Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. vuui uk a x WALTER SHEAD Square Deal Proves Evasive B ACK in the period of 1909 to 1914 when wheat was 88 cents a bushel and hogs were $7.25 a hundred pounds, farmers thought they were getting a square deal. Today they are getting $2.10 for wheat and $24 for hogs and they’re not sure whether they’re getting a square deal or not. The difference is that when wheat was 88 cents a bnshel, the things the farmers bought cost far less and this period was fixed as a base for the parity formula, which is the ratio of prices received by the farmers to prices paid by the farmers. The farm bureau likes this parity formula so well today that it is against changing it much until after the Steagall law expires in 1948. Hie joint agricultural committee of house and senate has been holding hearings to determine this parity formula and other long range farm programs. ★ ★ ★ ★ H. /. PHILLIPS And He Still Can Grin What Washington needs is a di rector of photographs. That group photo of the President and his aides grinning from ear to ear as they launched the great drive to aid starving peoples still is puzzling the public. The White House luncheon menu for eggless and chickenless Thurs day is announced as: Corn soup. Peppers stuffed with rice and mushrooms, lima beans. Glazed Carrots. Baked apple. » Well, this will cost Harry Truman the anti-stuffed pepper vote, and it is a tremendous one. The number of voters who hate stuffed peppers is terrific. And the anti-glazed carrot element is not to be sneezed at. • • • New low on Broadway: The por- WESTBROOK PEGLER * Underworld Extends Its Sway T OHN EDGAR HOOVER, director of the FBI, joined Governor Warren *-* and Senator Downey of California in their discovery of a new under world in the amusement industry. On this special phase of the new problem of criminality in the enter tainment trades, Hoover delivered some remarks to a class of 500 of his G-men at the department of justice in Washington. “Glaring headlines announced the assassination of Bugsy Siegel, but circumstances surrounding his career in crime tell the story better than words,” said he. “Here was an individual whose life was a constant challenge to common decency. Yet he and his criminal scum were lionized and their favors sought after in so- called respectable circles.” Now let us consider a little night-side paper published in Hollywood called “Hollywood Nile Life. Movies. Radio. Nite clubs. Sports. Music.” The masthead names Jimmy Tarantino as the “editor and publisher.” Tarantino is a swipe and hustler who used to hang around Jacobs’ Beach, a stretch near Madison Square Garden in New York City where the fighters, managers and racketeers gather. He has a cheap police record in Newark, N. J. One appropriate selection from Tarantino’s essays is entitled “A Week-end at the Flamingo.” This is ecstatic publicity about Bugsy’s booby trap at Las Vegas, Nev., and personal admiration of "Mr. Benjamin Siegel, a handsomely groomed, tall, handsome, tanned and smiling gent,” the man whom Hoover called “a challenge to human decency.” WALTER W1NCHELL Silhouettes of New York trayal of Judas Iscariot, the most infamous traitor, betrayer and couble-crosser in history, in a favor able light, and really not a bad fel low at all. • • » P.L.K. thinks those new women’s hats cocked over the starboard ear were designed by Alcoholic Anony mous. • • * England is talking of a minister of sports in the cabinet. We would hate to be an athlete in midair in the pole vault at a time when the government was changing its policy frequently. « • • The new United Nations cocktail: One jigger of bitters, half a tumbler of vinegar, one jigger of spirits of Vishinsky; ice well. One sip and you’re vetoed. The new long dress fad forces women who have furs to have them lengthened. Furriers are charging $100 per inch! . . . Virginia-bom Lady Astor joins the Duchess of Windsor in being conspicuous by her absence at Princess Elizabeth’s wedding. . . . There are more psy chiatrists per capita in Beverly Hills and H'wood than anywhere else in the land. Belated Columbus Day thawt: It's amazing how Europe ever managed to survive — before Chris discovered America. Irving Asher, the film ace, is back after 15 years in England. He sold his house for 20fl00 British pounds, but the Bank of England would not accept the check! No British bank will. In terferes with Britain’s new policy— they want only V. S. coin. Socialism, hmf. General Killian (of that Litchfield trial) is suing Stackpole (the book publishers) for the way he is “writ ten up” in “Purple Testament” (written by war vets). Suing for $500,000. . . . Mrs. FDR’s son-in- law, John Boettiger (and her daugh ter, Anna), now publish six times