The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 23, 1948, Image 3

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* THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Many Political Thrills Seen in 1948 Democrats, GOP Unafraid Of Wallace Party Threat By BAUKHAGE News A Italy st and Commentator. WASHINGTON.—From the way things look to the news men whose beat stretches along that historic mile-and-an- eighth from Capitol Hill to the White House, politics in 1948 is going to be a rodeo—plenty of excitement for the audience, a lot of hard riding and tough spills for the performers. At this writing, nobody's down-hearted. At the last rodeo I attended, there was a very funny funny-man who fell off horses and rode brahmas backwards and made wisecracks over the loudspeaker system (it was a very up-to-date rodeo not more than 2,000 miles from where the deer and the antelope play). There were also a number of very<$ good, very earnest contestants who had learned their and Baukhage '11 bucking " breaking a long | ways from a | drugstore or a Hollywood set. The funny - man himself was no tenderfoot when it came to fork ing a bronc, but once in a while he got in the way of the real per formers. Since they weren’t rid ing for glory alone (the purses were fairly heavy), he incurred aome displeasure from the regulars, if not from the spectators. This year the political field will take on a similar appearance. The owner of one of the sombreros tossed into the arena in December is going to cause considerable con cern to the rest. I refer, of course, to hard-rid ing Hank, the Iowa Whirlwind, who is no more afraid to ride bare-back than he is to ride bear-back. He isn’t so bad either with the vocal lariat when it comes to throwing as well as roping the bull. As the contend ers size up the situation with the aid of a iot of wishful thinking, Mr. Wallace is going to get in everybody’s way but theirs. Certainly there is no gloom exud ing from the White House. Sure, .said the President to us at a recent press-radio conference, the Demo crats were going to have a happy New Year, he already was. And stretching back for a long time, the presidential news conferences have almost bubbled. Once in a while, Mr. Truman would jerk a little when the reportorial needle hit a political nerve, but for the most part, these meetings, where the questions be come sharper and sharper as the Ides of November ’48 approach, have been a feast of wit and a flow of soul. And there is no moaning at the bars where other Democrats gather; Wallace will drive all the liberals to active support of the Democrats, they'll tell you; he will shear away the lunatic fringe of Democratic support; drain the party of the last tint of that which might incarnadine its record; will garner the middle- of-the-roaders who will feel less danger of contaminating their bal lots with a New-Dealish radicalism; it may mean Mr. Taft may be Mr. Truman’s opponent, and an easier battle can be fought and won against Taft, say the Democrats, than against other presidential hope fuls who might be better Repub lican vote-getters. And so on—you’ve heard the story before from many optimistic lips. U the Democratic tepee ex udes joy, the Taft wigwam shakes with cheery mirth. Rea sons are obvious. In a nutshell. Republicans say: The issue is left and right. The left is split. And so the rooster crows trium phantly without waiting for No vember dawn. Likewise, each hopefui favorite son finds something to cheer him. But the canny observers are plac ing no bets yet, and those who had their money down have had to do very little hedging. There is only one thing certain and that is: It’s going to be a grand show. Lo, the Noble Horse The year 1947 ended with a new sea serpent story which you un doubtedly read about I mention it because I myself saw a strange and terrifying beast as I walked to work one late December morning, and I believe the two tales worthy of repe tition. As to the sea serpent: The Asso ciated Press carried a signed story by the master of the steamship Santa Clara, J. Fordan, in which he described the monster sighted in the Atlantic 118 miles due east of Cape Lookout. He named the first and third mates and the navigation offi cer as witnesses. According to their testimony, the monster’s snake-like head was about two and one-half feet long, there was about 35 feet of cylindrical body some three feet in diameter visible. The water about the beast was stained red and the animal was thrashing around in apparent agony, causing the skipper to believe that the ship had cut it in two. The beast’s skin was "brown, slick and smooth, there were no protuber ances, fins or hair on the head, neck or visible parts of the body.” That’s the skipper’s story. Mine is equally terrifying. I actually saw in the early morn ing, moving down New Hamp shire