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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
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THE FLOWER SHOW ‘FIX'
The “fix” has turned up in the
strangest of events, a flower show,
(n London the other day book
makers, driven out of sports, took
bets on flower show entries and
“doped” a chrysanthemum exhibit.
*
The exhibitor was one of the top
chrysanthemum men of England
and had a flower that was the pub
lic choice, so to speak. The crooks
crept into his hothouse in the night
and poisoned the blooms that were
to go to the post. It just goes to show
what a dishonest world we are
living in.
•
Elmer Twitchell, the well known
horticulturist, came out today with
a warning that the flower “fix”
Is not limited to the British isles. ‘T
had a tea rose entered in an Ameri
can flower show," he declared. “On
past performances, it couldn’t miss
first money. It wilted as soon as the
gate was sprung. The dopers had
been at wi-rk.”
•
“Then there was the case of the
hopped np petunia,” Twitchell went
•a. “It was known as the Regal
Queen Petunia, and never had been
defeated. It was such a standout
that all but two other petunia own
ers scratched their entries. The
price was knocked down to two to
five and, when the bugle blew. Regal
Queen was found too droopy to com
pete!
•
Elmer insists that he knows of
one case where at a big flower show
in this country, an entire garden ex
hibit was given a mickey Ann. At
11 p. m. on the night before the
judgings, the garden was in perfect
shape and an easy winner. At 8 the
next morning not a crocus could lift
its head and the gladioli were out on
their feet.
• • •
The price of Scotch and Canadian
whiskey will be cut 30 cents a bottle
under the new tariff changes. “You
may be sure this whole saving will
be passed on to the public,” said
H. T. Lourie, vice president of the
National Association of Beverage
Importers.”—News Item.
•
Wanna bet?
WASHINGTON SUMMARY
Muddle, confusion.
Boom and bust ...
K the devil don’t getchs,
OPA must.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Money isn’t hard to get. A police
man, Charles Smythe went into the
“Break the Bank” program and,
having answered five other simple
questions, had one more to go to get
$5,000. And the crucial knowledge
he had to possess was to know that
the man named Charlie who served
in Coolidge’s cabinet was Charlie
Dawes! We are trying to get John
Kieran to disguise himself as a tall,
thin man with a red mustache and
let us entor him in all these big
dough quiz programs on a 50-50
split. (The present hitch is that John
is holding out for 51 per cent.)
* .* *
Leroy Robertson, a former Utah
cowboy, bos won a $25,000 prtze for e
symphony. This should stymie the
women who always is kicking if the
kid leaves his spurs, rope and chewing
gum on the piano.
* • •
Definitions of a Communist
A Communist is a fellow who
wants to better your life, no matter
what it costs you.
*
He is a reformer who will guaran
tee you everything in return for his
right to bump you off when you de
mand to know how you’re doing.
*_
He is a man who will rebuild the
world even if he has to kill oft the
NEXT to the last survivor.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sullivan of Chi
cago are on a canoe trip from that
city to Cuba. It just goes to show
how traffic conditions are regarded
by some people.
• • •
CAN YOU REMEMBER—
When Hollywood people were al
ways supposed to answer "Yes?’ to any
body? *
When you got a soda straw with
out asking?
When a fellow had some change left
after meeting a payroll?
• • •
Name on a Connecticut restaurant
"The Atomic Lunch.” It causes us
to wonder if lunchrooms are begin
ning to boast of their destructive
cooking.
THE SHORT STORY
U.S.A.
s.o.s.
OPA
P.D.Q.
The housewife finds that the $10
bill of a year and a half ago will
buy only $7 worth of food today.”
—President Truman.
*
Where can she get a wonderful
break like that, Harry?
CHRISTMAS
QUIZ
C OMET has what connection with
Santa?
I-IEROD issued what order in re-
^ gard to children at the time the
baby Christ was born?
D APHAEL is famous for what
type of paintings?
fRVING BERLIN wrote what fa
mous Christmas carol?
CROOGE was the villain and hero
what Christmas story?
S CR
in
T WELFTH Day, or Twelfth-tide,
in some ccuntries is celebrated
as what special day?
J^JASS OF CHRIST is the literal
meaning of what word?
A DESTE FIDELES has an Eng-
lish name, what is it?
S AINT NICHOLAS is the patron
saint of what country?
ANSWERS:
(C)—Comet was one of Santa’s
reindeer.
(H) —Herod ordered all children
under two years of age killed.
(R) —Rapael’s paintings of Madon
nas are outstanding.
