University of South Carolina Libraries
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. COMMUNIST PARTY COULD SEIZE FRANCE ANY TIME When Hitler started World War II, 19 1939, Maurice Thorez, a Russian- born Communist, was a soldier in the French army. To avoid fighting against a nation then friendly to Russia, though an enemy of France, he deserted from the French army. Had he been caught he would have been tried by court-martial and shot. He was not captured, and made his wdV back to Russia. When the American and Brit ish armies had driven the Ger mans out of France and General DeGaulle’s provisional govern ment was organized. Marshal Stalen asked General DeGaulle to permit Thorez to return to France, without danger of pen alty for desertion, and as a citi zen of Russia. DeGaulle grant ed that request, and Thorez be came the leader of the French Communists, directed from Moscow. Under his leadership, the Commu nists proposed an agreement will the provisional government. The agreement provided the Communisl party should be recognized as a po litical unit; that its activities or ex tension of its influence as such should not be interfered with. Ir exchange, the Communist party un dertook, insofar as its influence could be effective, to discourage ali strikes, slowdowns or' other meant of retarding the work of reconstruc tion on the part of labor. The gov ernment accepted the agreement, which was to continue over a period of five years. ‘NO STRIKE’ POLICY That acceptance gave the Commu nists a free hand in France. Be cause of it reconstruction has not been hampered by loss of productive man days, as has been true in our Amerioan reconversion. The Com munist control was sufficient to pre vent strikes when it was to the advantage of the party to keep men at work. The "Joker” in that agree ment was the freedom from gov ernment interference in the spread of propaganda and influ ence it provided for the Commu nists. While in voting strength the Communist party represents but a small minority of the French people, it now complete ly controls the activities of French workers. It includes not only the workers in industry, transportation and communica tions, but also those employed by all branches of the govern ment, including the police. By the catling of a general strike the Communist party can para lyze ail France within a matter of a few hours. Through the fear of what the Com munist party can, and may, do, at any moment the party has demand ed, and received, an important place In the French government It fills four important cabinet posts; those of labor, of national defense, public health and reconstruction. It has within its keeping the discipline and allegiance of the French army and the national police. The keystone of Communist power in France is its undisputed control of all labor, a control that Is directed from Mos cow through a leader named by Rus sia. France can become a commu nist, totalitarian state within a mat ter of hours whenever Russia gives the signal. It would be accom plished by the calling of a general strike that would result in the fall of the government and national chaos. The conditions of today in France could be duplicated in this country If the Communists gain control of organized labor. They are making far too much headway in that di rection. BACK T") GOLD STANDARD There is just a possibility that the billions of gold we have buried in the Kentucky hills may sprout and grow for us a new supply of stable dollars. A group of eminent econ omists has started agitation for a return to the gold standard for our currency. They propose either a gold currency standard for Amer ica, or an international gold bullion standard. In either case they rec ommend that the present $35 an ounce price for gold be retained. • • • AS TAXES, the government gets from business the money it pays to the people as a benevo lence. As increased prices, busi ness takes It back from all who buy. Who profits? • • • THE post office department wants congress to increase second class mail rates to cover the postal deficit. When Jim Farley was post master-general he prevented a postal deficit by crediting l}is de partment with the cost of handling the franked mail of all other gov ernment departments, of congress and all the bureaucratic bureaus. The countless tons of franked pub licity could well be dispensed with by the newspapers of the nation, and so save both postal costa and badly needed paper. Rural Women Play Major Role In Improving Community Life Week of Events Depicts Activities Of Club Program WNV Features. "If good homemakers are bom, better ones are made." Guided by that creed, groups of rural women the country over — in a mere handful of communities at first and now in more than 50,000 communities through out the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico— have been gathering in groups, large and small, to study the art and science of happy family living. The project—perhaps the world’s largest on-the-job educational pro gram for women—has been carried on for the past 33 years throughout the country, longer in some states. It is the home demonstration pro gram conducted by the cooperative extension service of the department of agriculture and state land-grant colleges. It is carried into rural homes and communities by