Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Need Claimed to Keep Gl’s Abroad Iff Continent to be Fully Guarded; Berlin Stocks Up for Emergencies (EDITOR’S NOTE: When •pinions are expressed in these colnmns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) EUROPE: Just in Cose The demands of the cold war are becoming steadily more vast and insistent. First and continuing is money—American dollars to stem the tide of communism and protect itself—so the theory goes—by pro tecting Europe. NOW IT IS MEN Europe wants. American Gl’s to garrison the con tinent. A permanent garrison of American troops in western Europe —even after German occupation ends—is vital to the Atlantic pact defense, several Europ^n experts believe. THE EXPERTS quoted argue that American troops would pro vide on-the-spot leadership for Europe’s defense forces, and would serve as a reassurance to France If German troops eventually are too powerful in the western Euro pean defense. At present, as the pact alliance rounds out its first year, its 12 member powers have about 22 di visions of varying strength and ef fectiveness among them. The normal complement of a di vision is 15,000 men. That means a total of 330,000 potential fighting men ready to meet any attack up on the pact signatories. It also means that each pact signatory is putting less than two divisions into the overall plan to protect them selves. Under such a setup it is conceiv able that America might have to bolster the defensive line: but the setup poses anew the question: How sincere is Europe in efforts to rehabilitate and protect itself? BERLIN: Fear Crisis In the event of a crisis such as that precipitated by the Russian blockade in 1948, Berlin was ready. The west has stocked the city’s bins with enough food and coal to make a mockery of any new block ade. In the 11 months since the Reds jlifted the blockade of the city, a steady stream of train, truck and barge traffic has piled up what is felt to be adequate supplies to meet g^gany emergency. When Russia clamped down the blockade, in an effort to impose its own political convictions on Ber lin, the city had only an average of six weeks supplies on hand. Now the basic staples are in about six months supply and in all probabil ity will continue to increase as further stocks are added. It was felt that the Russians, aware of this process, would be less foolhardy than to attempt another blockade effort, but even so, no one was taking any chances be cause of the unpredictability of Soviet action and of the old truism that “what has happened once, can happen again.” HIGH COURT: Accused Must Talk ♦ A ruling of the U.S. supreme court is likely to serve as a power ful stimulant for those accused of Communist sympathies and refuse to talk. The court refused to grant a hear ing to two Hollywood writers con victed of contempt of congress. The action let stand a decision that congressional committees may com pel witnesses to say whether they suv Communists. The vote was 0 to 2. By its action, the high court re fused to interfere with a lower court decision holding that congress may abridge either the freedom of speech or the freedom to remain silent “when legislating to avert what it believes to be a threat of substantive evil to national wel fare.” The high court handed down the opinion but did not explain its season. It took the action in a brief order saying it would not hear the appeals of screen writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trum- bo. They had been pending since last August 11. Lawson and Trumbo each under sentence to serve a In jail and to pay a fine of |1,000. They had been free under ond. The court’s order noted that Jus- Black and Douglas favored review of the case, and that ice Clark took no part and Trumbo were two of it screen figures who to tell a congressional com- whether they had been rs of the Communist party. & COUNTER-CLAIM Chills Charges Brig. Gen. Conrad E. Snow, head of the U. S. state depart ment’s loyalty board, testifies before the senate subcommit tee Investigating charges of communism in the state de partment. He chilled charges by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R., Wis.) when he told probers that he knows of no Communists in the department. VACATIONS: Why Not England? For the American tourist plan ning a trip abroad, England can’t be beat, according to Farnham F. Dudgeon, editor-in-chief of West ern Newspaper Union, a newspaper syndicate. DUDGEON visited England some weeks ago along with 14 other rep resentatives of newspaper syndi cates, press associations and periodicals. The host on the flight over the Atlantic and the trip through England and Scotland was the British Travel