The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 14, 1950, Image 3
BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
Human Nature Acting As It Does These Days,
You Don^ Have to Look Far for Top Story Plots
By BILLY ROSE
In Battle Creek, Michigan, on July 30, 1949, a Mrs. Zilpha
JPerske asked her husband for a hundred dollars, and when he want
ed to know what it was for she refused to tell him. One word led to
a thousand others, and finally the hysterical housewife ran into the
bedroom, took a rifle from the closet and shot herself.
Mrs. Perske hung on for two days, and during that time her husband
not only gave his blood to keep her going but persuaded friends to do the
same. A few minutes before she died, he learned what she had wanted the
hundred dollars for—to surprise him on his birthday with a new hunting
rifle.
One night in the Spring of 1924,
In the middle of the IDinois flat-
lands,. the engi
neer and fireman
of a fast mail
train found them
selves looking in
to the barrel* of a
couple of guns.
The men behind
the guns told
them to stop the
train and back it
up to a crossing
they had just
passed.
At the crossing, four men wear
ing gas masks stepped out of a se
dan. After shooting the glass out of
the mail-car window, they tossed a
tear bomb inside, and when the
mail clerks came out the bandits
went in. When they drove off, they
took with them 60 bags of regis
tered mail which contained two mil
lion dollars in cash, jewels and ne
gotiable securities.
The case was assigned to Bill
Fahy, the post office department’s
Billy Bose
ace inspector, and in a matter of
hours, road blocks were set up, sus
pects were being questioned, and
detectives from New York to San
Francisco were on a 24-hour shift.
Two days after this historic
heist, one of the army of dicks
working on the case got a phone
call from an msderworld char
acter who offered to give him
the name of the man who had
masterminded the stick-up. His
motive for squealing, he said, was
revenge, and when his yam was
checked the man he named was
arrested and convicted, and most
of the two million recouped.
The thief, as corny and contrived
as it may seem, was Inspector Bill
Fahy, and when he planned the
hold-up, he was certain he’d get
away with it because he knew he’d
be assigned to track himself down.
The thing he didn’t figure on was
the resentment of the underworld
because he was muscling in on its
racket.
ON AN EARLY morning broad
cast out of Berlin a few weeks ago,
Bill Downs of CBS relayed the fol
lowing:
Shortly after the war, a German
Hausfrau was notified that her sol
dier husband had died in a Russian
prison camp. After the usual for
malities, the Berlin authorities is
sued a certificate of death, and a
few months later the woman re
married.
Last month she was informed by
the commandant of the prison camp
that her husband was alive and
would arrive by train on a certain
date.
The woman showed husband No.
2 the notice, and the couple decided
that the sensible thing was for the
three of them to sit down at a table
and talk the matter out.
When the train pulled in a few
days later, however, husband Ho.
1 didn't get off. The Russian of
ficer in charge informed the wife
that the excitement of the home
coming had been too much for
the ex-prisoner, and be had died
of a heart attack the night before.
When the woman got back to her
flat, she found her second husband
had committed suicide. A note ex
plained that, under the circum
stances, it was the only decent
thing to do.
By INEZ GERHARD
R OBERT YOUNG and his delight
ful wife were supposed to be
vacationing in New York after he
finished “Ellen”, for United Artists
release. But he was so busy that
they had to sandwich celebrating
their 17th wedding anniversary in
between engagements. In a hotel
ROBERT YOUNG
suite overflowing with flowers, they
cut a wonderful cake before lunch
one day while a photographer gave
directions; afterward they talked—
about his NBC show, “Father
Knows Best”, about their four
daughters, about his campaign to
promote safer driving among young
people, for which he has been
speaking far and wide.
A world-wide search has been in
stituted for the six most beautiful
women in the world and the six
handsomest men, to portray the
leading roles in Albert J. Cohen’s
‘‘Prehistoric Women”, for Eagle
Lion. Sounds ambitious 1
Stefan Schnabel, of “This is Nora
Drake”, son of the famous pianist,
Arthur Schnabel, has an impressive
record as an actor in radio, the
theatre and motion pictures. His
latest picture was “The Iron Cur
tain”. Perhaps because he was so
convincing as a Nazi on the screen,
the U.S. office of strategic service*
used him in Europe during the war.
Dan Seymour has been made
chairman of the board of
Judges of the Boys’ Club of
America. The Board screens
thousands of recommendations
to select the national boy df the
year, a citation for outstanding
Junior citizenship.