the county home demonstration agent, an off-the-campus staff member of the state college and the depart ment. Latcnstring Is Out. Accomplishments of that pro gram will be on review during Na tional Home Demonstration Week, May 4-11, when rural America’s latchstring once again is out. Along with the latchstring, there will be a welcome mat out before the doors of some 3% million homes and thou sands of community centers just off the hard paved roads where rural i^pierica lives. Always neighborly, always friendly, rural women will make a special effort that week to demonstrate their advance ments In Improving home and community life. Tlieir goal is the goal of mothers everywhere—a model home that’s a pleasure to keep, a college educa- BETTER LIVING Repair Furniture tion for Jane, Jim and little Bobby, a nest egg for old age. And it’s a goal they haven’t left for idle day dreaming, not these practical, de termined housewives. Nearly every day that passes they move a peg nearer those three standard items in any woman’s wishbook. Also they polish up their ’’know-how” for run ning a home smoothly, protecting their family’s health, trimming liv ing costs and training their children to face the future. From Furniture to Fun. As individuals and in groups, their interests have extended to anything and everytliing that has to do with the family’s health and wel fare. They have learned first aid for home accidents and health hints to help whittle down doctor bills. They cut corners on housework, make and make over clothes, land scape yards and help plan new and remodeled housing. They also learn how to add charm and comfort through handicrafts, repair and re finish furniture, wash and iron by the easiest method, and grow, can, dry and freeze the food to appease healthy appetites. Of major importance year after year are studies which help them to understand the physical and emo tional development of their chil dren, plan family fun, keep home accounts and put something by for a rainy day. To Home Demonstration Week visitors, rural women will offer tangible proof that home can be the happiest place on earth to the family that plans, works and plays together. ‘Today’s Home Builds Tomor row’s World!” That’s their motto for the week and for every week in the year. And it’s one they’ll offer to share with you. They’ll also in vite you—or your wife—to share in their learning program; it’s all vol untary and it’s all for free! Interests Girdle Globe. More than that, they’ll give you a chance to help shoulder community problems and have a share in the community services they are work ing to provide. In hundreds of com munities in each state, extension groups—maybe they’re called home demonstration clubs, home econom ics extension clubs, extension units, or home bureaus—are right on the job when it comes to making their ♦ HEALTHY APPETITES Freeze Food neighborhoods a better place in which to live. They have plenty to show for their efforts — community centers, well-equipped playgrounds, lending libraries, hot school lunches, dental and medical clinics for old and young, hospital and other health in surance programs. Roads, schools, electric power and telephone lines also claim their attention. And if you say your community is without such a group, they’ll urge you to see your home demonstration agent and get one started. Anyway, their interests don’t stop at section lines or even county, state or national bor ders. If you will go down to the community center with them for one of their international evenings, you’ll hear, straight from the heart, that from Kala mazoo to Timbuktu, people are the same, way down deep. They’ll introduce you to songs and dances, customs, costumes and cui sine they have borrowed from every part of the globe. They’ll invite you to speak your piece when they open up the discussion on aid for Greece, international trade barriers or de cisions of the United Nations. Moreover, you’ll find them look ing unflinchingly at the possibilities of atomic power and considering ways of channeling its use into the production of world prosperity which makes for lasting peace. Parade of Progress. During Home Demonstration Week you’ll have a chance to see modern, model rural homes as well as communities that people are in a hurry to move into, instead of out of. You can attend community, coun ty and state-wide meetings stress ing action today for tomorrow’s world. Or perhaps you’ll prefer to join the tours arranged for the dis play of home and community im provements. Or you can put on your best bib and tucker and attend the teas honoring the group’s voluntary leaders—the women who multiply the teaching efforts of the home demonstration agent by going to special training courses and bring ing the skills or information back to their neighbors. You’ll be welcome everywhere. And if you don’t belong to a group, they’ll invite you to join up. That’s why they are celebrating National Home Demonstration Week—to tell or show other homemakers like themselves the opportunities they can find in the home demonstration program, opportunities aptly sum med up in their slogap for the week, “Today’s Home Builds Tomorrow’s World.” Figuratively Speaking. As for the use today’s active par ticipants in the program make of those opportunities, a few cold fig ures can at