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Fish Noises Y OU DID not know fish wer« vocal? Well, well. They are found in schools, aren’t they? How can they do things in schools un less they can communicate? The drum fishes drum, the conger eel barks, the puffers, pigfishes and others grunt; in fact the roncos are called “grunts;” the singing fish (midshipman) sings, the sea robin screams, and the oldwife chatters like a gossiping “old wife.” Before proceeding further, in case you are doubtful, let us see what Brian Cur tis says in his fascinating Book en titled "The Life Story of the Fish.” We quote: “We definitely know that some fish use the air-bladder to make noises with. Best known is the weak- fish (seatrout) and its allies. It has a peculiar muscle by which it can set the air-bladder into vibra tion and produce sound. The male only possesses this muscle, and the male only can make the sound from which we judge that it has something to do with mating. Into the all pervading hush of the sub surface ocean, untroubled by the rush of winds, undisturbed by the war of waves, beyond the reach of man-made noises, the weakfish sends his call for a mate, and it is so loud that it has been heard six feet above the water when the fish ^s fifty feet under water.” Certain species make noises by grating together the upper and low er teeth (in the throat.) Puffers or swellfish make a noise by nibbing together the upper and lower jaws. Raflnesque, in 1899, described the fresh water sheepshead, or fresh water drum, and has this to say about its vocal talents: “A remark able peculiarity of this fish con sists in the strange grunting noise which it produces, and from which I have derived its specific name. It is intermediate between the dumb grunt of a hog and the single croak ing noise of the bull frog: that grunt is only repeated at intervals and not in quick succession. Every navi gator of the Ohio River is well ac quainted with it, as they often come under the boats to enjoy their shade in summer and frequently make iheir noises.” Most salt water anglers are fa miliar with the croaker, or hard head, of the Chesapeake Bay, and have heard the croaking noise they make when thrown on the bottom of the boat; the spot also can be heard. And our channel bass gets its alias from the noise it emits— the red drum. Both the drum and the croaker give forth sounds in and out of the water. Some black drum were kept in the New York Aquari um for years, and could be heard all over the building. AAA Record Mako Aksel Wichfield, the nation’s peerless Bine Marlin angler, is shown here at Bikini surveying his new Atlantic record Mako Shark, which weighed 845 pounds. Aksel, when he looked at this leviathan while fishing for bine marlin, probably felt file way the average trout fish erman feels when a carp gets on his line. However, noting the sise of the fish, he kept it on and boated him to find he had a new record. A year ago Aksel took the world’s record bine marlin which weighed 742 pounds. Both fish were taken on a 39-thread, 108-pound-test Cort land’s Supercutty linen line. AAA The nuthatch builds its nest in the decayed trunks of trees, so that its young may eat the insects that flourish in this habitat. AAA DDT & Fish Fish that eat insects killed by DDT may die, get the tremors or gorge themselves without harm, says the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service. It all depends on the con dition of the fish before they get the insects whether or not they are killed. Strong, well-fed fish suffer least. When DDT was sprayed in an emulsion of oil, the damage was greater than when DDT was sus pended In water for the spraying Grasshopper Control Methods Discussed Poisoned Bait Erratic, New Experiments Reveal Poisoned bait, used for many years, has often given erratic con trol of grasshoppers, the Oklahoma agricultural experiment station re ports in a recent bulletin. During the past few years, many new chemicals have been developed some of which are very poisonous to grasshoppers. Of these, benzene Adult grasshoppers compli cate control since many acres may become infested and adults are not so easily killed as nymphs. hexa chloride is especially useful when temperatures are high and most grasshoppers have reached the adult age. Insecticides which give most ef fective control as sprays are chlor- dane, 1.0 to 1.5 pounds per acre; toxaphene, 1.5 to 2.0 pounds per acre; and parathion, 0.2 to 0.3 pound per acre of the actual insecticidal material. Most effective is obtained by spraying these on succulent plants when the nymphs have near ly all hatched and are feeding. As the season progresses, costs