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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
Farm Commodities
Pose Big Problem
Government Limited
In Selling of Stocks
At the moment the government
Owns approximately $1,806,365,438
worth of farm commodities, pur
chased through the years to sup>
■port farm prices, agricultural de-
k>artment officials report.
Products stored in government
bins include 3.5 million bales of
cotton, 145 million bushels of
wheat, 167 million bushels of com,
422 million pounds of linseed oil,
294 million pounds of dried milk,
79 million pounds of dried eggs, and
quantities of various other items.
What’s become of it all?
It may be disposed of in various
ways, but not dumped upon the
The government today has
167 million bushels of Ameri
ca’s finest com stored under
the price support plan. The
question is, what to do with it?
open market to compete with com
modities now in private ownership.
To do so would flood the market
and depress the commodities of
fered far below support prices.
The government would then find
Itself buying the commodities
placed upon the market.
• These commodities, however, can
sold should the market prices
len considerably above sup-
port levels.
The government has two methods
at present of moving commodities.
They are:
<1) Persuading the consumer to
Increase their purchases through
normal purchasing channels, thus
reducing the supply and raising
the price to where government
Stocks can be put on the market.
Also, reducing supplies to a point
where support prices would be
come unnecessary.
»(2) Many of the commodities in
government stockpiles are being
distributed to 'School lunchrooms,
charitable institutions, Indian af
fairs, and needy groups.
New Corn Spray
Until recently, the corn earworm
has prevented profitable sweet
(Corn growing, especially in the
t South. Sometimes every ear in &
crop is infested. Such corn cannot
be sold.
Now the department of agricul
ture has developed a spray con
taining DDT, mineral oil, and
The new spray, when applied
at the right times, will elimi
nate earworm and pay in
growth of healthy corn on the
American farm.
water that may be applied to silks
and husks of developing ears.
When applied at right times it kills
worms before they attack and ruin
the corn.
R. A. Blanchard, bureau entomol
ogist, developed the method. He
tested it in the field diming three
growing seasons in Texas, Missis
sippi, Missoufi, and Illinois. Ear-
arums were> controlled in ever in-
he reports.
January Exports Pass
Million Marie
$224
January agricultural exports to
taled $224,300,000, the agricultural
department reports. Cotton topped
the total with $83,500,000.
• Wheat and wheat flour were seer
end to cotton, valued at $47,300,000,
While corn was in third place with
$14,700,000. Imports during the
$14,700,000. Agricultural imports
during the month were valued at
$00,700,000, or approximately N
jjaiUion more than exports.
BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
Rose Allows as How He Saw Some Flying Saucers;
Claims He Wasn't in His Cups at the Time, Either
By BILLY ROSE
At the risk of being laughed out of court and countenance. I’d
like to report that I’ve seen flying saucers.
It happened on a clear and moon-minus night two summers ago in
Newton, Conn., on the lawn of the home belonging to Paul Osborne, the
playwright. Among my fellow oglers were Paul and his wife, Director
Josh Logan and his missus, and Author John Hersey and his. What’s
more, none of us was in his cups the night we watched the flying saucery.
The show began about 10 p.m.
flight it looks like a hundred-foot
flaming cigar.
while we were sitting outdoors, en
joying and shooting the breeze, and
the first thing we
noticed were sev
eral searchlights
some miles away
poking their yellow
fingers into the sky.
A few minutes
later, three bits of
celestial chinaware
skittered into view,
and from then until
midnight they
skipped and scam
pered above our bewildered heads.
As nearly as I could judge, these
whatzises were at least 200 feet in
diameter and were flying at an al
titude of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet.
Their edges gave off a ghostly glow,
very much like blue neon tubing
seen through a heavy fog.
