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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C Plywood Economical In Many Faim Uses Brooder Houses Prove Utility of Material Farmers are finding that the high strength and light weight of plywood makes it an economical and efficient material to use in portable farm buildings such as brooder houses, hog shelters, and range sheds. A brooder house, a building mag azine reports, should be of ade quate size, warm and dry, and properly lighted and ventilated. To Here Is a “turkey feeder’* that is easily and economically made from exterior plywood— weather can’t harm it and it’s easy portability appeals to farmers. be economical, it should be rela tively low in first cost, and yet be' strongly built to give long life with out expensive and troublesome up keep. For convenience, it must be easy to clean and move. Portability, of course, is of prime importance. Some portable build ings, built by conventional meth ods, weigh as much as 2 to 3 thous and pounds. Farmers naturally hes itate to move a heavy structure fre quently, and so invite exposure to disease. If moved often, particular ly over rough ground, heavy build ings soon are loosened at the joints. Ends Poultry Chore Another poultry chore has been electrified and placed on an auto matic basis as shown above. This time it is a feeding job which nor mally requires considerable time and personal attention. It is being accomplished on an increasing number of electrified £arms by mechanical feeders op erated by small motors. The device Illustrated here is fairly common in a number of larger poultry houses. Feed and supplements are placed in the top of the metal cylinder and then mixed by the ro tating central shaft which has email paddles attached at the low- •er end. The shaft is lowered as the leed is ejected from the bottom of the cylinder by the spinning pad> -dies. . Chemical Caponization Held of Limited Value The question of whether chemi cal caponization is practical is one which poultry raisers ask most fre quently. Many county extension services also receive numerous questions on the subject. In experimental work, the treat ment stopped fighting and crowing among the cockerels. “All things considered, it would appear that chemical caponization has very limited value at present.” Massachusetts Collegian Is Agricultural Winner A 20-year-old Massachusetts col lege student whose two and one- half acre plot of potatoes grossed him $1-300, has been named cham- |||pion farmer-businessman of the country In competition with thou sands of farm youths from more than 40 states. He is Russell L. Sears, Jr., of J| Cummington. Mass., who was de clared winner of the ninth annual production-marketing contest. BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Nazis / "Process of Selectivity" Outsmarted by Polish Scientist L- By BILLY ROSE Whenever I’m in the mood for gargantuan gab, I hie myself over to a Russian tea room near Carnegie hall where refugees of a dozen nations sit around and give out with tall talk about the old days be hind them and the new days coming up. To give you a fitting for-instance, the other midnight I heard a maca bre yarn from a gent who used to teach science in Warsaw, and while I don’t know whether it’s history or hokum, it strikes me as being worth my allotment of white space today. . . . During the last year of the war, there was a small concentration camp in east Ger many which had been set up for two purposes: (a) to build an underground ma chine shop, and (b) to make avail able the required number of human guinea pigs for certain expert- BU] ^ ments being con ducted by distinguished Nazi scien tists. • • • By SS STANDARDS, the method of selecting these guinea pigs was scrupulously fair. Each morning before breakfast, the 50 men in each of the wooden barracks would stand at attention until the com mandant appeared with a list of their names. He would read off the top name on the list and the prisoner whose name was called would step forward. The commandant would then hand two small leather disks, one marked with a white circle and the other with a black, to the “trustee” of the barrack for ex amination. Then the commandant would drop the disks into his hat, and the prisoner would draw one of them. If he inched the one with the white circle he was safe until his name came up again 50 days later; if he drew the black one, he would be shipped out that Satur day night. In December of 1944, my tea room friend—the scientist from Warsaw—was cattle-carred to this concentration camp and assigned to a barrack occupied aWhost ex clusively by captured Russian sol diers. He was asked the usual ques tions, and wljpen the Russians found the newcomer was a Pole, they quickly let him know that the fra ternity of races as preached by Moscow was confined to Kremlin publicity handouts. And when he further admitted he had never joined the Party—not for any big ideological reason, but simply because he was a scientist and had no interest in politics— the Red army men decided he was an enemy of the state and began to plot against him. THE POLE, however, was more worried about the disks in the haft than the whisperings going on about him. Under the lottery sys tem, it would be almost two months before his name was called, and since news had fil tered into camp that the Russian forces were only a few weeks away, he kept telling himself that libera tion might come before the date for the drawing. But as the days turned into weeks, and still no sound of far-away cannon, he re signed himself to taking his 50-50 chances with the hat. The night before the fateful morning, the scientist was lying Strange Alchemy I AM amazed to find that pain and grief By some Grange alchemy, if bravely borne. Become a power, vital beyond belief, To bless and comfort other hearts that mourn. I did not dream through those far lonely days. Those bitter hours when pleading for release. That God would move in His mysterious ways To make those hours a means to others’ peace. 