in crease and control decreases. The bulletin warned care should be taken to prevent livestock from feeding on plants that have been tested with any of these chemicals. The operator applying them should avoid contact with them to as great an extent as possible. The use of, masks and gloves is cheap insur ance. Buying Feeder Pigs May Prove More Profitable Hog raisers in the future may find it easier and more profitable to sell their sows and buy feeder pigs al ready weaned, wormed, castrated, deloused, vaccinated, and started on feed. This is the long-range program of a Wisconsin farmer whose “pig hatchery” output cannot meet the demand of a long list of customers. The Weix farm in Dane County, Wisconsin, produces a special kind of healthy, well-started weaning pig. According to hog farmers and live stock authorities at the Chicago market, this system has many ad vantages—among them saving of time in search of good boars and sows and their year-around main tenance. This eliminates time, work and risk in raising pigs from farrow ing to weaning. It means cutting down on expensive housing and the elimination of guesswork about the kind of pigs that will result in the use of each new boar. Unloading Corn Place Boards Here When a wagon box is full of corn it is not necessary to pick part of the load off before the balance can be shoveled. When loading the wag on start at the rear and when the box is partly filled put in a board at an angle, aj shown in the illu stration. When the wagon is being unloaded start shoveling down the board. It will not be necessary to either take out the end gate, or pick any of the corn off. The idea saves much time and labor. Farmers Rent Majority Oi Frozen Food Lockers Eighty-nine of the 100 frozen food locker plants active in North Caro lina in 1948 started business opera tions during the four preceding years. About three-fourths of all lockers were rented to farmers; there was little difficulty in renting lockers; plants in operation had 95 percent of available space rented; and two- thirds of them were rented to capa city, a survey showed. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. W: DEPARTMENT OF STATE United States 1 Oldest Executive Department Began Duties By WALTER A. SHEAD This Is the first of » series of six articles on the department of state of the United States and Its person nel as written by Walter A. Shead, Western Newspaper Union’s Washing ton correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The de partment of state of the United States of America is the official cnannel through which the Ameri can people conduct their relations with the other peoples and govern ments of the world. It is the oldest of the executive departments oi government and went into action in 1789 with Thomas Jefferson as the first secretary of state. Because of the fact that this na tion was traditionally self-sufficient and isolated and aloof from the rest of the world until the advances of technology conquered time and dis tance, the people of this nation prob ably know less about the state de partment than any other branch of government. However, since World War I the state department has been grow ing, not only in its dealings with the rest of the world, but in the im pact of its actions and its policy up on the everyday life of every indi vidual American citizen. What the American people are concerned with now is just this: What about the department of state today? Who are the men and women who comprise its personnel roster of some 22,000 employees? Where do they come from? How are they chosen for the tasks assigned them? And above all, what is the foreign policy of this nation and how is this policy formed? This series of ar ticles, of which this is the first, will attempt to deal objectively with this subject and answer some of these questions. • • • ses upon which to spotlight the THERE ARE TWO main premi- state department. First, the de partment proper has about 8,000 employees, most of whom are sta tioned in Washington. These com prise the general management and functional and operational segments *.