Billy Bose
WHEN THE SEARCHLIGHTS fi
nally cut off and the discs got lost
in the stars, we put what was left
of our heads together and decided
that what we had witnessed must
have been some kind of hush-hush
military exercise. We also decided
that, if we didn’t want a butterfly
net slipped over our heads, it would
be smart to keep opr lips zipped*
about the whole thing.
How come, then, that with my
bare face hanging out in print. I’m
spilling the story now? Well, until
recently the talk about the per
snickety pancakes has been more
loose than lucid—according to
some writers, they were manned
by Martins two inches tall; accord
ing to others, by Russians two
droshkies wide.
Recently, however, documenta
tion has begun to replace delir
ium, and it’s becoming evident
that the overgrown manhole cov
ers ora not- pnly real, but, de
spite all denials, one of the top-
secret weapons of our own navy
and air force.
The most convincing testimony
was offered April 3rd by Henry J.
Taylor on a General Motors broad
cast over the ABC network. Taylor,
after treking all around the country
and talking to people who had seen,
touched and even flown these cred
ulity-cracking craft, made the fol
lowing flat and unfrivolous state
ments about them:
One type of saucer is the “true”
disc, which ranges anywhere from
20 inches to 200 feet in diameter, is
unmanned and generally guided by
some form of remote control. The
other is a jet-driven platter which
carries a crew and is capable of
such supersonic speeds that in
FURTHERMORE, according to
Henry J., a “true” disc was actual
ly photographed near Wildwood,
N. J.; another was found in the
vicinity of Galveston, Texas, and
stenciled on its surface was the
following:
MILITARY SECRET OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*
SC A-A AT . . . This ferocious
show of teeth by a western
mountain lion didn't scare off
the photographer who wanted
to get this picture. And broth
er, how he must have wanted
to get it.
ANYONE DAMAGING OR RE
VEALING DESCRIPTION OR
WHEREABOUTS OF THIS MIS
SILE IS SUBJECT TO PROSECU
TION BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT. CALL COLLECT
AT ONCE. (Then a long 'distance
telephone number, and the address
of a U S. Air Base, and finally the
words <mi the "saucer” in big,
black letters: NON-EXPLOSIVE.)
Well, 1 don’t know what the
saucers are for, but on the basis
of this and other reports—plus
the evidence of my own bug-
eyes — I’m convinced they exist
and, praise the Lord and pass the
ammunition, are ours. Moscow
papers please copy.
I wrote a column recently about
the bureaucratic blabbermouths in
our nation’s capital who, at the
drop of a daiquiri, blurt out top
military secrets to anyone who will
listen. Well, Fm plenty happy to
learn that—at least as regards one
vital weapon—there are some folks
in Washington who not only know
their beans but can keep from spill
ing them.
This Is
Your Paper
Censorship
Is Dangerous
By William R. Nelson
By INEZ GERHARD
C LAUDETTE COLBERT won a
popularity poll that really
means a lot—the one conducted by
the Woman's Home Companion; her
latest picture is ‘Three Came
Home.” June Ally son was second;
her ‘The Stratton Story” was voted
last year’s best picture. In third
place, Loretta Young; fourth, Oli
via de Havilland. Bing Crosby
headed the men’s list for the fifth
time in succession; then came
Spencer Tracy; his "Adam’s Rib”
was the second best picture. Third,
Cary Grant; fourth, Clark Gable.
Jeanne Crain got a special award
for her "Pinky” performance. Last
year Ingrid Bergman, Irene Dunne
and Bette Davis were the three lead
ers among the women.
M-G-M is going to resurrect "The
Merry Widow” again, this time in
Technicolor, starring Lana Turner
and Richardo Montalban. They
made it first in 1925, with John
Gilbert and May Murray; then in
1935, with Maurice Chevalier and
Jeanette MacDonald.
Louis Calhern must be very hap
py. Ever since he starred so suc
cessfully on the stage in "The
Magnificent Yankee,” as Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, he has
wanted to do it in pictures. Now
it's all arranged, at Metro.