Alan Dale, of “Sing It Again”
(CBS Saturdays,) must be the hat
Industry’s best customer. Bobby-
soxers have snatched four of hi? in
the last two months. But his 35 fan
clubs made up for that when they
learned that the singer had been
laid low with a virus infection.
They sent him 46 assorted reme-
i. Dale played safe and stuck to
doctor’s prescriptions.
When 40 New York high school
reporters interviewed Robert Q.
Lewis, m.c. of “The Show Must Go
On”, one brought along a bowl of
goldfish. He asked the humorist to
swallow them to make his story
and pictures better!
s r'
A little more than a year ago
Steve Qochran and Robert Webber,
both broke and jobless, met at a
party in New York. Then Steve was
signed as Mae West’s leading man
In “Diamond Lii”, and did “White
Heat” and “The Victim”; Webber
also landed, a stage job, with Mel-
vyn Douglas. They met again on
the Warners lot; both have star
ring roles in “The Two Million
Bank Bobbery”.
THE
FICTION
CORNER
SANE AND SENSIBLE
By Richard H. Wilkinson
EXPECTANT . . . Great Brit
ain’s royal family is described
as “icily non-committal” regard
ing reports that Princess Elisa
beth is expecting another baby.
This Is
Your Pap^r
What Is
A Newspaper?
AIL WATCHED TOMMY Berk-
ley and Rita Young disappear
down the moon-flooded path to
ward the beach. His arm was about
her waist and Rita’s red head was
very close to Tommy’s blond locks.
Tears blinded Gail’s vision.
“That’s what you get,” she thought
bitterly, “for being sane and sen
sible all your life. For being vir
tuous and loyaL” Loyal! The word
provoked a laugh. Loyal to what?
To Tommy Berkley? That was
ridiculous. You couldn’t be loyal
■ to a man who
3 --. . didn’t know what
- minute you were up to.
Fiction Or at least it lost
its effect.
Gail turned and
started back toward the lodge. Two
months ago she had come up here
with her folks for the summer. The
day after their arrival she had met
Tommy Berkley. They had danced
and Tommy had looked down at
her and said: “You’re not pretty
or beautiful, you’re glorious, which
is really a weak word to express
what I mean.”
Gail had known then why all her
life she had been sane and sensible.
It had been for Tommy.
At the point where the path
skirted the tennis courts before
coming to the lodge steps,
Gail saw a figure and stopped,
catching her breath.
“Hi there, Gail. I saw you walk
ing down this way and followed.”
Even without the help of moon-
Clark’s feet went out from
under him. He fell groaning.
light to etch out the features of the
man Gail recognized the voice. It
was Clark Davis. Davis was tall
and good looking and dark. He
was considered wild. He had a rep
utation. Mothers warned their
daughters not to go out with him,
though they didn’t say why.
“Clark!” she forced a laugh.
“You frightened me at first.”
“Sorry.” He came close. “I
guess I’ve been frightening you
ever since you came up here. I
wish I didn’t”
A path of molten gold streamed
across the lake. Tentatively, Clark
Davis slipped an arm around her
waist And when she offered no
objection he stopped and swung
her to face him. “Gail!” he cried
hoarsely. “Gail!” And he took her
into his arms. She yielded, gave
him her lips in a long kiss. When
it was over she broke away, sud
denly, unaccountably, regretful,
guilty, ashamed.
“Don’t! Please! I—I think we’d
better go back.”
But Clark Davis didn’t under
stand. He couldn’t understand.
He seized her wrist and Jerked
her up close to him. “Listen,”
he said tensely. “I love you!
Do you hear! I want you—have
wanted you since the first day
you arrived here. And you
want me!”
“No. No, Clark! You don’t un
derstand. I was a fool to come
here with you. Please let me go.”
Q UICK FOOTSTEPS sounded
along the pebbles. A figure
loomed out of the gloom. Davis
felt a heavy hand on his shoulder.
He swung around, saw Tommy
Berkley. Angrily he swore and
struck out. But Tommy sidestepped
the blow and drove home a hard
fist, catching Davis behind the ear,
following it with a second blow
to the jaw.
Clark’s feet went out from under
him. He fell groaning.
“You dirty dog!” Tommy said,
coldly brutal. “You ought to be
hung” Then he turned to Gail,
where she had sunk to her knees.
He helped her up.
They walked along the beach.
Tommy’s arm supported her. They
stopped at the foot of the path.
“The dirty dog,” Tommy said.
“Why can’t a man like Davis ac
cept the fact that there are some
good girls left? Why does he have
to think they’re all alike?”