(I) —White Christmas.
(S) — In Charles Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol.”
(T) —Twelfth Day in some coun
tries and by some churches is ob
served as Christmas.
(M)—It is the literal meaning of
“Christmas.”
(A)—The English title for Adeste
Fideles is “Oh Come All Ye Faith-
iuL”
(S)—St Nicholas, or San Nicho-
(aas, is the patron saint of Russia.
‘Real Santa Claus'
Answers Final Call
Thousands of Children will miss
their "real Santa Claus” this year.
During the past 12 years he has
handled four and a half million of
their letters and packages. He can-
aot be with them this year. He has
answered his Master’s call.
Last April, death claimed Oscar
L. Phillips, postmaster of Santa
Claus, Ind. He was very real to the
children of America. He answered
their letters and saw that their re
quests were complied with. He had
the local American Legion as his
helpers.
But the children of America will
not be neglected this year. Walter
Van Winkle, a friendly man who
worked with Santa Phillips, has
taken over as “acting chief Santa
Claus of Santa Claus. Ind.” Santa
Van Winkle and his many helpers
started work in October, working 20
hours a day, day after day, in order
that good little boys and girls would
be happy, even though their Santa
of former years has been promoted
to a more important duty.
Tariffs Hare Their Ups and Downs
Baukhage
£§>tlent
Holp J2tgf)t!
More than a hundred years ago.
Father Josef Mohr, pastor of the
little Church of Amsdorf in Austria,
was returning home late the night
before Christmas Eve. He loitered
for a moment on a hill overlooking
his home village.
It was a beautiful starlit night,
and he was impressed with the ex
quisite stillness that covered the
scene below him. His peaceful re
flections brought to mind the silent
holy night when Christ was bom in
Bethlehem. Inspired, he wrote “Si
lent Night—Holy Night.” Impressed
with the beauty of the poem, his
friend, Franz Gruber, put it to
music and on Christmas Eve, while
Franz played. Father Mohr sang
“Silent Night” to his congregation.
From that night on, the beautiful
strains of “Silent Night” have filled
the air throughout the world at
Christmastide.
Firecrackers Used
At Christmas Time
%
In some southern communitlei
firecrackers and other fireworks
are used at Christmas time. Fire
crackers had their origin in the Ori
ent, probably in China. During th<
14th century they were introduce!
into Italy and used on Saints’ days
at Christmas and other religious fes
tivals. The custom spread to Spain
France and other Latin countries.
Geneva Trade Agreements
To Affect World Commerce
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WASHINGTON. — Recently there have been rumblings
from congress reminiscent of the old Smooth-Hawley days.
It was the warning from Senator Milliken (Rep., Colo.) and
Representative Knutsen (Rep., Minn.) that the reciprocal
trade agreements act would have a lot of strings attached to
it when it comes up for renewal next year.
If that means that tariffs are raised again, history will be repeating
itself.
As the amusing illustration in this column reveals, the gentlemen have
been busy building up and tearing down the tariff wall ever since 1913.
What will the next section of the wall—built after 1940—look like?
The reciprocal trade agreements^-
drawn up at the recent Geneva con
ference which re
sulted In a num
ber of slashes in
important duties
and inspired the
Knutsen and Mil-
likin statements
brought forth an
even louder blast
from the Ameri
can Tariff league.
At the present
writing, however,
there does not
appear to be any
where near the
strength of senti
ment in favor of
budding up the tariff wall that there
was when the Smoot-Hawley act
raised it to an all-time high (47 per*
cent) in 1930.
From the time of the Civil war the
tariff wall had grown almost every
time congress acted.
Then came Woodrow Wilson who
demanded that the country be set
free from conditions he thought
“made monopoly not only possible,
but easy and natural.” The Under
wood law which brought the import
duties down from 37 per cent to 27
per cent, was his answer. Under
Harding they went up about 35 per
cent, reaching an all-time high un
der Hoover.
It has been an exciting con
test. Although Cordell Hall as
secretary of state managed,
with Roosevelt prestige, to pull
them down again, they were still
1 per cent higher than the Ford-
ney-McCnmber act raised them
under Harding. Under the agree
ments negotiated by Secretary
Hull, our exports increased, but
foreign competition for various
reasons did not take advantage
of the situation to any great ex
tent. There was no avalanche of
“cheap foreign goods” to con
tend with.
