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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C
Washington Di9CSt;
Autumn Offers Many Joys
For the Faithful Beholder
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—You are reading these lines, I
trust, not too long after the autumnal equinox, which I hone
you celebrated with the proper ceremonies.
The word equinox is Latin for “equal night” which implies equal day.
All over the earth there is that kind of equality at this time.
Thus the Creator established
equality of such nice perfection that
neither the strongest telescope nor
the most accurate micrometer can
question it. Equality was some
thing that had no
measure of weight
until the philoso
phers proclaimed
it and until it was
preached to the
western world by a
lowly carpenter’s
son of Nazareth.
We worked near
ly 2,000 years be
fore a politick!
goal embodying
this philosophy
was written into
the Constitution
of a nation — the
United States. It
is an unachieved goal but one more
nearly reached here than anywhere
else in the world—fellow travelers
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Strangely enough, the one idea
chiefly associated with equality of
day and night—the equinox—has
been proved utterly unfounded. For
a long time it was generally ac
cepted (and is still believed by
many) that violent storms which
were given the name, “equinoxial
gales” are prevalent at this season.
Suppose you were to approach
the 10 men—or twenty or thirty
—who have spent the most time
studying this particular subject,
gathering all the facts, check
ing all the records available, as
long as authentic records have
existed. If you asked them if it
is true that there are especially
bad storms at this time of year,
they would answer (in carefully
worded and virtually under
standable sentences) “That is
the blink!**
At the equinox the sun is in the
process of crossing the celestial
equator. That is the circle parallel
to our equator which, if expanded
would touch the sun. The sun does
this in the spring (vernal equinox)
and in the fall (autumnal equinox).
At this srason, if you live in my
neighborhood (or within several
hundred miles thereof) you will
heed this piece of advice in the
Hagerstown (Md.) Almanack which
says:
“The ravages of the tent cat
erpillars go unnoticed by many
persons until the leaves are
eaten from a tree. Naturally it
makes extra work for the tree
to produce another set of new
leaves, which weakens the tree,
and alter a few years of this
extra work, the tree is in dan
ger of dying.
“The greatest natural enemy
of the tent caterpillar is the
common house wren. These are
valuable birds to have in your
gardens during the growing sea
son.”
And now after that piece of ad
vice, which i4 not seasonal for my
friends "down under” where the
autumnal equinox heralds the com
ing of summer and not fall and win
ter, let us return to our meteoro
logical mutton.
I will not become technical but I
think it is just as well to get better
acquainted with the phenomena,
natural and otherwise, which sur
round us. There is no reason why,
if one rises late in the night to let
the cat in (or out) he need crack a
shin on a chair, once he understands
why and in what position his wife
has moved it since he last noticed
its location—and the stars are just
celestial furniture.
What In Thin Thing *
‘Retrograde Motion’?
There is a certain “retrograde
motion” from east to west of the
equinoxial points, which I won't go
into in detail for several reasons,
one being that I haven't the slight
est idea what the phrase means.
Nevertheless, I will mention that
retrograde motion was discovered
by a gentleman by the name of
Hipparchus in the year (about) 120
before Christ. Experts say this mo
tion accounts for the changes in the
position <}f the Pole star, the North
Star as it is usually called.
Some people think the Pole star
doesn’t change. A number of im
portant people since Hipparchus
have thought so. Take one, William
Shakespeare. Remember in Act III
of Julius Caesef when a petition
for repeal of the disenfranchisement
of Publius Cimber is presented?
Cassius drops to his knees to beg
for the repeal but Caeser says:
“I could be well moved, if I
were as you;
If I could pray to move, pray
ers would move me:
But I am constant as the north
ern star.
Of whose true-fix’d and resting
quality
There is no fellow in the firma
ment.
The skies are painted with un
number’d sparks.
They are all ‘fire and every one
doth shine,
But there’s but one in all doth
hold his place . . .”
Perhaps Shakespeare had never
read Hipparchus. (Some say he
couldn’t read but if so, where did
he get his plots?) Anyhow, Hippar
chus said, (and nobody has dis-
proved his theory) that the position
of the Pole star does change (from
our viewpoint). One authority ex
plains it this way:
“The pole of the earth is swing
ing slowly as if it were the axis of
a top, or as if the earth, rotating,
were a kind of gyroscope.” The
study of what is called the "pre
cession of the equinoxes” (their
moving backward in relation to the
constellations) is fascinating. But I
have no intention of reading a lec
ture on astronomy here—for sev
eral reasons, including the one
mentioned before.
