Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- • I State of National Emergency Is 'odaimed by President Truman; iia Threatens Western Europe i (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these eolnsnns, they are these ef Western Newspaper Tnlon’* news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) HAGGARD TORI AMHUNGI- NGNAMr PYONGYANG CHINNAMPO m i ^ Japan , ♦'(WONSAN ^ S i-!NMAKJf, HAEJUX \ V 38th PARALLEL ^ ^^CHUNCHON ^ ^vr x £ inchonK-Mseoui r tr ^Vsouth KOREA ■AC/ON T Chinese Communists In the mountains of central North Korea prepared for another bis sweep down the middle of Korea (broken arrow). Meanwhile, 60,000 United Nations troops were evacuated from the Hamhung-Hunsnam beachhead after withdrawing from the Yalu river. m: EMERGENCY: Near-War Footing With a series of proclamations and executive orders, President Truman put the nation on a near- war footing. In a world-wide radio address the President proclaimed a national emergency and told the American people they must pay higher taxes, work longer hours, and give up many civilian goods to speed up the defense program. “Our home, our nation, all the things we believe in, are in great danger,” the President said in his address. “The future of civilization de pends on what we do—on what we do now and in the months ahead.” He announced the administration would impose some wage-price controls and .bring 3,500,000 men arms “as soon as possible.” Then he outlined the buckling- down program: 1. Compulsory price ceilings “at once” on some items essential to lense production and the cost of ving. 2. Voluntary ceilings over rest of economy of publishing ‘Tai? standards of prices and wages.” 3. To provide the necessary ma terials for defense production, a “cut back on many lines of civilian production” and expanded output of steel, copper, aluminum, elec- power, and agricultural corn- ties. 4. Workers to labor more hours. 5. Still further taxes. 6. Federal spending for non- •fense purposes slashed “to the lum” in the fiscal 1952 budget. Within hours after the dedar- ition of a national emergency, the ident created the Office of rase Mobilization by executive order. The new office was given power with full authority over civilian agencies kdy at work building United ;s war strength. Truman named Charles E. Wilson to head agency. Wilson was president of General Electric. Also within hours after the Presi dent’s proclamation, the Economic bilization Agency froze the price of new automobiles at the level of December 1, 1950. The action rolled back price increases averaging five per cent announced a by Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and Nadi, on the 1951 models. The automobile industry protested the price roll-back and stopped the sale of some makes. Observers did not believe the protest would carry weight In Washington. i observers believed the President had set the stage for further drastic curbs. There is no doubt but that a speed-up in re armament—to suit the quickening tempo of the Kremlin time-table— will cause economic injuries. Some people are going to lose Jobs. Some r: nr-v business men are going to lose money. And all Americans are go- m fell tng to find life a lot tougher. Some observers believed it may be necessary to cut back civilian production as much as 30 to 50 per cent before war production can go into high gear. Marines The first truckloads ef U. S. 1st marine division are shown above as they rolled into the area near Hamhnng after their 12-day battle to free themselves from the death trap set by Chinese and North Korean Communists near the Changjin reservoir. EUROPE: Reds Threaten The Soviet Union did not say ex actly what it would do, but in notes to Great Britain and France warned that the rearmament of Germany would not be tolerated. The threat brought a new feeling of crisis to western Europe. The Kremlin sent notes to Britain and France which asserted: 1. Arming of Germans by At lantic allies would violate the Pots dam pact of 1945. 2. Western Germany’s inclusion in the Atlantic pact setup would invalidate Russia’s alliance trea ties with Britain and France. A number of observers were ask ing if the Soviet warning wasn’t the kind Red China made—and later fulfilled—as United Nations forces crossed the 38th parallel in Korea. Others, however, do not think the Communists are ready for all-out war. The note is having its effect on western Europe and may slow down the execution of defense plans. London described the Soviet note as a “patently tactical device” timed to coincide with the Brussels meeting. MARSHALL: Opposes Full Mobilization Defense Secretary Marshall is reported opposed to full mobiliza tion now because there is still “a hope” that World War III may be averted. Marshall’s careful appraisal of the powder-keg world situation was given to a house appropriations subcommittee at a secret hearing. However, Marshall said he also believes that the United States must build up its armed forces to Just-short-of-war footing as swiftly as possible because “a single word” from the Kremlin could start the holocaust at any time. The defense secretary did not say