association which is engaged in a campaign to attract tourist trade to the British Isles. The syndicate chief reported that “England definitely is the place to go” for the American who wants a memorable trip abroad at a modicum of cost. This is true, he said, because of the many places and things in England that are so closely tied in with our own his tory. “Right now, England is a tourist paradise,” Dudgeon said. “Espe cially is this true because the pound devaluation has added so much more purchasibility to the American tourist dollar. For ex ample, one may stay at almost any of the picturesque inns or ho tels for as little as $21 to $23 a week. “TRANSPORTATION facilities in both England and Scotland are ex cellent, even if the equipment is somewhat battered from the war. The British are eager to. make Americans feel at home, and one gets the impression that this is a sincere hospitality, not motivated exclusively by the desire for American dollars.” There is little need to remind Americans of the particular charm and beauty of the British and Scot tish countrysides, with their lakes, moors, heather, famed resort spots and historic buildings and land marks, because they are known, even if vicariously, to most Amer icans. “But seeing them at first hand is an altogether thrilling and mem orable experience,” Dudgeon said, RADAR: Day & Night The country was informed during the week that there is at least some insurance against another “Pearl Harbor” in the event an enemy should attack. That insurance is a radar and civilian-airplane-spotting network that is now far enough along to provide protection. The announcement also reported that alarm systems have been in stalled that can flash an alert to air force interceptor squadrons and civilian warning centers with in a matter at seconds. All these moves simply are preparedness, officials stressed, and do not in dicate any need of these defenses is imminent. Air force officials said more than 200 warning centers now are hooked up and many more will soon be in operation. The centers are selected by officials such as governors, mayors and chiefs of police. Headquarters will be in key cities and someone will always be available to man the warning ap paratus. Anti-Red Bill Win Congress' Okay? a bill to control Commu- ivities in the United States jval of congress? There squabbling about the with claim and counter- ig hurled. Ferguson (R., Mich.) he could line up top-heavy for such a measure, but I expected the administra- leaders would try to block action on it. That forecast of Dem ocratic intentiems burned majority leader Scott Lucas, of Illinois. He promptly retorted that Ferguson was “just talking politics.” But Ferguson told reporters he was convinced the administration is opposing passage of the bill and that the difficulty was in getting senate leaders to bring it up for action. EGGS ACT LY!. A Fowl Effort Who was surprised? If you feed a radioactive dose to hens, why wouldn’t you get radioactive eggs? But Dr. Clyde Driggers, of the University of Florida agricultural experiment station, called them uncommon hens — and uncommon hens they were, inasmuch as they had been given doses of radioactive calcium and they laid radioactive eggs. THE poultry-department scien tist set out to learn what happens to calcium from the atomic energy commission at Oak Ridge and fed minute single doses to two hens and daily doses to another two. He kept them under close observation. The hens suffered no ill effects and got along apparently as well as other hens until they were killed at the end of the project. With the aid of a Geiger counter, the experimenters found: THE SHELL of an egg laid by one of the hens 15 minutes aftei the first dose contained enough labeled calcium to make the count er tick, but none of the material was in the yolk or white of the egg. Radioactive calcium showed up on the shell, yolk and white of an egg laid 24 hours later and the white contained 70 times more of if than the yolk. PAKISTAN: ' Peace Move The Indian parliament ratified the new India-Pakistan pact and with that approval there appeared hope that bloody communal strife on the subcontinent might be end ed. Prime Minister Nehru, in submit ting the pact, said he was satisfied it would halt a drift toward catas trophe. “We have stopped ourselves at the edge of a precipice and turned our back to it,” Nehru said. THE AGREEMENT guarantees the security of the Moslem minority in Hindu India, and the Hindu mi nority in Moslem Pakistan. It also permits the unhampered migration of both minorities across the bor ders of the two dominions. The move was an idealistic one and had the blessings of the civil ized world. But whether it would work was