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t * THE NEWBERRY SfTN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Atomic War Blueprint WASHINGTON.—Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, America’s No. 1 atomic sol dier, laid down a blueprint for atomic war at an off-the-record meeting with reserve officers. Warn' Ing that the atomic bomb was an ‘‘elephant gun that can be used only in a big war,” he recommended drastic changes in our fighting ma' chinery. For the army and navy of the future, he urged the following re organization: 1 Fighting units must be trimmed • in size and scattered across the country. The day of mass concentra tions is over. Big supply depots and naval ports—the vital organs of war —must be broken up and scattered all over the map. Otherwise, an atomic bomb could paralyze our forces in a single blow. 2 All troops must be moved, sup- • plied and supported by air. Their equipment must be stream lined and cut to the bone. Their leaders will need "the courage of youth and the judgment of age.” 3 Special units must be trained • that can move into an atom- bombed city to restore it to order. They must bring their own portable hospitals and fire departments, must be able to take over the reins of government. 4 A civilian-trained army must be • held in readiness, able to oper ate war plants or fight battles. These modem minutemen must be highly skilled, well organized—"not just a list of names.” General Groves warned that soldiers' would be safer than civilians in an atomic war, that industrial rather than military centers would be the primary targets. The only real defense against an atomic bomb, be said, is the fear of a counter- offense. "The problem,” declared Groves, "is to keep the bomb from reaching here. Single enemy planes no longer will be allowed to pass unmolested thinking they are simply on recon naissance missions.” s Greatest threat, he warned, is the possibility that bombs may be smuggled into the country in parts in suitcases, then assembled in our cities. The general pooh-poohed talk of a super-bomb that could destroy half the United States in one explosion. Such a bomb would be impractical, he explained, because it would be too large and most its force would be wasted on nonmilitary land scape. “No military target is larger than three square miles,” he argued, “and the present bomb will wipe out that large an area.” Settle for Scenery When Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire was touring Eu rope with the appropriations committee he asked Austria’s foreign minister, Karl Gruber, how the Russian-occupied zone in Austria compared with the U. S.- British zone. “Well, it’s like this,” replied Gruber. "Russia got the great agricultural lands, the key indus trial cities and the oil fields.” “What did the Americans and the British get?” asked Bridges. “Oh, they got the scenery.” Unscathed Hirohito By unofficial messenger, the Em peror of Japan has sent his personal thanks to Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah for saving the imperial palace from being bombed during the war. The hitherto untold story on Tokyo bombings is that President Roose velt was urged by certain generals to order the bombing of the em peror’s palace. So he called on Sen ator Thomas, once a Mormon mis sionary to Japan, for advice. Thomas recommended strongly against the bombing. He argued that the Japanese people would be embittered and no military advan tage gained. “The palace will not be bombed,” Roosevelt promised. After the war this story eventu ally got back to Emperor Hirohito, who asked an American to deliver the emperor’s deep appreciation to the senator from Utah. » • • Exit a Democratic Leader You can write it down that Gael Sullivan won't remain on much longer as executive director of the Democratic national committee. Sullivan stayed on as party direc tor reluctantly after Sen. Howard McGrath succeeded Bob Hannegan as chairman of the Democratic na tional committee. Although Mc Grath and Sullivan grew up together in Rhode Island, however, they haven’t clicked at the national com mittee. For one thing, McGrath has em braced such Tories as Jouett Shouse, one of the original Liberty leaguers, who Roosevelt would never let come anywhere near pol icy matters. Best guess is that McGrath will soon be left alone to steer the Demo cratic ship of state for better or for worse—probably the latter. JESSIE walked slowly through the park. Overhead the sky was clear, making the stars stand out. Tiny pinpoints of light, they left no trace of the storm which had blan keted the ground with a thick white cover. She turned and looked be hind her. The solitary tracks she had made looked lonesome by them selves. There should be two sets, she thought with a sigh. Last New Year’s Eve there were two sets. Mine and Jerry’s. The thought of Jerry made her feel worse. She tried to push it out of her mind. See here, Jessie, she admonished herself, you’re out here to get some exer cise and enjoy yourself. Stop being a fool. It’s over, finished. You and Jerry are all washed up. Forget it. But her inner mind wouldn’t let her. Ruth, her roommate, had the ra dio going full blast as she opened the door. Gay dance music poured out, filling the room with memories. "That you, Jess?” She called from the bedroom. “Yeah,” Jessie took off her pert little hat and threw it at the closet door, then regaining her self-con trol she laid it neatly on the shelf. "Wish you’d change your mind and go with us.” "I have a headache.” She tried to get interested in a story. It was no use, even the stories were full of happy couples. As happy as Jerry and I used to be. There I go again. Ruth, her roommate, had the radio going full blast. she reminded herself, why can’t I just forget