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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. GREEK SITUATION SERIOUS WASHINGTON.—Impartial diplo mats returning from the Near East report that the American dilemma in Greece is even more serious than the long-faced story which General Marshall gave to congress. They report: 1. That the Greek countryside is now almost wholly in the hands of Greek guerrillas, a sit uation almost as bad as when the Germans held the towns and the. Greek guerrillas ruled the oonn try side. 2. That half a million extra people have fled to Athena to escape guerrilla fighting. 2. As a result of the veritable civil war and the influx into the cities, the fields have not been cultivated nor crops collected. 4. If British troops were with drawn, the government of King George II would fall almost overnight. Unquestionably Communist agents from Yugoslavia and Albania have been pouring men into Macedonia and to some extent into Greece prop er; so that if the British army were withdrawn, the risk of a Communist government in Greece is consider able. However, it also remains a basic fact that the overwhelming majority of the Greek people—probably 70 per cent—are conservative, home- loving farmers who want to be left alone by both extremes. Essential ly they are individualists and demo crats—bitter enemies of Commu nism. Furthermore one out of every eight Greeks has been in the United States or has relatives here. Their real ties are much more with the United States than with Russia or England. * • • VETS’ HOUSING CRACKDOWN Home builders who have been de fying federal regulations on veter ans’ housing had better start consult ing their lawyers. Certain builders in the Denver and Cleveland areas are being haled into court to show why they have failed to file sales reports on housing be gun before controls were lifted last December 24. This housing, number ing more than 350,000 units, still is affected by price controls and vet erans’ priorities. Furthermore, the Denver and Cleveland cases are only curtain raisers to a nationwide crackdown on builders. OPA compliance offi cers have evidence that there have been widespread violations, with the result that many vets have been gypped. • • • FREIGHT CAR SHORTAGE The current tragic tie-up of the nation's economy because of the freight car shortage might have been saved if the railroads had tak en the advice of Washington experts. It was never published at the time, but two years before the war J. Leonard Replogle, former Re publican national committeeman from Florida and expert on the Ba ruch board during the last war, gave the railroads a blunt prediction of things to come. Testifying before the Stettinius board on national resources neces sary for the impending war, Replo gle warned that the country would need 400,000 new freight cars to han dle wartime economy. He told the board that many of the cars now in use were old and would not bear un der the wear and tear of war. He urged a government loan to finance 400,000 new cars. This brought loud and vigorous protests from the American Railway association. Their spokesman, the late J. J. Pelley, replied that the rail roads were in good shape and needed no new cars. Nothing was done. Result: Critical steel had to be di verted from building freight cars during the war. • * • TRUMAN MEETS BUREAUCRATS There has been no official an nouncement about it, but President Truman has quietly started a unique practice. He has been visiting dif ferent government departments to meet their staffs and discuss vari ous problems with the personnel. He is the first president in many years to do this. | Truman started the idea when he told Secretary of the Interior “Cap" Krug that he would like to come to lunch at the interior department. De lighted, Krug arranged a small, informal lunch with 15 key interior department officials present. Many of them had been in government service 20 years, but never had seen, much less talked to, a president. They are the men who keep the wheels of government running no matter who is elected. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF Harold Stassen is expecting big things from his present two-month globe-girdling tour. He hopes to get enough ammunition from talks with Stalin, Attlee and other European leaders to make plenty of political hay for his next fall’s speaking tour v.hen the GOP ’48 sweepstakes hit the home stretch. . . . Col. Jay Cooke, Philadelphia banker and for mer GOP chairman who is accom panying Stassen to Europe, wants to be secretary of the treasury if and when Stassen is elected. Man About Town-. Broadway Doubletalk: Sec’y of State Marshall has great affection and respect for General Wede- meyer and, if the appointment of military men (to diplomatic posts) continues, insiders wouldn’t be sur prised if Marshall handed Wede- meyer one of the big jobs. . . . Sev eral of those lads peddling chest nuts (on street comers) are vets of World War