The Democrats in the pre-Wilson
era always were banging away on
this issue and there were many
colorful debates. The low tariff ad
vocates had to resort to all sorts of
means to get a hearing because they
were backed by no special interests.
Their “client” was the vague and
anonymous American consumer.
The high-tariff pleaders were able
to present their cases armed with
the best legal talent available, whole
libraries of statistics and a thorough
knowledge of the particular indus
tries they represented. And they had
another great advantage in the
number and geographically diverse
industries fighting for protection for
their particular product.
Enough special interests needed
enough help from other special in
terests so that log rolling was easy—
there was usually a majority for
everybody's gismo. That is why the
only practical way trade agree
ments can be reached at all is to
have them negotiated like any other
international agreement, through
the state department, which has no
regional strings to tie it down.
Right now the consumer is being
heard from in no uncertain terms,
and any argument for lower prices
wins a hearing.
That is evidenced by the speed
with which congress tackled the
anti-inflation suggestions presented
both by the President in his mes
sage of November 17 calling for a
10-point program and those offered
by Senator Flanders of Vermont and
other Republicans.
Despite considerable influential
opposition, the Democrats took for
granted that at least four out of the
President’s ten points had a good
chance to be adopted. In fact one,
authority to ration certain foods, al
ready had been suggested—by a Re
publican—Senator Flanders.
None of these points involves
tariff cuts, however, and those
cuts already made under the
Geneva agreement are still
largely academic because most
foreign countries aren’t In a
position now to produce for ex
port to any great extent.
Next session we can expect them
to be debated.
So far there have been almost as
many complaints, from supporters
of the reciprocal trade agreements
act as from its opponents. Its most
enthusiastic backers charged that it
had not been pushed hard enough,
that the state department had not
used all of the power which it had
(or fear of arousing the animosity
which would cause its repeaL
At present, those favoring a freer
flow of trade are in a better position
to urge their cause because it is evi
dent that we cannot continue to give
supplies to Europe under a relief
program or to lend money for the
purchase of our goods unless we en
courage Europeans to sell to us.
Otherwise, they’ll land right back
where they are now. Even if they
build up their industries so they are
able to produce goods, unless they
can sell some of those goods they
won't have the dollars to pay back
what they owe and buy our goods.
That is why warnings that strings
may be attached to the act have an
ominous sound. “Strings” would
mean either limitation on the
amounts by which tariffs can be
lowered through reciprocal trade
agreements, or removal of author
ity to make reductions without the
approval of congress of the particu
lar item involved. That would start
log rolling again, put an end to our
foreign trade and have us back tak
ing in each other’s washing for a
living.
World's Prosperity
Hangs in Balance
What happens to the as-yet-un
built section of the wall of the draw
ing will affect the entire set-up of
world trade. It can make all the
work of the international conference
on world trade and employment go
for nothing and destroy any benefits
derived from a successful European
relief plan.
The 62 nations now gathered
at the trade conference In Cuba
represent countries doing about
95 per cent of the world’s trade,
and the Interesting thing Is that
although Russia and most of her
satellites refused to attend, two
of the countries under the influ
ence of Moscow—Finland and
Czechoslovakia—-did torn np.
Thereby hangs a tale. It is be
lieved by some keen observers that
despite all efforts to kill the Euro
pean recovery plan, the Soviet Un
ion knows very well that, if it works,
it may be to her selfish interests to
get on the bandwagon, at least to
the extent of lifting the iron curtain
high enough to get some of the
much-needed goods from Western
Europe under it. And the way that
could be managed would be to have
some of the Soviet’s “friendly coun
tries” in on any advantageous trade
deals that might be made. Western
Europeans say that this would be
the most effective way to break
down the Communist grip on these
countries.
Meanwhile It Is realized in
Washington that this country
cannot carry out its far-flung
foreign policy unless that policy
is sold harder than Communist
propaganda Is selling its brand
of bortsch.
Good salesmanship begins at
home. And a lot of salesmanship is
needed right here. I rode down on
the trolley with a very intelligent
secretary to a congressman who
said to me: “I wish I knew what the
Marshall plan was all about.”
President Urges
Savings Bonds
Speaking of salesmanship, the
President is believed to have given
the green light on an intensified sale
of one of the important anti-inflation
measures recommended in his
speech when be said:
“Another effective weapon
against inflation is increased
savings by the public. Every
dollar that is saved instead of
spent is a dollar fighting against
Inflation. In order to encourage
additional savings, the govern
ment should intensify its vigor-
ons efforts to sell savings
bonds.”