weekly in Phoenix, Ariz. Boettiger just won an AP franchise because FDR’s top critic (Col. R. R. McCor mick) gave the go-light on it. . . . The J. Lunceford band (inherited by Eddie Wilcox and Joe Thomas) will see that widow Lunceford shares in the weekly “take.” ★ ★ Don’t quote us, but the kids in “Okla” are electing deputies to ask the Theater guild for more money. Their pay is low, living fees are high and that hit never has had a losing week. . . . The Barbison model agency tops the list of cover girls so far this year—78 national mag covers. DREW PEARSON* The Merry-Go-Round I NDIAN ambassador Asaf Ali had a secret talk with President Truman asking aid to India. The Hindu ambassador pointed out that India has five billion dollars frozen in London which the British won’t let them cash. ... Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain’s new economic czar, says England will need more help under the Marshall plan soon. However, treasury department figures show England’s gold reserves now are close to two billion dollars, more than twice what they were before the war in 1939. Washington newsmen covering the state department are told almost daily that a special session of congress is absolutely neces sary because of the world crisis. But when they go a few blocks away to the White House, newsmen are told just as regularly that there is no need for a special session. The army would be happier if some brass hats kept their mouths shut. Maj. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver, in charge of a U. S. mission to •Turkey, recently made this absurd statement before a Chicago audience: “The massacre of the Armenians after World War I really was started by the Armenians.” A few days later. General Oliver was removed from his command. . . . The atomic energy commission soon will issue strict blanket regulations to prevent export of machinery which could be used in producing atom bombs. ★ ★ ★ ★ WRIGHT P4TTERSON Safeguard Our War Plants in the erection and tooling of new plants. Many of those plants are being sold at the price of junk or less. Others are being allowed to rot and rust away. If there again comes a time when we need soldiers and sailors, as we may, we will need equipment for them before the armed forces can be of value. HE SEES REDS ... Dapper actor Adolphe Menjou is shown as he told the house un-American activities committee that Holly wood is a hotbed of “un-Ameri can, anti-capitalistic, anti-free en terprise activities.” Menjou said he was in favor of shipping the Communists in America back to Russia. OXFORD ACCENT . . . Monocled Sheila Howarth, Hollywood corre spondent for British newspapers, sued a taxi driver for assault and battery. She said he kidnapped and beat her because he didn’t like her Oxford accent. HAS HIS CAKE . . . Italy’s Presi dent Enrico DeNicoia was caught in this excellent close-up as he con sumed, a piece of cake at a wed ding party. Like most Italians, he enjoyed the cake all the more be cause of the little bread he gets. J * W HEN we entered the war in December of 1941 it was not only trained manpower that we needed badly. We also needed the equipment with which an army and navy could fight. In addition to com mandeering every industrial plant that could produce war equipment, the government spent many billions MAMMOTH FLAG DRAPES BRIDGE . . . Largest American flag ever to be flown freely, according to Port of New York authority, is this 60 by 90 foot Old Glory hanging from the New Jersey tower of the George Washington bridge spanning the Hudson river. It took 19 men using four winches to lift the flag’s 500 pounds and two and one-half tons of guy ropes. NOW THIS IS GOING TOO FAR ... All right, so the revolution is upon us; the long skirt is here to stay and no one can do anything about it. But when fashion designers carry their insidious plot to the extent of enmeshing innocent children in their toils—that’s just too much. Tbe dread secret came out at the American Toy institute show in New York. Even dolls are wearing wasp-waisted, long-skirted outfits now. FORMIDABLE . . . The shape of things to come—as soon as he can fill the football togs of his 10-year- old brother—is typified by anxi ous footballer Jimmy Wolters, 4, of Brooklyn. Right now, he just makes a cute picture. L.2: HE’S A BIG BOY NOW ... As though Great Britain didn’t have enough troubles, it has to scout around for clothes and shoes for this gigantic youth. He’s Ernest Evans, 23, stands 7 feet, 7 inches in his stocking feet (naturally, shoes are hard to get) and weighs 357 pounds. Shown here with bis mother, the sizeable lad gets 100 extra clothing coupons each year and still can’t find a thing to buy that fits him. DIAMOND-STUDDED . . . Plenty of sparkle emanates