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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C,
Washington Digest
Autumn Brings Washington
A Potpourri of 'Occasions'
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By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WASHINGTON.*—After a tropically terrible summer the
capital burst into autumnal glory with cool weathei*providing
the zest and zip necessary to meet the feverish renewal of
activity after the summer doldrums.
Let me review some o( the varied events which provided pungent relief
from the news of diplomatic quarrels, political billingsgate, and war.
Out at the airport, an American^
Airlines plane, christened for the
occasion “Don
Caspar de Por-
tola,” dropped out
of the skies. Down
the ramp came a
black - bearded,
helmeted Spanish
Conquistadbre, re
splendent in flow
ing scarlet cape
and shining broad
sword. Next came
a charming Chi-
•nese girl in her
ruffled dress, al
luring as a lotus
BAUKHAGE blossom. Then a
less exotic crowd
of beauties, sportsfolk, business
men, headed by the mayor of San
Francisco. They had come to tell
us about the resumption tills year
of the Portola Festival at the Gold
en Gate. (They visited eight other
major cities, too.)
Don Caspar de Portola was
the famous explorer who was
sent to America from Spain in
1769 to chase the Jesuits from
California, the English from
Canada, and the Russians from
Alaska. He didn’t quite fill that
order but he did locate and ex
plore San Francisco Bay and
discover a couple of other har
bors.
I paid my respects to His Excel
lency Don Caspar, to the tall, slim,
pretty and modest water-nymph,
Ann Curtis, Olympiad winner, and
to my old pal Jimmy Abbey, one
time international photographer
who made even Stalin “look pleas
ant.’’ Now Jimmy is an ABC com
mentator on the Pacific coast.
But something bet'-er was to
come. We sat down to luncheon and
I felt right at home! There was
Chef John Lischetti, of the Nugget
Grill, founded way back in the gold
rush days when nuggets were the
medium of exchange. And better
still there were sand-dabs, that
strange flat creature sans-scalcs in
PORTOLA AND ENTOURAGE
the ocean and sans-rival when pre
pared “a la Pescad’ oro.” (Get the
nugget?) But best of all was the
crab salad nugget, which makes all
other crabs seem crabbed by com
parison. The food was all native,
flown from San Francisco for the
occasion!
Viva Portola!
• • •
George C. Marshall
As a Humanitarian
The Marine band blares out a
march from the platform overlook
ing the huge Presidential room of
the Statler where more than 500
guests are gathered for the cere
mony in which Variety Interna
tional, that cheerful and charitable
group of show folk, is to confer its
annual Humanitarian award.
In march the guests of honor,
statesmen, diplomats, tycoons, ac
tors, legal lights, and whatnot. They
stand at their places at the head
tables which form two tiers banked
with roses.
A fanfare and George Catlett
Marshall takes bis place amid
cheers that drown the music. The
salute to the colors. We sit down to
drown any modicum of sorrow that
has survived the preceding recep
tion. Speeches are short and good.
Marshall, as secretary of state,
could say little that was new, some
thing that was grim, much that was
encouraging and all of it “off the
record" for we are already in the
midst of parlous international ne
gotiations.
Variety club president reads the
citation:
"The career of the Hon.
George Catlett Marshall has
embraced leadership in peace
as well as in war.
“Soldier by profession, he has
ever displayed a conspicuous
and consistent genius for the
military.
“Shunning the opportunity to
seek surcease from the cumula
tive burdens of two world wars,
his devotion to principle and
country has led him along the
paths toward world amity and
peace since the end of hostili
ties.
"As author of the Marshall
Plan, he translated into gener
ous and inspiring fulfillment the
shining hope for liberty, honor
and dignity j»f free men every
where. ’
“We salute the breadth of
vision and warmth of heart of
a great and beloved American.”
And so to bed.
• * •
Review of Byrd’s
Antarctic Expedition
Rain pours, we drive through the
slippery Washington streets to the
navy yard (now the naval gun fac
tory).
The Washington navy yard was
planned by President John Adams
when French aggression made
“freedom of the seas” a menacing
international issue. Work began on
the site in 1800. Here the “Wasp”
and the "Hornet” were built to play
their roles in the War of 1812, here
the “Constitution” and the “Presi
dent” came for overhauling and re
pairs.
We stop at the sentry box:
“Guests of Admiral Davis.” The
marine sentry salutes. We know our
way to the officers’ club. Hand
shakes and refreshments and into a
bus that takes us to the event of/the
evening which the rain prevented us
from witnessing aboard the hulking
LST moored to the dock in the Ana-
costia river.
