The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 09, 1949, Image 2
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
Shah Takes Hint
(ED. NOTE — While Drew
Pearson is on vacation, the
Washingtin Merry-Go-Round is
written by his old partner, Rob
ert A. Allen.)
A HIGH U. S. OFFICIAL just re
turned from a tour of the
Middle East reports one outstand>
lug impression.
It is this:
That, amid the welter of assas
aination, intrigue and autocratic
rule in this ancient cockpit, the
prestige and power of the United
States stands out like a gleaming
beacon.
The official related this episode
to prove his point:
Following the attempted slaying
some months ago of the Shah of
Iran, he imposed iron-handed mar
tial rule. The Iranian press par
ticularly felt the weight of the
Shah’s fury. Seventeen liberal, non-
Communi-i newspapers were sup
pressed and their editors thrown
into jail. He also ordered them
tried on charges of subversive ac
tivities.
To support these charges, ar
ticles dating back as far as 20
years were brought into court
against the editors.
Despite these extreme measures,
only six were convicted.
U.S. ambassador in Iran is John
Wiley. An able, tough-minded
career man, he has been an out
standing success in his delicate and
arduous post. A firm believer in
democracy and freedom of the
press, Wiley, privately, was
shocked by the autocratic perse
cution of the editors. But because
it was a strictly internal affair, he
meticulously kept hands off until
after the six editors were sen
tenced.
Several days later, Wiley sent
each of them a small package. It
consisted of one pack of American
cigarettes—with Wiley’s personal
card.
Nothing was written on the
card. Also, there was nothing
secret about Wiley’s action.
His chauffeur delivered the
packages to the prison and
turned them over to the warden
to give to the editors. That was
all there was to it.
The Shah, of course, was im
mediately informed. Also, he got
the point.
The following day the editors
were pardoned.
Note—Because of Wiley’s penetra
ting and forthright reports to the
state department, the Iranian am
bassador in Washington is very
hostile toward him. The Iranian
has repeatedly tried to undermine
Wiley.
No Merger
Behind-the-scenes, the widely
publicized merger between Am-
vets and AVC has gotten nowhere.
Reason is strong rank-and-file op
position in both veteran organiza
tions. At the bottom of this are
two factors: Amvet membership
Is much more conservative than
AVC, and a confidential memoran
dum sent out by AVC Commander
Harold A. Keats. In this document,
he stresses the financial benefits
that will accrue to Amvets by ab
sorbing the 35,000 AVC dues-paying
members.
AVC officials are aware that
Amvet’s headquarters is hard up
and that its national officers draw
(35,000 a year in salaries and ex
penses.
No Loss
A British correspondent tele
phoned Sen. Kenneth Wherry,
Nebr., Republican floor leader, for
an interview on the forthcoming
international monetary conference.
“All I can say,” remarked
Wherry, “is that Sir Stafford
Crippe is obviously coming here
to promote a new loan. He
wouldn’t be interrupting his
rest cure in Switzerland for any
other reason.”
The British newsman protested
this view.
“Well,” observed Wherry, “if
he’s coming over to lend us some
money. I’ll be glad to see him.”
“Can I quote you on that?”
“Certainly,” replied Wherry.
Ifcen, turning to a friend, he added,
“I was safe in letting him quote
me. After all I can’t lose any votes
In England.”
Deadlock
Illustrative of the snafued state
of congressional business is an un
publicized but long-standing dead
lock between the house and senate
over the army civil functions bill.
This stalemate has been going on
since June 1, with no sign of a
break in sight.
Cause of the deadlock is a 590
million dollar rivers and harbors
rider that the senate wrote into
the measure. This huge local gravy
grab was not included in the Pres
ident’s budget. The fund would be
spent by the army engineers, which
have one of the most potent under
cover lobbies in Washington.
Militant backers of the rider are
Bens. John McClelland (D., Ark.),
Pat McCarran (D„ Nev.) and Chan
Gurney (R., S.D.). McClelland is
bead of the Rivers & Harbors
Congress, an army engineers lobby,
and all three are economical.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Russia Threatens Yugoslav Regime;
Truman Takes Arms Row to People;
Excise Tax Cut Stymied This Year
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When •pinions are expressed in these columns, the? are thos« of
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and n«t necessarily of this newspaper.)
YUGOSLAVIA:
War Clouds
Was the United States ready to
go to war on behalf of Yugoslavia?