4 ' L x That one’s own darkness may become a light For hurt, bewildered ones— : ’tis Strange to me; Yet out of pain is often bom a white Undying flame of love and sympathy; The power that comes to dry another’s tears Was generated through long bitter years. GRACE NOLL CROWELL awake in his bunk when he felt a tug at his blanket. It was a young Czech who had been badly mis treated by the “trustee,” and who had often mumbled about getting even. According to the kid, the com rades had figured out a plot to make certain the Pole would be shipped off to the Nazi experi menters. The “trustee” had cut a leather disk from his shoe and made a black circle on It, and when the commandant asked him to examine the disk, his plan was to palm the one with the white cir cle and substitute his own, so that either would mean death to the non-Party man. For a long moment, the scien- 1 tist looked *p at the slat ceiling 'bf the bunk above him. "Thanh you," he finally said to his friend. "I think VU be able to manage." The Fiction Corner KNOLTON S CASE By Richard H. Wilkinson K NOLTON’S ACT was the result of two year’s of planning. TJiere was little chance that any thing would go wrong. He had served as clerk at the lumber camp for two long years. • And from the moment he first saw the payroll left unguarded in the of fice while the bank guard went out and a camp paymaster came in— from that moment Knolton knew that some day he’d steal that pay roll and make a get-away. The day that Knolton had chosen for the robbery was not unlike a thousand others. At exactly noon the payroll car drove up. A guard stepped into the office and depos ited the heavy bag by Knolton’s chair. Knolton greeted him care lessly, nodded at the bag and bent to his work. The guard went out. The moment the door closed Knolton’s. head came up. He lis tened intently. Outside he could hear the bank guard in conversa tion with Raymond, the camp pay master. There wasn’t a moment to lose. Quickly Knolton lifted up the coyer of his desk, removed from inside a bag almost identical to the one on the floor and equally as heavy. He made the transfer deft ly, unhurriedly. The door opened and Ray mond came inside. He nodded briefly to Knolton, picked np the decoy bag and went out again. Knolton stepped outside and walked leisurely toward the river. Unobserved he climbed into the By now he had grown a beard. canoe which was hidden there, and pushed off. By mid-a fternoon Knolton regched a tributary and turned off the main stream. He paddled up thlf smaller waterway for more than a mile. He set the canoe adrift and headed inland, swinging southward. By dusk he had come to a virgin stand of timber, mighty monarchs of the forest as yet unscathed by the lumberman’s axe. His steps led him to a huge pine, larger than the rest with thick undergrowth at the base. He parted the growth, pulled at a tyft ot dirt. The tuft came away, revealing a shallow hole. Knolton had dug the hole months before, allowed the under growth to grow over it so that no trace of his recent visit would be in evidence. He deposited the bag in the hole and carefully replaced the dirt. T WAS A MONTH before Knolton reached his destination; a tiny village hundreds of miles south of the lumber camp. Here he paused to rest with a friend. By now he had grown a beard. The friend pro vided dye, and Knolton changed the color of his hair from light brown to black. Six months later Knolton, now known as Carl Hedman, with no trace of the one-time clerk showing beneath his per fect disguise, rode leisurely back toward the scene of his crime. The lumbermen gave him no more than a passing glance. Satisfied that he had not been recognized, Knolton followed the river to the mouth of the tributary. With pounding heart h« mounted the ridge and paused to look. It was as if a hand had suddenly reached out and was squeezing him in a powerful grip. He stood rooted, mouth ajar, staring in stupifitd incredulity at the country below. With a sense of horror he realized what had happened. The entire -area had been logged by the lum ber company, swept bare of every standing tree and piece of timber. Every tree stump looked alike; none was larger or different from its neighbor. He surmounted great piles of slash, tearing at them fran tically, hunting for the stump, the stump of the great pine tree. Thus unmindful of his direction he came agdin to the river bank. And when at length he reached the top of another hill he paused to rest, overcome by fatigue. Too late