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' - V , THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 0. N. Says Cease Fire in Palestine; Truman Asks More Defense Funds; U. S. Atom Control Plan Approved ■By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer- George Polk IS Last May, George Polk, CBS correspondent, was taken out on Salonika bay in a boat where he was blindfolded, bound hand and foot and shot through the bead. His murderers: Communists. Their motive: Simply to produce a murder, the blame for which might be pinned on the rightist Greek government in order to de fame it abroad. Gregory Stakto- poulos. Communist Salonika news paperman, confessed he had wit nessed the slaying and implicated three other Greek Communists. (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions nro expressed In these eolnmns. they are those ol Western Newspaper Union’s news analysis and not necessarily of this newspaper.) CEASE FIRE: Holy Land Almost before anyone knew what was happening fierce fighting be tween Israeli and Egyptian forces had flared into bloom in the Negev, southern Palestine desert area. ISRAELI government spokesmen said the purpose of the Israeli at tack was to smash open the road to Jewish settlements in the Negev. Blocked transportation lines had prevented the Jews from running supply convoys to isolated settle ments in the district But Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting Palestine mediator for the U. N., in his report to the security coun cil. told a different story. Blame for the eruption of fighting in the Negev, he said, was not a “question of black and white.” “EACH side has soiled its hands in the grim business of trying to win a war through the instrumental ity of a forced truce," was his ver sion of the conflict. By the time the battle had pro ceeded savagely for six days the harassed U. N. security council had had enough. It commanded both Arabs and Jews to issue irfimedi- ate cease-fire orders. Earlier, Bunche had attempted .o promote a three-day truce in the fighting, with eacfli side holding the positions it then was occupying. The effort fell through, however, when Israel rejected the proposal. EVEN as the security council act ed the fighting was spreading from the Negev to other fronts in the Holy Land—along the Jerusalem- Tel Aviv highway, where Trans jordan forces were grouped, and northeast of Tel Aviv in areas held by other Arab forces. Results of the security council or der, at the outset, at least, were disappointing. Each side tried to shift the blame to the other; neither appeared willing to hold the battle. Palestine truce observers in formed the United Nations that the Israeli forces generally appeared to be the attackers in the new fighting that had developed outside the southern front in the Negev. CONTROL PLAN: For Atoms How to establish effective, work able control of atomic energy on an international scale is one of the rocks upon which the U.N. has al most foundered more than once, but the situation began to look p shade or two brighter when the United Nations suddenly steeled its resistance to almost impossible Rus sian demands on the issue. OVER the objections of the Soviet blocr the U.N. political committee Overwhelmingly endorsed the west ern plan for atomic control as a necessary basis for eventual elimi nation of atomic weapons. The conflict which has kept the atomic control problem deadlocked for so long is simply this: The U. S. and the West insist that an air-tight system of international control and inspection must be es tablished before the U. S.- would feel safe in destroying its atomic weapons. The resolution which the political committee adopted is generally in line with the American policy. The plenary session of the general as sembly was expected to give it a routine final approval. Peculiarly enough, this was the first time- since Bernard Baruch presented the American plan to the atomic energy commisison in June, 1946, that all of the United Nations had a chance to vote on it. Previ ously atomic energy was discussed 'only in the security council and the atomic energy commission. SHORTLY prior to the U.N. ac tion the U. S. had demanded that the world group turn the deadlocked problem over to the five great pow ers and Canada for direct negotia tions. At that time Warren R. Austin, chief U. S. delegate, had told the 58-nation political committee that the U.N. could go no further in its efforts to control the atom until the Soviet union agreed to “participate in the world community