*f the department. Then second, ♦here are about 14,000 persons in the foreign service who staff the more than 280 embassies, legations, diplomatic missions and consular By INEZ GERHARD I LENE WOODS, singer on the CBS “Steve Allen” show and the voice of Walt Disney’s “Cinderel la,” was a radio personality in Portsmouth, N. H., her home town, when she was 11. For singing on two local programs she was earn ing $11 a week. She was on a net work show before finishing high school; then Paul Whiteman en gaged her. Two Hollywood-produced shows took her west. Her husband is a musical arranger there, and they have a two-and-one-half year old daughter. Miss Woods’ break in the “Cinderella” movie came as a result of her helping one of the Disney organization staff make some test records. Hers was perfect. Lloyd Bridges stopped in New York only a day on his way from Rome to Hollywood recently. In Rome he starred in “Three Steps North”; is now joining in promo tion for “The Sound of Fury,” made before he left. DEAN GOODEBHAM ACHESON SECRETARY OF STATE Born April II, 1893, in Middle- town, Conn., son of Eleanor and Edward Campion Aeheson. School*: Groton: A.B., Yale, 191S; LL.B., Harvard, 1918; honorary M.A. Yale, 1936; honorary L.L.D., Wesleyan, 1947. Married Mies Alice Stanley, May 5, 1917. Children—Jane (Mrs. Dndley W. B. Brown); David Cam pion Aeheson; Mary Eleanor (Mrs. William P. Bandy). Private secre tary to Leals D. Brandels, associate S ettee of the U.8. snpreme eoart, 19-31; with Covington, Barling and Rnblee, 1931-33; appointed ander sec retary of treasary. May 19, 1933, re signed November 18, 1983; member Covington, Barling, Rablee, Aehe son and Shorb, Jan. 1, 1934-Jan. 31, 1941: appointed assistant secretary of state, Feb. 1, 1941; ander secre tary of state, Aag. 87, 1948-Jaly I, 1947; seeretary of state, 1949. En sign. U.8. Navy. World War I. offices maintained by the United States in some 75 countries. The next main subject to remem ber is that the conduct of the foreign affairs of a world power like the United States with a population of more than 150 million people re quires a highly Specialized organi zation, specially trained about poli tical, social, cultural and economic aspects of the world. TTiese are further broken down into specialized subjects such as finance, aviation, human rights, labor, agriculture, commerce, tar iffs, reconstruction, standards of living and other technical fields so that the department not only repre sents the people of this nation in other countries, but it acts as for eign representative of all other de partments of government. And since World War II and the organization of the United Nations, duties of the department have tripled. For Instance, during 1949 representatives of our state depart ment took part in 6,000 international meetings and received 340,000 re ports from its representatives from throughout the world, all of which had to be analyzed and evaluated as a basis for policy decisions and correlated in each case with those of other interested government agencies. Today, headed by Dean Aeheson, the department of state occupies more than 20 separate buildings in Washington scattered about the city, with the beautiful new build ing at 320 21st Street N. W. as the hub of its activities. The old state building at 17th street and Pennsyl vania avenue, adjacent to the White House, now houses only the library, and the rest of the building has been taken over by executive offices of the presidential staff and some other agencies. As he does every department of government in the executive branch, the President heads up the state department and is responsible for the foreign policy adopted. The secretary of state is a member of his cabinet and is the chief execu tive officer of the department. Immediately under him is the Under-Secretary of State James E. Webb of North Carolina; Ambassa- dor-at-Large Philip C. Jessup of New York; Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration John E. Peurifoy of South Carolina; and Deputy Under-Secretary Elbert G. 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"I can’t see it your way, but I guess I’ve got to take it and like it.” He left her abruptly, crossed the sun-bathed patio of the old Spanish hacienda and entered the door on the opposite side. Inside the small room Tommy saw a white-haired old man taking his ease in a chair near a window. “Senor Jacinto,” the youth began, "I come to you again and for the last time and in all humbleness to ask the hand of your daughter. 