him? That stupid quar rel. She tried to remember what it had been about and couldn’t. It seemed very important at the time. Anyway it had done the trick. I was almost over it too, she thought until the holidays got here. “Now if someone would just play Rhapsody in Blue,” Ruth’s voice was half mocking. "Do I look that bad?” Jessie turned around. “You look worse. Honest, honey, I think you’re crazy to sit around on New Year’s Eve and stew about one man. The world is full of them.” “Not like Jerry.” "Jerry’s a great guy all right but why grieve about him the rest of your life? You’re only young once, you know.” “I’d just spoil things for the rest of you. You know what happened the last time I tried it. Everything we would do would remind me of him.” “Okay, honey,” Ruth shrugged her shoulders, “have it your way.” She went back into the bedroom and started dressing. Ten minutes later she came out and whirled around the room. “How do I look?” Jessie looked up from her mag azine. “You look swell. He’ll prob ably want to eat you tonight.” "Thanks, honey.” Ruth started for the door as they heard a knock. It was her date. Jessie sank back down in the chair as they left. I won’t cry, she told herself. No matter what, I won’t cry. but I can’t stand that music any longer. She crossed the room and snapped off the radio. The sudden silence was even worse. She turned it back on and spun the dial. Music on every station. Worst of all it was music from all year. Music Jerry and she had danced to, she thought bitterly. The wrong music for now. She looked up, startled by a knock on the door. ‘Hey,” a man’s voice called out “Open up.” It was Jerry. “Hi, darling,” he smiled, “if I’m not welcome you can throw me out. But I just had to try. ... I couldn’t stay away on New Year’s Eve.” Now, she thought happily as she rushed into his arms, now the mu sic is right. Just right. Pagans' New Year The origin of the celebration of January 1 has been traced to the pagans, and at one period in the middle ages the debate over vAen the new year arrived became so furious that it was observed on four different days, March 25, Decem ber 25, Easter, and by a small group an January 1. When Augustus re vised the calendar January 1 was adopted. A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM . . . Terry Tnllos, a golden-haired polio victim from Lanrel, Miss., has been chosen as the poster child for the 1948 March of Dimes campaign sponsored by the National Foondation for Infantile Paralysis. At three, he is the youngest child ever selected for the March of Dimes poster to dramatize the anti-polio campaign. The appeal for funds will be made January 15 to 30. FRIENDSHIP TRAINING . . . It’s a small-scale “Friendship Train” that trundles down temporary tracks along a production line in the Parker Pen company plant at Janesville, Wis., but it carries a lot of power to do good. The railroad system was inaugurated by employees as a means of collecting funds for Christmas gifts to Parker employees in England. More than 2,000 persons in U. S. plants and offices con< tributed to the fund. MANHATTAN PORTAGE : . . New Yorkers, stolid and indifferent in the face of most unusual occurrences, stared when Peter Burtt saun tered along 33rd street from the Hudson river to the Pennsylvania hotel with a canoe on his head. Burtt, a Canadian World War II veteran, had just completed a two-year, 6,000-mile paddle from Victoria, B. C, ON THE LONE PRAIRIE . . . Out in the wastes of the Arizona desert, 10 miles from the little village of Window Rock, lies this bleak, simple “war memorial cemetery” where bodies of Navajo Indians have been buried. Navajo Indian Tom Emerson stands before the little white headstones and fluttering stars and stripes to pay his respect to his fellow Americans who feU in the line of duty fighting for their native ANOTHER JOB FOR SANTA . . . Tree farming is one of Santa, Claus’ off-season activities. When he isn’t busy with his toy shops, he is making an inspection tour of his Christmas tree farms. Ameri ca’s forests, with increasing use of good forestry practices, reproduce themselves prolifically, not only assuring boys and girls of the nation plenty of Yule trees but also providing wood for a multitude of uses. CHRISTMAS CROP Supplying Santa With Trees Now Ranks as Big Business WNU Features. Santa Claus may make his toys in a workshop at the North Pole, but he grows his Christmas trees right here in the United States. And growing trees for the old man with the long white beard is big business. This year, the men who help him will harvest a crop that is expected to top 18 million trees. Many folks, living In the country^ - ‘THANK YOU* . . . This Italian child may not know the English expression, “Thank you,” but her gratitude is written clearly on her face as she receives a CARE pack age of food from the United States. HO-HUM, ANOTHER RECORD . . . New air speed records are just routine these days. Latest was made by Woody Edmondson, who flew from Havana, Cuba, to Washington, D. C., one hour and 35 minutes faster than anyone else ever has negotiated the course. ATTENTION STALIN . . . The gentleman with the eyes is Dr. Franz Polgar, Chicago hypnotist, who says he could insure world peace in five minutes by hypno tizing world leaders over the ra dio “if they would let me,” he adds wistfully. or in smaller towns, will follow the old American custom of chopping their own tree. But most of the ever greens destined for tinsel and bright lights will come from commercial stocks, and the annual Yuletide de mand has created a really big busi ness. In normal years, Americans cut from 14 to 16 million trees for the Christmas observance. The most marketable conifers are those be tween 6 and 10 years in age. and they come from nearly all states except