Wally Butterworth thought
he had an easy name to remem
ber, but some of the bushels
of letters coming in to his
"Voices that Live” treasure
hunt have made him wonder.
Mail has come addressed to
"Walla Walla,” "Valley Water
Works,” "Wally Boderwald”
and "Walter Warwurst,” among
others, And he’s acquired such
first names as "Roily,” "Art,”
“Perry” and "Olive.”
Why, oh why doesn’t some record
company persuade Pia Tassinari
and Ferrucio Tagliavini to record
"Lontano, lontano”? It has brought
the greatest listener response in
the history of the Telephone Hour
whenever they sing it.
Ed “Duffy’s Tavern” Gardner’s
first film production will be "The
Man with My Face.” The storv’s
locale was a western frontier town
but Ed changed it to Puerto Hico,
where he now lives.
The police of Miami, Fla., were
bewildered; instead of getting offi
cial orders on their radio-phone
system they got instruction like
"Rush lunches to The Breaking
Point* unit at Newport Harbor,
Calif. John Garfield and Patricia
Neal are getting mighty hungry.”
They appealed to the Federal Com-
munications Commission—and War
ner Bros, had their frequency
changed.
Stanley Kramer wisely chose
Mala Powers to play "Roxanne”
in “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Discov
ered by Ida Lupino, her first pic
ture was "Outrage”; Howard
Hughes subsequently took over her
contract. Jose Ferrer predicts that
"In another ten years she will have
so many Oscars in her pocket
she’ll-be able to use them for book
ends.” He took part in her tests.
THE
FICTION
CORNER
ON THE PAYROLL
• By Richard H. Wilkinson
C ENSORSHIP is an action Ameri
cans resist so aggressively it
has not even been imposed by law
in time of war. Whenever some mis
guided attempt is made, whether
against press, movies or radio, it
is quickly squelched by aroused
public opinion. Yet there are other
attempts which fail only because of
the knowledge, tact or courage of
a home town newspaper editor.
Every newspaper has frequently
to resist minor efforts at censor
ship. They are resisted because edi
tors know that a minor success to
day can become a major one to
morrow. ,
St r a g e 1 y
Danger enough, very
Is tew who par-
Inherent ticipate in these
minor in-
I UD HAD ^EEN the redheaded
girl in Mr. Jones’ outer office
every day for a week.
He himself was a copy man, and
if she were after the same job
that he wanted
it would compli-
3 -Minute cate things. It
Fiction w ° uld ' c “* “ s
chances of suc
cess in half, and
it would be rather embarrassing
because—well, because he thought
she was an awfully pretty girl and
he liked the way she held her chin
high and tried to appear brave.
On Monday of the second
week, the redheaded girl
dropped her handbag. Its con
tents spilled all over the place.
Jud helped pick them up—lip
stick, a bunch of keys, a pawn
ticket! Jud’s lips tightened
when he saw that. Just as he
thought—she’s had to pawn
something in order to live.
Of course the handbag episode
gave him the liberty of talking with
her. Without half trying, he got her
story. It was just as he figured.
A sad tale of deprivation and lost
hope. If only she could see Mr.
Jones. She knew he needed a sten
ographer and she really was awful
ly good.
A determined light came into
Jud’s eyes.
Ignoring the protestations of the
switchboard girl, he burst through
the railed-in space, crossed it in
two bounds and threw open the
door to Mr. Jones’ offifce.
Mr. Jones was sitting at his desk,
smoking a cigar. He looked up with
a startled expression when Jud en
tered. He had heavy jowls and a
shock of grey hair and belligerent,
bushy eyebrows.
The cigar fell from his mouth.
He stood'up. Before Jud could utter
"Of course, I’m serious. 1
made a bet with Dad that I’d
marry you.” 7
a word, he barked: "Your nartie
Jud Essex?”
"Yes, sir,” said Jud, taken
aback.
