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I THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. Meat-Rationing Program WASHINGTON. — The agriculture department is ready with a detailed meat-rationing program which Sec retary Anderson will present pri vately to Sen. Ralph Flanders (Rep., Vt.), who is preparing a bill to re vive meat controls. Department experts have worked •ut a tentative, program, based upon the old OPA point system but de- (igned to create a greater de mand for cheaper meat cuts. It would be administered and enforced by the agriculture department, with the FBI on th^ prowl for serious violations and black marketing. The planners have taken special pains to weed out irritations which crept into OPA and left a bad taste with the public. The agriculture plan is to ra tion meat alone, not fats and oils. Coupon books would be is sued by voluntary ration boards, bnt tbe central directors would be handpicked by Secretary An derson for their ability to get along with the public. The decision to use the point sys tem was reached after close study of the British rationing system, which regulates the money that can be spent rather than the amount of meat that can be purchased. The plan finally adopted would cost heav ily in coupons for the tenderloin steaks but charge fewer points for the less tender cuts. Third Party Like little boys who whistle passing a graveyard. Democratic chiefs still pretend they have nothing to fear from Henry Wal lace’s third-party movement, thongh the defection is bound to hurt the party in such key states as New York and California. Taking their cue from the President, who refused to dignify Wallace’s bolt broadcast by lis tening to it, White House aides affect yawns when interviewed on the subject. Privately, they comfort each other with the hope that the Democrats will pick up enough new middle-of-the-road support as a result of the Wal lace break to offset the leftist vote they will lose in the next election. Three Famous Sons The sons of three famous men called on President Truman the oth er day with a plan to do something 1 “on their own” about the housing shortage. The callers were Frank lin D. Roosevelt Jr., Rep. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, son of the former ambassador to Great Britain, and Robert Wagner Jr., son of New York’s veteran senator. Their plan: A nation-wide cam paign to force congress to take a long-delayed vote on low-cost hous ing. The drive, they said, will be launched at a Washington meeting of war-vet leaders beginning March 1. They explained that our whole economy is threatened by high hous ing costs, and that a housing pro gram for the relief of low-income groups goes hand-in-hand with the government's battle against inflation. The President emphasized that one of the most serious problems of the current housing situation in addi- tion to high prices was the low quality of new housing. Miami Racket Fabulous Miami has come up with a brand new racket — plant ing islands in Biscayne bay. Al ready 15 man-made islands have been dredged off the bay bottom and pushed above the water line. Green grass and swaying palms are blossoming where fish for merly swam. The result is valu able real estate near the exclu sive Miami Beach area and new source of cash for shrewd pro moters. The new racket will be brought under congressional fire this ses sion by Florida’s Rep. George Smathers, who is interested in keeping the bay from being clogged with new islands. Oil Reserves Depleted The American oil industry now is spending the huge sum of $1,800,000 in a powerful counter-sales cam paign to persuade people not to buy oil. The amazing fact is that it was only just recently that the oil in dustry was willing to face the facts regarding the oil shortage. Before that it was blandly asserting that oil would flow freely as soon as there was sufficient transportation. The inescapable truth is that our basic oil reserves are dry ing up. And the strong likeli hood is that many American homes will go without heat for prolonged periods this winter while farmers will run short of motor fuel to harvest their crops next fall — unless a stiff coin servation program is adopted at once. Boiled down to the cold facta fur nished the government by oil men, here is the oil outlook today: Amer ica’s petroleum reserves are esti mated at about 22 billion barr-i- Medical Detectives Check Polio Causes Tests Show That Throat Vims Is Source oi Infection. CHICAGO. — Four medical inves tigators who made hundreds of tests on children — both sick and well — during a Chicago epidemic of infantile paralysis announced that important new evidence that polio virus from throat regions was a “common source of infection.” The researchers disclosed they had established the presence of polio virus in the thraats of three chil dren before they became ill — a test which they said had been