“Oh, Tommy!” She smiled, dab
bing at her eyes. “It—it’s all right
now. I—I was foolish to have come
here with him. If you hadn’t come
along—”
He grinned. “Lucky thing for
both of us. Rita and I were sitting
on the big rock beyond the point.
When we heard you cry out we
thought there was trouble and she
went back to the lodge by the road.
I came over to investigate. I’m
glad I found you, because now
you’ll be the first to know of Rita’s
and my engagement.”
Dried Fruits
Dried fruits and dried beans ab
sorb moisture faster in warm
water than they do in cold water.
By William R. Nelson
E very American cid enough
to read is familiar with the
home town newspaper. Yet, how
much do the readers know about
it? How well do they understand
its problems and actions; its place
in their lives, in the community,
state and nation? Just what is a
home town newspaper?
Dictionaries have varied defini
tions of “newspaper”, but none
contains the full meaning of the
word. Even journalism’s “Hall of
Fame” editors have given widely
differing definitions of what we in
the United States call newspapers.
A home town
Services ri e ws p a p e r,
QfQ such as this
Varied one ‘ is 80 man y
things, all of
them important, that it cannot be
defined in a few words. It is similar
to but still unlike every other busi
ness, profession, and institution in
this community. Yet its services
are so numerous and varied that it
is a vital part of all of the others.
And more, too.
The local newspaper is a mirror
of its community; a clearing house
for ideas; a library of local infor
mation; a market phkce; a sentry
constantly watching over civic and
official affairs; and a partnership
in which the owners, the advertis
ers, the readers and the community
all have interests.' In addition, it is
a manufacturing plant for produc
tion of printed matter.
Unlike s food store, it cannot
feed its community’s people. BUt
its advertising columns can nurture
the food store.
It cannot render banking serv
ice, but newspapers have been
banks’ best protection against the
damage misinformation or mis
guided interference might cause.
This newspa-
Tasks per does not
to practice medi-
Perform 1 cine » but lt
can play a
vital part in preventing disease or
the spread of epidemics. It is not
a lawyer or a court, but it can pre
vent or correct injustice.
Neither the publisher, the editor,
nor the other members of the pa
per’s staff will claim superior
status in the community. They ad
mit only that the paper tries to
do its job. But to the outsider,
whether President of the United
States, or traveling salesman, when
the mood'and measure of this com
munity is desired, the place to go
for the information is the office of
the home town newspaper.
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12. Low spirits
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17. Snare
18. Wager
20. A type of
tailless ape
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a class
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28. Circum
ference
32. Nourished
34. Edible
rootstock
(Tahiti)
35. Large
meat
plate
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40. Manner
41. Head
(slang)
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material
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roadway
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Ditch”
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SCRIPTURE: Amos, (especially 2:4
0; 7-7-1S: 8:1-3).
DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 42:
1-8.
Rugged Prophet
Lesson for April 16, 1956
D ON’T MAKE the mistake of
thinking that the “minor”
prophets of the Old Testament were
less important than the “majors.”
The 12 men whose writings end our
Old Testament are in no way less
important than Isaiah, Jeremiah or
EzekieL They are called “minor”
only because their writings cover
fewer pages. First in point of time
came Amos.
• • •
Ranch-Hand Preacher
X MOS WAS NO city preacher, in
■**' fact not a preacher at all. He
would not even call himself a
prophet. He was a ranch-hand-from
the back country, more like what
we would call a hired hand than
a farmer on his
own. He had no
presitge, no back
ing, no social or
official position, no
money, no high
education, no na
tional reputation, in
fact none of the
things that make
us “take notice” of
a strange speaker. Dr. Foreman
He had no lecture bureau, had no
hmcheon-club, he could not even
hire a hall.
But the Lord had spoken to
him and he knew It. He was
determined that the wealthy
people who crowded the tem
ple yard In Bethel should hear
Mm. No doubt the mere sight
of the man would attract atten
tion. In Ms rough working
• clothes he would look as out-of
place in that well-polished
crowd as a huckleberry in a
- pan of milk.
As his voice, trained in the wide
open spaces, rang out over the
crowd, a few people may have
laughed at first. But a circle of re
spectful silence would grow
around him. Indeed they liked what
he said, at first
• • •
Roll-Call of Doomsday
"T7OR three transgressions of
* Damascus, yea for four ...
I will not turn away the punish
ment thereof,” he began. Damas
cus was capital of Syria, for gen
erations their country’s bitter and
all too successful enemy. So when
Amos predicted a crash for Syria,
you may imagine the applause
would be loud.