That was a paramount question
as the hard-boiled struggle between
Yugoslavia and Russia reached tl
threat-of-war stage. Diplomats pon
dered the question: What would the
United States do if Stalin sent the
Soviet army to overthrow Marshal
Tito’s regime in Yugoslavia?
BRITISH and American diplomats,
however, ruled out the likelihood
of a shooting war. They regarded
Moscow’s threat to “take more ef
fective measures” in Yugoslavia
as only a part of the war of nerves.
British newspapers took a differ
ent view. They regarded the Soviet
note as the “worst threat of war
since 1939.”
No one outside the Kremlin
could know for sure what was com
ing next. But the threat that began
14 months ago to upset Tito when
the Cominform read him out of the
Communist party developed long
ago into frequent shootings along
the satellite borders.
Diplomats in Belgrade frankly
were worried. As an example of
the jittery situation, one embassy
thought it had an inside tip on an
"invasion” date.
THE QUESTION of American in
volvement was not quite as ac
ademic as it might appear. With
the issue squarely joined between
Communism and the west, and
with the U.S. serving as the arsen
al of the west, involvement as a
result of any warlike Kremlin move
was an ever-present possibility.
EXCISE TAX:
Not This Year
All hope for any reduction this
year of federal excise taxes ap
peared doomed as congress shut
the door on the issue. Excise taxes
are collected on such items as
furs, jewelry, luggage, cosmetics,
transportation and telephone bills.
CHAIRMAN DOUGHTON <D.,
N.C.) of the tax-writing house
ways and means committee issued
a statement saying that he sees no
prospect for a reduction in these
taxes now. He gave as a reason
the federal deficit threat of more
than five billion dollars in the cur
rent fiscal year.
To clarify the subject for con
sumers, he added:
T believe it is important to
make this clear so that consumers
will not postpone the purchase of
goods subject to tax in the hope
of an immediate reduction.”
BUT HE HELD out hope of tax
reliefs in the future. He said he had
requested the congressional staff
of tax experts to begin now a study
of possible tax revisions and re
ductions for the consideration of
congress next year. There was a
hint, however, that if present ex
cises are lowered, some other
taxes may be increased—unless
federal expenditures are reduced.
There remained a middle course,
Doughton went on, which might
provide a reasonable reduction in
government expenditures, to re
quire some increase in taxes where
the increase can be borne without
disturbing the economy, and to pro
vide for a reduction in those taxes
which are crippling enterprise and
interfering with business expansion.
Prep for Shirley
ACID TEST:
Fails For Granny
The gambling grandmother of
Gardena, Calif., had a relapse.
MRS. SULA BELL STIMSON,
49, had been stricken with a com
pelling urge to gamble. She
reached the stage where she forged
checks with which to obtain funds
for poker playing. She just couldn’t
resist the yen to see what that next
card would be.
Last November she was brought
into court for her weakness and
was placed on probation for three
years. Last April she was arrested
again and a physician testified
she had undergone a personality
change from a normal housewife to
a person afflicted with a craving
for gambling.
HE SAID doses of glutamic acid
had been used with some success
in similar cases, recommended
such treatment for Mrs. Stimson.
The court agreed, and she was re
leased to the custody of her fam
ily with court orders to continue
the treatment.
It didn’t work. The gambling
grandmother had succumbed again
to the fascination of the poker deck.
The acid test had failed.
Shirley May France, 17-year
•Id Somerset, Mass., school
girl, prepares for one of her
last workouts prior to attempt
ing to swim the English chan
nel.
TRUMAN:
To The People
President Truman submitted his
arms-for-Europe proposal to the
people through the medium of the
golden jubilee convention of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Miami.
DECLARING the armament pro
posal was the “price of peace,” he
termed it this nation’s guarantee
against war and urged approval.
The President, contending that
peace with freedom and justice
cannot be “bought cheaply,
urged that congress immediately
approve the 1.5 billion-dollar arms
outlay.
He conceded the cost was “con
siderable,” but added that it “rep
resents an investment in security
that will be worth many times its
cost”
There were those in congress,
however, who were in noticeable dis
agreement with President Truman.
These included several congress
men who have been stalwart sup
porters of administration policy.
THE DISSENTERS argued that
it was “pouring money down a rat-
hole” to attempt to prevent war
or adequately arm the north Atlan
tic pact signatories as the Truman
proposal planned. Others declared
the program was simply “putting
small arms in the hands of con
stabulary of little nations.” U. S.
military experts agreed that even
with the program operative as en
visioned by the President, Russia
could overrun the continent in 60
days.