from the mouth of “Diamond’’ Ted Lewis of Gallup, N. M., when he lets go with a hearty guffaw like this. He has $10,000 worth of diamonds in his teeth. MUST BE THE HOUSING SHORTAGE . . . Getting along like cats and dogs has an entirely different meaning in the Calabrese household in Nutley, N. J., and ample proof is displayed here as dachshund Frede rick Gotha Von Boris (call me Fritz) unselfishly shares his bed and board with Leila, the family’s pet cat. Leila recently gave birth to four kittens, shown here doing what comes naturally. Maybe the U. N. could take an object lesson from this. Engineers Solve Crystal Problem • i Synthetic Quartz Replaces Natural Product for Phone Channels. NEW YORK. — Artificial crystals, the Bell laboratories announce, now are being produced in quantities al most large enough to supplant na tural quartz, a product hitherto in dispensable in long distance tele phone and radio work. The artificial crystals resemble large clusters of rock candy, or ice cubes, as they grow in the laboratory in large glass tanks. Technicians explained that as a result of this practical solution of the crystal problem, urgently-need ed phone channels will go into opera tion much sooner than otherwise thought possible. Some circuits, it was said, already are operating with the synthetic product, notably chan nels between New York and St. Louis. In the laboratory, artificial crys tals slowly increase in weight and size from small “seeds” implanted in vats of easily obtained chemi cals. Eventually they are expected to replace as much as 90 per cent of the natural quartz, and “do as good or better job.” The best natural quartz is labori ously mined in the mountains of South America and is now scarce. Try Many Formulas. The new substance is known tech nically as “ethylene diamine tar trate,” or EDT, and was evolved by Bell chemists and physicists after more than 100 other chemical for mulas were investigated, it was said. A special plant, built by West ern Electric company at Allentown, Pa., now is geared to produce “hun dreds of thousands” of units an nually. When the artificial crystals in their chemical growing tanks have in creased about one pound, or six inches long and two to three inches in cross-section, they are removed, sawed into thin wafers, ground carefully to precise thicknesses, mounted in special holders and in stalled in electrical circuits. Company experts explained that such wafers are “piezo-electric.” That is, when twisted or pressed they generate an electrical voltage. Likewise, when a voltage is applied to them they generate mechanical forces by bending. Telephone en gineers use these properties to sub divide a wide communication chan nel into smaller ones, or hold ap paratus on an assigned frequency. Television to Telephone. A coaxial cable capable of carry ing a whole television program of several million cycles from city to city one instant can be quickly subdivided, it was explained, into an ideal telephone channel capable of carrying several hundred tele phone conversations without mixing them up. The new product is the direct re sult of research that has been in progress for more than 25 years. During the war, company experts developed another type of crystal useful in “sonar,” underwater equiv alent of radar. The chemical com position was different than EDT, but both were piezo-electric. More than 20 million of them, it was said, were produced. The knowledge thus gained has been turned largely to peaceful ways and large-scale EDT production is expected. Artificial crystal growing is a very precise process. Temperatures, for example, are held in the chemical solution to less than one-tenth of a degree variation. One crop of crys tals is sawed off the parent body, leaving only a sliver to immerse again in the tank to start another crop. Harvest time is every three months. Army Bars Russians From Ordnance Demonstration WASHINGTON. — The army said that Russian military attaches were not invited to an ordnance demon stration at the Aberdeen, Md., prov ing grounds because American at taches have been barred from simi lar showings in Russia. The Aberdeen demonstration is staged annually by the Army Ord nance association to show new weapons in operation. Military attaches of other foreign powers attended the demonstration along with more than 2,500 U. S. in dustrialists, army, navy and air force officers and newspaper men. A year ago Soviet military at taches and newsmen were invited. This was the first indication that the army is retaliating for discrimi nation against it attaches in Mos cow. Europeans Seen Starving This 1 Winter, Missions Told BURLINGTON, VT. — Starvation is “an absolute certainty” for hosts of people in Europe this winter, Ihe 138th