avenue, a huge creature, y whose body, like the skipper’s sea serpent, was without fins or protuberances, but unlike it, was covered with hair. The head was more than two feet long, the barrel-shaped body was sup ported on four long legs which made the creature higher when it threw up its head, much higher than a man. Its feet were not large compared to the great, powerful body, and they terminated in a great claw, or nail-like substance, which would give the creature terrible weapons of offense or defense the teeth were large and blunt, end the mouth, though not large, plainly could In flict damaging wounds. Human beings looked puny beside this creature which appeared as out of place on a Washington city street as a nippopotamus or an elephant. Strangely enough, it did not cause any great commotion except among the younger people who stared in wonder, obviously never having seen anything like it, except in pic ture books. It did pose considerable problems for motorized traffic. Horns honked, drivers jittered, back-seat orders thundered. Finally the monster turned ojt the street and went up an alley. That was a great relief to me. I knew what it was. I had even ridden one when I was in the artillery, and Cater, but it was a shock to see a real live EQUUS CABALLUS in a city street Glory, Jett And Riddles I submit the following as an IQ test to my readers. The answers will not be found on the following page: Can you tell a cormorant from a water turkey when they are so far away they look no bigger than a fly in custard pie? Did you ever see a loon trying to walk? Did you know that between Christmas and New Year’s Day, roosters crow, cows moo, horses whinny in the night, when other wise they would be asleep? Do you know they DON’T? Can you tell by the feel on the line whether you have a catfish or a lazy trout on your hook? Do you know where to scrape the deepest hole in the ground when you have to roll up in your blanket and sleep al fresco? Would you rather spend a night in a rain-storm in a pup tent if you were camped in a pine forest, or crawl under the lowest branches, mattressed on a hundred years of pine needles, rolled up in a shelter- half? Could you plow the corners better with an old-fashioned plow or a new-fashioned trac tor? If a man talks "low-German,” does that mean he is talking a dia lect? Do the educated people in Eng land speak a language which would be more understandable to Shake speare than our “hill-billies” lingo? Anyone answering all of these questions correctly will receive a free trip to the moon on the third rocket ship. DEFENSELESS ... A striking study of a man who found something he never expected at the end of his path of false glory is this picture of former Nazi Junker Gen. Wilhelm Von Leeb, who was a member of the German high command. Now he sits in the prisoners’ dock at Nuernberg, charged with crimes against humanity and peace and atrocities against civilians. NEWS REVIEW Truman Asks Tax Gut; Brazil Ousts All Reds Whether President Harry Tru man’s state of the union message to congress was “socialistic,” as Re publican partisans dubbed it, or “forthright and courageous,” as in the eyes of loyal Democrats, re mained a matter of opinion, but it was fairly obvious that in making it the President had cast a loving glance toward next November’s election day. He proposed a combination tax- cutting-and-raising device that man ifestly has no chance of passage in the Republican dominated congress but one that sounds good to a lot of voters. His plan, embodying tax-relief to the “little man," would give each individual taxpayer an immediate $40 tax cut for himself and for each dependent. To offset that reduction in federal income he proposed that corporation taxes be raised by 3.2 billion dollars. Mr. Truman presented the scheme as a “cost of living” credit designed primarily to relieve the small tax payer. In a phrase certain to be quoted with relish by Democratic orators during the coming campaign, the President said he wants to keep revenue collections where they are and still help those who need relief to “buy the necessities of life.” Supplementing the tax proposals he called for a 75-cent-per-hour min imum wage, representing a 35-cent increase over the present 40-cent minimum. Although in the past he has favored raising the national minimum wage, the 75-cent figure was the highest flat demand he has made. General tone of the President’s message to the joint session led most observers to believe that he was swinging his administration back to “a little left of center,” a point which generally is identified with New Deal philosophies. Some saw in the speech a per ceptible bid for the left-wing and liberal vote that Henry Wallace’s third party is threatening to take away from the Democrats. Republican reaction to Mr. Tru man’s speech was bitter and