But I do want to mention some
things which George Stimson (with
whom I have just been talking i
brought up. You remember
George? He comes from Anamosa,
Iowa, where he has just been spend
ing a wonderful vacation with his
mother who, at 77, does her own
cooking because she likes it bet
ter (and, according to George, for
good reasons) than anyone’s else.
George, to whom most Wash
ingtonians turn when they want
the right answer, says that rec
ords for a period of 50 years
show that there were actually
fewer storms during the period
between September 20 and 25
(which overlaps the equinox)
than there were immediately
preceding September 25. The
same, he says, is true of the
vernal equinox.
“The notion about equinoxial
storms in one form or another,”
says George, "dates back to at
least 1748 and probably originated
among seafaring people.”
All this information is in his
“Book About a Thousand Things”
and if I had thought to look it up
first I wouldn’t have interrupted
him in his work on his book about
a thousand (or more) things regard
ing American history which will be
his next opus and which I’m willing
to say in advance of publication is
going to be good.
So much for the equinoxes, with
whom, since we meet them twice a
year, we ought to get better ac
quainted.
Blackjack Pernhing’n
Life and Timen
Speaking of books, Col. Frederick
Palmer sent me his latest book en
titled “General John J. Pershing.”
It was written some time ago, re
cently brought up to date after Pal
mer’s last interview with Pershing,
but in accordance with the author’s
stipulation, was not published until
after Pershing’s death.
“It was not to be submitted
to him or to appear in the light
of an official biography or one
authorized by his heirs.”
This is stated in the foreword and
Palmer elaborated on his attitude
to me during a luncheon shortly
before the book appeared.
Colonel Palmer is the elder
statesman of the war correspond
ents. But years are of small ac
count to him. He is pert, active and
his memory is phenomenal. I knew
of him in connection with the Russo-
Japanese war although at the time
of that conflict my military experi
ence was limited to playing with a
painted fleet of warships.
The warships were a Christ
mas present received while I
was still building with blocks
and shooting Indians with bows
made of umbrella ribs and drill
ing in an infant cadet corps.
Later I came to know a colleague
of Palmer’s in that war which gave
Japan the toe-hold in the Far East
that made her "the power she was in
World War II. His colleague was
Photographer Jimmy Hare, the
dean of his clan for many decades.
The Pershing book I have not
read at this writing but as soon as
I do I’ll tell you about it.
• • •
What a wonderful three - point
landing, said the little kangaroo to
its mother.
• - » •
Although the special session of
congress was mad at the President
for calling them back, they gave
the reading of his proclamation
assembling them a tribute rare in
history. They stood up while it
was read. They got up because
they thought the invocation was
about to be made and they didn't
like to sit down and reveal their
error.
• • •
There may be a new King o(
Spain. Nice work if you c*n get
away with it.
Baukhage
RULING CLASS . . . Those kings
and queens just keep on coming
aroftnd. Holland’s new titular
head is Queen Juliana, who ac
ceded to the throne upon the ab
dication of 68-year-old Queen
Wilhelmina, Juliana’s consort is
Prince Bernhard (right).
WATER BOY . . . Searching for
new worlds to conquer, indus
trialist Henry J. Kaiser has
turned to sports. With Arno Apel
(left), speedboat designer, he
will seek world’s speedboat rec
ord with a craft built for speeds
up to 160 miles per hour.
MINIATURE . . . Probably the
world’s youngest golfer is 2-year-
old Robert MaUick Jr„ of Pitts
burgh. He has been golfing ever
since he was given a set of toy
clubs on his first Christmas. Now
he plays with a solid-shaft iron
mashie.
CZECH OUT . . . Bofaus Benes,
nephew of the late Edward Benes,
resigned his post as Czechoslova
kian consul in San Francisco in
protest against “a regime of Red
fascism.” He has been in the
U. S. since 1942.
BROTHER KONRAD . . . Kon
rad Goebbels, brother of the late
Nazi propaganda minister, Jo
seph Goebbels, has gone on trial
In the Darmstadt, Germany,
denazification court as a Nazi
“major offender.”
HENRY IN THE LAND OF COTTON . . . Henry Wallace. Progressive
party presidential candidate, fared but ill daring his campaign tour
through the South when he discovered that the people there weren’t
having any of the political ideas that be preached. As a relief from the
moral batiering he was taking from his southern audiences, Wallace
turned now and then to more basic things. Here, at Boas, Ala., he
talks about cotton with Robert Knott who has 20 acres of it and ought
to know something about it.