Then, one after another, as Amos
points his finger east north, south,
the lightning of God’s curse is
called down on enemy after enemy
of the nation of Israel. Fire, hur
ricane, defeat and disaster are fore
told for every one.
• • •
Too Close Home
P»VERYTHING Amos had said
" was true, and came true; every
nation whose downfall he predicted
coUapsed just as he said it would.
But that was not the main reason
he had tramped all the way to
Bethel. He had some things to- say
to the very people before him,
something about themselves and
their own country. So when he had
his audience in the palm of his
hand, just as they were gloating
over the terrible fate of the na
tions they hated, Amos dropped his
bomb on their complacent heads.
“Thus saith the Lord: For
three transgressions of IS
RAEL, yea for four, I will not
torn away the punishment
thereof.” The roll-call of dooms
day includes every sinful na
tion. God has no pets, he plays
no favorites. His laws are the
same for aD men. Naturally,
Israelites could well believe
that God hated the sins of
their enemies. But their own?
That was a different story.
Amos plunged from being the
most popular sidewalk preacher
of his day to being the best-hated
man in Israel. In fact, because he
dared to name the king as sinner
number one, he was accused ol
treason, a capital crime in any
country.
"One Man With God
Is a Majority”
A MOS WROTE OUT his proph
ecies at some later time and
they have been handed down to
us, with all their fire and force,
in the book that bears his name.
We shall see in later lessons
some of his great messages.
What stands out here is tMs:
Truth is sometimes popular,
sometimes not, but the living
power of truth has nothing to
do with the number of people
who believe it, or whether It Is
pleasant, or with the prestige
of the man who proclaims it.
If it is God’s truth, it will live
even if thte only man who believer
it Is banished, as Amos was, to the
silent wilderness.
(Copyright tar the International council
of Religious Education on behalf of 4t
Protestant denominations. Released la
WNU Features^
1
Serve Baked Ham for Special Dinners
(See Recipes Below)
0
Eating—Deluxe!
W HEN YOU’RE PLANNING to
serve a special occasion din
ner for company or family, isn’t it
nice to have the menu planned and
recipes for' everything handy?
There’s real eating enjoyment in
the menu ini today’s column, and
the directions for making these
special dishes.
Ham is a mighty economical cut
of meat right now, and it makes a
nice showing at
the table with its
gjrosy pink color
tnd juicy, suc
culent slices.
|Then, too, there’s
good eating from
it for several
'days which makes
ham kind to your food budget.
To serve a large number, pur
chase a half or whole ham. For
two or four people, a ham slice
wi^l serve as a meal. Ready-cooked
ham needs to be heated thorough
ly only if you want it hot; cured
but tenderized ham requires about
25 to 30 minutes to the pound for
roasting af slow (300°) tempera
ture.
+ * *
F OR BASTING and glazing the
ham, use any of the following:
honey, corn syrup, molasses,
pickled fruit juices or canned fruit
juices, red jellies, cranberry sauce
or ginger ale.
Smoked picnic hams are similar
In flavor and appearance to regular
hams, and may be preferred by
the smaller families. Here’s a hand
some way to prepare this cut:
* Baked Orange Picnic Ham
Smoked picnic ham, 4 to 6
pounds
94 cup brown sugar
Grated rind and juice of 1
orange
* Orange slices
Whole cloves
Place picnic ham on a rack In
a preheated oven (325°). For an
uncooked picnic, baked 30 minutes
to the pound; heat a cooked picnic
10 minutes to the pound. Half an
hour before end of baking time, re
move ham from oven and score
ham. Mix brown sugar and orange
juice together and spread over
ham. Using whole cloves, stick a
few orange slices and maraschino
cherries on ham and finish baking.
During the last 10 minutes of bak
ing time, increase the oven heat
to 400° to finish browning.
I F YOU WANT a ham dinner for
two or four people, a ham slice
prepared in this way is delicious,
delightful and different:
*South Sea Island Ham
(Serves 4)
1 slice, ready to eat ham, 94
inch thick
1 banana
M. cup brown sugar
94 cup coconut
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons butter
Place ham in a baking dish. Cut
banana lengthwise and then in
half. Arrange banana sections on
top of ham and sprinkle with brown
sugar, coconut and vinegar. Dot
with butter. Bake in a moderate
(350°) oven for 20 minutes.