he felt the slash pile beneath him slipping away. Too late he realized that the sl^h had been thrown on the brink of a precipice overhanging the river. Knolton, with a pitiful cry on his lips, went over the brink. Far, far below he lay, a broken human body on the jagged rocks. CraRD PUHLE LAST WEEK'S ANSWER ACROSS 1. Mast 5. On top 9. Coin (Turk.) 10. A young salmon 11. Ravine 12. Employs for wages 14. An indenta tion of the sea 15. Double (Bot.) 16. Began 19. Type measure 20. Roman money 21. A sum of money 23. Biting 26. Poets 27. A color of a horse 28. Breeze 29. Music note 30. Province (Can.) 34. A covered way 37. In what manner 38. Reprove 39. Very large nail 41. Girl’s name 42. The glass of a window 43. River of underworld 44. Settlement, SW Arabia DOWN 1. Gush out 2. One of Canary Islands 3. Portion of a curved line 4. A cheer 5. Plant insect 6. Thin tin plate 7. Odd (Scot.) 8. Make believe 11. Fuel 13. Dispatches 15. God of pleasure (Egypt.) 17. Shower 18. Man’s nickname 21. Price of passage 22. Biblical city 23. Tapestry 24. Forces 25. Radium (sym) 26. Apron top 28. Malt beverage 30. Antelope (Afr.) 31. River (Eur.) 32. Memento 33. Solemn wonder £!□□□ □□□□ □□□□ □□□□ □□□□□ □□□□□ □□no □□□□□□ □□□ □□□□ □□ □□□ □□□ □□□□aaauaaa □ran □□□ □□ □□hd □□□ □□□□□□ □□□□ □□□□□ aaaco □□□□ □□□□ □□□□ □□□□ | 35. Young horse 36. A con federate 39. Resort 40. Cushion N«. AX Next morning when hi* name was called, he saw the ‘Iruitee” palm the white-circled disk and substitute another. But he pre tended not to notice, and when the commandant held out his hat he smiled and selected a disk. “White or black,” he said, “I’m going to have one good meal in this mis erable camp.” And before the of ficer could stop him, he popped the bit of leather into his mouth and swallowed. The SS man frowned. “Crazy Pole,” he said, “what good \&ill that do? There is still a disk left in the hat. If it is black, you picked the white; if it is white, you picked the black.” “That is quite correct. Sir,” said the scientist. By INEZ GERHARD I DA LUPINO, currently seen in “Woman in Hiding”, is the first motion picture actress to shatter the calm of James Hilton, English author associated with Hallmark Playhouse. Recently she was to play an Italian role on a Playhouse broadcast. A perfectionist in the pictures she produces as well as those she acts in, she hired a voice coach and worked so hard that her doctor told her to let up. Finally, less than 24 hours before air time, she threw over the wheie idea— said she couldn’t master those Italian intonations. A new script was hastily prepared for her, and Hilton was a candidate for the Shangri-La which he invented years ago. Ralph Edwards has a large staff for getting details of the lives of people used on his NBC “This Is Your Life”, but anyone may sug gest a candidate. Need not be a well-known name, either. To be a talent scout for the program, you need only write a note to Ralph Edwards in Hollywood, outlining the reasons why your friend or neighbor’s life would make an in teresting story. Bing Crosby, who has no love for appearing at big shindigs, will at tend the dedication of a new ath letic field, “Bing Crosby stadium”, at Front Royal, Va., this spring. A poll of the 7,000 citizens chose him as “The Most Popular Entertainer of the Half Century” and he ac cepted. Crosby will appear for good causes, not for mere advertis ing or publicity. Louis Calhern is growing younger. In “Nancy Goes to Rio” he appears as Jane Pow ell’s grandfather, but in “The Tender Honrs” he will be seen as her father. Ann Harding re turns to the screen as Jane’s mother. Bob Hope fought to record his shows, but lost out. Then Charles Luckman, his sponsor’s president, resigned. So Hope, hoping again, tried again, and again lost out with the new executives. His show will bo taped only when necessary. It Worked A burglar was one night engaged n stowing a good haul of plunder n his bag when he was startled by i touch on the shoulder, and, turn-, ng his head, he beheld a venerable, mld-eyed clergyman gazing sadly it him. “Oh, my brother,” groaned the reverend gentleman, “wouldst thou rob me? Turn, I beseech thee— urn from thy evil ways. Return iiose stolen goods and depart in jeace, for I am merciful and for- jive. Begone!” And the burglar, only too thank ful at not being given into custody )f the police, obeyed and slunk iwiftly off. Then the good old man carefully ind quietly packed the plunder nto another bag and walked softly Iso as not to disturb the slumber >f the inmates) out of the house md away into the silent night. DON’T WASTE ANYTHING Said the mountain guide: “Don’t go too near the edge of that preci pice; it’s dangerous. But if you do fall, remember to look to the left; fou’ll get a wonderful view!” Did Him Up Fine “Is this a healthy place?” asked a stranger of a native of a certain region of the West. “It sure is,” replied the native. '‘When I came here I couldn’t utter a word. I had scarcely a hair on my aead. I hadn’t the strength to walk across the room, and I had to be lifted from my bed.” “That is wonderful,” exclaimed the stranger.' “How long have you peen here?” “I was born here.” Low Inventory An advertising salesman boarded the train and took a roomette. He carried with him only a small grip, and