a problem that would still trouble hemisphere diplomats. OUT OF INDIA were coming re ports that the announced—and prob ably sincere—effort to abolish caste in order to bring about unity, was encountering more difficulty than was expected. Religious con victions, customs, traditions and practices of centuries are not sloughed off so easily. CHILDREN: A New Hope A new hope for stunted children —a promise of speeding the growth of undernourished boys and girls —is held out in the drug aureomy- ein. The “golden drug,” it was said, may prove a powerful growth stimulator. THE ANNOUNCEMENT was made at the national convention of the American Chemical society in Philadelphia, where delegates learned that already the drug has increased the rate of growth of hogs, chickens and turkeys by as much as 50 per cent. Its effects, delegates were told, “far exceed” those obtainable with any known vitamin. It is being tested now on undersized children. Scientists said the growth-accel erating action of the drug “may hold enormous long-range signifi cance for the survival of the hu man race in a world of dwindling resources,” because it may prove of tremendous importance in ex tending the world’s meat supply and reducing the cost of produc tion. Television Booms Television prodaetion last year according to findings of the Conference Board, totaled nearly 2.9 million sets as com pared with 6,500 in 1946. The above graph illustrates the sen sational growth of this new entertainment medium. The video industry estimates sets in use this year will range around 4.5 million. BUSINESS: Too Many Idle According to U.S. Commerce Secretary Chazles Sawyer, business is good—but there is too much un employment. . HE ADDED, however, that it is dangerous to set a specific figure as the danger point in unemploy ment because “people will get panicky” when it is reached. He also said that his department was not drawing up any plan to. combat unemployment THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. SIDEWALK ARTISTS . . . Adding color to the streets ot Rome, young Italian artists, youths from 9 to 14 years, draw pictures on the pave ments with colored chalk. In order to earn a living. Passers-by pay the artists a few lire for the privilege of viewing the colorful master pieces. The origin of the religious drawings is unknown, but some Romans say the custom began with the shepherd painter Giotto, who, at one time, chalked the streets of Tuscany. The children produce theii drawings early in the morning before the streets become crowded. WAITING FOR PETE . . . Charmin’ Sharman Douglas, daughter of the U. S. ambassador to Britain, has her cigarette lit by the Viscount du Parc at a party. Movie star -Peter Lawford, who kissed Sharman goodbye when she left the U. S. recently, flew to London to spend a holiday with the Douglas family. NEW AIDE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE . . . Dean Acheson (left) confers in Washington with John Sherman Cooper, his new aide, fol lowing oath-taking ceremonies at the state department. .Cooper, former G. O. P. senator from Kentucky and ex-representative at the fourth meeting of the U. N. general assembly, will serve as Acheson’s adviser at the Big Three foreign ministers* conference in London in the middle of May. His appointment is part of a bi-partisan foreign policy. FIRST FLYING SAUCER? . . . This low-powered flying model of the XF5U-1 “flying wing” may be the forerunner of the flying saucers which have stirred up much controversy. The subject took on new interest when a national magazine and a prominent radio commentator annAxneed that saucers are actually American top-secret military ma- ch’nes. Both navy and air force quickly denied that either is building revolutionary craft that could be mistaken for the flying saucer. NEW BUDGET DIRECTOR . . . President Truman has selected Frederick J. Lawton, long-time budgetary expert, to be the new director of the budget. Lawton, lately assistant director, replaces Frank Pace, selected as secretary of the army. CZECHS DENY HIS DEATH . . . The Czechoslovakia government denies rumors that Deputy Prime Minister Zdenek Fierlinger has been assassinated by under- ground anti-Communist fighters. Reports say the Communist sec retary was also wounded in tb» attack. LEAPS TO DEATH • • . Frank Otto Matthiessen, professor of history and literature at Harvard university, leaped to his death from a 12th floor Boston hotel room. He had been depressed by conditions throughout the world for many months, a note said. HAS CAKE, WEARS IT TOO . . . Sharing a birthday with an Ameri can airline in Los Angeles, Wende Eceles decides to be different and use her birthday cake for exterior decoration