The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, February 09, 1951, Image 3
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by
WRIGHT A .
PATTERSON
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Cheers lor Air Forces
C OULD ALL THE PEOPLE of
this country have the privilege
I * had, that of seeing one of the
nation’s great air fields on which
are based America’s mighty bomb
ing planes and of meeting many of
the personnel of that field, it would
remove from their minds, a« it
did from mii)e, much of the fear of
the Red army.
Not only was it vty privilege
to see the number and sise of
the nation’s great War birds, but
I also had the opportunity of
meeting and knowing, in an In
timate way, many of the young
men who composed their crews,
the personnel that can and will
provide protection for the Amer
ican people ‘from any attack
a Red enemy may make.
It was the personnel of those
crews that constituted the basis of
my confidence in our safety, that
removed the fear of any attack on
the part of Stalin and his Red
forces. What that acquaintance did
for me it would do for the vast
majority of the American people,
could they have the same oppor
tunity I had. It was an inspiring
experience.
It was not that I was told in
To Join in Annual Day of Prayer
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vears wh*»n kHp war
facta and figures of the ability
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and competence of those young
pilots, co-pilots, navigators,
bombardiers, radar and radio
officers, and gunners, for they
told me nothing of that. There
was in their conversations
nothing of brag.
My guess would be that any
tendency to brag on the part of
any one ef them would have meant
a quick drop from the rolls of
the strategic air command. Nor did
their conversations provide me with
any “forbidden’’ information as to
what they were doing or as to
where they had been through the
day or night. I knew nothing otf
such details, or was told nothing.
Of such things they’re supposed not
to talk, and no member of any
crew with whom I was in contact
did talk. It was only the “big brass,’*
of whom I saw none, who are per
mitted to talk.
In fact it was the silence on
the part of these young officers,
. on whom we depend for our
safety, that added materially to
the confidence I acquired In the
ability to protect all America
from any onslaughts of the Red
forces. Today I am confident of
their ability to do that job: Such
are the men the '*big brass’* are
depending upon for results, and
their silence, on subjects on
which silence was commanded,
gave me added confidence In
their ability/to protect me, and
all America. • Y ’'‘ ‘ ‘ '
The personnel of those crews were
caqsful, thoughtful young men. I
saw none I could consider a dare
devil who would take chances of
an air stunter at a county fair, or
attempt a speed needed to win n
hotly- contested air race. Their job
is to get the utmost from the mam
moth machines they man, to make
every gallon of gasoline count on
the long flights called for to reach
a target, to force their great and
expensive machines—-costing more
than a million dollars each—to the
highest possible altitude from which
to drop their death laden bombs,
out of reach of the fighter plants
of the enemy.
Those things and the pin point <
dropping of their bombs \>n
enenuA targets are what they
are taught, but the how of snch
teachings are forbidden sub
jects of which they did not talk,
but I imbibed from mixing With
them the strong impression that
they had mastered their lessons,
and had to do so If they were to
hold their coveted places on the
roster of the air command.
When the day comes the greate.
number of them will reach the tar
gets to which they are assigned,
and most of those who go will come
back again, after dropping their
bombs on that Red enemy. They
are not just trained to fly, but to
fiy for a definite purpose, and I
am confident of their ability to
achieve that purpose.
The young men I met, and knew,
nt that one great air base, and the
many hundreds of others like them
stationed at the many bases of the
strategic air command, represent!
the force that lies between the
American people and that Red.
enemy they have so greatly feared.
It in a force that is fully worthy of
our. confidence. We can confidently
count upon the protection we so
ardently seek. As I met and mixed
with them, my fears disappeared,
as would yours could you have the
same privilege.
years when she was trouping
about the country with Bob Hope’s
radio show, became known far
and wide as a sultry-voiced singer.