IL . . . There is a vacant apartment for rent at 1107 5th ave nue. It has 54 rooms, of which 25 are for servants. Rental is only $75,000 per year—the OPA ceiling. . . . The little boys’ powder room at radio station WNEW includes an inter-office telephone. Egad! How busy can a man get? . . . Detective Johnny Brennan, who probed a $10 larceny (pawnshop) charge, recov ered $28,000 in loot to date. . . . Memo to Washington correspond ents: If you want the tipofl on the chap who really has the mortgage on Margaret Truman’s heart, watch the one who brings her to the wed ding of Senator Danger's daughter, Lydia. Midtown Vignette: The Aster hotel headwaiter (in the dining room) might be interested to know this. . . . That the young man he refused to seat the other day (because he wasn’t wearing a necktie) was Harold Russell. . . . Russell is the handless war vetera n—nominated for an Academy award on the strength of his grand performance in “The Best Years of Our Lives” movie. ... The reason Russell was not wearing a cravat, Mr. Headwaiter, is simply that ty ing a necktie is one of the very few things he can’t manage with his artificial hooks. Times Square Confetti: Art gal leries are loaning "masterpieces” for as little as $3 weekly rental. . . . Veronica Lake’s one-orb hairdo will be back in the news soon. . . . The Repubs are plotting a personal at tack against Mr. Truman—starting on his war investigating record. . . . MGM dropped 9,000 staffers all over the U. S. More to go. ... A local eve’gazette just dropped nine sportstaffers. . . . Personal item for local debutramps: Don’t get too snooty making a big impression on the salesgirls at Saks 5th. One of them is Pamela Carey, a real deb socialite . . . Easy come, easy go dept.: The Philly Phello at the ”115 club” who won 90 Gs the other night lost 115 the following sunup. . . . NBCaesars had a big meeting to discuss “banning all give-away programs” including “Honeymoon in New York,” their own show. . . . Variety Editor Abel Green’s wife, Grace, has more perfume than the Paris black market. . . . Sid Spinrad is selling his barber shop, a Broad way landmark for 20 years. J New York Is Like This: Dr. Walter Reed admittedly was one of the greatest medical pio neers. ... U he hadn’t figured out how to fight “Yellow Jack,” we would have lost hundreds of thousands more men than we did in the Pacific. . . . Dr. Reed was elected to the Hall of Fame (at New York U.) some time ago. . . . But the niche is empty because the directors have not been able to find anyone to pay for the cost of a statue of Dr. Reed. . . . Only $6,000. . . . Any of yes got six Gs layin’ around loose? The Late Watch: A divorce action filed in Dade county (Fla.) was listed this way: “Argue vs. Argue.” The grounds — constant bickering. . . . The Madison Avenue Linen shop is on the comer of 45th and 5th. . . . Gregg Sherwood (a showgirl) got a court order to stop one of the na tion's leading playboys from being such a borg. . . . Laraine Day and Leo Durocher are one married couple who already have lived apart longer than most Hollywood couples live together. . . . Add items you can skip: Those French autos (in that new Park Ave. and 59th showroom), which were $15,000 two weeks ago, now are down to 12 Gs. . . . Cugat’s 55-piece crew will play at the White House when President Aleman of Mexico pays a return visit to Mr. Truman. Cugie will rate $38,000 for the four-day celebration. . . That Negro panhandler near Howie’s and Hanson's asks for handouts in 17 different lingos. . . . Irving Berlin is fighting hard to stay v/eil. His ticker. . . . Patti Clayton groans: “It’s a wonder Herman Talmadge hasn’t tried to change the name of that song to ‘Sweet Georgia White.’ ” Quotation Marksmanship: Vir ginia Faulkner: She has a tremen dous capacity for bleeding when others are wounded. . . . K. L. Krichbaum: An opportunist is one who does what you always intended to do. . . . Austin O’Malley: Auer 35 a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that age he has feelings. . . . D. McGowan: His conscience was more his accom plice than his guide. . . . W. Hol brook: She held up her end of tue conversation until it was perpen- dic'ar. REV. HENRY V ... To a Briton, Henry V can only mean King Henry V. To a resident of San Alitonio, Tex., it can only mean the Rev. Henry V. Hug, the crusader in a cassock, who is equally adept with gun or gospel. He has become som'ething of a legendary figure since he took over as pastor of St. Agnes Catholic church. Father Hug, who began life as a bronco-busting rancher, staged a one-man cleanup of the criminal elements on San Antonio’s west side. spring training camps, about the number of amazing rookies that have come along. This happens every spring. It has been going on for some 50 years. It is only natural that it should be this way, for the rookie is usually young, keen, ambitious and thinks only in terms of today. The vet eran has to think in terms of next sum mer, as