annual meeting of the Ameri can Board of Foreign Missions was told. The Rev. Emerson G. Hangen of Meriden, Conn., recently returned from a European tour under aus pices of the Congregational Chris tian Service committee, told a luncheon meeting: “There are no prospects of im provement in sight. On the contrary, all the signs point to an approach ing winter of even greater distress than last year.” Surgery Technique Will Aid Amputees CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Severed Limbs Are Restored by Use of Refrigeration. CHICAGO. — It now may be pos sible to sew back in place a severed arm or leg and have it grow in place, restoring its normal func tions through a newly developed technique. Dr. L. W. Crossman, at tending surgeon at the New York City hospital, said in a paper read before the 12th annual assembly of the U. S. chapter of the Interna tional College -of Surgeons. The pa per was read by an associate, Dr. J. M. Armengal. The new technique involves use of refrigeration, and such experi ments have proved successful with human fingers and with whole legs of dogs. Dr. Crossman said. He said surgeons had “amputated the legs of dogs, placed the legs in an ice box for 24 hours, and then were able to replace tbe limbs and have them heal to recover the full use of the part.” "We think this is possible with humans under ideal circumstances,” he said, "and by a thoroughly trained team of not only good sur geons, but also good blood vessel surgeons.” In refrigeration surgery, he said, a mangled or infected extremity is packed with ice and preserved as long as several weeks, or until the patient’s condition is improved to the point where the member may be amputated or saved. . He said surgeons never should “re move a mangled extremity as an emergency operation,” but should allow a patient to recover strength while the limb is encased in ice. Duke’s Loyalty to Wife Wins Support of Public LONDON. — The Duke of Wind sor’s unflagging loyalty to his American-born wife and his re fusal to attend court functions without her are slowly winning him the support of the British public and some newspapers in the royal feud that has kept the Windsors in virtual exile for 10 years. Because of the social ostracism which has barred the Baltimore- born divorcee from a place in British royal society, the duke re fused to attend Queen Mother Mary’s 80th birthday anniversary party. Considerable conjecture also surrounded the duke’s invi tation to the wedding of his fa vorite niece. Princess Elizabeth. Crime Declines in Cities; Up in Country Districts WASHINGTON. — FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said that crime was rising in rural areas but de clining slightly in the city. Reports for the first half of 1947 show an increase in rape in both rural and urban areas. The increase was-more marked in rural districts. Hoover said. Murder was down in both town and country. Hoover said reports to the FBI showed that crimes increased 7.5 per cent in rural areas during the first six months of this year over the same 1946 period. In urban areas, it was. down 2.3 per cent. Despite the decrease in urban areas. Hoover said the number of crimes in the first half of 1947 was 12 per cent greater than that in the first six months of 1941. Both rape and larceny were up 13 per cent in rural areas, while in ur ban communities rape was up 3.5 per cent and larceny 1.1 per cent. Aggravated assaults ir. creased an average of 2 per cent m both. Murder declined 7.4 per cent in rural communities and 6.4 per cent in urban communities. Automobile thefts continued to decline, showing a 19 per cent decrease in rural and 22.3 per cent in urban areas. BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPOR. Fireworks & Firecrackers For early profit start your Fireworks busi ness now. Complete line of Chinese ana Domestic Firecrackers and Fireworks. Write or phone for your order blank. SIGNAL FIREWORKS A SPECIALTY CO. Phone 2716. 2100 Remiss Rd.. Valdosta. Ga. (Salesmen and Distributors Wanted) FOR SALE—-Cafe, well-equipped, located in industrial east Alabama town. Reason able. For information contact S. M. WYLIE - Roanoke. Ala. DOGS, CATS, PETS, ETC. COON HOUNDS—Big. small, old. young, broke, started, all U.K.C. registered. Red Bone. $15 up; 5 months old males. $30. Shipped express, papers free. STEWART REIGLER. MiddlevIUe. Mleh. IRISH SETTERS—2 MALES 10 months old. Registered. These dogs will be good this season. Deep red with largo head and ears. RALPH HUFFSTETLER, Rt. 1. Belmont. N. C. \ FARM MACHINERY & EQUIP. Come By znd See or Ask for Literature on the Famous 3 H. P. Fulton GARDEN TRACTOR and Mower Combination E. C. Shatteriy & Sons 599 LEE ST.. S. W. AM. 6266 —Telephones— RA. 33$$ Atlanta, Ga. FOR