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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Presidential Travel Is Major Project Chief Executive Zealously Guarded by Secret Service By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON. — When President Truman finally an nounced that he was going to Brazil, he was immediately asked if he contemplated any trips across continental United States. He answered in the negative. A reporter piped up: “This year or next year?” “THIS year,” the President replied. That gave the White House press and radio conference a short inter lude of laughter. For the reason that whenever a president is forced to drop his role of chief executive to assume the functions of candidate, it is funny. Frequently it isn’t funny , for the candidate, especially when he has been used to the respect spontaneously and (except in election years) almost universally, tendered his office. A presidential trip may be, in<s> — Baukhage many cases, fun for the President, but it isn’t much fun for a lot_ of other people. Not that all Presidents have had easy traveling. It was an ordeal for the early heads of the nation just to get home in the stagecoach and tavern days. President Garfield was shot in a railroad station; McKinley was killed by a half- mad anarchist on a trip to the Pan- American Expo sition in Buffalo; Harding died in San Francisco on his way back from a swing- around that had taken him to Vancouver, Can ada; Wilson suffered a stroke in his Pullman; Theodore Roosevelt was wounded while he addressed a meeting on a visit to Milwaukee. Furthermore, it has been re cently revealed by the head of the secret service, Mike Reilly, in his book “Reilly of the White House,” that Franklin Roose velt, who disliked air travel, nearly cracked up in Malta, and might have been assassinated in a park in Miami had he not leaned out of his car to take a telegram (Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago was killed and four other persons wounded). Stayed Within Nation’s Borders Up to Franklin Roosevelt’s time, Taft was the most traveled of presi dents, and in 1901 worried all the constitutionalists (unfamiliar with the Constitution) by visiting the Canal Zone. However, he was scru pulously careful to stay on board the American warship which touched only American soil. It had been considered an unwritten law since George Washington’s time (he had refused to enter Rhode Island until it was admitted to the Union) that a president in office couldn’t leave the country. When Woodrow Wilson went to Paris and Vice Pres ident Thomas Marshall had to pre side at cabinet meetings, the vice president made it clear he was of ficiating only at the request of Signal Corps Photo President Truman receives tele type message aboard the presi- dential radio car. Standing by the President are 1st Lt. Clinton G. Conover (left), maintenance of ficer of the army security agency, and 1st Lt. Harvard E. Dudley, cryptographic officer. White House signal detachment. Wilson and that he didn’t consider Wilson’s leaving the country, vacat ed the presidency. Travel has become a presi dent must, and Mr. Truman’s trip to South America is Just routine. But it is complicated routine for a whole army of people. What these people do is little known to the public, especially the secret service. One out of every 10 of our presidents has been assassi nated up to the time congress turned the job of protecting the chief executive over to the secret service. Since then no president has been assassinated. Theirs (the secret service) is a heartbreaking job, and never have the details been so thoroughly re vealed (to the discomfiture of some of his former colleagues) as by Mike Reilly in the book I men tioned. Of course in wartime the job was vastly more complicated, and the army and navy worked closely with the secret service. A special air raid alert system was designed, Reilly says “to protect FDR any where in the United States.” When a spotter or watcher, either civilian or military, spot ted an airplane he or she was unable to identify “any place from Greenland to the Straits of Magellan,” the information was radioed immediately to the army air force headquarters at Mitchell Field, N. Y. The information was immediately evaluated and conveyed by radio and land line to the secret service communication system where men were standing a 24 hour watch. This system tied together Mitchell Field, Bolling Field, the homes, offices and automobiles of various secret serv ice agents, field offices throughout the country, all secret service mo bile units, the President’s tram, Shangri-La, and the President’s room at Hyde Park. President Kept informed Constantly But keeping the President alive is only one activity. Keeping him in touch with his job is another. Once when a bullying congress demanded of President Grant which if any of his duties he performed in Washington, he replied that his busi ness and where he did it was his own affair. Now a president’s out- of-town business is a lot of people’s affairs. In wartime this signal corps de tail had the mission of speeding the President’s top-secret communica tions “from the highest level con ference tables to installations in the field." “Today,” as Major McNally puts it, “wherever the President travels, the White House signal detachment continues its task of weaving deftly an intricate com