BARRING THE WAY . . . The observation tower of the Empire State
building will not be used henceforth as a point of departure for the
hereafter by people who want to leave this vale of tears. Workmen
are shown installing a $10,000 stainless steel parapet fence about the
86th floor tower.
NEWS REVIEW
Laborites Keep Power;
Ask Oil, Coal Ration
LABOR TEST:
Clean Slate
In Great Britain the Labor party
bad been worried over the outcome
of the by-election in the southern
town of Gravesend.
Richard Acland, a rich baronet,
was carrying the Labor party’s
banner against Frpnk Taylor, an ex
furnace stoker, the Conservative
candidate. A seat in parliament was
not the only thing at stake. The
election was of major Importance
as a test of strength between the
two parties.
It was a hard fought battle, and
Acland, the Laborite, was elected
to Parliament by a majority of
1,675 votes—a clear cut defeat for
the Conservatives. The British
people, the Labor party announced,
retained their confidence in their
government.
Nevertheless, the 1,675-vote mar
gin of victory was considerably
smaller than the 7,056-vote Labor
party margin that had been piled
up in the same district in 1945.
Labor was still in the driver’s seat,
but clearly had lost something of
its original strength. However, the
party had kept its slate clean; it
had not lost a single by-election
since it first was swept into power.
Perhaps one reason for the Labor
party's continued popularity was
that, despite all else, it was doing
a good job of distributing equally
what food and other goods were
available in Britain. The food ra
tions of the poorer people were ap
proximately the same as those of
the rich, and that fact continued
to carry a lot of weight with the
mass of voters.
OIL RATION:
Anti-Inflation
When President Truman, in his
celebrated “10 points against infla
tion” address to congress, asked for
limited authority to impose ration
and price controls on basic com
modities, it was taken for granted
that they were food commodities
alone.
First indication that this might
not be a correct interpretation of
Mr. Truman’s proposal came when
tne department of interior asked
congress for power to fix price con
trols and rationing on coal and oil
as part of the anti-inflation pro
gram.
Oscar L. Chapman, undersecre
tary of the interior, told the house
banking and currency committee
that grave shortages and price ad
vances were threatened in the two
basic fuels.
There was no way of telling, he
said, whether such controls actually
would have to be imposed, but he
insisted that the government should
have authority to do so, just in case.
It is not probable that congress
will give the government power to
control oil and coal, but the inci
dent serves to reflect the current
point of view of the administration
that a return to wartime rationing
and price controls is the quickest
and most effective way to buck in
flation.
President Truman disclosed the
policy first in his speech at the open
ing of' the special session of con
gress. The interior department’s re
quest for control of coal and oil
probably was a planned follow-up.
Current Events
■
The following five questions were
refected by )2 radio quiz shows be
cause they didn’t have enough re
frigerators to go around. If you can
answer them, take the correct an
swers, plus $550, to your nearest
electrical appliattce dealer and vou
will receive a brand-new refrigera
tor.
1. It was clearly a case of
“They went thataway” when the
above pictured horse opera hero
and his leading lady announced
that they would be married New
Year’s eve. Who are they?
2. Within the space of one week
crisis-ridden France had three
different premiers. Their names?
3. What three titles did King
George of England confer upon
Lt. Philip Mountbatten before his
marriage to Princess Elisabeth?
4. Gen. Omar Bradley will re
place Gen. Dwight Elsenhower
as army chief of staff. Who will
replace General Bradley as head
of Veterans’ administration?
5. At a recent meeting in New
York the subject of oncology was
discussed. Would you say oncol
ogy is the study of (a) shells, (b)
tumors, (c) fossils, (d) snails?
ANSWERS
1. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
2. Paul Ramadler. Leon Blum. Rob
ert Schuman.
3. Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merio
neth. Baron Greenwich.
4. Carl R. Gray, vice president of
theChlcago and Northwestern railway.
5. (b) Tumors.
POSTMASTER:
Hannegan Out
Robert E. Hannegan has eased
himself out of the public political
eye.
Little more than a month after he
had quit his job as Democratic na
tional chairman — because of ill
health—he turned in his resignation
as postmaster general.
To replace Hannegan as head of
the nation’s post office. President
Truman named 62-year-old Jesse M.
Donaldson, first as
sistant postmaster*
general, who has
had 42 years in the
postal service. It
was the first time
a president ever
had dipped into the
ranks of postal
“career men” to
fill the top job in
the department.
Donaldson is one
of the men who came up the hard
way. His career with the service be
gan with his appointment as a city
letter carrier in Shelbyville, 111., in
1908.