intense and the G.O.P. went ahead more determinedly with its own tax-re duction bill. KNOCKOUT: Brazil Brazil, which severed diplomatic relations with Russia in a huff last October, now has administered what looks like the coup de grace to Red activity within its own borders. It came in the form of a law, signed amid great furor by Presi dent Enrico Dutra, virtually abol ishing every vestige of Communist action in Brazil by removing all Communists from elective posts throughout the nation, including congressmen. The process of outlawing the Reds was far from a calm one, marked at times by dramatic displays of Latin- American verve and temper. Fist fights broke out frequently on the floor of the chamber of, deputies, and at one point during the debate the session was suspended tempo rarily when three deputies pulled guns from their pockets and waved AND FURTHERMORE ... Taxes were not-the only contro versial issue touched upon by Mr. Truman in his message to congress. He also asked for: 1. The once-rejected 10-point anti-infiation program with power to impose wage and price con trols and rationing. 2. Universal military training. 3. Authorization of the four- year Marshall plan. 4. Stronger and extended rent controls. 5. Public housing for low- income families and goverpment action to cut building costs. 6. Modernization of farm price supports and broader crop Insur ance. 7. Extension of unemployment compensation, old age and svr- vivors’ benefits, a national health plan and federal financial aid for education. 8. Admission of European refu gees into the U. S. S. Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. them at three Communist mem bers. No shots were fired. Outside the building private citi zens argued vociferously and ex changed blows. Leftist crowds shouted vengeance on the deputies and police sirens screamed through downtown Rio de Janeiro. It was, by and large, the most turbulent legislative session ever held in Brazil. Other nations could take an object lesson frqm Brazil’s achievement. Communists can be frozen out of government activity even though the process may be noisy and painful. THIRD FORCE: Socialism? Latest voice from among the less potent nations of the globe to rise in protest of the cold battle between Russia and the U. S. was that of Leon Blum, French Socialist leader and short-time premier of France. He called for a “third force of the world” to stand between the Big Two, even as such a middle group has stood between the Communists and DeGaullists in France. Blum said the international third force would oppose American capi talism and expansion as well as Russian imperialism and extinction of human rights. That force, he pro posed, ought to be headed by France and Great Britain. Blum was espousing on a world wide basis an old and eminently workable theory — the balance ol power. While Russia and America are battling it out on fairly even terms, Blum would have the two lesser nations step in to take control of the slight power balance that i^ left over and thus possibly be able to steer a course more to their liking. Between Russia and the U. S., said Blum, “there is room for na tions which want at the same time personal liberty and collective econ omy, democracy and social jus tice.” It was another plea for a middle course, and to Blum a middle course meant Socialism. WET AND DRY Factions Fight Over Statistics Those irreconcilable enemies, the wet and dry forces in the U. S., fought out the legal liquor question in 769 local option elections in 21 states last year, then went at each other hammer and tongs in a battle of statistics. Distilling industry spokesmen claimed that 1947 brought “the first wet gains since repeal.” Prohibition groups countered that the past 12 months produced new victories for their campaign to dry up the country by taking one com munity at a time. Outcome of the statistical fight may never be clearly defined be cause the wets used population fig ures to back up their claims while the drys counted geographical areas. A net gain of about 150,000 per sons in the “wet population”—those living in the areas where sale of hard liquor is legal—was reported by the Distilled Spirits institute. It said it has official figures from state governments showing that the steady dry progress of the past 14 years was halted and even reversed in 1947. * “In 1945,” said a spokesman, “local option elections dried up areas in which 311,293 Americans lived. In 1946 there was a gain in the total dry population of 285,309. But this year, the tables were turned and the wet population showed an increase for the first time since 1933.” However, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the Women’s Christian Temperance union, and Laura Lind- ley, research secretary of the Anti- Saloon league, were no less vehe ment in reporting dry successes