“I’ll be damned!” exclaimed Mr.
Jones. "Did she tell you who she
was?”
‘‘Did who tell me who who was?”
Jud asked, beginning to think he
was mistaken for some one else.
"My daughter! That redheaded
girl in the outer office?"
It was Jud’s turn to drop a cigar,*
if he’d had one. "Your daughter?
That the girl who wants a job
as a stenographer?”
Mr. Jones came round his
desk. He was short, but rotund.
He glared up at Jud. “You're
hired,” he said. "I lost a bet,
so you’re hired. But you’d
better make good, or you’re
fired. Get that!”
"Shut up! Do you want the Job,
or don’t you?”
Mr. Jones stalked out of the of
fice. A man came in another door
and told Jud to follow him. "Kate
always wins,” the man said.
"Here’s your desk. Kate wants you
to go to lunch with her this noon.”
I
UD SAT DOWN, speechless. "Do
you mean—am I one of several
who have been hired in this fash
ion?”
Jud passed a hand through his
hair. The man left. Jud sat down at
his desk. He tfied to straighten
th|ngs out in his mind, and was
beginning to get places, when Kate
entered.
At lunch Kate said: "Would you
like to marry me?”
"Sure,” said Jud, grinning weak
ly.
“All right then. Right after work.
I’ll be waiting.”
She was, too.
He wondered what was next.
He found out. She took him to
a minister's. She produced a li
cense. Jud tried to grin. He
gulped and stared at her.
Jud suddenly no longer had the
feeling that he liked all this. "Now
listen,” he said. "I can’t marry
you. In the first place I don’t love
you. In the second I think you and
your old man are crazy. And in
the next place, I’m already mar
ried and have three kids!”
Mr. Jones called Jud on the
phone the next morning. "Mister,
you’re still working for me if you
want the job. I won a bet from
Kate, and it’s cured her of her
screwy notions. Come on down.
Your salary’s doubled."
stances fully realize what they are
doing. Having the best of intentions,
they fail to see the danger inherent
in their actions. ~-
Whenever a "request” is made
that a newspaper omit facts con
cerning a public matter, censor
ship is being -attempted.
Even a spat between neighbors
becomes a matter in which the
public is entitled to the facts, if the
services of police or a court are
required. Police and courts belong
to the public which authorizes and
pays for them, and how their serv
ices are employed is of concern to
the public.
There are instances, of course,
where private rights outweigh those
of the public, and the editor Is
justified in suppressing such news.
There are other instances, also,
where good taste may dictate that
an item be omitted. But, whatever
the fine points involved, it is the
editor’s judgement which should
prevaiL
Honesty
M ° r
Coercion?
News paper
editors do not
resent honestly
intended re
quests \o over
look incidents where there is doubt
that the public interest outweighs
the private rights. They do resent
them if accompanied by coercion
in whatever form.
The editor is expert in such mat
ters as public right to news. He is
the best judge of whether or not
public interests outweigh those of
individuals or organizations in
volved. His judgment should be ac
cepted without resentment. Censor
ship is a dangerous force, too dan
gerous to set in motion, no mat
ter how innocently it may be em
ployed.
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great
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9. Impolite
10. Girl’s
name
11. Bodies of
water
12. Dirties
14. Part of
“to be”
15. Bounder
16. Lines
(abb/.)
17. Subdivi
sions of
scout troops
21. Large
body
of water
22. Thick cord
23. Obtains
24. Establish
again
27. Scope
28. Futile
29. Seed
vessel
30. Units of
structure
(Bot.)
33. Part of
“to be”
34. Mournful
35. Exclamation
36. Piece of
turf (golf)
38. Crazy
(slang)
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ing plant
42. Leave out
43. Not difficult
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Fragrance
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sticks
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20. Make choice
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fish net
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24. Quick
25. Tending
to erode
26. Trick
30. Companion
able
31. Full of rats
32. Timid
34. Male
descendants
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Is marital conflict due to “circumstances”?