munications net, which enables the commander-in-chief (and, he might have added, a travel ling candidate) to keep himself constandly informed and in touch with the nation.” This work of weaving this "com munications net” is an exciting sto ry too long to recount here, but let me quote Major McNally brief ly to show how continuous commu nication was maintained when Pres ident Roosevelt made one of his fre quent trips to Hyde Park. “A 50-watt frequency modulation station was modified and installed on the secret service car attached to the presidential train. Army ve hicles, radio equipped, were spot ted at strategically plotted points along the route between Washing ton and Poughkeepsie, so that the train was in constant touch with the White House all the way. An other FM radio link was installed in the old stable on the President’s estate at Hyde Park. By means of a direct telephone line to Washing ton and frequency modulation ra dio, the White House was kept in formed of the President’s where abouts at all times.” The speed with which messages could be dispatched and answers re ceived was astounding. When Win ston Churchill was making his sec ond visit to Hyde Park, he and the President who were keen competi tors as well as close collaborators decided to make a speed test on the communications facilities. Each sent identical messages to Australia over the respective British and United States facilities. The Presi dent had an answer in less than two hours; the Prime Minister got his the next day. SET FOR NEW SPEED RECORD . . . After two years of prepara tions, John R. Cobb of England was prepared for an attempt to drive his Railton Mobil Special to a new land speed record. Cobb’s car is powered with two airplane engines. NEWS REVIEW Hint American Aid Plan; Truman Acts for DP’s THE AMERICAS: Aid Promised ”We must reject an encroachment upon the fundamental rights of the state. I am confident that we all agree that the state exists for man, not man for the state—and that we abhor any limitation upon the freedom of expres sion of men throughout the world.’’ Thus, in his first address before the inter-American conference at Petropolis, Brazil, U. S. Secretary of State George Marshall issued a reaffirmation of democratic princi ples in the western hemisphere and then bulwarked his expression of idealism with specific assurances of U. S. economic aid to Latin Amer ica. He told the delegates that the U. S. government "will continue to take up economic questions with its sister republics and seek a sound basis for practical cooperation.” Marshall at Rio . . the state exists for man , . .” That was interpreted as meaning that the U. S. is willing to help solve Latin America’s economic problems through a series of bi-lateral pacts. There was also a hint that the big northern neighbor is counting on sending down its capitaL DP SHUFFLE: Truman Acts President Harry Truman, in a re newed effort to alleviate the "tragic plight” of Europe’s displaced per sons, ordered a three-way shift in the top-command of the U. S. im migration and naturalization serv ice. In addition, it was disclosed that administration officials in Washing ton have resumed their review of the problem of displaced persons. Most important personnel shift in volved the transfer of Ugo Carusi from his post as commissioner of immigration to a position in the state department where he will sur vey all “critical” problems relating to displaced persons, particularly their resettlement. This is expected to result in add ed stress being placed on a directive Mr. Truman issued in December, 1945, calling for coordinated action by federal officials to admit as many displaced persons as possible within quota limitations. Watson B. Miller, federal security administrator, succeeds Carusi as commissioner of immigration, and Oscar Ross Ewing, New York law yer, replaces Miller. President Truman’s action was taken in the face of congress’ re fusal to act on his proposal to relax immigraton quotas. IN DALLAS . . . Mrs. Warren J. Woodard, 24, housewife, got up in arms about legs. She organized the “Little Below the Knee club” for women who op pose the long skirt now in style. The girls organized a parade and ankled through Dallas streets to give em phasis to their pro- Mrs. Woodard test. IN LAS VEGAS . . . Senator McCarthy (Rep., Wis.) put the bite on congress for its "do nothing” attitude toward veterans. Congress, said he, “did foully by our disabled veterans, their widows and dependents.” IN BALMORAL SCOTLAND . . , Princess Margaret Rose of Eng land, just turned 17, received as a birthday present her first military title—colonel-in-chief of the High land light infantry. CRYSTAL BALL: Next President General Douglas MacArthur will be the next president of the United States. That, at least, is the occult pre diction of a 75-year-old Japanese for tune teller, Kakudo Tomioka, who eulogized: “MacArthur has a glo rious future in store for him.” Tomioka, who is said to have a record of several accurate predic tions, placed the general on a plane with Mohandas Ghandi in the field of social welfare. “There presently are two living men who have succeeded in realiz ing a peaceful revolution,” he said. “They are MacArthur and Ghandi. But, then, Ghandi’s mission is over. And MacArthur has his most glori ous task to accomplish for the world in the future.” It was not immediately known whether MacArthur