Her overseas y>urs to entertain our
service men resulted in her widely
FRANCES LANGFORD
circulated “Purple Heart Diary,”
based on experiences in entertain
ing men in veterans’ hospitals. Now
she has been signed to make a pic
ture based on this background. And
that resulted from her appearing
in dramatic sketches on the video
show titled “Star Time.”
Irene Beasley, who originated her
popular CBS show, “Grand Slam”,
hopes that othfer communities will
follow the example of Cincinnati,
O., where a reproduction of the
game was played in connection with
the- city’s drive for the Foundation
of Infantile Paralysis. Irene gladly
gave permission to use the pro
gram’s name and format, and sent
a prize for the best entry.
Pierre Cresson has been signed
by Paramount to a long-term con
tract; is he being considered as a
successor to Charles Boyer, now
that Boyer won’t wear a toupee or
play romantic roles any more. He
is 20, said to be the idol of French
filjn fans, has appeared in 10
French pictures, and is ope, of six
v current favorites of the Paris press,
Vwhich predicts stardom.
ihe President's plea for economy
In our domestic expenditures and
for other than war preparations
would have merited applause, had
he not included in the same para
graph a Remand for expansion of
old age pensions, socialized medi
cine, and other big spending proj
ects. Evidently his recommenda-
ot economy wes not meant to
seriously. Our hope is
congress will not provide the
for such increased expendi-
and run the nation farther
at this time. |
Producer Milton Sperling thinks
the day of the tough-looking gang
ster is passing from the screen.
For “The Enforcer”, though the
star is Humphrey Bogart, he chose
assorted characters who looked as
un-criminal as possible.
Abbott and Costello journeyed to
New York to star on the NBC
“Comedy Hour” telecast and pick
ed up a star for their first film
production venture. She is Shaye
Cogan, featured singer on the
Vaughn Monroe TV series. She will
be granted a four-week leave of
absence to make her film debut in
their picture. She is little and
blonde—and excited.
Jack Smith, singing star of CBS’
“Jack Smith-Dinah Shore-Mar-
garet Whiting Show”, went on a
diet consisting mainly of Swiss
cheese, to lose 20 pounds irv,22 days
for his first dramatic role, in War
ners’ “Moonlight Bay”.
Thousands* of small communities
throughout the United States will
join in the observance of the 64th
annual World Day of Prayer this
Friday. The yearly observance in
this country is sponsored by Pro
testant women of over 80 denomina
tions.
Overseas, women of 91 countries
will join in prayer for lasting peace
and strengthening of the bonds of
Christian unity. The theme of this
year’s prayer was chosen by church
women in Germany from I John
4:18, “Perfect love casts out fear.”
The theme is chosen each year by
a different national group, accord
ing to Mrs. Welthy Honsinger Fish
er, of Ne>y York city, chairman of
the World Day of Prayer commit
tee.
Commending this year’s choice,
Mrs. Fisher said, “The people of
the world today are fearful of each
other, and their distrust can bring
about the destruction that they
fear. It is time all of us were re
minded of One who said love can
bring courage and peace.”
* . * *
OBSERVED on the first Friday
in Lent, World Day of Prayer is
marked by the ringing of church
bells and the closing of many busi
ness establishments for special
services in many communities.
Services at hospital and in prisons,
and special programs for children,
are also part of the observance in
many towns.
In some communities theaters
project the prayer on the movie
screen. Proclamations by mayors
and governors and broadcasts over
major networks urge support of the
program. *
The traditional offerings, which
exceeded 255,000 last year, are
divided between home and foreign
missions. The home missions use
the money to provide child care
and ether social and religious serv
ices for agricultural migrants, reli
gious education and social serv
ices for American Indians and im
provement of the Negro ministry in
sharecropper areas of the south.
Funds allotted to the foreign mis
sions are used in this country to
aid foreign students and abroad to
help support Christian women’s col
leges in the far east and India and
the production and distribution of'
Christian literature.
This year’s service asks that the
offering “given out of thankful
hearts ... may bless multitudes,
whom, having not seen, we love.”