So we must go indoors to see one
of the most thrilling things I ever
saw on the screen. A motion pic
ture made from the actual photo
graphic record of the 1946-47 ex
ploration of the Antarctic under
Adm. Richard E. Byrd. I hope you
saw or will see it—“Secret Land.”
It had its premier on Navy Day, in
t>0 cities. The commercial movie
makers used the official film taken
by navy, marine corps, coast guard
and army cameramen on the scene.
The picturing of disaster, of
rescue, of tragedy, of suspense,
of achievement, (in most cases
the actual event as it happened)
are something for which I have
no comparison.
One purpose of the 1946 expedi-
I tion which was a follow-up of Byrd's
i original 1929 undertaking when he
established “Little America” and
explored the great Antarctic ice
! cap, was to train the navy in polar
| operations.
Another aim was to make further
: discoveries and release the “un
known treasures” (which Byrd’s
earlier explorations indicated were
| there) for the benefit of mankind.
■ Even the "routinfe” operations, the
j ships amidst the ice-floes, the land
ing on the ice-cap, the erection of
the tent city and the operation of
the planes, was an inspiring and
thrilling sight, a tremendous trib
ute to the American skill in me
chanical achievement, in personal
endurance, bravery, ingenuity. It
will make you proud to be an Amer
ican.
Admiral Byrd didn’t look much
older than when we bid him God
speed before he started on his first
Antarctic venture. That was close
to me for I was connected with the
organization that syndicated the
story for the press. But I was
struck with the passage of time,
and the years of study and research
that have intervened, when I looked
at Dr. Paul Siple, polar authority
and geographer. (He was present
in the flesh as well as on the
screen.)
Paul Siple was chosen to go oo
the 1929 expedition after win
ning in a competition involving
600,000 Boy Scouts of America.
Then he was a tall, slender lad
of 20. Now he’s stocky and
graying. As a prominent geog
rapher he has done important
research for the war depart
ment.
The story of the Antarctic is stud
ded With great names — Scott,
Amundsen. Shackelton, to mention
only three—as well as with sacrifice
and tragedy. This picture of the
“Secret Land,” less secret now,
shows the tremendous advances in
technology made since the days of
the early explorers.
It took thousands of years to shape
the penguins’ wings into the fins
which make his survival in a polar
land possible. In a few years in
the laboratories and factories ol
America we have shaped the means
v/hich make survival and explora-
tion possib|e in the same environ
ment — exploration and discovery
which some day may be of tremen
dous benefit to mankind.
The Russians last month kept
scheduling Red air maneuvers over
Berlin airlift corridors. Perhaps be
cause of the overcrowded condition
of the heavens over Moscow, Minsk,
Pinsk, Baku, Tartu and Stalingrad?
NEW UNIFORM . . . Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower looks
completely at home in the cap
and gown of the academic world.
He is pictured here during the
ceremony in which he was
formally InstSlIed as president
of Columbia university.
PRACTICAL RELIGION . . . Aft
er preaching on the parable of
the talents, the Rev. J. W. Stitt
handed out five-dollar bills to as
tonished worshippers in New
Fork. Next Palm Sunday they’re
to return whatever the talent
symbol earns.
PARA NURSES . . . Medical
teams consisting of one medical
officer, four nurses and four or
derlies were dropped by para
chute from RAF planes in a
demonstration at a training
school in England recently.
PREPARE CAPITOL . . . Steel
framework for the Inaugural
stands at the Capitol is hoisted
into place as preparations for
the inauguration ceremony next
January get under way. The
Capitol dome also is getting a
new coat of paint.
BABT LONG NECK . . . Baby
Bedalla, whose arrival in Wash
ington, D. C., made that city’s
zoo giraffe herd the world’s
largest, gets a licking from its
mother. Spring Song. Bedalla is
only five feet tall—so far.
DEDICATE SYNAGOGUE . . . The Israel] army is the only one in
the world to build permanent synagogues in various army camps.
This picture shows the dedication of the first of these synagogues near
Tel Aviv just before Jewish high holy day ceremonies began. The
sacred Torah is shown as it is escorted to its new destination by
armed soldiers who participated in the ceremonies.
DAILY DOUBLE . . . This pair of unrelated “twins” is the reason that
some of the good people of Van Dyke, Mich., go about muttering in con
fusion. They are Marie Kohler (left) and Charleen Rogocki, both six
years old, and they’re as alike as two peas in the proverbial pod.