REFLECTIONS OF HOPE ... Wherever there are bars there are
hopeful, longing faces peering through them. These people are citizens
of Berlin, not Imprisoned but simply watching through the fence
around the Allied control council in the German capital as the Allied
and Soviet military governors were meeting once more in an effort to
ease the dangerous situation in that city. And the amtiety on these
faces is the anxiety of the world, possibly excepting the' Russians,
who seem to be doing all they can to promote more anxiety.
THEY WON IT AGAIN . . . Here are the members of the U. S. Davis
cup team who again clinched the classic tennis trophy for the United
States by virtue of victories over Australia in matches held at Forest
Hills, N. Y. Left to right are: Frank Parker, BUI Talbert, Alrick Mann,
non-playing captain; Gardner Mulloy and Ted Schroeder. They are
posed with the handsome trophy which they retained for the U. S.
without being put to too much trouble. Winning the Davis cu^ matches
has become a habit with American teams in recent years.
CALL OF THE WILD . . . The skeptical reader may entertain some
doubt about this, but there is supposed to be a new 1949 Nash automo-
bUe in that big box. Also, this picture would lead one to believe that
the Eskimos, who customarily travel by dogsled—like the one displayed
here—are agog with impatience as they wait for the wraps to be torn
from the new car so they can tell It to mush.
(Editor’s Note: While Drew
Pearson is on vacation, the
Washington Merry-Go-Round is
being written by his old part
ner, Robert S. Allen.)
Lewis May Retire
JOHN L. LEWIS intimates are
whispering a startling report
about him.
They say he is seriously consicb
ering retiring as president of the
United Mine Workers at the union's
October 2 convention in Cincinnati.
Poor health is given as Lewis’
reason. The 68-year-old miner czar
has had a number of sick spells in
the last few years. He is suffering
from a circulatory ailment that af
fects the heart. The past two months
Lewis was in seclusion at a Mon
tana health resort, on the. advice
»f his doctors.
It Lewis steps down, he will
do so at the peak of his power
and with his union larger and
more prosperous than at any
time in its stormy history. Min
ers are drawing more pay than
ever before, receive bigger pen
sions, and the UMW treasury
bulges with more than 10 mil-
Uon doUars in government se
curities.
In the event Lewis quits, his suc
cessor will be UMW Vice President
Tom Kennedy. Short, quiet-man
nered, soft-spoken and friendly, he
is the direct antithesis to the tur
bulent and melodramatic Lewis.
But the two men are very close.
Lewis’ retirement plan, accord
ing to intimates, does not include
complete separation from the UMW.
He will retain an active hold on its
affairs.
Campaign Bombshell
President Truman is quietly
nursing a bombshell he will de
tonate during his western cam
paign tour.
It will be the announcement
that a number of reclamation
projects will have to be shut
down because the G.O.P.-con-
trolled congress failed to pro
vide sufficient funds. Top among
these projects are Boysen in
Wyoming, Heart river and An
gostura in the Dakotas. The
President will charge this is an
other example of congressional
disregard of public welfare.
Morb Fuels Assured
The outlook is very promising
for more fuels this coming winter
than Jast.
Barring some unexpected upset,
the supply of coal, oil and natural
gas will be from 10 tn 20 per cent
greater than last wirter. Certain
sections may encounter shortages
but the country generally will have
enough winter fuqis to meet normal
needs.
Of the three major fuels, coal
is in best supply. Reserve stocks
are now so ample that restric
tions on foreign export were re
moved September 1. Fuel oil
output is now 10 per cent above
that of last year—an increase
slightly above the expansion in
use ot this fuel. Also, reserve
stocks are considerably ahead
of 1947.
If everyone uses restraint, there
will be enough fuels for all this
winter.
• • •
Biting the Hand . ..
The Greek government ooesn’t
like the salaries the U. S. is paying
its Greek aid mission officials.
This money comes from U. S. tax
payers, the same as the remaindei
of the $500,000,000 the U. S. is pour
ing into Greece for recovery and
military purposes.
Also, the two toughest prob
lems confronting aid officials
are to try to get the Greek gov
ernment to impose a just tax on
its wealthy classes and to lop
off thousands of drones on the
government payroll.