SALE: JoUet Big 4 Shack Shelter. Commercial Type, cap. 4-800 bu. per hr. J. M. EDGERTON A SON Goldsboro. N. C. - ToL $3 FOR SALE Slightly used Case NCM Pick-Up Hay Baler. All sizes Hammer-Mills. Tractor wagons, 5,000 pound capacity, $99.50, less tires. New Holland Husker-Shellers. KELLY FARM EQUIPMENT CO. Monroe, Georgia - Phone 5661 FARMS AND RANCHES 100 ACRES HOME and barn. Some timber, some culti vated land. Near paved highway, 75 miles from Atlanta. N. B. Clark office. WA. 3173. w. R. HOYT & co. 401-406 Connally Bldg. - Atlanta, Ga* FOR SALE—437 ACRES good productive land, modem conveniences in houses, nat ural running stream, good pasture, farm equipment optional. J. P. ETHERIDGE. Perry, Ga. Phono 35 HELP WANTLD—MEN TILE SETTERS—The Albert Tile Co.. 401$ Central Ave., St. Petersburg, Fla., urgent ly needs tile setters. Can offer steady work at high pay rate. St. Petersburg is in the throes of a real building boom and offers wonderful opportunties. It will pay you to come down or write at once. INSTRUCTION ATTENTION VETERANS EARN your A. & E. license iamong pleas ant surroundings. Prepare yourself for an interesting lifetime work. We have limited openings for new students in our old estab- / lished C. A. A. and V. A. approved “Air craft and Engine Mechanic School." V. A. allows maximum subsistence on these courses. Limited housing available right on airport. Get Your Applications in Early. Aircraft 8c Engine Maintenance Ce. P.O. Box 2815. University Station, Gainesville ... Florid* LIVESTOCK FATTEN HOGS FASTER by stimulating their appetites with Dr. LeGear’s Hog Pre scription. Also an ideal tonic for brood sows and pigs. Has helped increase profits for millions of hog raisers. Satis, guar. MISCELLANEOUS DRESS FABRICS BY THE YARD All you want. Beautiful quality, lovely patterns in Cottons and Rayon Silks. Color- fast. Buy direct from us and save money. Also Choice Quilt Pieces. Colored Carpet Strips, Warp, etc. Send Today for Prices. DAM SPECIALTIES Box 836 - Troy. N. Y. PHONOGRAPH RECORDS from juke boxes Our selection, twenty cents epch. Postpaid anywhere in United States on orders of ten or more recorfis. Send cash or money order to: W. G. MEREDITH Hobe Soun<| - Florid* NAILS—HOG WIRE 4. 10 and 40 penny common nails available for' immediate delivery. 26-inch heavy gduge hog wire, 20 rods to roll, $16.00. PETERS ST. HARDWARE 283 Peters St. - Atlanta, Ga. FEET ITCH? \( BUR N? For Quick Relief of the itching and \ burning of Athlete’* Foot—Get Boy, 4, Girl, 3, Rescue Baby From Their Burning Home CINCIINATI.—A 14-month-old boy was carried from his crib to safety by'an older brother and sister when fire broke out in the family home. David Smith, 4, and his sister, Cindy, 3, ’ carried their infant brother, Milford, into the back yard a few minutes before firemen ar rived to extinguish a blaze that had started near the child’s crib. The children’s mother, Mrs. Cecil Smith, was at a grocery at the time. The fire, which caused $1,000 damage, apparently was started by a spark from a cigarette lighter with which the children bad been playing firemen said. 16 Per Cent Drop Reported In Turkey Crop This Year WASHINGTON. — The agriculture department estimates that approx imately 35 million turkeys will be marketed this year, about 16 per cent under last year’s crop. Despite the expected drop, the de partment foresees no shortages of the birds. The new crop and suj>- plies already in storage wrill be am ple, says the department, to supply everybody with an average of 4.1 pounds. Consumption last year averaged 4.6 pounds and in prewar days 2.6 pounds. The department has announced a new schedule of support prices for the current crop, continuing through January 31, 1948. ATHELO Send $1.60 to Widnoon Co. Chemical Division, Kit tanning Pa. PERSONAL RINGWORM. Athlete's Foot. Skin Irrita tion sufferers! Go to your drug counter now and get a jar of B.G.O. or write Beeman’s Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.,Dept. B Apply according to directions 25c and 50c sizes. B.Q.R.—FOR RELIEF of discomforts due to colds and coughs. No laxative required after taking. 35c and 60c sizes at your dealers or write DEPT. L, BEEMAN’S LABORATORY. INC., Atlanta. Ga. POULTRY, CHICKS & EQUIP. HELP TOUR HENS be profitable layer,. Stimulate poor appetites with Dr. LeGear’a Poultry Prescription in all their feed. Used by successful poultrymen everywhere. The best poultry tonic money can buy. WANTED TO BUY SQUIRREL HUNTERS. Ship dried squirrel tall, to Herter’s. We pay 8c each, plus postage. HERTER’S. Waseca. Minaeseta. You Can Be a Partner Buy U. S. Savings Bonds! WNU—7 45—47 WHEN STRIKE Many modern mothers now use this dean, white, chest rub. Relieves muscu lar soreness, tightness of colds. Try it! PENETROSRUB