he nurses his waning arm and none too certain legs. Spring is the rookie’s happy hunt ing ground. It would be a wonder ful thing for the game if they all could make good, but as one vet eran manager told me lately—“All I can ask for is one, or maybe two. That would be a big average.” So fur the Dodgers and the Giants seem to have discovered the lead ing rookie phenoms. But if either team can start the hew season with two rookies who are good enough to win a job away from some regular, they will be two lucky ban clubs. Now and then you hear about “an other Cobb” or “another Ruth.” Sup pose we check back on these two famous names. Cobb reported to Augusta in the Sally league in 1904, where he bat ted .237 in 37 games. I was working in Atlanta that year and I heard no great uproar about Cobb being “another Wagner.” Ty’s best press agent was Ty. Ty joined the Tigers in 1905 where he batted .240 in 41 games that sea son and there was no overwhelming chorus about coming greatness. He jumped to .320 in 1906—and from then on it was something else again—.377 in 1909, .385 in 1910, .420 in 1911 and .410 in 1912. Ruth Known as Pitcher In 1914, Babe Ruth’s fame be longed to pitching. No one had any thing to say about his hitting. In 46 ■games with Baltimore and Provi dence, that 1914 season, the Babe batted .231. My record book shows that he hit one home run that year. In his first five years as a pitcher with the Red Sox, the Babe aver aged slightly over .300 with no great home run record. That came later. TYCOBB WORKS WITH HIS FEET . . . Jimmie Kenney, 13, San Mateo, Calif., gets along in life very nicely de spite the fact that he has not had any arms since birth. He turns the pages of his books, tunes the radio and even writes with pen or pencil well enough to keep right up with his eighth grade classmates. Handicapped only by his inability to balance himself, a fact which prevents him from playing ball. BRINGS TOP MARKET PRICE . . . Florida’s grand champion Here ford is annoyed by candid photographers who crowded the champ at the Southeastern Fat Stock show, Ocala. “Grand Champ Bucky” was owned by Mary Edna Jackson, 13, Gainesville, Fla., who netted $1,441.50 when Bucky was sold to meat packing firm on the last day of the show. Bucky’s price-per-pound was an all-time Florida high. RED WAR CHIEF . . . Gen. Niko lai Alexandrovich Bulganin, who has been named new minister of Soviet armed forces, succeeding Josef Stalin, who recently relin quished the command- SENATORS PLAY BALL ... At party given for new senators by the National Press club, “rookie senators,” left to right: Herbert O’Conor, Md., Irving M. Ives, N. Y., and Raymond E. Baldwin, Conn., batted back answers to reporters’ questions. The three senators proved they can play ball with the ribbers of the fourth estate. They proved they could play in the “big league” after having been in the minors. The three “quizzees” are shown in a huddle. REFUSES TO WED GERMANS . . . Rabbi Lt. Mayer Abramowitz, army chaplain stationed In Ber lin, has refused to perform any marriages between German girls and American soldiers of the Jew ish faith. * Frank Frisch was no terror when he broke into Giant ranks, right out of Fordham in 1919. In 54 games that season with the Giants he hit only .226. Not so hot for a rookie, even one just out of college. But McGraw still had full faith in him and the Fordham Flash moved up to .280. A year later, in 1921, he was up to .341, winding up as one of the great second basemen of all time. Maybe not the greatest—but up among the best. Hank Greenberg batted only .214 with Hartford in 1930. He moved up to .290 with Beaumont in 1932. But he reached .301 with Detroit in 1933. The greatest pitching rookie that I recall was Grover Cleveland Alex ander. Reporting from Syracuse to the lowly Phillies in 1911, Alex won 28 games his first year. He was a rookie you dream about. Among the all-time rookies I find that Chuck Klein of the Phillies, Lou Gehrig of the Yankees and Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics were around the top—possibly the best. They be gan tearing down fences shortly aft er arrival. The year 1946 had its full share of exceptional rookies, in cluding Del Ennis of the Phillies, Furillo, Whitman and Edward of the Dodgers. “The second year is the big test” Frank Frisch tells rile. “That's the test for the hot rookie and the young fellow moving up. Good rookies often fold up after a good first year. They take too much for granted. Some slower starters can press them a mile in the second season. Smart er fellows with more hustle.” This new season may be packed with exceptional rookies, facing G.I. veterans who were not too hot last year. It will be an interesting study to see how they come along. 