FROZEN ASSETS . . . Sanda
Leino, West Allis, Wise., howls
her indignation after finding her
milk supply in this state of in
flation when Wisconsin experi
enced some eight-degrees-below
zero weather. Just when you
have things figured out, some
thing like this happens.
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state
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yellow
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dawn
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THE
FICTION
CORNER
FAITHFUL SERVANT
By Maud McCurdy Welch
T IMES WERE HARD in the little
town of Centerville and Sam
Meaddws, the town’s only druggist
was finding it hard to meet his
bills. The shoe
factory was
3 - Minute shut down, one
PlAtiAii °* l um ^ er
rIOVlOn mffls had moved
away and the
other one was running half time.
Sam was a widower and lived
economically in two rooms in the
back of his store. He’d cut down on
a few other things, but things kept
getting worse.
Bill Bowen, one of Sam’s good
friends, came in one day to talk the
situation over. “Tl.e trouble with
you,” he told Sam, “is that you’re
hot business-like. How can you ex
pect to run a business successfully
if you don’t collect?”
“When people are sick, they have
to have medicine whether they can
pay for it or not,” Sam said rea
sonably.
“But, Sam, you can’t carry the
whole town on your shoulders. If
you go on extending credit, you’ll
probably find yourself in a bad
spot.” /
Bill went to the door, turned back
With a word of warning, “Better
think it over, Sam.”
Sam sighed. He looked up at
the small neon sign over the
entrance doors of which he’d al
ways been so proud.
“Meadows Drug Store
Twenty-five years of service.**
Bill Bowen was right. After all a
druggist has to take a stand some
where. He has to protect himself.
Sam’s next customer was* Mary
GRASSROOTS
Demonstration of U.S. Air Power Will Ease Unrest
By Wright A. Patterson
C OULD ALL THE PEOPLE of
this country have the privilege
I had, that of seeing one of the
nation’s great air fields on which
are based America's mighty bomb
ing planes and of meeting many of
the personnel of that field, it would
remove from their minds, as it
did from mine, much of the fear of
the Red army.
Not only was it my privilege
to see the number and size of
the nation’s great war birds, but
I also had the opportunity of
meeting and knowing, in an in
timate way, many of the young
men who composed their crews,
the personnel that can and will
provide protection for the Amer
ican people from an$r attack
a Red enemy may make.
It was the personnel of those
ci%ws that constituted the basis of
my confidence in our safety, that
removed the fear of hny attack on
the part of Stalin and his Red
forces. What that acquaintance did
for me it would do for the vast
majority of the American people,
could they have the same oppor
tunity I had. It was an inspiring
experience.
' It was not that I was told in
(acts and figures of the ability
and competence of those young
pilots, co-pilots, navigators,
bombardiers, radar and radio
officers, and gunners, for they
told me nothing of that. There
was in their conversations
nothing of brag.
My guess would be that any
tendency to brag on the part of
any one of them would have meant
a quick drop from the rolls of
the strategic air command. Nor did
their conversations provide me with
any “forbidden” information as to
what they were doing or as to
where they had been through the
day or night. I knew nothing of
such details, or was told nothing.
Of such things they’re supposed not
to talk, and no member of any
crew with whom I was in contact
did talk. It was only the “big brass,”
of whom I saw none, who are per
mitted to talk.
In fact it was the silence on
the part of these young officers,
on whom we depend for' our
safety, that added materially to
the confidence I acquired in the
ability to protect all America
from any onslaughts of the Red
forces. Today I am confident of
their ability to do that job. Such
are the men the “big brass” are
depending npon for results, and
their silence, on subjects on
which silence was commanded, ’
gave me added confidence in
their ability to protect me, and
all America.
