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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. SCIENTIFIC BEDFELLOWS It's not making the front pages, but significant hearings are being held before the house interstate and foreign commerce committee for establishment of a national science foundation. In view of frantic atom ic experiments abroad, these are important. Originator of the science-founda tion idea (providing federal funds for research) was West Virginia’s able senator, Harley Kilgore. His bill, which set up a board of nine men appointed by the President and confirmed by the senate, was backed by the White House and many scientists. Key to the Kilgore bill was the provision that all dis coveries made through the use of federal funds be made available to the public. However, the bill now before the bouse interstate and foreign com merce committee, • introduced by reactionary Congressman Wilbur Mills of Arkansas, is carefully angled in another direction. It provides that a board of 48 $1 - a - year men from private business shall administer the funds allocated to the national science foundation. And most significant is the fact that the MHls bill provides no safe guards to prevent assigning pat ents and processes to the big business groups which these $1- a-year men represent. Kilgore’s bill was passed by the senate last year, despite the open opposition of the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, which wanted Its members to profit from govern ment-endowed research. However, the NAM did succeed in bottling up the Kilgore bill in the house and now is trying to substi tute the big business-authored Mills bill in its stead. * • • DEMOCRACY AT WORK MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK DEPARTMENT: The Virginia Press association is bringing two French journalists here for a three- month tour to get acquainted with the United States. Charles Sans and Girard d’Orgeville are the working newsmen who will make the trip. Credit Miss Daphne Dailey, editor of the Bowling Green Caroline Prog ress, with the idea. . . . The.Ameri can field service, having done a great job as volunteer ambulance drivers during the war, has taken on a peacetime job—sending Ameri can students to study abroad with a reciprocal arrangement for for eign students to study in the USA. . . . Upon the death of Harold D. Smith, ex-budget director and a great public servant, his family asked that friends not send flowers, but donate the money to cancer re search. There are now 180,000 deaths annually in the USA from cancer, yet its origin and cure are still unknown. . . . The Bronx vet erans’ hospital is building a swim ming pool dedicated to the four chaplains — Protestant, Jewish, Catholic — who gave their lifebelts to soldiers on the sinking transport Dorchester and went down praying that there might be more good will 4 among men. The four chaplains were Father John P. Washington of Newark, N. J., Rabbi Alexander Goode of /ork. Pa., the Rev. George L. Fox of Cambridge, Vt., and the Rev. Clark V. Poling of Schenectady, N. Y. • • • TAXING HOLLYWOOD It hasn’t been officially announced but the treasury department is all set to collect several million dollars from Hollywood stars and film exec utives who cleaned up huge sums by paying capital gains taxes rath er than income taxes on picture profits. What happened was that when income taxes zoomed, the film people hit on the idea of organ izing separate corporations for single pictures. Then after'each film was produced they liqui dated the corporations and paid a capital gains tax of 25 per cent instead of a personal in come tax of 80 to 90 per cent. One of the single-picture men was producer Sam Goldwyn, who last fall learned that the treasury in tended to collect the difference be tween the income and the capital gains rates. Goldwyn announced that he would go into court to up hold his right to pay at the lower rate. Following this it looked like the treasury had backed down. However, the treasury now has ironed out all the legal kinks and bills for back taxes now are going out from the Los Angeles office of the bureau of internal revenue. Hollywood drug stores will do a booming business in aspirin. * • • MERRY-GO-ROUND Adm. Ernest King, retired com mander of the fleet, is writing his memoirs in "From Argentia to Potsdam.” Argentia is the New foundland base off which the Atlan tic Charter was written. Economy- minded Republicans might check into how much naval personnel King is using to help author the book. . . . “Soldiers’ Album,” a great picture-record of the war, has been published by Col. Ernest Du- puy, a public relations officer. Co author is Lt. Col. Herbert Bregstein. mcne |l WNU Service) Midnight Memos’. Man About Town: The blog of for mer Police Commissioner Valentine (by a newspaper man) will have several bitter attacks on former Po lice Commissioner Enright and Jim my Walker. . . . Liquor insiders fear that Indiana will be voted dry. . . . Medicos now warn you about taking benzedrine for reducing or for any other reason. They say you can in jure yourself permanently. . . . Transcripts on the recent wiretap ping (of the principals) in the Alvin Paris gambling fix case con fused some of the newspaper men at first. All the scripts ended with the exclamation, "By Jove.” It wasn’t until the trial that they learned the reason for the