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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C i ! Stent Well Kept I . ^•NNE OF THE most carefully guarded secrets of the war was the fact that Japan was float ing balloons across the Pacific ocean to Oregon. Washington and even as far east as Illinois and Texas. U. S. Censors gave strict orders to suppress all news of these bal loons; and even when an Oregon family climbed into a tree to ex amine a balloon and was blown to bits, censors suppressed the infor mation. Reason for the strict censorship A was that American commanders £* didn’t want the Japs to know how & successful their balloon campaign p was. If the Japs realized their bal- i loons were getting across, it was believed they would launch many more thousands. After the war ended, cross- examination of the Jap mili tary revealed that 60,000 of these balloons had been launched from the Kurile is lands and Formosa. They crossed the Pacific at an alti tude of about 17,000 feet at a speed of over 100 miles an hour and were equipped with gadgets which made them des cend after a certain distance. The prevailing winds across the Pacific made the flight rel atively simple—despite the fact (hat the Pacific is the widest of all oceans. The balloons were equipped as incendiary carriers to set fire to northwest forests, and later they were to be equipped as carriers of bacteriological warfare. a Balloons to Russia Use of these same type balloons to carry propaganda into Russia was proposed in this column two years |igo. The wind currents from Germany, France, Austria, Turkey or even England make it easy to float balloons into Russia. In fact, they could be inflated so as tc come down in certain planned ureas, carrying not only propa ganda, but bars of soap, candy, uhortwave radio sets, etc. The weather bureau, with whom I conferred at the time, confirmed the fact that floating the balloons into Russia would be fairly easy. Secretary of Air Symington and Chief of Staff Omar Bradlrfy gave their enthusiastic approval. But al that time the state departmenl said no. However, with increasing Soviel jamming of the Voice of America, and with the increasing urgency oJ getting American ideas across tc the Russian people, the state de partment under live-wire assistanl Secretary Ed Barrett is re-exami ning the matter. A sincere efforl is being made to put across the Acheson idea of “Total Diploma cy.” f . **» • A Candidate Forgets I .Willis Smith, one of North Caro lina’s candidates for the senate, has been stumping the state telling folks that he is the great friend of the working man. One of his full-page advertisements reads: *T believe in high wage scales for the American working man.’’ What Lawyer Smith has for gotten, however — or at least what he wants .the people of North Carolina to forget—is (hat he actually opposed a 40- cent minimum wage for the working man as late as 1947. Despite the fact that the fed eral minimum wage now is fixed at 75 cents. Smith in- ■ formed the North Carolina gen eral assembly that the 40-cent wmlnlwinm was “harsh, unreas onable and unnecessary.” NOTE — In contrast, candidate Smith last year received a fee ol $23. 137.77 for liquidating the Madix Asphalt Roofing Co. of Raleigh. Since the job took him only 98 days, he was paid at the rate ol $219.28 a day in contrast to the $16 a week which he told the general assembly was too high for North Carolina workmen. While liquidat ing the firm, incidentally. Smith lived at the beach resort of More- head City aud charged his client [10 cents a mile expense for riding back and forth to the beach. Soviat Eyes Okinawa A Soviet plot to force the United '.States off its Pacific island bases Is revealed in recent reports to the | joint chiefs of staff. The clue to Soviet plans is the massing of thousands of Chinese forced laborers to build giant air ports within bpmbing range of China’s, Fukien province. Uuey and Harry Secretary of Defense Louis John son’s report penchant for talking [ off the cuff is getting him in trouble with President Truman— who also talks off the cuff. The President complained to an old friend the other day, “Louey talks to Bernie Baruch and tells him things he doesn’t tell me. I have to learn about them third hand.” -Note—Mr. Truman has no lovs for the elderly Baruch since Bap uch didn’t aid re-election. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 1 Nation Displays Might on First Armed Forces Day; Atlantic Pact Nations Announce Defense Plans (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these eolamas, they are those ef Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily or this newspaper.) ARMED FORCES: A Workable Team Any doubts that observers might have entertained about the success of armed forces unification in the United States was dispelled with the observance of the first national Armed Forces Day. For the observance, America s fighting forces across the world paraded in the mightiest show of power since World War II. The biggest show of all went on in Ger many where more than 85,000 Yanks demonstrated their readi ness. The day’s message to the world was plain: The United States is awake to the menace of Commu nist aggression and is icadying its defenses. President Truman took the occa sion to tell the public that if con gress had passed his universal mil itary training program five years ago “there would have been no cold war.” He also