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•c- THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949 n 1218 Col legs Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Aft if FOLD Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered ss second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. SOVIET PROPAGANDA BEING MAILED TO SCHOOLS Chicago, Dec. 11.—A Soviet propaganda magazine is moving through the mails to schools in dozens of cities across the na tion. a spot-check showed to day, but many copies are toss ed in the wastebasket. School authorities in most of the cities receiving the “So viet Information Bulletin,” pub lished by the Russian Embasy at Washington put a flat ban on it. Some asked to be taken off the mailing list, and reported that the embassy complied. A few placed the bulletin in their libraries, frankly labeled as propaganda for study as such by students or teachers. In New York City, authori ties said they found the bulle tin an “excellent weapon to combat Communism by read ing excerpts to students. In many other cities where the bulletin had not been re ceived, officials said they were prepared to give it a cold re ception. The magazine, a slick-paper product which officials said pic tured Utopian-like conditions in Russia, appeared to be going chiefly to public high schools and some colleges. The survey followed a bitter protest of Rep. George H. Ma hon (D., Tex.), to the U.S. Of fice of Education against the appearance of the bulletin in Lubbock, Tex., high schools. Mahon was told, however, that the publication cannot be kept from the mails and that it is up to local school authorities whether it is kept from stu dents. Russian Embassy officials commented that they were un der the impression the United States has no censorship. The State Departments also has frowned on protests against the bulletin, presumably because suppression might provoke a retaliation ban against Ameri can magazines in Russia. The survey showed, however, that local school authorities were taking matters into their own hands. The survey showed one to two copies of the monthly pub lication being mailed to schools, usually with a request that it be placed in school libraries. At Syracuse, N. Y., however, Superintendent David H. Pat ton said about 10 copies were received “under the pretense that they were UN publica tions.” He issued a ban. SERGEANT MOATES TO RETURN TO STATES Announcement of the return to the United States of Ser geant Pet Moates, Jr., Route 1, Newberry, for discharge from the United States Air Force was made here recently by L>t. Col. William T. Samways, Com manding Officer of the 35th Fighter Squadron, Itazuke Air Base. Pet graduated from the Bush River High School, Newbeiyy, with the class of 1943. He en tered the Air Force in June of 1943 at Fort Jackson, and after completion of basic training, served a tour of duty in the European Theater of Operations for which he was awarded the ETO Service Ribbon with three Battle Stars. After returning to the United States, he reen listed with the United States Air Force on 13 March 1947, and remained on duty in the United States until alerted for movement to the Pacific Thea ter of Operations in May of 1948. Arriving in Japan in June of 1948 he was assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron at Ita zuke Air Base located on the southern most Japanese home island of Kyushu as a Squad ron Classification Clerk. from... The HOME Special Prices on All Lounge Chairs, : Lamps, Suites, Luggage, Heaters, Pi anos and Everything that goes in the j Home. , Home Furniture'ICo. BETATRON TREATMENT DECLARED SUCCESS Chicago, Dec. 8.—A Univers ity of Illinois scientist reported today that initial Betatron treatment of cancer patient has been a success. A 72-year-old man reported dying from a throat cancer has been virtually cured. Dr. Robert A Harvey, head of the university’s radiology de partment, said the tumor of the first patient to be treated with the Betatron X-ray machine has healed. The university scientist said the patient is not absolutely “cured" because medicine does not recognize a “cure” unless five years have elapsed with out a recurrence of the illness. The aged man was critically ill when first subjected to rays from the Betatron machine 14 weeks ago. Several other pa tients with forms of cancer, previously considered beyond the realm of medical aid, have since been given the treatment, Dr. Harvey reported: “TTi results are encouraging but we have had too few cases to evaluate properly the place of the Betatron in cancer ther apy.” The Betatron, used at the University of Illinois Chicago Campus for the first time in this country, utilized 25 mil lion volts of electricity. Scien tists believe its greatest use will be in treating cancers lo cated in spots inaccessible to ordinary methods. Conventional X-ray machines cannot be used on locations such as the throat and portions of the head because they are too dangerous. Intensive heat developed at the skin areas us ually results in damage to tis sues. The Betatron, with its high voltage penetrates deeper into the body developing maximum intensity at the area being treated without damaging the skin. Dr. Harvey reported the sec ond patient treated with the super X-ray machine had a huge canced of the jaw in which an operation was impos sible. He said the tissue in this case has healed, except for a small spot, although the fat of the bone has not yet been determined. The third patient suffered a cancer of the throat which had affected one vocal cord and was beginning to damage the other. The treatment appears to have arrested the infection. A fourth patient is being treated for a brain tumor but results of the Betatron treat ment are unknown to date. Dr. Harvey said, however, that spe cialists have reported nerve symtons in the patient have been reduced. T. Roy Summer MEDALS AVAILABLE FOR ISSUE The Navy Recruitin service announced today that the Navy Occupation medal and the China Service medal are now available for issue at the Vet erans Administration Office, Newberry, S. C., to those per sons who are eligible for the above medals. Anyone apply ing for these medals please bring navy discharge, notice of separation and any other date that will help establish eligi bility. The Navy recruiter will be in Newberry each Friday at the Veterans Administration of fice to issue the above medals. ATTEND HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE IN COLUMBIA Those from Newberry attend ing the Holiday Open House at the home of Mrs. Lee A Lorick in Columbia, which was dec orated by the Garden Club of Columbia were: Mrs. J. L. Fea- gle, Mrs. O. M. Cobb, Mrs. Don Rook, Mrs. C. 'I. Youmans, Mrs. Chris Kaufmann, Mrs. P. K. Harmon, Mrs. Claude Smith, Mrs. Richard L. Baker and Mrs. John Clarkson. The Columbia Garden Club decorates a different home in Columbia each Christmas, and holds open house for the pub lic. CHARGES THURMOND APPOINTMENTS 'POLITICAL’ Columbia, Dec. 8. — Charges that Governor Thurmond’s ap pointments to the State Indus trial Commission were political payoffs were hurled here today by a fiery, blunt-spoken labor leader in his testimony before a legislative committee inves tigating workmen’s compensa tion rates in South Carolina. Earle R. Britton, president of the South Carolina Federation of Labor and representatives of the A. F. of L. in this state, told the committee that Thur mond alone was responsible for this situation which he describ ed as making the Industrial Commission a political foot ball. “In 1944 I said the Indus trial Commission was a politi cal machine and I still say it is,” Britton said after which he sailed into Thurmond whom he said had asserted that “he was going to clean things up.” “What did he do? The first appointment he made was his campaign manager, James J. Reid,” and the labor leader as serted that Reid is a former insurance man. He is chair man of the commission and the law provides that the chairman must be neutral while two members must represent labor and two represent management. MAKE “HIS” A MERRY CHRISTMAS SHIRTS by Manhattan ' sox by Interwoven Micumwmpgigigigmeppw TIES by Wilson Bros. & Wembley PAJAMAS in Rayon or Broadcloth A Lounging Robes by Royal pwgmgmpwwwumcmw BEDROOM SLIPPERS by Daniel Green EACH GIFT ATTRACTIVELY WRAPPED T. 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