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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withdrawn, the risk of a Communist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.
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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.
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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.
• • •
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