Claiming this, they added that
since the U.S. would have to pay
for World War HI anyway if and
when it came, the wiser course
would be to build up national de
fense and striking power to the
point where no surprise attack on
this nation could be successfuL
ELECTRONICS:
Machine Has 'Brain'
The parade of “mechanical
brain” devices appeared never-
ending. The newest group—an auto
matic computer called Binac—is
smaller, cheaper, brighter than
the others.
It can calculate 12,000 times fast
er than a human being and does
problems 25 times faster than more
complicated machines. The inven
tors predicted it would usher in an
other industrial revolution in which
machines can take over many jobs
now done by man.
BINAC, built to order for Northrop
aircraft company, was designed
especially for complicated engi
neering problems such as in de
signing new military aircraft and
guided missiles.
But Binac was not the last word-
in the field of mechanical “brains.’
A larger, general-purpose type of
“magic brain” called Univac was
under construction. Its first cus
tomer will be the U.S. census bu
reau.
UNIVAC, it was said, could even
play chess, but only about as good
as an average player, not an ex
pert. It is expected that the ma
chine also would be able to write
simple melodies and lyrics because
musical harmonics follow simple
rules.
With Univac, according to re
ports, the American people will
find out a lot of things they didn’t
know about themselves—that is,
statistically speaking.
U.S. AGENCIES
Six Departments Undergo 'Streamlining'
As a result of congressional ac
tion several government agencies
went under the streamline plan and
some mild reshuffling came about.
Some 3,300 federal employes were
affected as six of President Tru
man’s reorganization plans went
into effect under terms of the re
organization act of 1949.
Summing up, here is the gist of
what ocfurred: The U.S. employ
ment service went back into the
labor department; the post office
department and the maritime and
civil service commissions were re
vamped with greater efficiency as
the aim; the bureau of public
roads became part of the com
merce department; the national
security resources board and the
national security council became
parts of the executive office.
CHINA REDS:
Trading Is Out
It had a familiar ring: "You
can’t do business with the Chinese
Communists.” Remember? “You
can’t do business with Hitler.” That
certainly was true, and according
to officials best informed on the
Chinese situation, it was equally
true of the Chinese Reds.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY. Amer
ican businessmen and officials
are finding out the truth of the
statement. In ever-increasing num
bers they are pulling out of the
great centers in China. And with
them goes inevitably the prospect
for any important trade agree
ments between the United States
and Communist China.
Yet there was an annoying para
dox in the situation for the Chinese
friends of the Kremlin. For the
fact was that the Reds would have
to turn to the United States if
they were to obtain many things
they need to fill the gaping holes in
China’s distraught economy.
THE American state department
and oth?r U.S. officials are in
censed at the way American offi
cials and private citizens have
been treated by the Communists in
China. They apparently have come
to the conclusion that nothing can
be accomplished by maintaining
large consulate staffs in cities
where the Reds have taken over.
Weeks of trying to come to some
terms with the Communists show
nothing but failure.
To the initiate, this came as a
surprise to U.S. policy makers.
They had expected that as the Chi
nese Communists poured into
Shanghai and other coastal points
they would take a live-and-let-live
attitude toward the Americans.
They also figured that the Com
munists would have to do business
with the U.S., inasmuch as they
would have to look to the West
rather than Russia for imports to
meet China’s economic needs.
But somehow or other it didn’t
work out that way.
POLIO:
Isolation Cut
Sufficient beds for polio patients
in the nation’s hospitals—a major
problem in fighting the malady—
appeared to be in sight as a re
sult of a new approach to treat
ment and diagnosis in the early
stages of the disease.
THIS may be brought about
almost overnight and it can be done
without adding • single bed in hos
pitals for acute cases, or training
another nurse. Too, it will save
millions of dollars in the cost of
treatment
All this is declared possible be
cause of a decision by public
health and medical authorities cut
ting the isolation period for early
polio to one week—longer only if
the fever lasts longer. Some states
have been isolating polio patients
for two weeks, some even for
three or four, but the average has
been two weeks.
The one week recommendation,
made by 20 medical authorities, is
part of a new guide for health of
ficers of all the states. The guide
is being sent to local health authori
ties, hospitals and doctors by the
various state health officers.
POLIO patients are kept isolated
when they are first ill to prevent
spread of the disease, but medical
studies have concluded that the dis
ease is communicable only during
the first three or four days before
symptoms appear, and for two or
three days afterward.
