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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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Enclose 25 cents in coins lor each
pattern desired.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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GARDEN
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, 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
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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.
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