would use To- mioka’s recommendation as a plank in his platform if he runs in 1948. SURPLUS: Budget Review President Truman’s budget busi ness made big news again when the chief executive (1) forecast a rec ord treasury surplus next June of nearly five billion dollars, and (2) hurt Republican feelings by telling the nation that congress trimmed the 1947 budget estimates by only 1.5 billion dollars. His mid-year budget review esti mated tax receipts this year at $41,667,000,000, which is 2.1 billion dollars more than any previous forecast. Mr. Truman made his announce ment coincidentally with a bureau of labor report which indicated that the U. S., far from being in for a business depression, can look forward to a period of prosperity continuing “indefinitely.” Atom-Bom City Undergoes Boom Taxes, Crime No Worry for Workers Who Plan to Build Great City. RICHLAND, WASH.—Looking for ward to its first postwar expansion boom, the town that the atom built expects to retain much of the in dividuality that makes it the unique “village” of the Pacific Northwest. General Electric company an nounced an expansion in the pluto nium-producing Hanford Engineer works, as well as plans for additions to this war-born community. Richland is home to most of the workers who produce the element which was vital for the bombs that hit Nagasaki and Hiroshima two years ago. Richland shares a common prob lem with other newly grown indus trial communities in its need for more homes and hospital facilities. Claims to Distinction. These are some of this four-year- old atomic city’s claims to distino* tion: It never has had a death in the potentially dangerous industrial plants in which the populace works, nor has there been any recorded in jury from radioactivity. It claims the nation’s highest birth rate (despite the once ugly rumors of radioactive elements might have on family life). There is no juvenile delinquency problem. For the approximately 16,000 pop ulation, there is a lone beer tavern, one automobile dealer, one general store, four service stations, five grocery stores—and there isn’t any ha^d liquor for sale either by the bottle or the glass. (There are state- operated liquor stores in nearby towns.) There are no real estate taxes. There is no mayor or elected town council. No Police Court. There isn't so much as a police court or a lawyer in town. The two-cell city jail never has held a civilian prisoner. There’s no worry for household ers about what color to paint their homes; it’s all done for them—with out consultation on their own color tastes. The town administrators launched a city-wide program of painting ev ery home and building in varied blending colors (there has been some eyebrow-raising over how pea green slipped in under the guise of harmony). For operating the town and seven atomic plants of the Hanford Engi neer works. General Electric re ceives (in addition to all costs) a fee of $1 from the government. CAUTION TO THE WINDS Sharp Rise in Buying Noted Swinging sharply away from its previous cautious attitude of econ omy - minded discrimination, the U. S. buying public has launched itself on a relatively liberal pur chasing spree. Virtually all fields of trade have reported a clear-cut trend away from passive waiting for lower prices, and purchases are increas ing all over the country. The change has given rise to a certain amount of alarm over the possibilities of a new inflation spiral which may develop as a result of indiscriminate buying. It has be come the subject of much discus sion among business leaders, bank ers and economists, some of whom express concern that the movement might acquire runaway proportions. “We are watching developments from day to day,” said a govern ment economist, “hoping that it will taper off before it becomes a violent spiral that can end only in a serious reversaL” It is generally agreed that the movement began with the renewed wave of price increases that fol lowed the boost in coal prices and mine wages. It has gained momen tum ever since. Consumers apparently have given up hope that any material reduc tion in prices will occur within the reasonable future and are going ahead to purchase merchandise which they long have needed. Many merchants who curtailed their in ventories a year ago are placing orders to replenish their stocks. As a result of the widespread buying trend, previous opinions that industry and business were in for at least slight setbacks in the last half of this year are being revised. Cur rent forecasts are optimistic con cerning high levels of business ac tivity during the third and fourth quarters. Belief now is that prices generally will move upward, or at least hold their present heights, until well into next year. Cash remains abundant, and the influx of large amounts of money from veterans' terminal leave bonds and state bonuses will be added contributing factors to the inflationary trend. Federal Tax Receipts Are Short Billion and Half WASHINGTON.