invited all Americans “to take stock of the state of our readi ness to defend ourselves against aggression.” And, in general, Americans were pleased and impressed with what they saw on parade. Although the forces were less in number, they seemed well trained, power-packed units that would form the backbone of new armies should the situation arise. Army, navy and air force put on a united front that was pleasing to observers who remember recent unification squabbles between the services. BOSTON: Taste of Tradition Climaxing its jubilee celebration, staid old Boston let down its hair by serving dinner to 10,000 on the Common and holding a barn dance at the Garden. Believed to be the largest meal ever served to a seated group, the guests got a taste of tradition by consuming five tons of baked beans, three tons of potato salad, and 3,500 pounds of ham. Earlier events of the jubilee were designed to call attention to the cultural, business, industrial, and recreational advantages of Boston and New England. Serving the “baked-bean supper” and all the trimmings took less than an hour, some kind of a rec ord. The trimmings included 2,000 loaves of brown bread, 12,000 in dividual apple pies, 12,000 servings of cheese, and 12,000 Parker house rolls. One thousand volunteer wait resses, supervised by 40 home econ omists and dieticians, served the food. UNEMPLOYMENT: Worker's Output Up According to the federal reserve board the individual worker’s in creased output has been one of the big factogp in the unemployment picture since last summer. The board analysis of “labor market developments” point to two influences at work on the part of business management: 1. “Large profits and strong fi nancial' position in recent years have encouraged business to spend record amounts for new machinery and equipment of highly efficient design. 2. “Intensified competitive pres sure on management to reduce costs, partly by curtailing employ ment and by utilizing those em ployee! more efficiently than earlier in the postwar period.” In addition the board reports there is an increased “tendency for married women to work out side the home,” and a similar trend among teen-agers. FARM INCOME: Likely to Dip The agriculture department pre dicts that the cash income of the nation’s farmers will be well under 1949 totals. The department explained: “prices farmers receive for their products have generally been below those of a year ago, while their costs have declined only slightly. This situation is expected to continue for the rest of the year.” Cash receipts from marketings in 1949 totaled 27.5 billion dollars. Forecasters expect the 1950 total to be approximately 25 billion dol lars. NATIONALISTS: Ready for Last Stand Observers believe the long ex pected last stand of Chinese Na tionalists is now underway. They base their opinion on the fact the Nationalists have withdrawn from all except one of their blockading bases along the China coast. Apart from Formosa and the neighboring Pescadores islands, the only territory remaining to the Nationalists appears to be Quemoy Island, of: Amoy. Assails Truman Sen. Robert Taft is shown above speaking over a nation wide radio network. He charged in his speech that the administration has shaken the confidence of the people and seeks to elect a “subservient” congress to vote into law poli cies that would wreck the conn* try. DEFENSE: West United At one point in their policy mak ing in recent years, the Russians reasoned, and not without basis, that the western powers would never really be united. That rea soning, however, has received a terrific jolt. The 12 v/estem nations, mem bers of the Atlantic pact, have agreed to pool their economic and military might into one vast armed force, centrally directed to resist Soviet aggression. The plan, in reality a unification move, is American inspired. It will “create a balanced collective force,” which means each of the 12 nations will contribute specific units to the central western armed force and not try to maintain ex pensive over-all military estab lishments, each self-contained in all arms. The move was seen by military men as the one means of giving the west a balanced defense force, working in harmony, and with maximum efficiency. The United Spates is expected to bear the greatest part of the cost, although each nation will share in proportion to its resources. The U. S. share is expected to cost more than a billion dollars this year. That the West is deadly serious and intends to have the plan in op eration as soon as possible was evi dent by the creation of an over-all council of deputy foreign ministers, meeting all year round, to put the plan into force. This council will have a permanent powerful chair man who, it is understood, will be an American. Some sources predicted the U. S. may require a larger air force and navy under the plan, since this country will be entirely responsi ble for atomic and other strategic bombing in case of enemy aggres sion. DEMOCRATS: Harmony Disturbed Surface harmony prevailing among Democrats at the Jefferson jubilee celebration in Chicago was shattered by the controversial civil rights issue, which split the party in 1948. The Democrats were startled be cause of the unexpected source of the dissention. Most southerners who attended the Chicago meeting chose to ignore the civil rights panel. Jonathan Daniels, North Carolina national committeeman and former White house aide