reported only once before in medical litera ture. The medical detective work was done here during the summers of 1945 and 1946. Results were report ed by Drs. F. B. Gordon. Frank M. Schabel Jr. and William I. Fishbein of Chicago and Albert E. Casey of Birmingham, Ala., in the Journal of the American Medical associ ation. During the epidemic, hundreds of apparently healthy children in af flicted neighborhoods were visited, among then, a number who had had contact with the sick children be fore their illness. Throat and mouth swabs were taken daily from both children Known to have had contact with sick persons and children having no known contact. As expected, poliomyelitis even tually developed in five of the chil dren who had contact with polio cases, the physicians related. Speci mens from three of them produced polio in monkeys. The physicians said that recovery of polio virus from throats during and shortly after illness has been reported many times, but the tests showing it was in the children’s throats — from one to six days be fore onset of the disease — “make a strong case for virus from the pharynx as a common source of in fection.” Famed Sea Serpent Dies; Still Stumps Scientists VANCOUVER, B. C.—Cadboro- saurus, better known as "Cad dy,” the famous sea serpent, is dead. Fishermen discovered his remains wedged between rocks at the water’s edge between Ef fingham and Useless inlet, on the west coast of Vancouver island. The body is more than 45 feet long with a 12-inch skull and 145 vertebrae, the largest almost six inches in diameter and held to gether by a rubber-like sub stance. R. E. Foerster, director of the Pacific biological station at Na naimo, and Dr. A. L. Pester, biologist, are investigating the serpent. So far, they report, they are “completely stumped." The ories advanced by the scientists range from a shark through a ribbon fish to an oar fish. Girl’s Menagerie Dismays Mother; House Is Overflown INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—Joan Har- rieder, 11, has a heart bigger than her house. Her heart was big enough to take in a goat and a dog she met playing together on the street, but her .■nother, Mrs. Anna Harrieder, said that their house wasn't. She relent- sd somewhat, however, and the pals bunked together in the chicken bouse—but only temporarily, Mrs. Harrieder insisted. The mother felt she had gone far enough in taking in Joan’s pets. There have been three cats, six turtles, three dogs, three goldfish and a flock of pet chickens. These have been reduced to one dog, the goldfish and the chickens, plus the goat and his pal, a huge shepherd. Mrs. Harrieder wished that some one would claim the goat. “If the goat leaves, I think the dog will go home.” she said hope fully. Finochle in Park Moves to Court on Gambling Charge LOS ANGELES. — Three elderly men who for six years have been playing pinochle in the sun in Hol lenbeck park were hauled into mu nicipal court on gambling charges. “We played a nickel for 300 points,” said Noah Simon, 68, speak ing also for Abe Levin, 76, and Hu man Mittelman, 65. “Judge, you can take my word for it, in the pot was only 20 cents.” The three pleaded guilty. “This,” said Judge Louis W. Kaufman, “is the most ridiculous charge I have ever had brought into court. The sentence, $10 fine—sus pended.” Image Taken From Peak Shown at Religious Fete MANILA, P. I.—The famed image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage was brought down from the battle-scarred mountain town of An tipolo, 15 miles southeast of Manila, to occupy a shrine during a Catholic festivaL Thousands of Catholics lined Ma nila’s Quezon boulevard to watch the procession. The festival commemorates the golden sacerdotal jubilee of Manila Archbishop Michael J. O’Doherty and the tenth anniversary of the In ternational Eucharistic congress FAVORS UMT . . . John Thomu Taylor (left), national legislative director of the American Legion, predicted almost immediate house passage of the universal military training bill as he presented Rep. Walter G. Andrews (Rep., N. Y.) with 10,000 petitions favoring UMT, SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN . . . Although the hands of this little French girl are covered with sores resulting from malnutrition, they hold her cherished doU as tenderly as might any normal child. She is one of the suffering youngsters overseas who will benefit through the American Overseas Aid-United Nations Appeal for Children, a world-wide group supported by the gifts of people from some 30 nations. The drive will be conducted during February. SAYS STALIN ILL . . . Mario Pimentel Brandao, Brazilian am bassador to Moscow for 18 months before Brazil broke relations with Russia, says that Prime Minister Stalin is suffering from paralysis of his right side. BACKGROUND FOR ERP ... Lewis Douglas, U. S. ambassador to Great Britain, came bearing charts to congress to warn the legislators that timidity and reluctance to face facts on European aid may lead to “incalculable consequences” for America. Appearing before the senate foreign relations committee, he gave the group the state department’s statistical background supporting the four-year European recovery plan. AND NO DEPENDENTS . . -Two- and-a-half-year-old Wendy Rey Stocking, one of Chicago's young est models, tolls off the figures as she counts her earning* in prepa ration for paying the fr-st install* ment of her 1947 income tax. FAMILIAR SIGHT . . . Yon are looking down on a climbing line of steel-helmeted marines as they ascended the gangway into the attack transport USS Bexar before the vessel sailed for Mediterranean wa ters. Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Cates, marine corps commandant, said the sending of 1,000 marines to the Mediterranean was strictly “routine." PLENTY SCARED . .. Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham, White House physician accused of speculating in grain, told the senate food gam bling committee that he got ont of the wheat market because he was “plenty scared” by President Tru man’s scathing denunciation of grain speculators. READY FOR TURKISH NAVY . . . This is the USS Brill, one of four submarines which the United States will supply to Turkey. This ship and another one are undergoing repairs at tbe San Francisco naval ship yard and being readied for their journey into the Mediterranean. U. S. navy has annonneed that the vessels will be fully loaded and fully armed, as on a wartime patrol, when they leave this country for Turkey. TT'S LIKE THIS’ . . . Chester Bowles, former OPA chief, dis patched to Europe to make a sur vey of conditions among children of war-torn countries, explains bis mission to reporters in Paris. FROM FARM TO FOREST . . . Churches are playing an important role in the concerted effort to improve rural living. Typical are these scenes, taken at the Alpine, Tenn., mission of the Presbyterian church, which operates a forest of 1,500 acres and a farm of 100 acres. The dairy herd (left) in front of the modern barn show the strides made in better agriculture while the sawmill (right) helps make the forest a paying proposition. SMALL TOWNS, U.S.A. Revitalized Country Church Plays Social, Economic Role By EARLE HITCH WNU Features. Long on the road to decline, the country church is being revived as an integral force for re-energizing small rural com munities. Acting on the principle that where the community thrives, the church also thrives, all denominations are back ing a widespread campaign to revitalize the country church. Without in any sense departing & from the Christian aims of saving souls and preaching redemption, the churches simply are adding an awareness of social and economic responsibility to their mission of sal vation. The concerns of the entire community — home, family, farm ing, health — become the concerns of the community church. Particularly valuable and instruc tive as models or demonstrations for study are the community plans Rural America being carried out At Stake by missions of the Presbyterian and Methodist No. 4 I churches in the In a Series mountains of Ken- _________ tucky and Ten nessee. The Pres byterian projects are at Morris Fork and Wooton, Ky., and at Alpine and Big Lick, Tenn. The Methodists have community missions at Frakes, Ky., and Sevierville, Uenn. A larger community project at Blue Springs. Tenn., represents the combined par ishes of the Methodists, Disciples of Christ and Presbyterians. Diverse Projects. All have much in common, but in some things each in unique. Blue Springs is the oldest mission, and its area is the largest—some 400 miles square. It has seven churches and four preaching points at neigh borhood centers, a cooperative store, an energetic training pro gram in public health and a con tinuing series of adult education / COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE . . . One of the leading churches in promoting community develop ment is Calvary Presbyterian church (above) at Big Lick, Tenn. The church was built by people of the community, which consists of only about 50 families. Landscap ing was done by the pastor and farmers. classes in current problems, such as farm machinery repair, soil conser vation and home decorations. All this represents the life work of a great country preacher. He was Paul A. Doran, who went to Blue Springs in 1917 as a divinity school graduate, and died there three years ago after 28 years spent entirely in that community’s service. One of his many lasting serv ices was his homestead plan. He made home buying his personal concern. Thrnngh small loans from a nominal sum held in trust by him, the minister made it possible for 20 families in his community to become owners of their own farms. \ The pastor at Big Lick is both ardent and articulate in behalf of better rural