least give vague Indi cation. In a typical year, 1945 in this case, these rural homemakers canned more than 580 million quarts of food and froze an additional 200 million pounds. More than 177,000 of them took first aid or home nursing courses and well over half a million made their homes safer by removing fire and accident hazards. More than 800,000 further polished up their knack with a needle in keeping the family’s wardrobe — much of it home-made—trim and neat, while another 124,000 studied better money management. Close to 167,000 studied child IMPROVED HEALTH Conduct Climes care. More than 68,000 worked out plans for re-modeling their homes and 194,000 made their yards and home grounds more attractive. Specific activities and problems studied vary considerably through out the country as the women write their own ticket as far as the pro gram is concerned. The home dem onstration agent and specialists of the state college then provide the information requested and the training in skills and techniques. Equipped last year with a pair of seven-league boots, you could have attended furniture buymanship schools in Kansas, participated In a kitchen - im provement contest in Delaware, tested wells and other sources of water for the household in Kentucky and studied food and health laws in Wyoming. Or you could have attended an institute on better family living in New Jersey, kitchen clinics in Ne braska, furniture upholstery work shops in Oregon and home-nursing classes in Arkansas. Buy County Ambulance. With the same traveling facilities, you could have helped Toponas Home Demonstration club in Routt County, Colo, collect funds to pur chase a county ambulance to take stretcher cases to Denver hospitals. Or you could have had your chest X-rayed along with the 1,000 home makers in Montgomery county, Md., cooperating in a tuberculosis- control program. Also you could have watched the telephone lines being strung in the vicinity of Plato, Texas county. Mo., as the completion of another extension group project. Down in Dixie, you could have helped home demonstration club members in 20 Mississippi counties remodel, paint, landscape and otherwise improve rural churches. And if you still weren’t travel- weary, you could have studied the customs and culture of Russia, China and other countries in many an Illinois group. Or you could have joined a feminine delegation from BROAD INTERESTS Sponsor Libraries Franklin county, Vt., in a visit to the United Nations in New York. Friendly Gesture. You couldn’t have paused in Texas for long without offering to lend a hand in packaging the 32,000 articles of clothing, towels and sew ing materials which home demon stration club members and 4-H club girls were donating to Philippine homes. But if you did miss out on this friendly gesture in Texas, you could have stepped on over into New Mexico and made your con tribution to the same cause there. During Home Demonstration Week—if you really did have a pair of those high-stepping boots—* you would find interests as broad and activities as varied as those listed in any of the 50,000 rural communi ties where there’s a home demon stration group. Just brush off your boots and lift the latchstring! Exercto Termed Aid To Nearsightedness ST. LOUIS, MO.—Some persons who are slightly nearsighted don’t see well because they don’t try. That is the conclusion reached by three doctors from Washington uni versity after experiments designed to determine whether “exercise” helped correct nearsightedness. Among patients who showed some improvement, the doctors found that the greatest change occurred in those with only slight myopia. By checking the refraction of this group’s eyes, the doctors discov ered that the patients should have had better vision in the first place and that the improvement apparent ly was a result of “better visual effort” during the tests. Oh, Deer HUDSONDALE, PA. — Stifling a yawn, Joe Jenkins agreed it was the easiest deer hunting season he ever had. Jenkins was sitting out side his service station, rifle in lap. When a deer appeared in a nearby field, he killed it with a single shot, never rising from his chair. Other hunters, witnessing the kill, thought Jenkins was confined to his chair and carried the deer to him. EDITOR’S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western News paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. IF., Washington, D. C., is able to bring readers this weekly column on prob lems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be ad dressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent col umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. * i Payment to Schools With veteran enrollment in institu tions of higher learning expected to reach a peak of 1,300,000 in the school year 1947-48, Veterans’ ad ministration has established a new procedure whereby VA may pay 75 per cent of estimated tuition fees, book and supply costs for veterans studying under the G.I. bill, in ad vance to well established and non profit colleges and universities.