on a co- » operative basis.” HOW much good the U.N. vote of approval would do as long as the Russians continued to object was a question that remained hanging fire. It was conceded generally that, regardless of how much satisfaction the western nations might achieve by thus overruling and snubbing Moscow, the paramount problem— that of preserving the peace—prob ably had not been moved very far along the road to a solution. DEFENSE: ‘ Big Budget World tension had slacked off slightly, but according to President Truman’s estimate on next year’s defense budget the U. S. doesn’t in tend to relax its vigilance on that account. THE MILITARY budget for 1949 will be a neat 14.4 billion dollars— that is, if Mr. Truman's current re quest doesn’t get trimmed. It rep resents an outlay about two billion dollars higher than the figure at which defense spending is running now. (It doesn’t make any difference whether President Truman won or lost the election. He still was re quired to prepare budget estimates for the congress convening next Jgpuary.) The President said that his de fense officials had wanted a budget of around 23 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1, but that he had cut them back to the 14.4 billion figure. WITH RARE candor he admitted that it would take a Croesus to maintain spending as many billions as the officials wanted. His own aim, Mr. Truman said, was to get a military program the country could pay for. He. added that he hoped eventu ally to reduce military expenditures to about five to seven billion dol lars—a remarkably optimistic state ment. coming as it did before the election when he was conceded vir tually no chance of being able to control any kind of governmental spending after the first of the year, ATOM PLANE: Seven Years? Look up into the sky in about sev en years and you might see an atomic-powered airplane scudding across the clouds. Scientists now think there is a good chance that nuclear-propelled aircraft will be in production by that time. AN OAK RIDGE scientist, David M. Poole, startled the atom-con scious public with the announce ment that the theory of an atom- driven airplane has been worked out to completion and is ready to be translated by engineers into actual plans for such a plane. The nuclear scientists have thought out a way to tap the power of a mobile atomic pile, Poole said. The problems ahead are to de vise the engine, fuselage and con trols and to build a shield to pro tect the plane’s crew. Poole disclosed that the scien tists have made up their minds how to make the best use of the power whose source is the heat generat ed in an atomic ptle. What kind of engine will be used to chain the tremendous power con centrated in the uranium fuel? The rocket-thrust motor was tried and abandoned, said Poole. Steam tur bine, turbo-jet and ram jet all were crossed off. THE POWER unit will be a “nu clear rocket.” Just what a nuclear rocket might be is top-secret infor mation. All anyone can even guess at at this point is that it probably involves a new principle of appli cation of power. SQUABBLE: Yugoslavia Russia continues not only to have great and grievous trouble with the United States and differences of opinion with most of the member countries of the United Nations, but her political rift with the up-start satellite also is growing worse in stead of better. THE TROUBLE originally began within the framework of the Comin- form (Communist Information Bu reau), the master organization through which Russia controls her satellites, when Marshall Tito said his nation would not bow to the Cominform edict ordering Yugo slavia to make itself a precise mod el of Soviet Russia in all political and economic aspects. And in recent weeks the "heresy” of Tito and the central committee of the Yugoslav Communist party has become more absolute and more determined than ever. THAT holds true despite the fact that Yugoslav Foreign Minister Ed ward Kardelj has been displaying firm adherence to the position of the Russian bloc in the United Nations general assembly arguments. WALLACE: On to ’52 Henry Wallace, the incorrigibly incorrect visionary, who stumped the political experts by getting his Progressive party on the ballots of 43 states, now is working hard to keep his party alive for the 1952 campaign. In a pre-election speech in De troit he criticized “doubters” who argue that although a new party is needed, it shouldn’t be formed until 1949. WHILE Wallace didn’t name any names he obviously was referring to the United Auto Workers, headed by Walter Reuther, who had an nounced plans to form a “genuine” third party of progressive-minded people after the election. The UAW leadership had con demned the Wallace third party as a Communist-inspired movement and supported President Truman for re-election. IN THE waning days of the cam paign Wallace was appealing to his followers to stick With him after November 2. “I hope you are with us all the way after November 2,” he told one audience, putting heavy emphasis on the word “after.” “You’ve got to firive it home to the rank-and-file of the UAW, and all labor: ‘Where do We go after November 2?’ ” But wherever they were going, it didn’t look like Wallace would be in a position to do much guiding. Coming Event DEFENSE SURVEY Experts Eye U. S. .Mobilization Plans Top military planners are rushing work to complete a spot-check of United States mobilization require ments by November 15. The check will disclose whether the United States over-all strategic defense plan makes sense and whether it can be applied readily. Mobilization experts intend to find out if the requirements listed by the army, navy and air force can be « reconciled with one another, and if this nation has the capacity to fill the military’s estimated wartime needs. All this doesn’t mean that war is necessarUy around the comer. Com prehensive analyses of the strategic blueprint are routine steps in U. S. mobilization planning. However, the spot-check is in line with the faster military tempo these days. All the way through the now his torical election campaign one thing- was sure: Somebody would get to be President. On that the ory work was begun last month on stands in front of the Capitol building in Washington which will be used for the inauguration cere mony next January. This odd- angle view was taken from the Capitol dome. JAPAN: On the Spot Lieut. Gen. Robert L. ‘ Eichel- berger, former military governor of occupied Japan, admitted he might have made a mistake in not leaving the Japanese a few guns for their own protection. IT BOILS down—as most inter national difficulties do these days— to a matter of Communism and Communist influences inside the country. As a matter of fact, said Eichel- berger. Communist pressure in Japan and the Far East in general may force the U. S. to carry out a limited rearmament of the Japa nese. “I believe I went too far in dis arming the Japanese,” he said. ‘They need a few machine guns and rifles to protect themselves against internal disturbances. "IF AND when the American army withdraws, the Japanese will have to be given something with which to defend themselves—a strong police force or a small army.” Communist influence in Japan, he said, “is about the same as it is here. They are a nuisance beyond their numerical strength. But it’s always the wrong guy that gets the pistols.” ANOTHER GONE: Nazi General Former German Field Marsha] Walther von Brauchitsch died in the British military hospital at Ham burg, Germany, where he was un der guard awaiting trial as a major war criminal. The British army’s announcement of the death did not state the cause. Von Brauchitsch, who was 67 and had been ill for some time, was scheduled to come up for trial in Hamburg in January. Small Logging Town Builds a Debt-Free War Memorial DRAIN, ORB»—The memorial that "cduldn't be built” will be dedicated in this logging commu nity of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Everyone thought that this town would be lucky to eke out a statute. Instead it has built a war memorial that cost more than 100 thousand dollars every cent paid. Without taxation, borrowing or public funds, Drain and other small communities nearby have built one of the finest recreation centers in southwestern Oregon. Materials alone cost 100 thou sand dollars. Cost of the completed project would have been more with out hundreds of hours of donated labor. The “north Douglas county liv ing war memorial” has a concrete tennis court, a baseball diamond with floodlighting and a $75,000 swimming pool and bath house. “We decided we had to build the best,” explained James Whipple, president of the war memorial com mittee. “When you surrender yfeur life for your country you are giv ing the best you have. It would be an insult to build anything which wasn’t the best possible.” Nucleus of the memorial funfi came from wartime scrap metal and paper drives. They gave bene fit shows. They begged, donated goods and held auctions. When Drain had to replace a condemned street bridge, the war memorial oommittee offered to do the