under both Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, did not so choose. N He sat through the meeting, list ening to 16 speakers demand en actment of the Truman program, and then insisted upon speaking at the conclusion. He told them flatly he could not go along with them in favor of a compulsory fair employment prac tice act, and added: “You cannot have a prohibition law against dis crimination in tfie south.” He asserted the propaganda for the creation of a fair employment practice commission “gives a weapon to our enemies, the Dixie- crats” and makes it possible for them “to hide behind the civil rights issue while they fight every progressive measure.” * Moscow Tool The independent United Electri cal Workers union has been de nounced again as “Communist dominated.” Maurice J. Tobin, secretary of labor, and Phillip Murray, presi dent of the CIO, made the charges in speeches at a rally of General Electric workers. The UE was ex pelled from the CIO last year on charges of having left-wing ten dencies. m POLITICS: Are Both Parties Split? Observers are wondering if the Republican and Democratic partief both are going into the Novembex election with split political fronts The Republican trend came tc light in the Oregan senatorial pri mary which was won by indepen dent voting Sen. Wayne Morse. Hia campaign is not likely to resemble ^y other Republican drives this fall. In Pennsylvania, Governor James H. Duff defeated the old guard Re publicans in the senatorial pri mary. In many quarters the Duff and Morse victories were seen as signs that many Republican voters think the party needs to offer more than mere opposition to President Tru man’s Fair Deal. On the Democratic front, a few more cracks have been added to the split caused by the civil-rights conflict started in 1948. Southerners are still battling the program, and recently, have gen erally opposed Truman’s plans for more gqyerament spending. The Brannan plan has added fuel to the fire of discontent among some of the President’s best western friends. With these points in mind, the September and October political speeches of both parties may prove the most interesting in years. Meanwhile, a high-ranking Re publican took another swing at the President, charging that he seeks a “rubber-stamp” congress elected in November. Said GOP national chairman _ Guy Gabrielson: “The 1950 issues now are clear. President Truman has 4 asked the voters to give him m rubber-stamp congress that will approve his program of social ism.” WINNIPEG: Wet but Undefeated Flood battered Winnipeg sloWly returns to normal. With nearlj ^ fifth of the city at one time under water, the citizens raised a banner proclaiming they were, “wet but undefeated” on the court house and waited *for the Red river to show its first drop. Before it came flood waters had reached a record high for the cen tury. Some 100,000 of Winnipeg’s 350,000 population were forced to evacuate and many of southern Manitoba’s towns were deserted. When the river showed its first drop, flood waters were about two feet below the absolute peak at which engineers figured nearly all of Winnipeg would be waterlogged and the whole population would have to be evacuated. t Even with the river back in its banks, however, observers said it would be near the last of June be fore the city would be back to nor mal. MRS. ROOSEVELT: Comforted Distressed Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was awarded the seventh annual Wil liamsburg Settlement gold-medal award for typifying the American way of life and aiding the under privileged. At the presentation dinner, for mer congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce called her long-time political foe the “best-loved woman in the world” and said that no woman ever had “so comforted the dis tressed—or distressed the comfort able.” “When her justly notable toler ance and patience with the Com- munists finally gave out, that day tolerance of communism in Amer ica ended officially. It is safe to say that her resistance to Soviet com munism is a more potent factor in winning the cold war than an extra billion dollars of Marshall plan aid,” she added. • Something New With all the investigations that have been under way in Washington, Rep. Usher ^ L. Burdick of North Dakota has ;ome up with a new one. He asked the house rules com mittee to approve a resolution to investigate—of all things— congress. The committees post poned action on the resolution indefinitely. EXPLOSION; Second in Generation The stunned and battered com munity of South Amboy, N. J., 30 miles south of New York City, tied up its wounds and, for the second time in a generation, went about the business of rebuilding. On May 19 four explosive-laden barges blew up with such force debris was splattered over a 10 to 12 block area. Twenty-six persons were dead or missing and nearly *00 were injured. NEW SARONG GIRL ... It used to be Dorothy Lamour who appeared in all the South Sea pictures wearing the sarong, but along came a script that called for aquatic adeptness, which in turn called for Esther Williams. She’s posing in Kauai, T.H., in a Tahitian-type sarong known as the “paren.” HERO TO THE KIDS . . . Bronx Patrolman William Carr gets a hand shake from Joan Cohen as x other youngsters look on. Carr, who has six previous citations for bravery, rushed into a public school yard to stop a snarling dog menacing the kids. Afraid to shoot because