1—” "And for the last time,” inter rupted the old man angrily, "1 refuse. My daughter is descend ed from a noble and proud fam ily. She deserves a husband of distinction and wealth.” "You mean,” said Tommy, "that you will sell your daughter to the man who will lend you enough money to increase your measly fish business. A fish peddler dishing out stuff about noble ancestors! Bah!” “Get out of my house, you Amer ican adventurer! And if you come back once more, I will turn you over to the police!” Back at his hotel Tommy's spirits BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Well Made Plans of Men Go Wrong - Without Murder By BILLY ROSE If you've nothing better to do for the next three minutes, let’s play a game called “Answer Yes or No.” Question: If a doctor were accused of allowing a mean old man to die who only had a week to live anyhow, and you were on the jury, would you find him guilty of murder? A dopey question, you say, because it leaves you no choice? Well, let me brief you on the events leading up to the crime and then put the ques tion to you again . . The mean old man—let’s call him Andrew Horton—was a millionaire of the almost extinct rough-’em-up Jay Gould school, and among the people he delighted in pushing around was his son, An drew, Jr. To round out the picture, it must be admitted that the youngster pretty much rated this treatment: He was a weak-chinned and weak - wiHed society kid who in his teens had de veloped a cordial dislike for two things—(a) work, and (b) his father who insisted on it. A few months after the boy’s 21st birthday, the old man came down with a heart attack that all but did him in, and the specialist who was called in informed the son that his pop didn’t figure to live more than a week or so. • • • THAT NIGHT, to celebrate his Billy Rose coming of fortune, the voung man went out and tied on quite a pack age, and on the way home drove his car through a plate-glass win dow on Madison avenue. He was arrested and promptly bailed out, but the story hit all the front pages. When his father saw the papers the next morning, he almost had another stroke, and it didn’t help when the boy faced up to him and blurted out that in a short time he’d be doing as he darn well pleased. When bis son left, the million aire sent for bis lawyer. "Vm going to teach that kid of mine a lesson, n be told him. "Fix up a new will where be doesn’t get a penny and bring it back this after noon. The doctor can witness my signature" "What beneficiary do you want to name?” asked the lawyer. "Make it out to one of those out fits for medical research," said the old man. • • • THAT AFTERNOON the will was executed in the presence of the doctor. "That’s a fine gesture,” the physician told his patient when the lawyer had gone. "That amount of money will finance a lot of impor tant work." "Only idiots leave money to In stitutions instead of their o>yn kin,’’ said the old millionaire. "I didn’t bother telling that fool lawver, but the will you witnessed is only in tended to throw a scare into my son. Tomorrov; or the next day when he comes to his senses, I’m going to tear it up and reinstate the old win." Late that night the patient bad another attack, and when the doc tor examined him be knew it was touch and go—given the proper medication, the old skinflint might be k*p* alive long enough to reinstate the original will; a slightly different dose, however, and he didn’t figure to survive the night. Well, as I get the story, he died a few hours later and his millions were used to set up one at the im portant research centers in the East. As for the son, he turned out to be as big a bum without money as with .... Now to get back to my original question: With the facts before you, would you find the doctor guilty or not guilty of murder? On the eighth day Sener Ja cinto stopped him on a deserted street. "This is an outrage! Or- tegna is not big enough for two fish dealers,” he said. sank to a low ebb. He bad not the remotest idea how to persuade Senor Jacinto to consent to his marriage to Dolores. Suddenly Tommy leaped to ids feet. He could not provide fund* to help Dolores’ father expapd, but *ti the other hand. . . . Early the next morning the streets of Ortegna rang to the cry of "Fish! Fresh Fish!" delivered in a strange and foreign dialect Housewives rushed to their doors and smiled over the odd sight of a blond-haired American youth pushing a cart in front of him on which reposed a canvas tarpaulin covering great quantities of fresh fish. Curious, they stopped and questioned him, were astonished to learn that his price was far below that of Senor Jacinto. N EWS of the oddity spread rapid* ly and before noon Tommy had sold out his supply. On the next day it was the same, and again on the day following. A week passed and Tommy had worked up a nice business. Occasionally he saw Senor Jac into, but the old man passed him by with never a word, but glowering looks. Qn the eighth day Senor Jacinto stopped him on a deserted street “This is an outrage! Ortegna is not big enough for two fish dealers. One of. us will have to go." “What a pity you are planning to leave the land of your birth where you own a fine house and have many friends." Senor Jacinto choked with rage. "It is you who will go. I was here first. I built up the fish business here. You