during 1947. Mrs. Colvin estimated that the number of legally dry areas “jumped about 500” during the year as a result of local option elections. Miss Lindley said the Anti-Saloon league had not yet completed its survey of liquor election results, but added that a preliminary report op 15 states showed a net gain of 259 dry communities. The opposinf factions were agreed on only one point—that the current year would bring more hard-fought battles in states, counties, town- ships and wards on the question ol local prohibition. Hog Mange Causes Average Loss of $2 New Insecticide Proves Effective in Control Common mange of hogs is another widespread disease that has yielded to the results of animal health re search. The U. S. department of agriculture says the average losses from mange probably amount to $2 a head. This figure covers the loss from stunted growth, delay in fat tening, occasional deaths and dock age when mangy hogs are mar keted. The effective weapon against mange is benzene hexachloride, fre quently referred to as “666.” In Nebraska tests this newly-discov ered insecticide was so effective it eradicated mange with one treat ment. Not only did it eradicate mange — it also got rid of lice. This makes the old mange treat ments obsolete. In the Nebraska tests, crude ben zene hexachloride (a wettable pow der) was mixed with water (10 pounds powder in 100 gallons) and sprayed on the hogs. One objectionable feature of the crude benzene hexachloride is its terrific odor. This odor is not present to any marked degree in commer cial hog oils prepared by use of a solvent which takes the active in gredient (the gamma isomer) out of the crude benezene hexachloride and leaves behind the ineffective in gredients—the ones that have the disagreeable odor. Pond water piped to farm build ings for livestock can be filtered by building a solid housing of soft brick (laid in cement) over the end of the pipe in the bottom of the pond. 4” DRAIN PlPt Water filters through the pores of the brick. First treatment for cattle grubs should be made early in winter, as soon as the tell-tale bumps appear on the backs of animals. Several treatments a month apart will be necessary. Use a cattle grub dust containing lt4 per cent rotenone. The current shortage of feed makes it important to do continuous culling in the laying house. Dairy cows lose a lot of energy pulling through heavy mud in the bam lots. Lost energy means less milk. Paved lots that take cows out of the mud soon pay for them selves. Now and Spray in One Operation Pays Well Prof. B. B. Robb of Cornell uni versity demonstrates a mow and weed gadget for applying 2,4-D to lawns. A regular garden sprayer is filled with 2,4-D mixture and pumped up ready for use. Fas tened to the lawn mower the sprayer carries a two nozzle boom ahead of the blades and contains enough mixture to cover at least half an acre of lawn. Nidwest Barley Growers To Compete in Contest A $30,000 contest which stresses the importance of certified seed, early planting, seed treatment, use of commercial fertilizer and timely and careful harvesting in growing barley as a cash grain crop that under proved methods of production commands a premium price is an nounced by the Midwest Barley Improvement association, Milwau kee. The prizes are offered to farm ers in seven Midwest states. Old and New Cookie Favorites Rank High For Snack Purposes Do you like to have people drop ping in just to be neighborly? Do you have youngsters who bring their friends home often? Then you’ll want to have the cookie jar well stocked at all times with old favor ites and new. A cup of hot chocolate and a cookie mean something' to every youngster, espe- ^ cially when the weather is bit- ingly cold; and it also means something very special to your own friends who may just happen to drop In. Spread your ■0 friendliness and cheer in this way with others and you’ll be a happier person.. It's easy to have cookies on hand if you select those that are quick to fix and easy to keep. You’ll feel a lot easier about inviting people in if there’s always a snack or two ready. In view of the prevailing high cost of butter and shortenings, the cookie baker must be careful to select recipes that spare these precious products. Not Macaroons. (Makes 314 dozen) 4 egg whites M teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract 14 teaspoon vanilla % cup sugar 3 cups cornflakes, slightly crushed 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped 1 cup coconut Add salt to whites and beat to * coarse foam. Add flavorings. Add sugar by one tablespoon proportions, continuing beating until liquid U stiff and glossy. Fold in cornflakes, nuts and coconut. Drop from tea spoon onto well-greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate (350 de gree) oven until delicately browned, about 15 minutes. Remove