*MaDow Sweet Potato Balls '
(Serves 8)
3 cups warm, mashed sweet
potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
S tablespoons melted butter
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Frosted Cranberry Juice
•Baked Orange Picnic Ham
with Orange Slices
•Mallow Sweet Potato Balls
Buttered Asparagus
• Hot Cross Puffs
•Molded Cabbage Salad
Beverage
Pineapple Nut Cake
Mints Nuts
•Recipe Given
We're aB like kids
BANANA m
No creaming, no egg-beating
easy mixing this KeUogg-qv'^
1 cup Kullofla’s 2
All-Bran
„% cup milk
.1 cup moehud,
fully-ripu
bananas
1 cup sifted Hour 1 *99
V5» cup raft shortening
X. Combine All-Bran, milk r
nanas in mixing bowL
9. 81ft flour, baklns
and salt together!
Add sugar, egg ~
Stir only until <
S. Fill greased muffin
Bake in moderat *
- (400°F.) about 25
tasty muffins.
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To Women wit
Nagging Baclcac
As wo *et older.
cold sometimes slows down 1
tioa. This mar f ~
plate of BSCfillC
eSTShts or
8 marshmallows
1 egg
1 tablespoon cold water
1 cup almonds, blanched and
chopped
Season potatoes and add butter.
Mold potato mixture around marsh
mallows, forming 0 balls with a
marshmallow in the center of each.
Beat egg and add cold water. Dip
potato balls in egg, then in al
monds. Fry 'in deep hot fat (365°)
until golden brown, turning while
frying.
OTW 80
help the 15
doa’t wait, try
Ueed
DOAN’S
PUFFS
are made from
a beaten yeast
batter, and are
both quick and
easy to make:
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LYNN SAYS:
Quick Meat Dishes
Help on Busy Days
Make a barbecue sauce by mix
ing together 2 tablespoons brown
sugar, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1
tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
and Vs cup of catsup. Spread over
ham slice or hamburgers and broil.
Season ground meat according
to taste and form into balls. Brows
in skillet, then add some canned
tomato or mushroom sauce with a
bit of grated onion and simmer
meat balls for 20 minutes.
•Hot Cross Puffs
(Makes 24 2-inch puffs)
1 package yeast, compressed
or dry granular
94 cup lukewarm water
^ 1 cup milk
94 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
94 cup shortening
394 cups sifted flour (about)
94 teaspoon cinnamon
94 teaspoon nutmeg
* eggs
1 cup currants
, Confectioners’ sugar icing
Soften yeast in lukewarm water.
Scald milk. Add sugar, salt and
shortening; cool to lukewarm. Add
two cups flour, cinnamon and nut
meg and beat well. Add softened
yeast and eggs and mix thoroughly.
Add enough flour to make a stiff
batter. Beat thoroughly until
smooth. Cover and let rise In a
warm place until light ami bubbly
(about one hour). Add currants and
stir down. Fill greased muffin pans,
one-half full, and let rise until light
(about 30 minutes). Bake in a mod
erate (375*) oven 15—20 minutes.
Make a cross on each puff With
confectioners’ sugar icing.
•Molded Cabbage Salad
(Serves 8)
1 package lemon-flavored gel
atin
1 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons older vinegar
2 tablespoons tarragon vino-
94 teaspoon salt
94 oup cold water
194 cups finely shredded oao-
bage
94 cup minced eelery
94 oup sliced, stuffed olives
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
Add. vinegars, salt and cold water.
ChiU. When slight
ly thickened, fold
in cabbage, cel-
cry and olives.
^ Pour into individ-
™ ual molds or
large mold. Chill
until firm. Un
mold on greens and serve with de
sired dressing.
Canned luncheon meat looks more
like a roast if you stud it with cloves
and brush with equal parts of brown
sugar and canned fruit syrup. Bake
in a moderate oven for 15 minutes.
Cream dried beef and add some
leftover peas to the mixture. Serve
in potato nests or over fried nood
les for a quick supper dish.
Two for dinner? Mix 94 pound of
bulk sausage with 1 egg, 94 cup of
milk, one tablespoon catsup and 94
cup canned cream style corn. Bake
in buttered custard cups for 80
minutes.
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REGULAR
Makes The Difference
Thousands of modern
women in all parts of,
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lets for dependable, yet gentl
when a laxative is needed,
know that the all-vegetable
so right. They find an Ht at
produces thorough morning
unity with no perturbi
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so kind to the system.
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tern. If not completely satisf
bos with unused- . _
ua. We will refund yous
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One application
MAKES FALSE TEETH FIT
for the life of your platps
loose and slip or L
permaneat comfort'
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rubber
results from six months to e year or
Ends forerer mess and bother of
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