will have to go!" “Gladly,” said Tommy. “The mo ment you consent to my marriage to Dolores. I am not a fish dealer by trade. I am a surveyor. I would like to continue to be a surveyor, but not alone.” “Never!” shouted the angry'man. Tommy shrugged and shook his head sadly. "It is a pity. Fish!” he called at the top of his voice. “Fresh fish!” Senor Jacinto nearly burst a blood vessel. "Stop!” he shrieked. "The very sound of your voice is like a knife in my side. Take my daughter and the devil with you both! Only leave me in peace!” Dolores was waiting in the patio when Tommy came for her. “You are a very good fish ped dler," she said. "Will you always be a fish peddler?" "Only,” said Tommy, "if your father should change his mind about consenting to our marriage.” OT 015 WRIGHT A . tv* PATTERSON If Useless Expenses I N RESPONSE to a determined demand for economy in govern ment on the part of the American people, congress has passed and the President has approved a pork appropriation bill providing for $830,000,000 of needless and largely useless projects. This Is a waste of our tax money when we are so heavily In debt and have a war to fi nance. And we must continue to pay the maintenance costs amounting to many millions year after year. It would be better to assign those army en gineers to duty in Korea, where they might serve a useful pur- Typical of those useless projects represented in that total is one for which the engineers corps is given i $130,000,000 with which to construct a nine-foot channel in the Missouri river between Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City. The engineers are not required to provide the needed water in dry months, or to prevent disastrous floods in wet ’ months. We have gotten along without such a channel throughout all of our his tory, but now in * the face, of an economy demand, congress says it must be provided. A sure waste of the people’s money. A number of years age, when our national debt was compara tively insignificant, when we did not have a war to finance, congress provided for a navi gable channel in the Missouri between Kansas City and St. Louis. It, tee, has been prac tically unused. It Is only an oc casional barge that travels up or down that waterway. In an article in the August Amer ican Magazine, Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois stated that had the gov ernment paid airplane transporta tion on all the freight handled by river barges between those two cities, the cost would not have been as great as the maintenance charge for keeping that channel open for a year. Now we are to have another stretch on that same river for which we must not only pay the construc tion cost, but the annual mainten ance charge for an unknown number of years. That for' a channel in which, for eight months of each year, there is not sufficient water to float a fair sized row boat, and for the other four months, provides only disastrous floods, that only a few years ago swept away a hous ing project F.D.R. had built on a river sandbar. That, too, was a waste of the people’s money. Men sent to Washington, presum ably to-represent the people of the United States in the matter of legislation, who will vote for or propose silch appropriations as those represented by that pork bill containing money for simply waste projects to an extent of $830,000,000, are misfits that should not have been sent to either branch of con gress in the first place. Certainly they should not be returned to continue their ne farious pilfering of the federal ; treasury. They are not big enough to think In terms of im portance to the nation, but feel they have served the purpose ■ for which they were chosen when they succeed in provid ing for the expenditure of a few thousands, or a few millions of federal money In the sections peopled by their eonsfitnents. Such appropriations are political only. It is a safe bet that the con stituents living along the banks of the Missouri, between Kansas City and Sioux City, will not appreci ate the providing of a nine-foot channel in the river, which they will not use, when they realize it represents a cost of $130,000,000 of government money, plus a main tenance cost of more millions for each year. They do not want gov ernment money wasted on such useless projects, when we need it so badly for ships, planes, guns, tanks and other munitions when we are engaged in a war and threat ened with more that involves our existence as a nation. The way to stop it is to turn the wasters out, and so stop their sabotaging of the federal treasury. * There are only six million mem bers of the Communist party in Russia. The other 174 