prompt ly from baking sheet. Dates and syrup keep the sugar content low on these Date Drops. They stay fresh and moist for a long time, if they last, in a cookie jar or covered cookie tin. Use for snacks and lunch boxes. If you like crunchy, fruity cookies, make these Date Drops. You’ll find they keep nicely in a cookie jar. Date Drop Cookies. (Makes 4 dozen) 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Vt teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon ginger 'A cup shortening Vi cup brown sugar Vi cup bottled corn syrup (dark) 1 egg, beaten 2 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon orange juice 2 teaspoons grated orange rind 1 cup chopped dates Sift flour, measure and sift again with baking powder, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Cream shortening, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add corn syrup and then egg, mix ing well after each has been added. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and orange juice to creamed mixture. Stir in orange rind and dates. Drop by spoonfuls on greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees) about 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Date Dainties. (Makes 25 1)4-inch squares) 2 cups chopped dates 1 cup nutmeats, chopped 1 teaspoon vanilla Vi cup sugar 3 eggs, beaten 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder H teaspoon salt LYNN SAYS: Solve That Leftover Problem Easily Meat juices and gravy are excel lent to use with meat or even vege tables for flavor. Cooked cereals may be chilled and sliced, fried and served with jelly or syrup. Canned fruit juices are easy to use in fruit salad dressing, such as thin ning mayonnaise, pudding sauces, flavoring milk or basting meat Use also for liquid or any part thereof in gelatin salads or desserts. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Fried Liver with Onions Mashed Potatoes Cream Gravy Grapefruit, Apple and Pear Salad Buttered Com Kernels Hot Biscuits Baked Custard ‘Fruit Nuggets •Recipe given. and Put dates, nuts, vanilla, sugar and beaten eggs in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Sift together dry in gredients; add to first mixture. Stir until well mixed. Bake in a shallow greased pan in a moder ate (325 degree) oven for about 50 minutes. Cut in squares sprinkle with powdered sugar. Oatmeal Crunchies. (Makes 30) )4 enp shortening * • " 1 enp brown sugar 1 egg, well beaten 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon soda Vt teaspoon salt 1 cup rolled oats )4 cup chopped pecans Cream sugar, shortening and egg. Beat until well blended. Sift together dry ingredients Aji and add to first mixture. Fold in oats and nuts. Roll dough into small balls and place on a slight ly greased bak ing sheet. Flatten balls slightly and bake in an oven set at 400 degrees for about 10 min utes. •Fruit Nuggets. (Makes 5 dozen) 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon salt 1)4 cups brown sugar )4 cup shortening 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla )4 cup currants )4 cup chopped mixed fruit (candied cherries, ettrns fruit peel, etc.) 1 cup chopped pecans 1 tablespoon milk Sift together first four ingredi ents; add sugar; mix in shortening with a fork. Add unbeaten eggs and flavoring and mix thoroughly. Add fruit, nuts and milk. Drop by spoon fuls on a greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate (375 degree) oven for 10 to 12 minutes. You’ll find an interesting com bination of flavors in these Nut Macaroons. They’re a nice, crunchy, low-calorie snack which will fill many roles in your home entertaining. Shortbread is a rich but very de licious cookie, very delicate in tex ture. No flavoring is used so it must come from the butter and sugar pri marily. Scotch Shortbread. (Makes 3 dozen) % cup butter ' )4 cup powdered sugar 2 egg yolks 2 cups flour )4 teaspoon baking powder Mix butter and sugar together well. Add egg yolks. Fold in sifted dry ingredients. Roll out % inch thick; cut in desired shapes. Prick with a fork. Place on baking sheet and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) about 20 minutes or until a delicate golden brown. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Holding onions under water while peeling makes it a tearless process, and keeps the onion odor from pene trating. ... To flour chicken evenly for frying, place the flour in a paper sack, then the pieces of chicken, and shake vigorously. . . . Adding a tea spoon of lemon juice to the water in which rice is boiled will help sep arate the grains of rice. Released by WNU Features. Leftover breads, rolls and crack ers may be toasted and served with spread. If they are very hard and old, have them thoroughly dry or toasted and then put through the food chopper for bread crumbs. 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