So for safety, isolation, the ex
perts said, is necessary for only a
week, or as long as there is a
fever.
Open Season
mmmgm
Since film star Jimmy Stew
art abandoned his bachelor
status, Farley Granger, bailed
as one of the movies’ top ro
mantic stars, is now Holly
wood’s No. 1 eligible bachelor.
He is shown here in the role of
Johnse Hatfield in a picture de
picting the famous Hatfidd-
McCoy feud.
‘BULL'ETIN:
Now He Knows
Joe King left Empire, Wis.,
with a 1,600-pound bull—but he got
paid for only 1,410 pounds. This
will probably teach Joe a lesson.
The distance to market was 13
miles overland. Joe had a truck
but he decided he and the bull
would hoof it. “It was kind of
cool,” he said, “and it seemed like
a good idea. Five hours and 15
minutes later, Joe and the bull ar
rived. The bull lost 190 pounds.
LADY MATADOR . . . Edith Laari-Entin, America’s only lady bull
fighter, performs a “Veronica” with a red cape on the deck of the S.S.
Marine Shark, as she returns from Europe. During her visit to Spain
she studied bullfighting under well-known matadors of Pamplona. She
also met a few bulls head-on at private bnll fights and was spilled
twice without suffering serious injury. She has completed an elementary
course in the art and plans to make bullfighting her profession.
“HOME AWAY FROM HOME” . . . Pvt. John Sasser of Memphis
splits a Virginia watermelon with pretty “Corky” Glllis of Los Angeles
at the Wythe street USO club in Petersburg, Va. Sasser is stationed at
Camp Lee, Va. He and other GI’s are now being served by the newly
reactivated USO at 170 clubs. lounges and centers in the United States
and overseas.
HOLD THAT HUSBAND! . . . One of Hollywood’s most prominent
fashion designers, Orry Kelly, advises that American women should
keep at least one fetching negligee in their wardrobes to held the
Interest of their husbands. Here, Peggy Dow, who Is making her film
debut in the movie capital, demonstrates what is fetching and the kind
of apparel the wardrobe designer bas in mind.
VICTOR AND VANQUISHED . . . Ezzard Charles (left), Cincinnati
heavyweight, NBA world champion, smiles in victory after defeating
Gua Lesnevich, Cliffside Park, N.J., in New York heavyweight bout. The
beaten Lesnevich displays his pulpy face at right. In the interval be
tween the end of the seventh round and scheduled start of the eighth
round, referee Buby Goldstein was called over to the Lesnevich corner
to receive word that Gua would not come eat for the eighth round.
STRONG GUY . . . Louis W. Ba
rone, age seven months, of Utica,
N. Y., exercises enough to develop
his back muscles, his biceps and
other muscles far beyond those of
ordinary youngsters. The rope ex
ercise is used to develop his back.
CAPITULATION . . . Actor Jim
my Stewart surrenders in his battle
with cupid and marries socialite
Gloria Hatrick McLean at Brent
wood, Calif. Stewart kisses his
bride for the benefit of news pho
tographers who were barred from
the church.
CONFESSION . . . Housing ex
peditor Tighe Woods tells senate
committee that he owes his job to
James V. Hunt, alleged “five per
center,” known in Washington as
“king maker.” The testimony was
part of probe of influence peddlers.
HAVEN . . . Hakob Matevosian,
2M, product of an Armenian dis
placed persons’ camp, arrives in
New York from Stuttgart, Ger
many. The family plans on mak
ing its home in Cambridge, Mass.
Used to inclement DP camp con
ditions, Hakob distrusts the cli
mate of even the land of liberty.
SHE WOULD! . . . The reigning
Miss America, Miss Be be Shopp,
Minnesota blonde, conducts cru
sade through Europe demanding
honesty in feminine figures. She
disapproves of the French bath
ing suit.
Ain’t It So
“Empty pocUetbooks on the
farm don’t turn factory wheels
in the city.” — Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Fan reaction to a photo of a
film star up to her pretty neck
in a babble bath was—719 dark
inquiries about where she gets
all those soap chips.—Chicago
Daily News.
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Box 11S-C
Northport, Ala, .
FOR SALE—Special: English-made Jump
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time. Jumping caps, crops. Saddle pads,
groom aprons, feed bags, hayracks; one
used pony saddle with matching bridle
and martingale. Dog collars, name
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FREE 5x7 ENLARGEMENT Just send
ad with negative and roll of film to be
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Write for our list of bargains,
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pianos as low as $95. and new
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