ONY ZALE, middleweight ruler, A starred in the best ring fight of 1946 with a dozen miles to spare. His hurricane meeting with Rocky Grazi- ano happened to be one of those thrillers you won’t see twice in a lifetime. There was no other fight even close to this one. I can’t recall any other fighter who ever showed more intes tinal fortitude than Zale s howe d that September night, when he came out of a foggy dream land to knock out Graziano. It so hap pens that Zale is in the toughest divi sion of them all. Among those after his middleweight crown you’ll find Jake LaMotta, Marcel Cerdan, Geor- gie Abrams, Charley Burley and one or two others—all tough. Graziano, the toughest of the lot, has had his li cense revoked in New York, but the National Boxing association has ruled that he can fight in any place under NBA’s jurisdiction. This gives Rocky a lot of territory to swing his lethal fists in. Tony Zale Zale had been away from ring action so long when he met Grazi ano that his handicap was known to be a heavy one. Various crowds had seen too many baseball and foot ball players from the service show a startling lack of old-time form, in cluding speed and timing. Zale had been away longer than most, close to four years. So when Graziano knocked him down early in the fight and then had him dazed, bewildered and badly battered, his reign apparently was over. But Zale down the stretch proved several things. He proved that he was dead game and could take the hardest punch the hard hitting Graziano could throw. He also proved that he had a punch of his own. He proved that he knew how to fight—and what to do in a storm. Faces Tough Competition With more time in which to get ready, it stands to reason that Zale should be a better fighter in 1947 than he was in 1946. His win over Graziano gave him greater confi dence, for one thing. He is also sure to be in better all-around physical shape. Yet in this present middle weight outfit no one is safe. Tony is surrounded by a pretty rough crew, the best in any other weight division, and he will have to be better than good to keep his crown. LaMotta is a rough and ready customer who won’t be any soft mark. LaMotta is a hardy man to hurt and he also can hurt on his own. Cerdan made a promising debut over here and he should be bet ter on his next visit, when he has a longer time to become acclimated and to get in better physical condi tion. There is no Stanley Ketchel, Harry Greb or Mickey Walker hang ing around the premises, but there is more class in this section than the ring has known for many years. Just how the tangle will be unraveled is another guess. LaMotta must be given a chance and so must Cerdan if he can repeat his opening perform ance, or show improvement. In addition to the leaders named, Jersey Jones still insists that his man Burley can slash his way through the entire list. With the heavyweight bunch out side of Joe Louis, in such a sad state, it begins to look as if the mid- dleweights must take over a big part of the show. But as good as many of his challengers are, they will find Zale none too easy to shove around. » • • Two West Coast Stars The west coast is keeping an alert eye on the coming actions of its two favorite baseball sons. Their names are Joe DiMaggio of San Francisco and Ted Williams of San Diego, both reporting from the extensive domain of California. DiMaggio, bothered by physical ailments, had an off year. Regard ed as one of the great outfielders of all time, a brilliant artist, fielding, hitting and throwing, Joe finished with the worst season he has known in big league baseball. He fell back with many other big league stars who had been in war service. Williams, who looked as if he were on the verge of wrecking the entire American league without help up through mid-July, began to skid lat er and spent an unhappy fortnight during the 1946 World series. De spite this decline Williams batted well over .340, which left his all- time average still over .350. Ulcers Stopped Joe Anyway Joe and Ted were not what they had been in their former seasons. Only Dom DiMaggio came along to repair part of the damage, as far as California was concerned. Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky were two west coast features from further north. Joe DiMaggio wasn’t feeling any too well when he report ed for spring training. 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