—Federal tax col lections in fiscal 1947 fell $1,563,- 711,000 below the previous fiscal year because of heavy loss of rev enue from the repealed excess prof its tax, treasury records showed. However, the yield from income taxes reached new peaks. The ejccess profits tax yield slowed to a comparative trickle of belated payments since last Janu ary. It was down by $4,256,310,000 for fiscal 1947, but increased collec tions from income and other taxes helped cushion the effect on Treas ury receipts. Total receipts of the internal rev enue bureau from all sources were listed as $39,108,385,000. (From sur plus property sales, customs duties and some other sources the govern ment got supplementary receipts that boosted its total budget income to $43,037,798,000.) Income tax collections, both from individuals and corporations were up sharply to record highs, reflect ing booming business and employ ment. Individual income tax receipts reached $19,343,297,000, topping fis cal 1946 by $638,761,000 although the tax rate was lowered January 1, 1946, midway in the earlier year. Not One Piano Tuner in Hundred Can Play Piano DETROIT. — Five hundred piano tuners with a yen to sing had to scout through a hotel to find some one who could play. The situation forced delegates Jo the convention of the American So ciety of Piano Technicians to bare a horrible truth; Not one in a hundred tuners knows enough about music to put one note after another! The society’s members, who were waiting for someone to lead them in the national anthem, weren’t sur prised. Such things had happened before. Japanese Scientist Tells Discovery of Cancer Virus -TOKYO. — Dr. Ryoujun Kino- shita, a Japanese scientist, claimed in Tokyo the discovery of the isola tion of a tiny cancer virus which might speed the search for a com plete cancer cure. Dr. Kinoshita said he had dis covered the cancer virus in mam mals, a discovery he said which might prove that cancer was not hereditary but was transmissible. He added that if a method of sup pression of the multiplication of the tiny cancer virus was found, cancer UNDER FLOODLIGHTS . . . For 74 years, Seven Falls and South Cheyenne Canyon have been among the major scenic attractions in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. Visitors now can view the famous falls at night, under electric lights. The wateifaU, shown above, is lighted by 28 large floodlights with alternating white and color effects. IN THESE UNITED STATES At the top of the falls lies a pic turesque valley with many small waterfalls and shady nooks. A short hike takes the visitor to Inspiration Point, which is 1,500 feet above the floor of the canyon. From this point, a breathtaking panorama of mighty cliffs and distant plains is seen. The beauty of Inspiration Point inspired Helen Hunt Jackson to write some of her most famous books and poems; and, on her death in 1885, her last request was that she be buried there. Floodlights Now Cast Beam On Scenic Falls and Canyon s WNU Features. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.—Embracing “the grand est mile of scenery in Colorado,” majestic Seven Falls and picturesque South Cheyenne Canyon hav§ intrigued visitors to the Pikes Peak region for the past 74 years. Their beauties, however, have been shrouded when nightfall descended but now, through completion of an electrical engineering feat, this major scenic attraction of the Rockies can be viewed under electric lights. The project, which makes this 3>- Colorado beauty spot the only com pletely lighted canyon and waterfall in the world, required the use of 80 huge floodlights and more than 1,000 small spotlights. More than two miles of heavy copper rubber insu lated cable was installed under ground. The waterfall, which has seven .separate falls in its 266 foot descent, is lighted by 28 large floodlights with alternating white and color ef fects. The crystal clear trout pool at the foot of the falls is lighted by eight underwater lights, reveal ing the rainbow trout gliding about in its depths. The magnificent weather beat en pink granite walls of the canyon, which rise to a height of more than 2,000 feet, present countless shadow effects as the lights play upon them. Various rock formations, such as the “Setting Turkey,” Devil’s Slide” and “Wrestling Bears,” are spotlighted by 500 to 1,500 watt lights. Majestic pine trees on the banks of the splashing mountain stream are bathed in various colored flood lights, while others are sprinkled with colored lights. Standing as a sen tinel at the entrance of the canyon are the familiar "Pillars of Her cules.” It is at this point that the huge $10,000 anti-aircraft carbon arc light has been installed. The big light has eight million candle- power and shoots an effective beam five miles in the air. The Lone some Pine, Eagles Cliff and other features of interest are caught in its bright path. It also will be used to sweep the sky to indicate that Sev en Falls is now uncrer lights. As a final touch, a 90 watt sound amplifier system has been installed to play soft music. A1 G. Hill, Dallas, Tex., oil man, who purchased the 1,400 acre scenic attraction June 1, 1946, immediate ly began a program of improve ments which have taken more than a year to complete and have cost approximately $100,000. In addition to the lighting project, a stairway of 250 steps has been erected to a spectators’ platform on the south wall of the canyon from which point all Seven Falls can be seen at one time. Part of a mountain slope was removed by bulldozers to provide parking space for cars, and a grace ful arch has been erected over the roadway at the mouth of the canyon. The canyon approximately one mile in length is a “box” or dead end type. Before the com ing of the white man, the Indi ans stampeded herds of buffalo from the plains into the canyon where they then were killed as food was needed. The canyon also served as a strategic re treat from which the Indians fought off their enemies. Mule Postman Loses Contract In Remote Area PORTLAND, ORE.