exactly how far he believed U. S. mobilization should go. But he said the present goal of 2,771,000 men under arms by next July 1 must be increased substantially. E*' WAR FUNDS House Approves Huge Defense Measure The house approved and sent to the senate a “first installment” de fense appropriation amounting to $17,809,304,424. The Senate was ex pected to act on the bill within a matter ef days. The huge appropriation included $16,845,181,000 for file army, navy and air force—exactly what Presi dent Truman asked. The atomic energy commission got $840 million to augment its fast expanding A- bomb and H-bomb program. Meanwhile, the “second install ment” on the gigantic prepared ness program was rapidly taking shape. President Truman sent to congress a new request for $1,834,- 811,000 to add war-needed mater ials to the nation’s stockpile. The house began study of the bill imme diately. UNITED NATIONS: Political Stalemate Although there was much less tension in the capitals of the world, diplomats at the United Nations continued to work feverishly in an attempt to head off a world-wide conflict. No workable solution for stopping the Korean war had been found, however, and the organiza tion seemed locked in a political stalemate. Russia declared that all foreign troops, including Chinese Commu nists “volunteers,” should be with drawn from Korea, but voted against a cease-fire proposal which the United Nations political com mittee approved by a vote of 51 to 5. Russia’s delegates harked again and again to the argument that the cease-fire formula was aimed at “saving the skins” of western troops—at providing a “breathing spell” during which Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s forces could “reform their ranks” in preparation for a new attack. The general assembly went ahead with its cease-fire plan by naming a three-man committee to seek the truce. Most observers believed they would not succeed. ACHESON: Ouster Demanded Secretary of State Dean Acheson flew to Brussels for a meeting with representatives of the Atlantic pact nations amid renewed pressure on the home front that he be fired from the state department. The latest move for his ouster was made by senate and house Republicans. There was no White House comment on the Republican resolution. Administration officials, however, reported President Truman was “absolutely determined” to stand by Acheson for the reason that he has served him exceptionally well. Some quarters reported the Pres ident considered the attack on Acheson to be an attack on the administration’s foreign policy. Acheson was reported to have said he would not resign and that he was making the Brussels trip because he felt the European peo ples needed to be reassured that the United States is determined to help build up their defenses. Some political observers express ed the opinion that the Republican demand for Acheson’s ouster was timed badly. It was pointed out that lack of unified political sup port for Acheson in congress might embarrass him in relations with Atlantic pact foreign ministers. RAIL TIE-UP: Walkout Called Off Under pressure from President Truman, the federal courts and their own union officials, more than 10,000 striking rail yard work ers ended their crippling three- day strike that caused one of the greatest freight stackups in the nation’s history. The strike ended without any wage settlement, although repre sentatives of the railroads and four rail unions got together for joint bargaining talks at the White FT oar?. The strike had caused mountain ous stacks of Christmas packages to be bottled up in post offices and stranded in freight cars. War ship ments had been halted in transit. Some railroads had curtailed pas senger train schedules. The union had demanded a 40- hour week at pay they received for 48 hours—the same benefits which were awarded previously to one million nonoperating workers. A presidential fact-finding board recommended a 40-hour week, but at pay boost of only 18 cents. The union’s demands amounted tp 31 cents. Contest The Pillsbury baking contest was held at the Waldorf Astoria with housewives from through out the nation competing for thousands of dollars in prises. Mrs. WIRiam E. Brebner of Des Moines, Iowa, (left) is show ing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor a little thing she whipped up and called “The Thing,** after the current whacky song. CHURCHILL: No Foolish Promises Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned the western powers against the argument “that we must never use the atomic bomb until and unless it is used against us first.’* “The argument is now put for ward that we must never use the atomic bomb until and unless it is used against us first,” Churchill said. “In other words, you must never fire until you are shot dead.