instead of interior. So here she is, well iced. HATS GROW ON TREES . . . The hat Laura Darnee is wearing Is the latest thing among the belles in Miami Beach, Fla. The bonnet is woven of palm fronds, dried and lacquered. Despite what hub by says, hats do grow on trees. _ Thomas "Burns” Oklahoma’s surly Sen. “Cotton Elmer” Thomas was so burned up after this column corrected his ver sion of General Bradley’s secret testimony on the possibility of war that Thomas has now ordered a senate subcommittee to investigate. The subcommittee is supposed to find out how this column got Gen eral Bradley’s secret testimony. Senator Thomas had reported to the press that the chief of staff was not worried about war with Russia. To keep the record straight, however, this column gave a word-by-word account of Bradley’s remarks, which differed considerably from Senator Thomas’s version. Following this, “Cotton El mer” named three senators to investigate this columnist—Joe O’Mahoney of Wyoming, Willis Robertson of Virginia and Hom er Ferguson of Michigan. They are now checking on all the secret transcripts to find which one might have slipped into Drew Pearson’s hands. What stumps the investigators, how ever, Is that the column also quoted what General Bradley said off - tiie - record — which doesn’t even appear in the stenographic transcripts. / So far the subcommittee suspects a certain Republican senator of leaking the story to Pearson, but I can assure the subcommittee that its chief suspect wasn’t even pres, ent during Bradley’s testimony. Mor« to Invostifato What Bradley Said, summed up briefly, was that Russia won’t have the industrial capacity nor the atomic stockpile to start a war for at least two years. However, he warned that Russia is a bully na tion and might get careless whom she pushes around. He also refused to predict what Russia might do after-two years.' General Bradley-also made other significant observations the public is entitled to know but which this column didn’t have space to print in the story now being investigated. So here is some more for the in vestigators to investigate. Sen. Burnet Maybank of South Carolina questioned* Bradley sharply on whether the IS bil- lion-dollar budget was an abso lute minimum. “I certainly would hate to see the figure become any smaller,” replied Bradley. Then he declared flatly: “This amount was determined before we learned that Russia had the atomic bomb.” He assured, however, that he was willing to go along with a 13-billion- dollar budget for the sake of econ omy. “In other words,” suggested Massachusetts’ Sen. Leverett Salt- onstall, “as a good citizen you be lieve we should live within our means.** “Yes, but I would like to qualify that,” Bradley hesitated. “You don’t want to qualify the good citizen part,” smiled Salton- stalL Then Bradley explained: “The eventual strength of our country de pends upon its industrial capacity. We must not destroy that by spend ing too much from year to year. So if I came here recommending 80 billion or 40 billion for defense, you should start searching for a new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. ... “It is true that our forces— ground, sir and paVy—are net sufficient now to fight a major war,” Bradley emphasized. “Nor do we expect to be suffi cient for such a calamity by the end of fiscal year 1951,” he continued. “But I feel that we are going to achieve the nec essary forces to prevent a dis astrous attack from crippling tills nation. I also believe that we wiD be able to win a war if it comes.** He predicted that this country’* ’’mobilization base”—it’s industrial potential, reserve forces and mili tary education systemr-would “win a war if it is thrust upon us.” “This is a risk that we take," solemnly added the chief of staff Unifieation? Outspoken A dm. Dan Gallery, whose ideas about an all-powerful navy have got him into the mili tary doghouse, was brooding over a fire that damaged his home. *T don’t blame it cm the air force,” he confided to an air force friend. "I think Secretary of De fense Johnson started it.” Congress Sky-Pilot New Chaplain Bernard Bras- kamp is probably the first chaplain in congressional history who doesn’t use a prepared script in delivering the opening prayer before the house of representatives. When Rayburn recently complimented him on it the chaplain replied: “Mr. Speaker, I can’t pray sin cerely by reading something I have prepared. That would be like telling toe good Lord: “Look, Lord, this is my prayer for tomorrow, so be ready for it” CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT , jw 0AAVI am azaw v a • IS.5S pats y-f !