—The lonely existence of the scattered families living in the remote fastness of Siskiyou national forest no longer will be relieved by periodic visits from the mule-driving postman. The mule-pack postal route be tween the isolated towns of Illahe and Marial, near Grants Pass, has been terminated by the government because the carrier, who has a monopoly on mules, submitted too high a bid. The action leaves only one route served the year around by mules although 12 Others are served by mule and horse dur ing the stormy winter months. Residents of the remote mountain areas served by the mule routes do their shopping through the mail or der catalogues and depend upon mule packs for everything—cloth ing, accordions, rifles, even food, according to Fred H. Twohy, rail road mail district superintendent who has spent 10 years traveling the mountain regions to check on his mule postmen. “One winter not even a horse could get through the heavy snows,” Twohy recalls. “The residents were shut off from the world, and there was quite a squawk.” Obliging postmen resorted to sleds to reach the isolated areas, Twohy adds, “and the first thing the people ordered by parcel post was several cases of beer.” The Marial route was typical of the involved carrier setup required to get mail to secluded areas. Mail went 34 miles up a river in a flat- bottomed river boat from Wedder- bum. Then it was transferred to mule for an additional 16-mile trip. It was “kind of expensive,” Two hy admits, costing about $400 a per son to keep the route open. “The stamps don’t begin to pay for it,” he adds. “I have a hard time convincing them back in Washington that these routes are worth the expense,’’ Two hy says. Bombing Proves of Peacetime Use 1 HELENA, MONT. — Bombing techniques which wreaked havoc on enemy cities and military installa tions during the war also have proved effective in saving valuable timberlands of the northwest through control of forest fires from the air involving spraying water from planes. In a special test conducted joint ly by the forest service and army air forces, a B-29 and two P-47s suc- cessfully dropped seven water bombs on a fire deliberately set near Lolo Hot Springs in Lolo na tional forest. After the water bombs had been dropped with accuracy near one set blaze, splashing water over the burning area and practically bring ing the fire under control, two forest service jumpers parachuted out of a forest service plane to do the mop-up work. Their tools and a hot lunch also were dropped from the plane. 'iff- 5 9 J Li a v M>A And It Wasn’t Midnight Bus driver (to little girl)— You’re only six? When will you be seven? , ^ _ Little girl—As soon as I get off the bus. Possible "/ shall never marry until I find S girl who is my direct opposite." "Well, there are any number of t»- telligent girls in this neighborhood." Relieved “Madam, what do you mean by letting your child snatch off my wi 2 ? ” . , “Sir, if it is just a wig, think nothing of it. I was afraid that the little devil had scalped you.” Said one little nurse to another, “I’ve been eating an apple a day —but that new doctor still chases me!” CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPOB. Chenille Plant ready to run, consisting of 25 machines. Plant can either be moved or run in its present loootion. Contact WOODVILLE MANUFACTURING CO. Woodvllle - G««rgl» bloik FOR SALE — Complete concrete plant, fully electrically operated; mixer, motors, pallets, conveyors. Capacity on® thousand 8x8x18 plain or novelty. In A-l condition. Owner forced to retire. Plant will pay entire investment in few months. G. R. HOGG - Box S^u, Americas, Ga. HELP WANTED—MEN, WOMEN TEACHERS REGISTER NOW Calls all grades and positions. Florida salaries materially increased. Contact GULF TEACHERS AGENCY, Ocala, Fla. WANTED—One teacher-principal for one- teacher school, one teacher for junior high school mathematics, one teacher for com mercial subjects and one teacher-principal for a three-teacher school. All teachera should have a bachelor’s or master’s de gree. Basic annual salary for bachelor de gree is $2,500; for the master degree, $3,- 000. Credit will be given for experience up to a maximum of 12 years. All applicants should communicate with W. F. HILL, Sapt. of Public Instruction Dixie County - CrosskCity, Fin. INSTRUCTION VETERANS TRAIN under the G.I. bill at National Trade School, Kansas City, Mo. SHOE REPAIR — PLUMBING MASTER AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN* ELECTRICITY — DRAFTING TUITION and supplies are paid and you receive subsistence pay while there. For information about qualifications, part-time employment and housing, see or vurite A. I. CHAMBERS 231 Healey Bldg. - - - Atlanta, Ga. MISCELLANEOUS WATCHES cleaned, repaired. Wholesale prices. Free estim. Guar. serv. Pinleaver watches not accepted. Humphrey-Hansen, Watch Doctors, Box 898, Santa Monica, Cal. FINANCIAL SECURITY CAN BE YOURS A copy of “Formula for Success.*’ Only $1. ECONOMIC COUNSELING SERVICE Box 104 . - Lakeland, Fla. WALL TILE, STEEL AND PLASTIC, di rect from mfg. Steel 20c; plastic, 40c sq. ft. Mastic $1.90 gal. F. O. B. plant. 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