** imBm DEJECTION . . . With his wounded right hand cradled in his lap, a United States marine falls asleep by the side of the road, relief at coming through the gruelling march from Changjin reservoir area allowing him finally to gain a few minutes of peaceful rest. He waited in Hamhung, North Korea, for eventual evacuation from the threatened northeast front and possible landing upon some other spot along Korea’s coastline to re-enter the battle against the Chinese. NEW ENEMY ... An official communique has disclosed the arrival of Mongolian troops to augment the Chinese Communists in Korea. There are two divisions of Mongols, equipped with hardy ponies and camels. The group is typical of those fighting men that overwhelmed Asia and Europe in the 13th century from the Yellow Sea to the Adri atic and is said to have descended from Genghis Khan’s hordes. They can move swiftly over the most rugged terrain. ■ Mm DEBUT . . . Evlyn Spencer Hor ton, born recently, proudly poses for cameraman at home with her mother, Mrs. John Horton, and grandfather, Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder. Mrs. Horton is the former Miss Drucie Snyder. CHALLENGES X-RAY . . . The University of Washington’s right to make a student submit to X-ray as condition of attendance has been challenged in a suit for Dayis Hol comb, member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, brought by her father. SpNfeSI x ' v '! : :•? ■ -V- , SOV. v.' -V S11 i». AWmm • : ; v- ■ • • X s " .V.: iiP HAPPY’S NEMESIS . . . Fred Saigb, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, reportedly was a busy man at the meetings on the vote for renewal of Baseball Commis sioner “Happy” Chandler’s con tract, lining up as many votes against Chandler as he could. HERO DONATES BLOOD . . . Former Sergeant Charles MacGiW- vary, S3, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor while losing an arm in the Battle of the Bulge in World War n, donates a pint of Mood for Korean use at the Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D. C. He read a story that the boys in Korea need Mood and knows from his own war experience what the soldiers are up against. Capt. Robert Regan (right) is assisted by Technician Shirley Dunn. TWO KILLED IN B-26 CRASH... Two men were killed when their B-26 light bomber crashed while attempting to land at the air **- Bolling Field air base at Washington, D. C. The plane was re- a cross-country flight to Portland, Ore. The wreckage of Is shown on the grounds of the naval research laboratory, 1,888 feet south of the main runway at the air force base. The of the passengers were withheld until FAMILY DOCTOR OF YEAR . . . Dr. Dean Sherwood of Canton, Mass., was awarded recently In Cleveland the title of “family doc tor of the year** by the American Medical Association for exceptional service to his community. He’s delivered some 2,888 babies. OUTSTANDING PLAYER ... All- American Ohio State Halfback Vic which was awarded to him at the Downtown Athletic Club In New York as “the outstanding football player la the U. S.” Truman’s Temptr ft LL presidents, being human, sometimes lose their temper. And Harry Truman, being intensely devoted to his family, has an un derstandable tendency to shoot from the hip when it comes to his wile and daughter. However, those on the inside of the White House know that presi dential fuse-blowing is not confined to protecting his family. More and more the President’s temper has influenced public policy. Quick de cisions, swayed by persomg. peeve, can affect the lives of millions, and the public has a right to know about them. Take, for instance, price controls. Failure to impose price controls has shot up the cost of living by bil lions of dollars, has increased the cost of rearmament to Unde Sam, and started an inflation spiral which may do inestimable damage, v Yet congress long ago voted presi dential power to impose price con trols. In fact. Republicans led in giving the* President more power than he requested. However, this power has not been used. Antl-fiaruch One reason is that Bernard Bar uch came down to Washington and helped persuade the Republicans to vote these powers; and the Presi dent hates Bernard Baruch. He hates him with a passion that dis torts and discolors his judgment. When Baruch’s name comes up in conversations, dispassion and rea son leave the President. The hatred began when Barqch declined an invitation to serve on a committee of Democrats to raise money during the 1948 campaign. The President then wrote him a let ter not unlike the one sent to music critic Paul Hume; later, he fired Baruch’s brother as ambassador to Holland and timed it to occur on Baruch’s birthday. Bemie, once a frequent caller at the White House, has never been near there since. Later, the President blamed Bar uch for getting r.evenge on him by blocking confirmation of Truman’s close friend, Mon Wallgren, as chairman of the national security resources board. Baruch denies this. But his influence with south ern senators is considerable, and White House advisers gave him credit for the fact that Wallgren was never confirmed. Anti-Taft Another illustration of what presi dential peeve can do to national policy is Sen. Bob Taft. For a long time the President has been wanting to get the bipartisan foreign policy bade on an even keel. But the cornerstone of such a policy is Senator Taft—most influential Republican on capitol hill For his part, Taft has made no secret of