The personnel of those crews were
careful, thoughtful young men. I
saw none I could consider a dare
devil who would take chances of
an air stunter at a county fair, or
attempt a speed needed to win a
hotly contested air race. Their job
is to get the utmost from the mam
moth machines they man, to make
every gallon of gasoline count on
the long flights called for to reach
a target, to force their great and
Expensive machines—costing more
than a million dollars each—to the
highest possible altitude from which
to drop their death laden bombs,
out of reach of the fighter planes
of the enemy.
Those things and the pin point
dropping of their bomba on
enemy targets are what they
are taught, but the how of such
teachings are forbidden sub
jects of which they did not talk,
but I imbibed from mixing with
them the strong Impression that
they had mastered their lessons,
and had to do so if they were to
• hold their coveted places on the
roster of the air comnland.
When the day comes the greater
number of them will reach the tar
gets to which they are* assigned,
and most of those who go will come
back again, after dropping their
bombs on that Red enemy. 'Rxey
are not just trained to fly, but to
fly for a definite purpose, knd I
am confident of their ability to
achieve that purpose.
The young men I met, and knew,
at that one «reat air base, and the
many hundreds of others like them
stationed at the many bases of the
strategic air command, represent
the force that lies between the
American people and that Red
enemy they have so greatly feared.
It is a force that is fully worthy of
our confidence. We can confidently
count upon the protection we so
ardently seek. As I met and mixed
with them, my fears disappeared,
as would yours could you have the
same privilege.
“The trouble with you,** Bill
told Sam, “la that you’re not
business-like. How can you ex
pect to run a business success
fully if you don’t collect? ”
Neely, a tired looking little woman
Sam knew what she wanted, a pre
scription re-filled for her brother’s
neuritis. “It’s botherin’ him awful
today,” she said. ’
Mary’s husband hkd had a good
job in the shoe factory, but it kad
been some time since he’d had a
steady job.
But Sam had made up his mind.
He drew a painful breath. “Mary,
you already owe me thirty-five dol
lars. If you could pay for this pre
scription maybe ...” but Sam’s
voice trailed off unhappily.
Mary’s eyes was dazed with sur
prise. “I haven’t any money, but
. . ." she broke off. “You mean
you .. . . you won’t let me have the
medicine?”
Sam walked to the back of the
store, unable to answer. Then sud
denly he whirled around. Mary qp*
gone. He hurried after her.
Town
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IN WASHINGTON
combine that with fuHer**
Coat the marble with thia
and let it stay at least
hours before removing It.
•VALTER SMEAD. WNU Correspondent
Small Business Threatened
>pHE senate small business com
mittee is concerned, and right
ly, over the fate of the thousands
of small business enterprises
throughout the nation which can
perform some function as a gov
ernment supplier. The committee is
fearful lest continual rising prices
will force these small concerns to
the bankruptcy wall. '
As a matter of fact the Defense
Production Act of 1950 has specific
provisions applicable to small busi
ness concerns (those employing lest
than 500 people) in giving them an
opportunity to bid on or accept gov
ernment contracts.
In this connection this reporter
la able to iteport that file depart
ment of defense during the last
fiscal year gave 73 per cent of its
orders for purchase to small busi
ness firms. In dollar value, out at
the $5,355,396,000 spent for defense
orders in the fiscal year ending
Ivory objects, all in one piece,
can be safely cleaned with soap
and water. If several pieces are
glued together, though, better take
a piece of raw lemon, dip it in
salt and rub the surface with it.
Let the juice dry on the ivory be
fore you wipe it off with a damp
cloth.
To prevent mattresses
picking up rust marks from
springs, give the springs a
of paint when the original f
shows signs of wearing thin.
When a miror breaks, you may
have seven years' bad ,luck; but
you can also have several attrac
tive things .to put under vases
and bowls if you get a glazier to
cut the unbroken portions of the
mirror into squares and bevel the
edges.
CONFU
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Nt Itagtr Aay "Mytltry" At
Seftnot trim Soptrltrtty tf
St Jostph Attl-HlstaalM TtWtft
Pastg moleskin on the bottom
of heavy ornaments and flower
pots to prevent scratches on table
tops. Old felt hats can. be cut up,
and the pieces used for the same
purpose.