sign-off. The lad who did the listening in for the gendarmes (and-brought in the evidence) is a cop named Joe Jove. The United Nations at Lake Success has had to cut person nel, for lack of money. ... The irony of It! A mere frac tion of any major nation’s mili tary budget would be more than sufficient. ... In short, the world is pinching pennies for peace at the same time it is straining every financial sinew in prep aration for war. The epitaph for the 20th cen tury may well read: Billions for War and Hate—Not One Cent for Trust and Hope. Washington Ticker: Touch of irony in Washington: The pins and passes used 'to identify the secret service (in the senate gallery) are redl . . . Have our intelligence services checked the report that the French representative on MacArthur’s coun cil. General Pechkoff, is really the son of the great Russian writer, Maxim Gorki? . . . The four peace treaties before the senate are obso lete before they are even ratified. . . . The great, big, beautiful inves tigation of the U. S. Maritime com mission is ripening into full and odorous bloom. . . . Poor Henry Cas sidy (one of our favorite commen tators) made the fluff of the day on the News of the World menu. He ackchelly said: “Foreign Monster Bevin.” Touch of Irony: The strug gle over Greece might result in another ' global war — yet Greece’s population is less than New York City’s—and the whole country is as large as North Carolina. Signs of the Times: Bargains are coming back. The houseboat sitting on the corner of 52nd and 6th now is marked down to only $5,900. . . . Sixty-cent haircut signs are showing up again in many barber shops. . . . Cabbies report their biz is off 40 per cent. Then howcum you still can’t get a keb, hardly almost? . . . Irv ing Berlin, the poor songwriter, net ted only $650,000 (after taxes) in 1946. . . . “The Anniversary Waltz” (from the Jolson flicker) is the first waltz to make the Hit Parade, they say, in many years. . . . Howie’s now gives you flavored toothpitks. Such airs. . . . Some employment agencies are sending wealthy wid ows and dowagers on. assignments as baby-sitters. Breaks the loneli ness, etc. . . . Sudden thawt: They’re reviving everything on Broadway— except Broadway. Some locals were wondering why so many returning vets are bitter. . . . “Maybe,” said one, “it’s because the war has changed things.” “Most likely,” said an ex-G.L, “it’s because the war hasn’t.” The Norwegian ambassador stated that the Norwegian government has no objection to Kirsten Flagstad, the opera singer now in the U. S., be coming an American citizen. ... To the men and women of the United States armed forces: Please do something about this woman, who before and during the war was not on our team. . . . Kirsten Flagstad entertained the Quislings after they invaded her native land. ... A voice which could lift itself in song amid the screams of torture of its own country—certainly can’t meanjaiuch when it swears allegiance to the American flag. ... Of course the Norwegian government has no ob jection to her becoming an Ameri can citizen! . . . Norway doesn’t want her, which is one very good reason for the United States not to take her. Headline: “Four Hundred Million Acres of U. S. Land Va cant.” And four million vets and their families need a place to live. Sounds in the Night: At Leon & Eddie’s: “Roses are red. ViTets are blue. There’s one April Fool’s Day — but so many of you” . . . At the Embassy: “Everyone can become a success, but it doesn’t become everyone.” ... At Gil more’s: “One thing you can depend on in the envious—the higher you get, the -lower they hit.” ... At Yank Sing: “He never worries about money, especially if he owes it.” . . . At the Glass Hat: “Since I met her I stopped drinking—and started tak ing dope.” UNCOVERED IN ‘MYSTERY HOUSE’ ... In the rubbish in the brown- stone Fifth avenue mansion of Langley and Homer Collyer, recluse brothers who have lived like hermits for almost 40 years, was this poster of more than two decades ago, urging the election of Alfred E. Smith as governor of New York. Folice were digging through the junk-packed “mystery house” in search for Langley Collyer. BABE RUTH DAY . . . Young Danny Grieve, left, and Shelley Davis, say good-by to their hero, Babe Ruth, after a visit to his New York apartment. The “King of Swat,” recuperating from a serious opera tion, accepted the invitation of the boys to attend “Babe Ruth Day” ceremonies set by baseball commissioner, “Happy” Chandler for April 27. The ceremonies will take place simultaneously in all baseball parks throughout the United States. AMERICAN KIDS IN GERMANY . . . Children of American army personnel are looking at the ruins of the German Reichstag, which might now serve as the tombstone for the Nazi hopes of world domi nation. It was the burning of the Reichstag (now known to have been an inside job—a party job) that gave Hitler the excuse to grab power. Allied bombs wrought the real destruction of the building. ALL IN ONE BASKET ... A bonnet and basket all in one is the latest product of female ingenuity. This bonnet, made from an ordinary basket and a few wisps of ribbon, created quite a stir at the spring fashion show staged by Peter Bond in New York. This basket could be used for carrying home the groceries—or when not needed for this warpose, it can be worn on the head. COMMUNISTS DANGEROUS . , FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover told the house un-American committee that the Communist party in this country seeks to overthrow our form of government by bloody rev olution. He is shown before com mittee. CHERRY BLOSSOM QUEEN . . . Nancy Anderson, lovely daughter of the secretary of agriculture and Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson, who will reign as queen in the 1947 Cherry Blossom festival in the national capital. SIXTY DOLLARS AT SIXTY . . . Rep. Gerald Landis (Rep., Ind.), is shown with 25,000 reprint copies of his bill which provides $60 a month to all citizens 60 years of age or over under income taxing status. He is ranking member of house labor committee. U. S. IN DANGER . . . William C. Bullitt, former ambassador to Moscow, told the house un-Amer ican activities committee that the Communist party in the U. S. is an agency of Russia working for an "ultimate assault” by the So viet government. GREEK INDEPENDENCE AND AID . . . The 126th anniversary of Greek independence was celebrat ed in New York City with a parade of 10,000, many in colorful native costumes. u 3^ PhiHipr gr The Cows* Lounge If your milk doesn’t seem as rich these days, don’t blame it all on the dairyman. It may be her living quarters. Maybe Old Bess doesn’t like £er lay-out. A cow has ideas about her apartment. And believe it or not, a cocktail lounge, so to speak, helps. * Sixteen farms have been conduct ing experiments with this lounge idea. They call it a “loafing bam.” It is an extra “room” where the at mosphere is one of freedom and un restraint • Up to now cows, when not out at pasture, have been kept in a main bam, their necks in stanchions. This kept them from moving around. (We never looked at a cow in one of these lockup devices without feel ing that she wasn’t being done right by. But farmers always assured us she loved it, and that without her neck in a stanchion, Bess would get the idea she wap being neglected.) * But is dairy farms have installed "cow lounges” or "loafing bams,” into and out of which the cows may wander at will, staying if they feel in the mood or playing around outside if the spirit moves them. In every case the cows have been happier and more cooperative. * We assume that it just did some thing to their characters that in creased their interest in life, broad ened their outlook and made them feel better disposed toward the con sumer. It seemed reasonable to think that if you took a cow out of her stanchion and gave her a little ladies’ lounge life, she would re ciprocate. * But the dairymen say we are wrong. With Bossie it is just a mat ter of roughage. Not the sort of roughage humans get in cocktail lounges. Food roughage, you chump! • The more roughage the better milk. It’s that simple. * So take a closer look at that quart tomorrow morning and see if it is up to snuff. If not leave a note in the bottle reading: “What the heck is wrong with your old dairy? Open a lounge for them thar cows or I’ll get my milk some other place. P. S. Try one with pink wall paper and cupids.” • • * The Quieky-Bankery An eastern bank has inaugurated a drive-in-depository. You wheel right into a “banking lot” and de posit money without getting out of your car. It is a grand idea, but we fear confusion. Any day we expect to hear about a depositor driving into a pig and whistle and handing over $5,000, while another one drives into a bank ing lot and demands a hamburger with onions. * We think the boys could go fur ther and give the whole business an even more appealing drive-in flavor. How about some frankfurters and beans, some chile or a hamburger with each deposit? Wouldn’t a juke box help? • • • CAN YOU REMEMBER— Away hack when you sang "My 'Country Tis of Thee” and meant only the United States? • Back when you were afraid a bar tender might "spike” a drink? * And away back when a dollar would buy enough stuff to require a small paper bag? • • • What Russia needs is an operation to have its suspicions removed. • • • Longhair Baseball GrantlandRlce Larry MacPhail of the New York Yankees has signed a 26-weeks con tract to put a symphony orchestra on the air daily under the sponsor ship of the ball club. » Thus will the name MacPhail be tied in with Mozart and Strauss, the Yanks brought closer to the arts and the home run swing linked with the downbeat. Hot Music, Eh? “I have a used oil burner and would swap for a good piano. M104 Vt.”—Yankee Magazine. * You won’t keep any warmer that way, either, in a hard winter, bud. * • • RUSSIAN VERSION This is the play for which Moscow is keen. Eyes on ten billions in dough: Whip through that wad In that pretty routine— Sammy to Fritzie to Joe! ... “Attention, men, you too can now improve your looks by getting one of my beautiful permanent waves. I work privately. U.S.C., Box 92, News Office.”