Notwithstanding all this, the
Greek national economy commis
sion, at a recent meeting, sharply
assailed U. S. mission pay scales.
The commission was particularly
outraged by one salary for $12,000
a year and another for $10,000.
These were held "out of proportion
not only in re’ation to the salaries
of local employees but also to those
which the U. S. pays its highest
officers.”
m m m
Best’Selling Diary
The U. S. government is profiting
very handsomely from the diary of
the late and unlamented Joseph
Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minis
ter. To date, the publication has
netted the alien property custodian
over $300,000.
Found by a German in Ber
lin’s rubble, the manuscript was
initially traded for 16 cartons of
cigarettes.
For a while, it looked like the
lucky American publisher would
make a big killing from book mag
azine and newspaper sync :ation
sales. But Asst. Atty. Gen. David
Bazalon stepped in and claimed the
work as U. S. property. It has been
paying off to the U. S. treasury
since.
WALKIE-TALKIE STATIC
The FCC announces that it is
about ready to license individuals
for walkie-talkie. Quantity produc
tion of these radio contrivances is
near, it would appear that it is not
only going to be hard to get off by
yourself and away from everybody,
but almost impossible.
*
People with walkie-talkies
strapped on them can communicate
with one another over fairly long
distances and we fear the worst.
The wife who had to wait un
til he got home to supper now
can start talking to her hus
band on the fourteenth hole,
down at Gilligan’s bar or even
when he is in a rowboat fishing
under the tin bridge. And a
husband can crash right through
into any cocktail party or bridge
game where the wife is hiding
out.
•
Junior’s happiness Will be limited
further. Just as he reaches the oT
s^fimmin’ hole, mom can demand
by walkie-talkie, “Where are you
and what are you doing?”
*
Everybody will be able to start
gabbing with somebody else on a
mere whim. Talk is going to be not
only cheap but unavoidable. (It
might be wise to ration it)
m
The fellow who invented radio
started something. And the
finish is getting pretty hectic.
There was a time when a man’s
home was his castle, but it has
been a communication bureau
for a quarter of a century. The
“hush of the fireside” is extinct.
But ui> to now the old man could
hide out behind the barn or exe
cute a runout by sneaking off to
watch the excavations for the
new chain grocery.
•
There is some comfort in knowing
that the FCC will require walkie-
talkie addicts to have a license.
This will limit the talking somewhat.
But what will be the punishment if
a fellow talks without a license?
Will he have his right to scuttle-
butt suspended for 30 days?
*
The walkie-talkie is expected to
be of great help in operating a farm
or ranch. The Lone Ranger, we
take it, no longer will be lonely.
He will have all the privacy of a
man engaged in an open debate in
Madison Square garden.
*
Heigh ho. Silver!
Are ya lissenin’?
• • •
Special Delivery Service
A new stamp in memory of Babe
Ruth is proposed. This department
suggests that it be a special delivery
stamp, as something is desperately
needed that will lit such letters
over the fences of snafu in our post
al department, especially in the
matter of special delivery, for which
the higher rates are asked.
*
To cover up shortcomings in
the special delivery service,
the postmaster general recently
ordered that Important record
ings of the delivery be aban
doned. It is now almost impos
sible to trace their course with
accuracy. This department re-
. cently mailed two letters spe
cial delivery at a cost of 19
cents each. One of them got
through in good time; the other
hasn’t arrived yet.
• • •
Ever since the post office issued
that new chicken stamp it seems to
Elmer Twitchell that the post office
pens have more feathers In them.
« • •
The U. N. discloses that while
all the other nations to whom we
loaned billions in World War I
now have scratched the debts
from their ledgers, the United
States still carries them on our
balance sheet. Washington still
believes in good fairies and for
lorn hopes, regardless of the
expense.
* • »
Axis Sally, a young woman who
broadcast for Hitler and told U. S.
soldiers they were fools for fighting,
is back in this country on treason
charges. But the present picture in
this country being so cockeyed, it
would not surprise us if she ran on
a political ticket, denounced con
gress, defied questioners and
charged that proceedings against
her were a red herring.
• • •
It strikes this department that if
congressional committees really in
tend to concentrate in a serious way
on identifying everybody in Wash
ington who lied in the last 14 years,
the exposures will have to take
place in Yankee stadium.
• • •
"Reno May Cloze Its 23 Legal
Brothels.”—Headline.
*
Every once in e while that city
amazes the country by reflecting
a slight tendency to become de
cent.
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