0 0 0 The Top for 1947 A correspondent has asked us to forecast sport's top name of the year for 1947. What was sport’s top name for 1946—Joe Louis, Eddie Dyer, Leo Durocher, Bob Feller, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg, Armed, Assault, Red Blaik, Frank Leahy, Jack Kramer, Ben Hogan, Eddie Arcaro, Bob Wa- terfleld, Charlie Trippi, Davis and Blanchard, Joe Cronin? Suppose you try to pick a name from this list There was certainly no Babe Ruth around last season. There was no Ty Cobb. There was no Jack Demp sey. There was no Jim Thorpe, no Knute Rockne, no Bobby Jones and no Walter Hagen. My vote for 1946 would go to Stan Musial, the best all-around baseball player—Glenn Davis, the best all-around football player—As sault, the best horse, and Ben Ho gan, the best golfer. It takes the high mark of com petition to make a top performer and Musial, Davis, Assault and Ho gan took the lead. Squiddyhunk Creek Notes Sqniddyhunk Creek.—Eph Button, chairman of the drive for Better Un derstanding, was arrested last night after a fight with a fellow autoist at a traffic crossing. . . . Chad Ben nett re-enlisted in the army last week following news that his wife’s family planned to visit him and Mrs. Bennett in their Quonset hut . . . “Sparrow” Munce came into quite a windfall recently. ... He inherited a set of skid chains and a storage battery. • Chet Boczle’s three kids shot Chet, bludgeoned Mrs. Bozzle, set fire to the house and strangled a cow yes terday following an afternoon and evening of listening to juvenile ra dio programs. . . . Mrs. Hattie Skoggins is in town having her char acter made over by a What’s Your Problem program. . . . There was quite a, sensation at Bunnell’s opera house the other night when a heav ily advertised show turned out not to be a revival. • Plymouth church and two school- houses were sacked and badly dam aged the other night by children re turning from a double crime feature at the Acme movie house. . . . “Zeb” Hawkins’s mother celebrated her 99th birthday^anniversary by falling out of an airplane. . . . Dimmick’s drug store has put in a fine spring line of plows, bam paints, hunting supplies and fish dinners. • • • Charge Account on the ‘Katy’ ("The Katy” railroad announces that it will sell transportation by charge accounts. It will deliver tickets to your home and bill you for every thing later, including meals.”—News item.) Upon the “Katy” I would ride— I needn’t put the cash aside; It’s fun to travel choo-choo-choo— And simply give an IOU— To see the plains and mountains high. And say, "I’ll pay you bye-and-bye.” To round a curve and climb a hill. And smile, “just put ’em on my biU!” What joy the ten-fifteen to mount. And do it on a charge account. How nice to get the twelve-oh-three. And know the road is trusting me! To know the “upper” and the climb Are things that can be had “on time”— That if a drawing room one seeks, There’fl be no bill for weeks and weeks! • • • BACK HOME STUFF We had our annual sleigh ride back home the other day, and noth ing that ever happened in “Pickwick Papers” was much funnier. . . . We hauled out the cutter which we bought at the Milford church auction last spring and got a horse, Queenie, from Tex Neuen’s stables. . . . Not having harnessed a critter in years, we must have gone wrong some where, for, while zooming along Cherry street nicely the sleigh hit a dry spot on the road and Queenie went right out from between the shafts. . . . Tljere we were in the cutter, with the horse galloping 300 yards away! The business of catch ing the mare amused the townfolk no end. . . . Then we had to phone for Tex to scurry over with some haywire and install her between the shafts on a permanent basis. (We are going to get even with the fellow who put “Oh, What Fun It Is to Ride in a One-Hoss yOpen Sleigh” on his Victrola and opened the window as wa got underway again.) . RECIPE FOR SUCCESS, 1947 Seek the spotlight. Act with brass And always smile like A silly lass. CAN YOU REMEMBER Horse-car fare . . . five cents. Haircut and shave . . . Twenty-five cents. Regular dinner ... Thirty-five cents. Biggest glass of beer in town . . . Five cents. Two cocktails ... Two bits. Shoeshine . .. Five cents. Ball game .. . Twenty-five cessts. Movie . . . Ten cents. Three potmds of pork chops, with liver for the cat... thirty-five cessts. —Louie the Lug. • • • You can get some idea of the queer quirks in our economic pic ture when a midget car designed to be within reach of the masses is on the market for $1,000. 0 0 0 There has been a lot of discussion over whether or not the voice of a powerful singer can break a glass. There is not even room for an argu ment Elmer Twitchell says that whenever he sings, three or four glasses break, together with a plat ter or two and a pitcher. “Mrs. Twitchell never misses,” he ex plains. • • • We think there might be less trou ble at U. N. meetings if somebody went ahead of the delegates to clear out the mine fields. Recomnendci by Many DOCTORS Helps tone up adult systems — help* children build sound teeth, strong bones. > «- asasftn* TASnKff SCOTT'S EMULSION THROWAWAY HARSH LAXATIVES! 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