—Newark News. * Civilization marches on! f I 'HIS is supposed to be the season when baseballs are thudding into gloves and bats are thudding against ^aseballs. But, apparently, football now covers the entire 12 months. It might surprise you to know how many football coaches, scouts and players are seeking the sun, or holding spring - training south of the Mason and Dixon line, as well as above. And they already have started talking about next fall, in cluding the 12 or 15 bowl games that will open the cam paign of 1948. There will be one of the wildest shifts of coaches this season that football has ever known. There are new men at California, Alabama, North western, Cornell, Mississippi, San Francisco university, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Maryland—too many to mention. But a big part of the old guard is still standing pat. We have been taking a vote of these sun-seeking wanderers, here in Florida, to get an early line on what might happen from September to November. We first ran into a well-known eastern coach, one of the best, who had this prophecy to offer: Navy vs. Pennsylvania "The college battle in the East should be between Navy and Penn sylvania. They have the two strong est squads coming up. Columbia and Yale can be close. Yale espe cially so, if Howie Odell can dig up another line. Both Yale and Colum bia will have fine backs. Cornell can be strong—and probably will be. The eastern race will be a good one, one of the best in many years. Army? A guess. No team can lose nine of its best starting team, espe cially such men as Blanchard, Da vis, Tucker, Foldberg and Poole, and have too much left. This should be Navy’s year, as far as West Point and Annapolis go. Army won’t be bad, but none too good. It may lose four games. “South—Georgia loses Trippi and others. Look out for Alabama, Tu- lane and Tennessee. Tulane can be extra good. So can LSU. And don’t overlook North Carolina with Charlie Justice. Duke is still a guess.” ' "Just a minute,” another scout cut in. “If you leave out Georgia Tech you are crazy. This will be the team to beat in the South.” On the early evidence, it seems that the South again will face one of its big seasons, with at least 8 or 10 strong teams. Moving to the Midwest, the vote went to Michigan in the Big Nine roundup, with Notre Dame heading the country’s list. East, West, North or South. “Frqnk Leahy’s Notre Dame squad should be even stronger than it was last season,” one traveling scout reported. “Notre Dame has most of her veterans back, most of her stars, plus some young backs who will be brilliant. The squad again will be two or three deep. As Leahy happens to be one of the game's ablest coaches, you can see what this means. A South Bend gallop all faU.” Michigan is rated highly in the Big Nine, without an early Army- game pressure to set her back this time. Ohio State and Minnesota both will be dangerous. Illinois loses several of her best men, including Agase and Buddy Young. Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma are rated well. In the ever-hustling Southwestern conference, Jess Neeley’s team at Rice is given a good chance to re peat. The battle for conference leadership is so fiercely fought in this section that early predictions are useless. UCLA Leads in West “What about the West coast?” I asked a wayfarer from California. “UCLA should still be the strong est squad,” he said. “I know how terrible they looked against Illinois, but they are a far better team than that game showed. When the Army game was called off, the spirit of the squad took a heavy drop. UCLA still has a strong nu cleus left, a bunch that will be keen to wipe out that Rose Bowl showing. “Stanford will be improved. So will California and Southern Caiifor- uia. I don’t know so much about the Northwest.” I have a feeling that the pressure will be lightened, this next fali, in the way of salaries and recruiting. This doesn’t mean perfection. It means that the effort, on the side of amateur play, will begin'showing early effects. The game was un> doubtedly getting out of hand. Tiger Pitching Best The Tigers may miss lank Hank Greenberg’s busy bat, but they still expect to beat out the Yankees for second place. They also expect to crowd in much closer on the fa vored Red Sox, and perhaps move into the front spot. The answer to this is pitching. The Tigers have the best pitching staff in both leagues. The one team that might argue this point is the CardL nals. Gems of Thought T WO necessities in doing a great and important work: a definite plan and a limited time.—Hubbard. A man should never be ashamed to own be has been^ in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Hypocrisy is the homage^ which vice renders to virtue.— La Rochefoucauld. Beauty and Health By Simple Exercise GOOD fIGURE QUIZ Thick Waistline TXT’HAT type of exercise is hi v ful in slimming the waist i midriff? The main thing is to _ those lazy muscles working again,| so concentrate on brisk stretcT or twisting exercises. Try this one: Stand with arms out tol the sides, and kick your right leg across { your body, trying to touch the left hand. Feel that stretch? Return leg to po?itir~ and kick the left leg. Do 12 times, alb nating legs. * * * Whatever your figure problem, our j Reader Service Booklet No. 90 can helpu you. Exercises for slimming hips, waist, ^ bust, legs, neck, back. Send 25 cents 4 (coin) for “Beauty and Health Thr Simple Exercises” to Weekly Newsp . Service, 243 W. 17th St., New York N. Y. Print name, address, booklet tit] and No. 90. Africans Worship Planes of air- It is quite possible that some the African natives worship planes. It is definitely known that when Accra, the capital city of Gold Coast in West Africa, ac quired a large air base in 1939, some of the natives of that region added model airplanes to the head dress which they wore in their re ligious ju-ju dances. 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