of the mUling crowd. Carr jumped on the animal, twisting a leather collar around the dag’s Kieek until it was subdued. The dog was removed to be tested fof rabies, and Carr received the thanks of the kids. SIX FEET HIGH—AND OVER! , . . “Farmer’s Glory” and his rider. Miss M. Edgar, take a jump in England’s royal Windsor horse show in London with six feet flying and plenty of room to spare—between the horse and rider at least. The spectacular equine event was a major at traction to horsemen and horse women from all over the country, with its thrills and spills on the turf. Miss E£gar was entered in the class six ladies open jumping event, which contained many spine tingling leaps. SENATOR INSTRUCTS SENATOR . . . Rae Scarborough, one of the Washington Senator’s ace hnrlers, gives U. S. Sen. Harry P. Cain (right), Washington, a lesson in the rudiments of mound work. Senator Cain is toning np for the Democratic-Republican charity baseball <gaane which was played recently at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Pitcher Cain is m Republican, hoping to learn a few choice curves to toss si Democratic batters. He’ll be used to rhubarbs SOMBRERO, SOME MAYOR! . . . Mayor BUI O’Dwyer borrows s sombrero from s Texas council man to wear as he receives the U. S. conference of mayors at Grade Mansion, his official residence as mayor of New York City. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUSINESS A INVES'l- OPPOft. WELL. 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Total germination and hard seed 94%. T. P. Camp, P.O. Box $, Okemah, Oklahoma. BEGINS NEW LIFE . . . Klara de Corba hopes to begin new life in America as she arrives in New York from Budapest. She is s countess whose father was a close friend of Cardinal Mindszenty. She hopes to gain fame and a living by singing on the stage. Planning for the Figure? Buy U.S. Savings Bonds! WNU—7 23—50 Danish Professor Thinks Vikings Vannod Columbus NEW YORK. — Norsemen prob ably established settlements in America at least one to two hun dred years before the arrival of Christopher Columbua in the new world, in the opinion of .Prof. Johannes Broensted, director of the National Museum at Copenhagen, Denmark, and one of the workTs foremost scholars In Viking and medieval archeology. Dr. Broensted has completed a three-month study tour and exami nation of important historical and cheological flnds—the first such PROUD LITTLE MAN . . . Larry Slivka was just abont the proud est little guy in Madison, Wise., when the President of the United States pansed in his tour to ex tend Larry a very farm and per sonal greeting. PLEA . . . Mrs. Robert Vogeler, wife of the American bnsinesf man sentenced to 15 yearn by a Budapest court, pleads her has* band’s cause at a press confer ence in London. She flew from Vienna to London in order to seo Secretary of State Dean Acheson. NEEDS WORK . . William S. Hart, Jr., who lost long court battle to break the will of hia father, movie cowboy actor, Wil liam S. Hart, says he needs a job to get back on his feet after mort gaging his home to pay trial costa. dence by a recognized under auspices of the American- Scandinavian foundation. His study tour, the professor said. Included an examination of the relics, visits to the sites of discov ery, and conversations with lead ing Scientists and archeological au thorities in this country and Can ada, as well as an examination of available pertinent recorded data here and on fixe continent. Dr. Broensted explained there are three principal Amer ican archeological evidences rela tive to Norse colonization before the arrival of Columbus. He said these are the Viking Find from Lake Nipigon, near Port Arthur in Capada, the Newport Tower in Touro Park. Newport, R. L, and the Kensington Stone, which was found in Minnesota in 1898, and which now is on exhibitidh in the Smithsonian Institution. ^ The Canadian find, consisting of a sword, an axe, and a supposed shield handle, all of iron, he said, “in' without doubt a genuine one.” ‘ “The axe and the sword are cer tainly real Viking weapons of Nor wegian (or Danish) origin,” Pro fessor Broensted continued, “dat ing from about the year 1000.” He added that all the other evidence was equally reliable. Girl Player Lands Spot On Boys’ Hockey Team COLORADO SPRINGS. — When fans see a blue-eyed strawberry blonde scoring goals or bashing the opposition to the ice with vicious body checks on the Broadmoor Ice Palace rink this winter, they won’t be “seeing things.” The sight will be real, for it will be a blue-eyed strawberry blonde named Andra McLaughlin. Andra has given local hockey a new twist this year by being the first member of the fair sex to play on an organized boys’ team in the Colorado Springs junior hockey league. Ever since practice started for the Cheyenne Mountain School ice sextet late in October, the 15-year- old sophomore has not missed a workout. She’s been banged and shoved and bruised and bumped, but she was ready to take over at right wing for the Indians. Andra is one of the nation’s top hands in fancy skating, so the roughest, toughest, fastest sport of them all comes nat urally to her. Twenty-Year-old Canine Survives as Vegetarian FORT WAYNE, IND.—Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Schmidt own a 20- year-old dog named Neddo. Twenty years in a dog’s life is the equiva lent of 140 in human life. The Schmidts credit a vegetable diet yrith Neddo’s longevity. ~