work. The $700 they netted went into the fund. To get cement for the swimming pool,- the town set up a cowpoke’s wagon and sold $1 "coupons.” The coupons meant that the lAiyer had contributed a sack of cement. Grade school pupils sold 450 coupons in a single afternoon. Falcons Chase Birds Which Harass Pilots in Iceland REYKJAVIK, ICELAND. — A new job has been found for the Icelandic falcon, which has been idle since European kings and noblemen gave up hunting witH falcons—a popular, though ex pensive, sport of the Middle Ages. The British air ministry re cently has produced five Ice landic falcons which will be trained to keep unwanted birds off British airfields. Flocks of birds near and on airfields are known to harass pilots when tak ing off or landing. Five falcons were flown to Prestwick in a British aircraft recently. Switchman Loses Both Lees While Hurrying to Work MOLINE, ILL. — Kenneth R. Shields, 28-year-old switchman, overslept and missed his bus to v^ork. * Hurrying to the Rock Island lines yards, he decided to -.save time by catching a freight (rain, passing near his home. He slipped as he ran to grab it. What Shields didn’t know as'he was carried to the hospital, where both legs were amputated, was thal his boss had been trying to call him at home. He wanted to tel) Shields not to report to wo- k. Poultrymen Advised To Retain All Pullets Culling Hens Is Meins Oi Increasing Returns To assure top poultry profits dur ing the winter season, keep an all pullet flock. Pullets lay in the fall and winter when egg prices are high. At the same time, old hens are going through their fall molt and consuming 25 to 30 pounds of feed while producing no eggs. In the spring, when old hens re sume laying, egg prices are down, thus necessitating a very heavy layer to pay the $1.50 feed bill which was amassed during the winter months. Old h«is may be sold at once or they may be culled indi vidually as they go out of production. A weekly check of the old hen flock will enable the poultryman to cull out the loafers. If an old hen flock is maintained over the winter months, separate housing for pullets and old hens should be provided for best man agement and disease control. As another step in culling the poultry flock, old 'roosters also should be eliminated. They serve no useful purpose and eat lots of feed. Some pullets also may have to be culled if the flock is to be main- taviecTat the desired size for profit able operation throughout the win ter. In this case, only the best po tential layers should be retained. A good ready-to-lay pullet is one that is smoothly feathered, plump in body and carries richly pigmented shanks. Pullets so developed can be brought into 50 per cent egg produc tion without crowding by the time they are six months old. Pullets, however, never should be forced into high production during their first two months of laying. Innovation for Farmers Scientists Manufacture New Chemical to Aid Heartbeat RENSSELAER, N. Y. — Scien tists here are making a chemical believed to be identical with one involved in transmitting nerve im pulses to the heart. Their man-made chemical is levo- artercnol, obtained from the break down of the synthetic drug artere- nol. It was isolated by Dr. Maurice L. Tainter, director, and Dr. Froilan Luduena and Benjamin Tullar of the Sterling-Winthrop Research in stitute. Apparently Dr. Tainter said, the chemical is the same as sympathin E one of the natural ga-between chemicals in the control of auto matic nervous activities, such as the heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure. The man-made chemical is only one-fifth as toxic as adrenalin, a powerful heart stimulant. It is ex pected to be* of great aid in re search on human body functions, Dr. Tainter said. Hit by Streamliner, Motorists Suffer Only Minor Bruises KANKAKEE, ILL.—Two motor ists were riding in a semi-trailer truck which was struck by a streamlined train traveling at 90 miles an hour—and lived to tell about it. * The lucky two, Theodore Martin and 14-year-old Rodney Smith, had started across a railroad crossing near here when they saw the Santa Fe Super Chief bearing down on them- It was too late to back up, tod' late to get across. The train smashed into the center of the trailer and started dragging the truck down the tracks. But the cab, in which Martin and Smith were riding, caught on steel beams protecting the flasher lights at the crossing, and remained there while the streamliner demol ished the trailer. Martin and Smith emerged with only minor cuts and