the fact that he would like to be summoned to the White House. When other Republicans, Senators Wherry and Wiley, return from presidential conferences, Taft has queried them like a cub report er afraid of getting scooped. And when he heard that the White House might call him in^last week, Taft was like a schoolgirl about to go to her first prom. He even offered to cancel a trip to Yale, where he is a member of the board of trustees. But the President who has a per sonal prejudice against Taft, would not invite him. Piarson Prediction Another illustration of presiden tial peeve which upset his own ap plecart was the proposed loyalty re view board, composed ef Judge John Parker of North Carolina, Judge John Patrick Higgins of Massachusetts, and Adm. Chester Nimitz. White House advisers had sold the President on appointing this board to supersede the Tydings committee for the purpose of thor oughly ’examining the question of communism in the state depart ment • • • A nonpartisan board ef Judges, it was argued, Would lift the question ef state department loyalty out of partisan polities and give a categoric answer to oiiater McCarthy. The Presi dent, at first, was all for it. Then this commentator predicted that the board would be appointed. Immediately the President got peeved. He was not, he made it clear to advisers, going to help to make a “Pearson prediction come true.” The bipartisan loyalty board was scrapped, McCarthy’s charges be came the chief issue ef the cam paign, and some ef the President’s stanchest supporters were defeatea. Palm Guard Every member ef the White House secretariat knows what the Presi dent's peeves and pet aversions are. But up until recently they did little to put a quietus on them. In fact, the man who tried hardest to buck ttie President on certain idio syncrasies, dark Clifford, was the abject ef an intense and jealous campaign by John Steelman. The White House staff know, ef course, that anything even remote ly critical ef his wife er daughter makes the President blazing mad. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AUTOS, TRUCKS A ACCESS. WANTED—O. M. C. 0x6 trucks and half tracks for dismantling for parts. Will pay highest prices. FULTON AUTO EXCHANGE ISO EDOEWOOP AVE., N. E. MA. »1»4 tSUSlNEbb A IMVEbA. OFFUK. DRUG Stores, Stadias, photo shops, in crease your photo finisnins and kodak business: give your customers Van's new colorful, giant size album prints; beauti ful styling, liberal discounts: 1-day serv ice: write Van’s Phot# Sapply, Mobile. Alabama. HEAL BUT—In going restaurant located on Main Street in west Palm Beach, Fla. Fully equipped. Priced right. In quire J. S. Bird, Bird’s Restaurant, *04 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Fieri- da. DOGS. CATS. PETS. ETC. bTooDHOUND Paps. Registered. Pedi- S reed. Early delivery. Reasonable prices. Sward Adams, tltd Broadway, Capo Girardeaa. Missouri. INSTRUCTION ... , Unumitco opportu- Iporn Diecp nJtv for veterans * ^-'v^*** non veterans. No orevious exp needed. Write for into Dirsal Training lnc.5!’ t ”*tai'i.. VErKH*N AFfMOVED MISCELLANEOUS RUSTY’ the not cracking deg has many other uses, the perfect gift. Only $3.89 postpaid. Aften Mfg. Co.. Chcrobcc. lews. PERSONAL* UNWANTED HAIR Eradicated from any part of the body with Saca-Pelo, a remarkable discovery of the age. Saco-Pelo contains no harm ful ingredient, nod will destroy the hair root, LOK-BEER LABORATORIES $79 Granville Street Vnnconvcr, B. C. WANTED TO BUY I BUY eld Jewelry, sold teeth, gold watehes, gold coins. Particulars.—Harper Sales, Ben gSTS-T, Pittsbargh ($$) Pa. Save $2.00 On This Heme Mixed Cough Syrup Easily Mixed. Needs No Cooking. Cough medicines usually contain a largo quantity of plain ■syrup—a good ingredient, but one which you can easily make at home. Mix 2 cups of granulated sugar with 1 cup of water. No cooking! Or you can use corn syrup or liquid honey, instead of sugar syrup. Then get from your druggist 2J4 ounces of Pinex, pour it into a pint bottle, and fill up with your syrup. Thi* gives you a full pint of wonderful medicine for coughs due to colds. It makes a real saving because it gives you about four times as much for your money. Never spoils, and children love it. This is actually a iurpriaingly effective, quick-acting cough medicine. Swiftly, you feel it taking hold. It loosens p) “ irritated membranes, makes bi Pinex is a special compound of [ Ingredients,^in concentrated^ form, a please you in every way. FOi EXTRA CONVERIEMCE 6ET ■UOI-UlUt, REMMO-USC DQN / Over BUllousness * Don’t Hang onto Old Cause Sickish Condil The Reason— If Your Liver is Meat Time Next Time Improved Over S Get Tea’ll Like Tk« m East Coast to Block Island the effects of ery plan. MUHona of herring — left turbed in the past for market — are being toe hungry abroad, are carrying the silvery, fish to canning factories •astern shore of Maryland Carl Johnson, veteran for ysars. "this is the first year died them. The li canned for the m lease for Europe. W« knock a couple of billion the Marahall plan More than 8% run started. Large dragged along the shore 1 used to snare thei to find file herring is out