^ Actual expenses, less the advance payment, can be paid either at the end of the semester or at the end of the period for refunding money for those who have dropped out of school. Formerly no college could collect from veteran-students until the end of the refund period, usually six weeks or more after start of a semester, and this worked a hard ship on many schools which custom arily depended on tuition payments to meet current expenses of the semester. Questions and Ahswers Q. Will yon please tell me when a boy drafted In the army June 7, 1946, will be eligible for a discharge? —Mrs. B. M., Prescott, Ark. A. No, we can give you no definite date, but the army does not now hold draftees much longer than a year. Q. If I were getting a $50 allot ment would I be eligible to work and draw wages? If so, how much? —R. W„ Mt. Angel, Ore. A. If you are the wife or mother of a serviceman and drawing an al lotment, yes, you would be eligible to work for any wages you could get. \ Q. I am writing in regard to the G.I. loans for homes through the FSA. My husband is a veteran and we were trying to buy a farm through this loan. We had all the papers fixed up and signed, the op tion had been signed by us and the owner of the farni, we had a notice to go sign for the first loan check. Then the man at the FSA office told us the loan was not going through. The reason was the place lacked one acre of having the amount of cleared land required. We offered to clear this one acre and the owner said she would have It cleared, but they wouldn’t hear to it. Now the place has been sold to another man and we think there was something crooked about all of it. So will you please tell us how we could go about seeing who turned the place down at so late a date and the real rea son why they did so?—Mrs. T. E. L„ Hickory Flat, Miss. A. Farmers Home administration, which has succeeded Farm Security administration, suggests that you write all details direct to Thomas B. Fatherree, State Director of Farmers Home Administration, 1130 West Capitol Street, Jackson, Miss. In the meantime, the Washington of fice of FHA assures us they will immediately start their own inves tigation and will inform this office of the result, which we will be glad to forward to you. Q. Could you please tell us how we can find out why we don’t re ceive our son’s mail? We know for sure that be writes us twice a week but we never receive his let ters. His chaplain wrote to us and told us that he knows our son writes and he doesn’t understand why we never get his mall. Two of our son’s friends who are in the same regi ment write to us and we get their letters in six or seven days. We have not received mail from our son in six weeks. Can you tell us why? He sends it air mail. We know he is in Korea and it worries us that we do not receive his mail. Some of it has been registered so we would be sure to get it, his chap lain said, but we have never re ceived it. I hope you can tell us what to do.—Mrs. L. S. J. L„ Clayton, Mo. A. If you receive mail from your son’s friends in the same regiment there is no reason why you do not receive your son’s mail if he writes and addresses his letters correctly. The fact that you receive mail from your son’s two friends indicates that the mail comes through OK. If your son receives your mail and you receive your son’s friends mail there appears- no reason why you should not receive his. Q. When my husband was in serv ice we had a son. He didn’t know the government was supposed to pay for the doctor and so he paid it. We wondered If we could get the amount back. U so, who do we get in touch with?—Mrs. L. H., Pikeville, Tenn. A. It is difficult to obtain re imbursement for such expenditures, but suggest that you ask your local Red Cross to help you, or inquire at the nearest army hospitaL In case you have no luck, write to the Office of Dependency Benefits, War De partment, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St Louis 20, Mo. a Newcastle Disease Control Progresses Vaccination Now Gives Promise of Real Aid By W. J. DRYDEN New vaccine developed by the U. S. department of agriculture gives a chicken immunity to Newcastle dis ease for several months. This is good news to the poultry industry which had cause to fear this new killer. Poultrymen in about 30 states have suffered from costly inroads made by the disease. The new vaccine is not the last word. Specialists of the various states and federal department of ag riculture are still at work to devise a “fool proof’ vaccine. The achieve ment of the federal specialists in developing the vaccine that would last even several months is a big step forward. Newcastle disease is a virus which attacks chickens of all ages, from baby chicks to laying hens. It also is known to attack pigeons, ducks, turkeys, geese and pheasants. Until the vaccine has been placed on the market in an improved state, the prevention and spread of the disease must be controlled by sani tary procedures, use of disinfectants, proper feeding, housing and manage ment. HOW LIMESTONE ACTS AREA OF SWEET SOU. AROUND UME PARTICLE Applications of limestone at the rate called for by a soil test will correct the acidity of surface soils. Lime, however, should be applied from six months to a year before legume seeding to allow time to sweeten the soil. Disking or harrowing scatters limestone particles through the top two or three inches of surface soils. Then each particle starts correcting acidity in its immediate area. With in a year it may materialize an area of from one-half to an inch in di