bruises. Marking another step forward in the advancing standard of living for the American farmer, the first radio designed and built expressly for use on farm tractors now is on the mar ket The new radio, introduced by a Kansas City manufacturer, gives the farmer access during his work ing hours in the field to whatever he desires in the way of entertain ment, nevVs reports, crop informa tion and weather forecasts. Equipped with a universal mount ing, this set is readily Installed on any make or model farm tractor. Cabinet and chassis are weather proof and shockproof. Eight tubes, including two rectifiers, a superhet erodyne circuit and telescope an tenna comprise the power unit. @0 ^ 88 Ain’t It Sd The only master and the only servant n man should have is himself. As civilizations go, this one seems to be going. People who never change their opinions usually have none worth changing. The piper plays the pipes, bet the plumber gets the phurbs. Sturdy Express Wagon Fcr Junior to Have ' vt Bake Your Fruit Cakes Early (See Recipes Below) Fertilizer Is Valuable For Succeeding Crops Farmers who think fertilizer costs should be charged off in one year are overlooking carry-over assets that pay long-term dividends in big ger crop yields, according to Middle West Soil Improvement committee. A good feed of fertilizer gives the soil a backlog of plant nutrients that* benefit succeeding crops. Well- fertilized legume-grass crops in any good soil building program leave behind them important carry-over values. Legume-grass mixtures fed with plenty of phosphate and potash will add to the soil’s organic mat ter and build soil structure. They will improve tilth, drainage and ventilation. Because of these carry-over bene fits, agronomists recommend a min imum of three years for charging off the cost of fertilizer applications. Thorough Check of Silo Will Prevent Wastage Silos will help to assure good use of this year’s bumper crop of ^om- stalks. To prevent waste of the en siled crop, however, the silo must be in good condition. Thorough cleaning is the first step, entailing cleaning out the pit and scraping old silage off walls. Walls should be examined for air leaks, using melted paraffin to fill small cracks in mortar joints or be tween silo staves. Early Christmas Plan ITS NOT TOO early to think of Christmas now, especially if you ^rant to have fruit cake and plum puddings on hand. These foods are best when mellowed and ripened for several weeks be fore being eaten. Then, too, it’s a good idea to get some of the work out of the way before the holidays are literally on top of us. There’s a lot of work to preparing the ingredients for both fruit cake and pudding because they both require chopped fruit and long baking and steaming time. • • * WHITE OR LIGHT fruit cakes find many admirers each year. This fruit cake is not as heavy as the dark kind, and you may find it nice to vary with the latter variety. White Fruit Cake H cup butter IK cup sifted flour H teaspoon soda 2 tablespoons lemon juice 6 egg whites, beaten stiff 1% cups powdered sugar % cup candied cherries H cup candied pineapple H cup blanched pistachio nuts or almonds K cup sultana raisins Cream butter thoroughly, them add flour mixed with soda. Sift sugar into beaten whites, combine with the first mixture and add lem on juice, fruit and nuts, cut fine and sprinkled with flour. Stir thor oughly and bake in a loaf pan lined with buttered waxed paper. This baking will take about one hour in a slow (325 degree) oven. Because the dark fruit cake is so rich, it’s a good idea to steam it first to cook thoroughly, then to bake it, for drying out. The cake will be more moist when prepared in this way, and you will be able to slice it thinner. Dark Fruit Cake 1 pound brown sugar 1 pound butter 1 pound flour 12 eggs, beaten separately 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg , K pound each, candied orange peel, lemon peel, citron, all cut fine H cup molasses % cup fruit juice 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves % pound almonds, blanched % pound pecans, unbroken 2 pounds seeded raisins 1 pound sultana raisins 1 pound dates 1 pound figs 1 pound candied pineapple 1 pound candied cherries Cut pineapple into small pieces. Remove stem end from figs and cut. Stone and cut dates. Mix all these with one cup flour. Mix the re maining flour with soda and spices. Cream the butter until fluffy, add the sugar, then the well beaten yolks and stir well. Add the flour mixture alternately with molasses and fruit juice. Gently