■ P«»e»rn, ow Cob* Business. No postcards. STB Sapply, Box 8S8, Atlanta, Ga. BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOB. Peaaaft or Ms. F-»- Oe»/i&Zligl ENEROKTIC dlstrtbater can build anor- mous business with display Item for first time in USA. Best sales to small and me dium sized stores. Exclusive territory considered. STIELA COMPANY M w _ »«g » East 86th St.. New Yerk Z8. M.T. BAKERY—Retail and Wholesale. _ Good opportunity for Baker; Near the beach es. For information write to Dixietond Bakery, 111-11S Grace St., WUmia*te*. N. C. FRANCHISE—Be your own boss, Bam $6,000 to $10,000 a year; operate a Dairy Dip” drive-in unit. Make your own Ico Cream, aell direct to customer. Small starting capital required, terms ranged. Opportunity of a lifetime. E ]y suitable for men or women. Franc available in Tennessee and Kent. Write to TKNNKEN, INC., Bex NaahvMe, Tenn. FOR SALE 1st class grocery and marl in business section on inventory basis. A splendid business proposition. Reason for selling, owner desires to move to country. Contact Belloek anty Business Sendee, Unien Spilngs, Ala. Pkone 88. _ DISTRIBUTORS this year. An item that really sella on sight. Now being handled by Sears and other big outlies. Must be able to carry some stock for Immediate delivery, cover the territory assigned and appoint agents and dealers. Write K.o« Engineering Ce.. eare Riviera Hotel, Daytona Beaeh. FIs. FARM MACHINERY ft EQUIP. GARDEN Tractor*—$127.00. New Mi Lean plows and mowers, write Universj tst T« Lean plows SaL.°&fc 6X4 West enth St.. FARMS AND RANCHES 202V4 ACRES. Six room house, electrlc- ity. big pastur*, lake site, in Monroe County* the homi of Bessie Tift College. Price $35.00 per acre. Other farms. Rhodes Realty, Forsyth, Ga, HELP WANTED—MEN WHOLESALE Men’s Hygienic SuppUesf 48 Samples, $3.00! Lists free. ACmA, Covtngtee X. Virginia. HELP WANTED—WOMEN WfllflCII DEMONSTRATORS AND WUIfiCH UNIT MANAGERS for party plan sales of Plastic Products, which u sweeping the country. Big ey can be made in are opening u; me your spare up this territory. C cate ndth us at once. MARGY FI XNO.. 4147 Olive St.. St. Leals S. LIVESTOCK WANTED—A gentle brood mare Shet land ■ pony unde Robe Tenn pony under 43 in. tall. Write risen, 4X18 18th Ave., Chattanooga MACHINERY ft SUPPLIES OPEN time on new quilting machines for quilting plastic or other materials. • Chenille Taffies 11$ E. Wnngh St., Dalton, Georgia. WESTINGROUSE D.C. generator, amp., 230 vplt. complete with U. D. International Diesel motor, 10 V 1 drive. Priced right. Also other it equipment. Call or write ■*Albert maker, Jasper, Ala., day phone 44; phene 888. MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC Remnants. Beautiful color designs. $1.25 per pound (from 4 yards) Pieces up to 20 yards long 54" wide) Sent postpaid. State yo sires. Satisfaction Guarante apron size sample. Spec Churches, Organizations,’ Agents wanted. Write to Ends, Jewett City, Cenn. 100 assorted, Rc w and light $4.00—100. C.O.D. F.C Chicks. Bernard Morris, Genera livery. Savannah, Ga. HEAVY asserted as 100. White v per 100. White and teds. New Hampa, Cornish ~ trolledT “ hatched Barred orum Controlled. No culls. Thy Kenton Poultry Farm A Hatchery, Kenton, Ohio, Bex O. SEEDS, PLANTS. ETC. SOUTH'S Finest Lawn Grass! MatreUa $5.00 a block. $ sq. feet, pede $4.00 bushel. Kings Narsery. k. Drawer 1411, Auburn, Ala. AZALEA; Genuine India Formosa Deep lavender, well rooted, balled. 8 Inches $1.50 dozen. 8 to 10 inches $2.00 dozen. Small Azaleas well rooted $7.50 per hun dred. Belvedere Asalea Gardens * Nur sery, Earleten, Fla. »uy U.S. Savings Bonds! > FOR MOROL1NE PETROLEUM JELLY LI*X4 TO KILL APHIDS One ounce makes 6 gallons of spray. Kills aphids and similar sucking m sucking insects by contact and fumes. Spares friendly insects. Leaves no harmful residue. Can be mixed with other standard sprays. Proved dependable by 39 years of use on fruits, vegetables and flowers. Taban V WHEN SLEEP WON’T COME AND YOU FEEL GLDM Use Chewing-Gum Laxative— REMOVES WASTE.-NOT GOOD FOQft • When yon can’t sleep—feel Just awful because you need a laxative — do as acLuoivs do — chew yssn-a-Mzirr. rmr-A-icnrT la wonderfully different! Doctors say many ether laxatives start their “flushing*' action tee seen... right la the stomach. Large dose* of aruch lax atives upset digestion, flush away nour ishing food you need for health and energy ... you feel weak, worn out. But gentle vzsm-a-miiit, taken as reo- ommended, works chiefly in the bowel where It removes only i good feedl You avoid that i feeling. Use fsem-a-acimt and feel line, full of life! 254. «>». or only it.: ■ ; ii WNU—7 DON’T CRY Over Billlousness A Head Don’t Hang onto Old Hat Cause SicklJih Conditions . The Reason— If Your Liver la Next Time Next t Over Ten’ll Used