million of the population are slaves to that six million, to Joe Stalin and the Red army of three million well equipped and well trained troops. Without that army, Stalin is nil. * If you bet on elections for the purpose of winning rather than sen timent, put your money on a Dem ocratic 82nd congress. The Repub licans offer nothing to vote for other than opposition to Harry S. Truman, and “me-too ism.” * Weasel words have been a curse of politics for generations. * The politicians, like the diplo mats. talk in a language that can have several interpretations. The purpose is to confuse. * CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT DOGS, CATS, PETS, ETC. FOR SALE—Registered Collie puppies with champion blood lines. Mr*. R. F. Spanjer, Rem* Rd., Cedartown, Ga. Pfc. 294. . ^ j SCHIPPERKE (Belgian) pups. Regis- tered, $50. 220 S. Worthington Drive, We*i Memphis, Ark, Phone 181. SYRIAN Golden Hamsters, R.O.P. 8ia«it strain breeders S3.50 pair. Wonderful pets; laboratory use: other prices on request. Royal Hamstery, 721 Wslnut, Macon, Ga. iglis weeks old. Female $15, _—• pets and cattle dogs. Cody Fowler, Box 101, Commerce, Ga REGISTERED English Shepherds. 8 v -- - ‘ male $20. Gentle FARM MACHINERY A EQUIP- FOR SALE—M-12-H McCormick-Deering Cotton picker complete ipith tractor. Picked 52 acres. $4900. Also new picker for sale. $6200. Raleigh Tractor A Track Co., Raleigh, N.C. FARMS A RANCHES INCOME PROPERTY Modern fireproof beachfront hotel-apart ment, $125,000. Net income 12* Photo* available. Write owner. Mr. Lane, S634 Jacinto, Sarasota, Florida. HELP WANTED—MEN, WOMEN TEACHERS wanted—West States, ka. Will want 1,500 between now an tober for grades, home ec., commer library, band, journalism. Teachers 1 change, Boulder, Colorado. UVKfiTOCK DAIRYMAN—Before Purchasing, i selection of Holsteins and Guernsey 4nd heifers. R. H. Walter, Lannon, Call nights 285. 3 all i rOB FOR SALE—Production dairy Milkers or springers. Contact COBLE, Pontotoc, Miss. Phono 5681. MISCELLANEOUS MUSKIES, Walleyes, etc. TANTA Redheads, $1.35. Tanta-Laro Mfg. C Banshlne A to.. Yenngstown, Ohle. NICE EARTHWORMS, live deUvc $1.00. hundred. A. GRAY, Littleton, West OIL HEATER CONTROLS (CAJtBUl REPS RE1 Factory Autl BIG LOT, Little Price. 100 can pictorials Airmails, etc. Es with approvals. Paul Sea home, MorrfovUI*, Peana. Will sell sixty electric Alkuno machines, practically new. dollars, cost forty each. Company, LaOrange, Ga. SEEDS, PLANTS, ETC, Kentaeky $1 Fesene, SOe; Lad: $1.85; Buttbn Clover, 75c. All a pound recleaned, tested 98* pc germination. Order today. D! Old Hlohery, Tenn. WANTED TO BUYjUl -- -- - - ■ - Want Old Time Automobile made ' 1900 and 1925, also brass lamr horns. E. Clavol, Waaehnla, Buy U.S. Savings dosepn asp T7jrmrjamji WNU—7 After 46 Years, Champion U. S. Money Burner Retiree WASHINGTON. — The man sponsible for burning more than anybody in history is it for good. He is Benton C. Gardner, ing after long service as the treasury’s currency red* division. For 46 years, his job has In volved sending to the inc 1 A — paper money in such bad had to be replaced with new During that time, he has se: many billions up in smoke no plete tally is available. But last year alone, it must amounted to more than five dollars. That’s how much money the treasury’s printing engraving bureau turned out keep the supply in good shape. As if you didn’t know before, it’s easier to get rid of money thah it is to make it. The government keeps a couple or so thousand employes busy turn ing out fresh cash. It keeps one— a man named Edgar Gary Jr.-—to shovel the old stuff into the fire. Beekeeptrs Honor Cnvontor Who Devised Simple Hive GREENFIELD, MASS. — 0 hundred years .ago a Congrei tional minister with a sweet tooth invented a "bee space.” Now beekeepers throughout the nation have erected a plaque in his memory. The inventor was the Rev. Loren zo L. Langstroth, who devised m hive, shaped like a box, from which racks of honey could be re moved and empty ones substituted without disturbing the bees. Until his invention in 1848, it was almost impossible to remove honey filled combs without dismantling the hive and destroying the bees. The National Federation of £ keepers associations says simple invention made commercial production of honey possible. Abusive Language Spoile Effects of Magie Charms BANGKOK, SIAM.—Nai ya was taken to the fering from more than SO self- inflicted knife wounds. He said he had been testing the "magic” of some charms which were supposed to immunize hipci against knives of every kind. He attributed their eventual IneS* fectiveness to the fact that he I "abusive language” to were watching.