Hannegan, meanwhile, had no in
tentions of going into retirement. He
has purchased a substantial interest
in the St Louis Cardinals.
Donaldson
WORKIN’ ON THE RAILROAD
Car Shortage Passes Peak
About the only good thing that can
be said concerning the railroad
freight car shortage is that the
worst is probably over, but the pres
ent inadequacy will hang on for a
long time.
Despite investigations, programs
and promises for several years,
there are actually about 41,000 fewer
freight cars now than there were at
the end of the war.
Attempts to place the blame for
the situation seem to be futile.
American railroads have had 10*000
cars on order for some time. Car
builders have declared that steel was
not available. A program formu
lated in February of this year called
fcr an output of 7,000 new cars
monthly by June and 10,000 by Sep
tember.
The quota was not met; and, al
though the steel industry says that
it has supplied the necessary steel,
car builders contend that the short
age still has not been completely
cured.
There was one sign, however, that
might indicate a turning of the tide.
In September the railroads reported
7,182 new installations, which was
668 more cars than were retired
during that month. Small as it was,
it was the first net gain in 25
months.
CoL J. Monroe Johnson, director
of the office of defense transporta
tion, said he is proceeding under a
White House directive to obtain a
rate of 15,000 cars monthly by July,
1948, almost double the present out
put. He said he had commitments
from the Iron and Steel institute for
a 22 per cent increase in steel allot
ments for new car production.
The car shortage has slowed down
the country’s economy. At the peak
of loadings in October the average
daily shortage was 39,430 cars. Cur
rently it is about 33,000.
Despite these shortages, the rail
roads are handling more carloads of
revenue freight than they have since
August, 1930, when the number of
available cars was 500,000 greater
than now.
Com Is Preserved
In New Field Method
'Ice-Dipping Keeps Sugar
Content of Vegetable
By W. J. DRYDEN
Ice-dipping of sweet corn in the
fields has been tried out during the
past season and has proven that all
possibility of the com ^losing its
sugar content has been eliminated.
The ice water on the field made it
possible to dip the sweet com in
water immediately, thus keeping in
cusTSNEjts
*->*0*4? to V*- **«•»* ll
Top: Harvesting the corn. Cen
ter: Bagged com placed In large
tank for ice bath. Bottom: Pre-
Iced com on the market.
the tenderness which usually is de
stroyed if the ears are exposed to
temperatures above 40 degrees for
a matter of even a few hours. The
tests were conducted by the Uni
versity of Illinois in cooperation
with A & P stores.
Tapioca Starch Made
From New Waxy Com
A substitute for tapioca starch
now is being made from waxy com.
It is enough like
the real tapioca
to have been
used successfully
for a few pur
poses formerly
considered the
rightful domain
of tapioca.
The particular type of waxy com
was discovered in China by an
American missionary. Seeds were
sent to the United States 37 years
ago. From this seed has been de
veloped a satisfactory waxy hybrid.
Farmers Urged to Pay
Cash for Machinery
In many cases it will be good
business for farmers to spend more
money for labor-saving machinery.
Many farmers are now in position
to pay cash for machinery. By pay
ing cash, they avoid the risks of
having to pay this year’s debts out
of next year’s income. They know
that debt payments, which seem
reasonable at present incomes,
could be too heavy if income fell
off sharply.
With increased shortage in labor
and the high cost of labor, many
farmers will find it profitable to
gear their purchases of machinery
toward those that offer the most in
labor saving.
Home Refrigerators
Supplement Lockers
The idea of supplementing central
locker plant service with home-type
refrigerators that include compart
ments for freezing and for storing
frozen foods is one that appeals to
farmers who are equipped with elec
tricity.
Larger frozen cabinets now are
available for farm use in which a
large part of the winter supply of
frozen fruits, vegetables and meats
may be stored. In some cases it
still may be advisable to use com
munity or co-operative locker plants
for the larger amount of frozen foods
needed.
Drug Proves Effective
In Killing Tree Borer
When applying paradichloroben-
zene to kill off tree borers, take a
hoe and pull the soil back from t-ie
tree, down to the crown of the root
system. Scrape off all gum and
loose bark. Then pull the soil back
up around the tree, to a height of
about six to eight inches, and
smooth off the top of the mound.
Then apply one ounce of paradichlo-
robenzene for a tree that’s over
three years of age.
Promptly rettovos coughs or
meHiiiaHiis
chest corns
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