ameter. In the beginning, acid soil zones considerably outnumber non-acid areas around the limestone parti cles. However, if sufficient lime stone has been applied and thor oughly mixed with the soil and if lime particles are allowed several months to establish areas of sweet soil, clover will be able to secure lime from the sweet areas. Tests should be made before, not after, liming. New Utility Cart ^—c®r This cart may be used for gar den or barn. It is made from ai old hood, doll carriage wheels and three pieces of tubing for the han dle. This cart disposes of leaves, weeds, etc., from the garden and even takes the ash can to the dump. It was designed and welded by Fred W. H. Spear, Natick, Mass. New Enzyme May Have Affect Upon All Life The new enzyme found in the eggs of frogs, by University of Cali fornia scientists, called phosphopro- tein phosphates may have counter- port in all forms of life. This en zyme separates phosphorus from proteins in the ovum, making it available for use by the developing embryo. Phosphorus is essential to the normal growth and develop ment of all living tissue, and devel opment of embryo. | SEWING CIRCLE PAHERNS ^J-roold for graduation Cdover- 'l ip sdpron ddaAif to Se 'ew Slim Waister T'HIS wee-waisted junior frock is ideal for graduation in June. Two rows of dainty lade or ruffling edge the brief sleeves, the full dirndl type skirt is a favorite in every teen-age wardrobe. You’ll wear it for dates, too, all summer long. • * * Pattern No. 8111 comes in sizes 11, 12. 13. 14. 16 and 18. Size 12. 3 yards of 35-inch; 2V* yards lace edging. Practical Apron A CRISP bib apron that’s ample enough to protect your pretty dresses. Cross-over straps are comfortable and stay put, bold riq rac makes a colorful trim. Pat^ tern 8136 has few pattern pieces^ is delightfully easy to make. * • • Pattern No. 8136 is for sizes 32. 34. 38. 38, 40. 42. 44 and 46. Size 34, 1% yards of 35 or 39-inch; 4 yards ric rac. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells St. Chicago T, 111- Enclose 25 cents in coins lor each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address- Clean up suede hats, bags, etc., before putting them away. Remove grease stains by sponging with a cloth dipped in vinegar. When dry, restore nap by brushing with a stiff-bristled brush. —•— Clothes closet shelves look very smart when painted one color with a line of enamel in a contrasting color run along the edge. For ex ample, a gray shelf with a fuchsia color edge. —•— To glue in the proper manner, wood surfaces must be completely dry, free of moisture, oil, or paint. —•— Place a shoe-box cover in the bottom of your paper or corded shopping bag. This gives a solid foundation to stand on counter or floor and prevents liquids from trickling out of tipping containers. —•— Umbrellas folded op when damp are likely to mildew. The next time you come in out of the rain, leave your umbrella open while it dries. Then put it away in a cool, dry place. It will last longer, and not leak through when you need it. —•— After washing jersey garments, roll them in a towel and knead out the moisture. Put on hanger only when damp, to avoid stretching the garment beyond its size. —•— An ordinary dish mop is very handy in dusting the coil bed springs when doing your spring house cleaning. Cultured Pearls Identified Through Use of X-Ray Only an X-ray can tell a cul tured pearl from an oriental pearl. Oriental pearls develop naturally in oysters in Oriental waters. Cul tured pearls are created by insert ing a small mother of pearl bead in the oyster. These pearls are developed in oyster beds near Japan and the South Sea islands. It requires two to seven years to make a pearl. To discourage mildew growth on floors and woodwork, wipe them with a damp cloth dipped in water and a little kerosene. Gas on Stomach RaKtvtd ia 5 niMatM or dMfete yaar MMf feMfc When exeeee stomach add causes pataftri. suffocat ing gas, sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known far symptomatic relief— medicines liks those in Bell-aaa Tablets. No laxative. Bell-ans brtaga oomfort la a jiffy or doable your money back on return of bottlo to us. 25c at all druggists. FALSE TEETH To hold your loose uppers and low ers comfortably secure all day—and every day, try dentist’s amazing dis covery called 8TAZE. Not a “messy" powder! STAZE is pleasant-to-use paste. Get 35c tube at druggist today! Accept no substitute! staze rinn & r FOR GARDEN 40” I T E , Spray with Black Leaf 40. One ounce ia 6 gallons of water makes an effective Mud-spray. f* Blade Leaf 40 also controls leaf hoppers. leaf miners, most thrips, meahr mo, T lace bugs, young sucking bugs and similar * • { insects. I k TOBACCO BY-PRODUCTf 4k A CHEMICAL CORP^INGOBPORATED JT Louisville 2 Keatacky ff °olc for the Leaf on the Package Clean Skillet A skillet used over an open fire comes clean of smoke stains with out scouring if it is rubbqd with a light coating of soap before it is used. Rice Producer* Siam, Burma and French Indo china grow most of the world’s ex port rice. Siam’s production before World War II exceeded five million tons a year. Buy U. S. Savings Bondsl <? YOUR EVES WILL POP \\ WHEN you SEE THE PLUMPj^ LUSCIOUS RAISIN BRAN FLAKES!THEIR TENDERNESS IS SEALED IN BY A NEW HONEyCOMB COATING! greatest name in cereals! 1