fold in the beaten whites, then the dates and raisins and other fruit, and nuts. Line four bread pans with waxed paper and butter. Pour batter into pans, two- thirds full. Set pans in oven, 300 LYNN SAYS: Garnish Foods Properly To Stimulate Appetite Garnishes make food more attrac tive and thus stimulate digestive juices to aid the way in which we use foods. Keep garnishes simple, fresh, ap propriate and easy to make. Edible garnishes are far superior to mere ly decorative ones. Lattice potatoes are effective for a platter of fish or chops or steaks. Add parsley for color, if desired. LYNN CHAMBERS MENU Tuna Fish-Noodle Casserole Green Beans with Cheese Sauce Carrot Sticks Baking Powder Biscuits with Jelly Pineapple Chiffon Pie Beverage IF YOU want to make some little 1 boy happy and at the same time develop his interest in woodwork ing, build one of these sturdy ex press wagons from the full size pattern offered below. It is easy to build. Pattern is merely traced on the wood specified. User then saws and assembles exactly as and where the pattern Indicates. Full size patterns, step-by-step Instruc tions and numbered assembly Illustrations take all the mystery out of building. All materials can be obtained at your local lumber yard. No special tool* are re quired. e • e Send 35c for Pattern No. 40 to Easi-BOd Pattern Company, Dept. W. Pleasant- vine. N. Y. degrees, in a pan filled with one inch of hot water. Bake one-half hour. Cover with waxed paper and bake for two hours. Then remove pans from water and bake one-half hour longer. Remove from pans; remove paper and wrap in fresh paper. Store, in tightly covered tin. • * • IF YOU’RE LOOKING for a sim pler fruit cake, particularly for a small family, here’s one that Is very tasty. y Simple Fruit Cake' H cup shortening % cup brown sugar 3 eggs, beaten ' 1 cup sifted flour % teaspoon nutmeg K teaspoon cloves % teaspoon baking powder V* teaspoon baking soda K teaspoon , salt 2 cups seedless raisins 'A enp candied citron A cup candied orange peel H cup candied pineapple K oup candied cherries % cup pecans, chopped Cream shortening and sugar, beat in eggs. Add raisins and all fruits, diced fine, and the nuts. Fold in flour which has been sifted with spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Bake in greased,'waxed- paper lined pan in a slow (275 de gree) oven for one and one-half to two hours. If you bake rather than bake- steam the fruit cake, have a small dish of water in the oven so that the cake will also have more moistness and will be glossy in appearance. Trimmings put on the cakes should be placed on after they have baked for two hours. Almond halves, candied pineapple and cherries are most frequently used. Plum Pudding 1 cup flour 1 pound seeded raisins % pound citron, lemon and or ange peel, cut fine % pound seedless raisins % pound chopped almonds H pound bread crumbs % cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon % teaspoon ground cloves % teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon salt 1 cop suet, chopped fine 1 enp molasses 3 eggs, beaten 1 enp oickled peach syrnp Sift flour over fruits and nuts and mix well. Mix remaining dry ingred ients, add suet and work In evenly; blend in eggs, molasses and fruit juice. Pour into butttered molds two- thirds full and cover with waxed paper. Place in a steamer or top of double boiler and steam slowly and steadily from four to eight hours, according to the size of the mold. Store as for fruit cake. One-half hour before ready to serve, start heating the pudding Released by WNU Features. Roast duck takes well to a garnish of endive with orange slices or rice cups filled with current jelly. Sausage, meat balls and chops are attractive when they are placed on a mound of rice, mashed potato, macaroni or a green vegetable such as spinach. With a roast of beet lamb qjc mut ton, use browned potatoes or mashed potato cups filled with green peas or diced vegetables; boiled onions with sprays of parsley; slices of carrots or turnips fried in deep fat. , A cheerful Christmas note Is the news that your Christmas budget can be made to perform wonders with little time and ef fort. Just write down the names of friends who smoke; then visit a neighborhood dealer. He’ll be well stocked with gay cartons of mild, flavorful Camel cigarettes and pound tins of mild, mellow. Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco— the National Joy^Smoke. Both gifts come ready-dressed in color ful Christmas containers. 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