the porter inquired of his other luggage. “I have none,” said the man. “Why, I understood you were a salesman,” said the porter. “That’s right, I am. But I don’t aeed a lot of luggage, I sell brains.” The porter scratched his head and finally said, “Well, you are ths first traveling salesman that rod# this train without samples.” One Way to Put It> “Do you know why I am going to punish you, Arthur?” “No, dad?' why?” “Because you hit a boy smaller than yourself.” “Oh, I thought perhaps it was b& cause I’m smaller than you.” Exactly! “So you run a duck farm. Busi ness picking up?” “No; picking down.” Costly Refuge “I’m worried—it’s raining and my wife is down-town.” “Oh, smrll probably step inside some store.” “That’s just it.” COMMENDABLE RESTRAINT A grocer leaned over the counter and yelled at a boy who stood close to an apple barrel: “Are you tryin’ to steal them apples, boy?” “No—no, sir,” the boy faltered “I’m tryin’ not to!” HARD AT WORK “What is your occupation?” asked the magistrate. “I’m a locksmith, sir,” replied the prisoner. “Then what were you doing in that gambling house when the police raided it?” “I was making a bolt for the door.” Big Income During an intense love scene is the movies, when the hero was do ing the Charles Boyer stuff, wifes nudged hubby and whispered, “Whj is it that you never make love tc me like that?” “Say,” he replied, "do you hap pen to know that guy gets $10,00( a week for doing that?” Never C*n Tell “Now,” said the teacher, impres sively, “why should we endeavor tc rise by our own efforts?” “Because,” replied Tommy “there’s no knowing when the alarm-clock will go wrong.’* SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Daytimer With Gay Button Ttrim shoulder and hip. 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Mi/fc Concentrates In Frozen Form May CHICAGO, ILL. - Frozen milk concentrate may be available to re tail customers within two years, ac cording to John M. Fox, president of a large dairy corporation. Fox said that many companies, encouraged by the boom in frozen orange juice ice, were working on methods of putting milk concen trate in the familiar six-ounce cans. The concentrate would bd cheaper than fluid milk, he added. Although still facing some serious laboratory difficulties, milk concen trate is in about the same position as frozen orange juice concentrate was in 1944, and the industry has much more technical knowledge to apply to existing problems. Fox said. Fox said that milk concentrate was the industry’s “most exciting” potential product because of the possibilities of cost reduction in dairy commodities. One of the econ omies, he explained, would be in handling milk at the time of surplus production. * Similar in some respects to that used in orange juice, the milk con centration process involves taking the water out at low temperatures in a high vacuum, he said. “It does present some serious technical problems,” he added. “The proteins in milk are a new element to work with. So far no one has solved the complete stabiliza tion of the end product so that it will keep well in storage.” Another frozen food firm execu tive said that in the future house wives would be able to keep a month’s supply of milk in the re frigerator in six ounce cans. The six ounce can will make a pint and ’ one-half (24 ounces) of whole milk when water is added, he reported. He said that about half a dozen firms currently were working to perfect the process. COLD DEMONS GOT HIM? 'Suicide Tag' Gave Engineer His Worst Days NEW YORK. — Ernest Evans pulled his motorrnan’s cap down tight on his head and turned to th# photographers. “If you want to take my picture,** he said, “you’ll have to do it with my cap on. Without it I look to Se 100 yeaVs old, but Fm not 70 yet.** The flashbulbs popped. Evans grinned, pulled the throttle and train No. 75 pulled out of the Penn sylvania station for Philadelphia. It was Evans* last run after 50 years of service with the railroad system. He didn’t know it, but his wife, daughter and grandson were waiting in Philadelphia to greet him and hold a big patty. ’ party Kept Secret The news about the party wee given by another grandson, Donald, while Evans wasn’t listening. Don ald rode along with his grandfather to celebrate the “old man’s” last official ride. Before the train left, Evans, talk ing about his experiences, said that if he could start all over again hep “would do the same thing for an other 50 years.” One summer a few years ago stands out in his memory. That was when several children of Philadel phia invented a wild game called “suicide tag.” “The kids would stand on the tracks,” said Evans, “and their game was to run . off just as the train was approaching. From what I gathered the winner was the kid who came closest to being hit by the locomotive. I had to stop, whistle the lungs out of the train, and crawl until rail yard workers chased them off the tracks. I sure was happy when they finally put fcn end to th&t'game.” Wee Crew Caller Evans began-^working for the Pennsylvania iix Jersey City as a crew caller. His job was to ride around on a bicycle calling the train crews together. A year later he was made a fireman, and In 1910 he was promoted to engineman. 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