Strange as it may seem, Marie and Charleen are not related to each
other except in the duplication of physical characteristics.
NEW QUARTERBACK . . . Lieut. Felix “Doc” Blanchard, the army
all-American fullback, has a new quarterback calling signals. The
pretty new boss is Mrs. Blanchard, the former Miss Jody King of
San Antonio, Tex. The pair said their “I do’s” at the home of the *
1 bride’s parents. Best man was Lieut. W. J. Sharpe, Blanchard’s West
Point roommate. Doc received his air corps wings recently, too.
FLIRTING WITH A JET . . . Lieut. A. L. Hall of the navy’s medical
corps service is shown standing in front of the intake of a jet aircraft
during a test to determine just how close a person can come to It
without being sucked into the inferno. He wears a heavy belt to which
is attached a safety line. The lieutenant found that you can give the
deadly sucker an even break to within three feet of the intake.
Good Word for Franco
CENATORS Scott Lucas of Illi-
^ nois and Bill Fulbright of Arkan
sas, both Democrats, gave news
men the slip the other day and paid
a private call at the state depart
ment. Their purpose was to put in
a good word for Franco Spain.
Just back from a trip to Madrid,
Lucas and Fulbright said they
thought it was about time Spain
was admitted back inW the good
graces of the western nations. They
urged the state department to take
the lead and review American pol
icy toward Spain.
State department diplomats, how-
' ever, cautioned against appeasing
Franco at the risk of antagonizing
the United Nations. It was by a
U. N. vote that Spain became an
international outcast, the senators
were reminded.
• • «
Berlin Trouble
U. S. air force chiefs flatly deny
it, but the Berlin airlift is expected
to break down in November. Chief
difficulty will be weather.
Other difficulties are the fact that
planes are subject to terrific wear
and tear, with little time for over
haul. Also, it’s significant that Brit
ain’s RAF actually is carrying 45
per cent of all freight into Berlin.
Anglo-American cooperation has
been excellent, though the British
aren’t getting credit for their part
of the job.
In November, simultaneous with
murky weather, the airlift will be
called upon to carry much more
coal. Several million people in Ber
lin will be howling for it. The city
already is on minimum rations. A
deep-freeze unit in Berlin is worth
nothing. Reason: electricity is
turned off most of the day. House
wives can’t begin cooking until
6 p. m.
Berlin’s complete blackout to
save coal has made the city a
paradise for burglars. They are
now so brazen they have been
breaking into homes while oc
cupants were still awake.’
November bad weather also will
coincide with probable political un
certainty in the U. S. If Dewey wins,
as seems certain, the American
government will be in a state of
flux between November and Janu
ary. That is the time to watch for
real trouble with the Russians.
U. S. Plot Against Peron?
Here is the exclusive inside story
of the alleged “assassination plot”
in Argentina:
John S. Griffiths, the American
named as “chief instigator of the
conspiracy," was cultural attache
of the U. S. embassy in Buenos
Aires under former Ambassador
Spruille Braden. As such, he took
an active part in Braden’s cam
paign to aid the Argentine Demo
cratic Union, which opposed the
presidential candidacy of Juan D.
Peron in 1945-46.
When Braden returned to Wash
ington in September, 1945, Grif
fiths took over direction of this
Democratic Union campaign. His
activties, however, were consist
ently hindered by John Cabot, who
remained as U. S. charge d'affaires,
and who had never sympathized
with Braden's methods. After
Braden departed, Cabot refused to
cooperate with Griffiths in any way,
even denying him access to cables
received from Washington.
Following Feron’a election and
the appoint-ient of George S.
Messersmith as ambassador to
B. A., Griffiths resigned from
the U. S. diplomatic service, but
remained in the Argentine cap
ital as technical adviser to sev
eral U. 8. export firms.
Seven months ago, Griffiths was
summarily expelled from Argentina,
on the charge that he had fomented
a strike of bank employees in
’ Buenos Aires. Two bank-strike lead
ers, whp had been fired from their
jobs, submitted testimony that
they had no connection or ac
quaintance with Griffiths. However,
these statements were rejected by
the court and never published in
Argentina.
Griffiths returned to the U. S.
last March, lined up three export
representations from Uruguay, and
departed for Montevideo in May.
He has since been living there with
his son, John Jr., 17, in a $25-a-
month apartment, scantily fur
nished, making just enough money
to get along.