those in the Great Plains area. Pines Predominate. In the Pacific Northwest Douglas firs are being harvested for the sea son; in the Great Lakes area and Northeast firs, balsam and spruce are being cut; in most of the rest of the nation trees are being select ed from the many species of pines— long leaf, loblolly, sugar, white, Tor- rey, Monterey, jack, short leaf and others. Even Canada is cutting trees for the American market. And soon the tighUy bundled evergreens, one to eight to a bundle, will be moving ■by trainloads to the cities. Last year G. R. Kirk company, which operates on a nationwide basis, shipped 1,110 carloads of trees from the Pacific Northwest to states west of the Mississippi, while sup plying its eastern customers with another 1,500 carloads from a Ca nadian source. Farmers in two northwestern Montana counties re cently sold more than a half million dollars worth of trees. It has be come an important source of {heir annual income. Christmas trees are not only big business, but also an old business. In Seattle, a compara tively young city by eastern standards, the J. Hofert com pany is busily filling orders for its 67th consecutive season. Other smaller firms trace their beginning back more than a hundred years and amateurs have been cutting their own for upwards of three centuries. The tradition that has made Santa Claus a tree-harvester also has made the old saint a first class for ester. Supplying the vast Christmas demand over the years has become more and more a matter of growing trees for this particular market. Species, age and size have become factors closely linked with price. Also, there was a danger of forest depletion resulting from heavy cut ting among young trees. Practices Good Forestry. So Santa has applied forestry to his job and become what woods- thinking folks call a “tree farmer.” His helpers, who have followed him into silviculture, have tree-growing success stories to tell. One of the best comes from helper James L. Woodbury of Morrill, Maine. Woodbury farms 130 acres, of which he has devoted 10 to the holi day product. For some time, he has shipped one and a half box cars full of trees each year. Soon he expects to be shipping two cars. He says he can go on raising Christmas trees indefinitely and that he makes more money per acre from his tree patch than from any other part of his farm. The soil of Woodbury’s 10-acre tree farm is the poorest on his place, yet it has paid him as much as $300 In a season and this year is expected to top that figure. In 1929, Woodbury cleared the 10-acre trad for pasture. But the firs came back and five years later he harvested his first crop of Christmas trees. When he discovered that the trees grew faster than he could cut them, he resigned himself and ever since has been applying good forestry to his Christmas tree patch to produce in. creased growth. Heaviest Harvest. Probably the nation’s biggest Christmas tree producing area per acre is in Mason county in the State of Washington, which cuts and ships in the neighborhood of a million trees each year. But even with this heavy annual harvest, the tree- growing lands are ready after 12 months with another crop of ever greens. About a dozen operators gather their trees in Mason county, and the management plans they ap ply to their forests assure them of Christmas trees to cut, on a sus tained yield basis, forever. Borrowing a page from forest in dustries which have inaugurated the nationwride tree farm program, San ta is eating his cake and keeping it too. He is producing his trees scien tifically with an eye on the future. While Santa himself has not been awarded a certificate of enrollment with the tree farmers of America, a fair percentage of the 15 million acres of forest land now operated under strict tree farm management will produce trees for the Christmas market. On these woodlands, where trees are grown like crops for com mercial uses, Christmas cuttings will be largely thinnings — the re moval of selected trees to permit accelerated growth among those re maining. Nineteen states are active in this movement with the strong possibility that the white-beard ed spirit of Christmas may be given a new role as patron saint of the nation’s major tree growing effort. j In one additional respect, Christ mas trees this year are expected to follow the trend of the times—with higher prices. Christmas morning 1946 found many dealers with un sold stocks and this year’s orders have been more conservative than last year’s estimates. Fewer trees usually mean higher prices, dealers declare, and cite the price of $35 asked and paid for a tree in Man hattan one year, when a last minute shortage developed. However the dealers may figure it, America’s woodlands have the trees. And Santa's helpers are knee- deep in their busiest season with tire deadline set at Christmas eve. Trees may be big business and young firs and spruce may be dollars in the bank the night before Christmas. But no stock quotation on Wall street can fall as fast as Yule tree values on Christmas morning. Unguarded Wares Prove Honesty POSTMASTERS ... Jesse M. Donaldson (left), appointed post master general by President Tin man, says farewell to his prede cessor in that office, Robert Hannegan, who left the cabinet to take over control of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. BAYBORO, N. C.—Most folks are honest, insists J. G. Alcock, local hardware dealer. As proof of his contention, Alcock points out that he has kept $300 worth of merchandise unguarded in front of his store day and night for 17 years and only once or twice has anything been stolen. The unusual practice, however, stems not only from Alcock’s belief in the inherent honesty of people. 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