Answer: Not primarily, says
Florence Hollis of the New York
School of Social Work in "Women
in Marital Conflict: a Casework
Study." The report includes a
study of 100 families by 22 social
workers from 11 different agen
cies. The workers concluded that
the real causes of conflict were
such factors in the women’s per
sonalities as excessive depen
dence, undue attachment to par
ents, rejection of femininity and
neurotic need to suffer. Interfer
ing relatives, cultural differences
and financial pressures had but
secondary effects.
psychiatrists” that while perhaps
useful in some forms of acute
insanity, drastic treatments of
this type do lasting damage to
the brain and may involve "po
tential tragedjr.” The fact Hhat
•‘shock*’ may produce spectacu
lar results does not mean it should
be used indiscriminately.
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Are “shock treatments”
harmless?
Answer: No, says Dr. Jules H.
Masserman of the University of
Chicago Psychiatric ‘Clinic. Ex
periments with apimals showed
that "unlike most drugs, electro
shock produced permanent im
pairment of behavioral efficiency
and learning capacity.” He notes
a "growing conviction among
Can being “logical” make yon
unsympathetic?
Answer: That , depends on how
tar you are using your "logical
ness” as a defense against admit
ting your own unreasonable wishes
or fears. TO allow yourself to un
derstand how someone else can
have "illogical” emotions (like re
sentment agajnt someone toward
whom he "ought to be grateful”),
makes it harder to deny that you
are capable of being childish your
self. If you "can’t see why neurot
ics don't get wise to themselves,'*
y6u may be afraid to admit how
much of the time ypu are ruled by
your emotions rather than good
sense.
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Progress Made in Treating Leprosy Doab'S Pius
By Dr. James W. Barton
W HEN WE CONSIDER the
large number of men and
women dying of cancer, we may
think it strange that research
workers have not discovered the
cause and cure of this fatal dis
ease. What we forget is the great
number of formerly fatal diseases
that have been conquered or con
trolled during the past 50 years.
There is » little magazine
called The Strr, edited and
published by the patients of
the U. S. marine hospital na
tional leprosarium, Carville,
La. In this magazine appears
a page of cartoons, not only
showing the great progress
made in the treatment, of lep
rosy (now called Hansen’s dis
ease) daring the past 50 years,
bat also in the control of tu
berculosis by streptomycin and
surgery, of diabetes by insulin,
of pernicious anemia by liver
and liver extracts, and of men
tal diseases by the shock
treatment.
In a message to the patients of
this hospital. Dr. Frederick Johan
sen, superintendent, says in part:
"During the past 50 years we who
work with Hansen’s disease have
seen achievements that mankind
has been eagerly awaiting for cen
turies. The successful use of the
sulfa drugs has brought about a
new concept of Hansen’s disease.
The public attitude towards lepro
sy and those who contract it, is
gradually developing as more peo
ple learn its true character.
7 DAYS
Dr. Johansen’s report to the
surgeon general on the work
done at Carville in 1949 stated
that this hospital discharged
the largest number of patients to
their homes, and occupations
than in any one year since the
hospital was founded.
The above is a wonderful achieve
ment when we think of all the cen
turies during which leprosy pa
tients were treated as "untouch
ables” and isolated from every
body but physicians and nurses.
Physicians believe a new name,
convulsive disorder, is preferable
to the term epilepsy, because it is
a symptom and not a disease it
self.
• • •
While most epileptics are normal
mentally, there are a few who are
of the emotional or nervous type
and have odd behavior symptoms
a$ide from epilepsy.
Psychotherapy — treating the
mind of the patient—should form a
part of all types of treatment of \
high blood pressure, because there
is always present nervousness and
tension of mind.
• • •
Laboratory and clinical studies
of alcoholics have convinced physi
cians that alcoholism is a metabol
ic (gland) disease.
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