living. He has known country life from childhood and he knows how to farm. He can run a tractor, plow a contour furrow and help in the saw mill. He has organ ized a Big Lick homestead project to aid young men get established on the land, and 27 families have been assisted in buying farms since 1940. This pastor is Eugene Smathers, who has written and preached ably about rural economic problems, and who has supplied the leadership which has made Big Lick a better place to live and work. Promote Health. One of Big Lick's finest public services is its community health clinic. There is a building specially constructed for it, in a grove ad joining the church yard. A graduate nurse is stationed there to aid in guarding the health of the people and to assist in emergencies. Big Lick also has a soil conserva tion program, and is carrying on adult education and demonstrations in fertilizing, crop rotation, better livestock breeding, introduction of new fruits and plants, and good for estry management. Homemaking and home decoration, health and child care are studied by the wom en. There is also a study of the co operative movement, and commit tees are developing plans for future cooperative undertakings, possibly in marketing of home crops, proc essing and a credit union. Big Lick has its own machinery pool, includ ing a tractor, a hammer mill and a saw mill. Build Own Church. Wooton community, under the ministry of Benton Deaton, has a fine community church and play, ground, built by the people them selves. In the recreation center the children of the neighborhood have a place to enjoy their games and the whole community has its picnics and outdoor religious gatherings. Wooton owns a cooperative truck, which provides transpor tation for the farmers who want to send things to market, and have things bought for them in town. Very few of the people have cars, and their usual means of travel is by mule back. Wooton also has a circulating li brary, the beginnings of a demon stration farm, and a training course in handicrafts and cottage indus tries, for both men and women. Similar work, especially in health, soil saving and better farming, is going on at Alpine, Morris Fork, Frakes and Sevierville. The pro grams vary according to local needs and the resources that can be put to use. Productive Enterprises. For example, the parish at Alpine is the owner of a forest of 1,500 acres and a farm of 100 acres. A trained forester and an expert farmer make those enterprises pro duce earnings, and furnish exam ples for other farm and woodlot owners. The Alpine program is in charge of the head of the mission, the Rev. Bernard M. Taylor, and Mr. Taylor has made the mission responsible for developing the com munity’s full resources through the activities of the citizens themselves, and their labors are being reflected more and more in better health and living. The same can be said of the com munities at Frakes, Morris Fork and Sevierville, all of which have vastly improved their ways of living because practical economic plans for conserving the land and finding more useful employments for sur plus labor have been made principal aims in the community plan. The pastors, of course, have not neg lected their religious duties. They simply have added economic con cerns to their other responsibilities. TJoe next article will tell of the im portant community development plan now being carried on in five counties centering around Tupelo, Miss. The Tupelo plan is one of the most ambi tious that has been undertaken any where in the unfolding rural life move ment. Blind Girl Becomes Expert Knitter With the help of her sister, Kath erine, she began looking for mar kets for her work at Christmas time The search was unexpectedly sue cessful, and she sold 200 of her knit ted pieces to Le Sueur residents Her specialty is colorful potholders. Miss Heintz acquired her knitting skill at the Minnesota Braille and Sight-Saving school in Faribault, attending her first classes when aha was only seven years old. LE SUEUR, MINN.—Despite the handicap of being nearly blind, 21- year-old Elaine Heintz can knit as fine a sweater, scarf or mitten set as any seen in exclusive shops. Her needles click with the speed of a professional craftsman. Miss Heintz, whose vision failed when she was stricken with spinal meningitis at the age of 5, has made a modest stall at setting herself up in busine.ta. He Would! “What are you waiting for?" whispered the wedding guest. “Bride’s father a plumber,” re plied the verger. “He forgot to bring her.” Interference "Charlie claims that he is a self -mad* man." "Really? What interrupted him?" Gimme Mr.—I’m busy. Be short. Mrs.—I will. I am. Any woman shows her age long before it appears on her birth* cake. Passed That Kitty—I’ve always had a pre sentiment that I would die young. Katy—Forget it, darling. 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