On a strictly voluntary and un
official basis, without pay, Griffiths
has also served as confidential ad
viser to Ellis O. Briggs, U. S.
ambassador to Uruguay, on various
Argentine developments. Briggs is
really the top man of the U. S.
foreign service for the southern
part of South America.
The “plot” announced in
Buenos Aires named Griffiths
as principal conspirator be
cause be was the ideal goat.
Although identified in the Ar
gentine public mind with Brad
en, he is now out of public life
and can be accused without au
tomatically causing an inter
national incident.
UPhiHipr
LETTER TO ALADDIN
Dear A’addin: Turn in your lamp.
There’s no use hanging onto the
thing any more. Television makes
anything you can do from now op
smalltime stuff.
*
Nothing irritates me much more
than the fellow who belittles video’s
appeal, takes a snooty attitude about
it and insists he never bothers to
look at it unless he is in a tavern.
He belongs with the boys who de
nounced the telephone as lacking
in popular appeal, and said that the
movie was a flash in the pap. He
probably didn’t think the radio
would ever get anywhere. I doubt
if he welcomed the electric light.
*
If a football game played on a
distant battlefield and recorded
photographically via the air
waves on a screen as far as one
hundred miles away isn’t mir
acle stuff I am a bum judge of
wonderland happenings. If I am
not haying a fantastic experi
ence when I fling myself into
an easy chair in Magnolia Cen
ter, twist a dial and see every
move in a football game, a vau
deville show or a prize fight in
Bagdad on the Subway, then the
guy who rode on the magic car
pet was just the last man in a
soapbox derby.
*
Yeah, I was a little late going for
television. Like many, others, I
elevated my eyebrows and cracked
“Who wants to see people on the
radio? It’s tough enough lissenin.’ ’f
A premature peek at the early mod
el video sets was responsible in a
way. I got scrambled pictures aipi
my images came through the ham-
burg grinder. But not long ago I
decided I could be wrong, which
was quite an admission. To make a
long story less boring, I got me a
video set. And I am satisfied Alad
din. my boy, you can do no more,
even if you get a bigger lamp .and
team up*With Einstein, Aesop, Mer
lin, Caliostro and Circe.
Sure there’s "snow” in the
picture now and then with oc
casional flickers. The images
get the blind staggers at times.
But would I squawk over minor
details if I could go to the Rose
Bowl wltifout getting off a sofa?
Would I complain of a slight an
noyance if I could be at the
world series, an epic football
game and a Washington spy in
vestigation without bothering to
put on my shoes or socks?
*
Is it only a small wonder when
philharmonic orchestra, a Broad
way show, six sporting events, a
rip to South America, a visit to
liami, a polo match and a couple
f golf tournaments can be trans-
orted directly into my living room
etween the Spanish table and the
iano . . . and without any of the
other of getting tickets or catch-
ig trains?
—* • .
Aladdin, my boy, you’re
through. There’s no use trying
to top your accomplishments.
Turn in the lamp and relax with
me. I need company. The wife
is leaving me. She will sue tele
vision for alienation of affec
tions. So she says. But she’ll be
back. Walt until video really
goes in for fashion shows.
Gable’s latest releases, the
divorce hearings and the gossip
columnists in person.
Yours, Elmer.
• • *
Can You Remember—
Away back when you never saw
a male combing his hair in front of
his reflection in a store window in a
busy street?
• • •
The United Nations got its 65 tnil-
n dollars for a permanent home,
present costs the place should in-
<de everything but the roof, a good
lor, an extra pair of stairs and ode-
ate door knobs.
• * *
[f the painting of George Wash-
jton, who never told a lie, doesn’t
11 off the walls in the capitol ol
i nation during these spy ring
itimonies, it will prove that the
:ture-hangers did a great job.
* * . *
President Truman ^has been
presented with a free pass to
ill pro football games this win
ter. By that time he may have
found himself in the roughest
scrimmage of the season and
incertain who has the ball.
• • •
‘SKUNK BITES MAN.”—Head
line.
The usual disinclination
bite back was reported.
to
Vanishing Americanisms
”Z can fix that up for about 75 cents
It won’t take long.
"There’s a little good in every man.’’
"I tvill be glad to answer any ques
tion, yes or no."
"We aim to please."
"If this is not what you ordered wt
will be happy to take it back and
serve you something else."
• * •
Installment buying has been put
under controls to stop inflation
trends. It is now much harder to
dig up what you haven’t got in order
to buy something you can’t get.
Grandma
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