Rtw She
“Cash and
Without Psinful
Sam smiled at him. He was re
membering a favorite Bible text:
“For we walk by faith, not by
sight.**
June 30. 1950, $1,310,615,000 o? 24.5
per cent went to small business. And
insofar as possible, since Korea, or
.June 25 until today, the department
of defense has sought to nudntain
something like this ratio.# During
A wet, gooey paste of laupdry
starch and water can be used to
clean plaster of paris statuary.
Just smear the paste all over
every part of the surface until
the whole thing looks like such a
the fiscal year the department^ mess you wish you hadn’t Started
"BILL WAS wrong. A man had to
** have faith. A man has to ac
cept his responsibilities. The health
of the people in this town had been
entrusted to him. He couldn’t fail
them, whether, they could pay or
not.
Sam overtook Mary and said,
“Come back. I’D fiU the prescrip
tion. I’D also put up some Vitamin
B for your brother.”
“You’re a good man, Sam,” Mary
said tcarfuUy.
After that when people needed
credit, they got it. Sam was as
usual on caU day or night.
BUI Bowen came to see him ,
again. This .time Sam told him
that a druggist’s responsibilities
to his customers was as great
as that of a doctor to his pa
tients. Bill tried to argue with
him, but Sam shook his head
with a smile.
BiU went out and almost coUided
with Tom Shaver, tLe young cashier
in the bank. Sam was filling a pre
scription for a shabby young man in
overaUs. He charged it and as the
youn man started to leave, Sam
gave him a doU for his little girL
Then Sam said, “Well, Tom,
what’s on your mind?”
Tom Shaver grinned. “Just
wanted you to know the old town’s
waking up. Shoe factory opens next
week, a furniture factory coming
in and the miU’s going to run full
time. There’U be jobs for every
body and the people won’t forget
you, Sam.” Tom went to the door,
stopped under the neon sign. “I
think I’m going to change that to,
read, “Twenty-five years of Faitb-
ful service.”
placed a total of 1,736,882 purchase
orders for supplies, • of whic|i
1,267,000 were transactions with
small business concerns.
According to the department,
three-quarters of aU purchases
were not larger than $1,006 each,
most of which went to small busi
ness and on contracts of less than
$5,000 each, about 71 per cent of
the dollar value went to smaU busi
ness firms, hi a breakdown of its
orders the department says that
such item? as airframes, engines,
ships and heavy ordnance account
ed for about 40 per cent of aU pur
chases, which pf course, are not
produced by* small firms and when
subtracted from the total purchases,
shout 40 per cent of the dollsr
value of aU other mUitary pur
chases, services and construction
were made from smaH business.
SmaU firms got 79 per cent of
value of clothing purchases; 73 per
cent of container contracts; 65 per
cent of building materisls and in
cluding about 82 per. cent of the
lumber.
SmaU businesses were prime sup
pliers of about a half of photograph
ic goods, food, industrial and con
struction machinery and tools,
plumbing, heating and air condi
tioning equipment, office suppUes
and other furnishings. SmaU busi
ness also got about a third of elec
trical goods and equipment, chem
icals and paints and medical goods,
also 15 to 30 per cent of fuels, lu
bricants, ,a n d communications
equipment. And while smaU busi
ness got less than 2 per cent of
such large items as ships, aircraft,
‘ engines, turbines, they contracted'
for 12.7 per cent of ordnance includ
ing such items as targets, ammu
nition, boxes, grenades and mines.
SmaU business also profited as sub
contractors in contracts for larger
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it until the starch paste is cpm-
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make sure, and brush the dry
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items: v
The central mUitary procurement
information office estabUshed in
the Pentagon to assist smaU busi
ness firms handled more than 20,006
inquiries by mail, telephone or per
sonal interview.
The Garden Sensation of The Year
Grows
Like A
Looks
Like An
What Are the Faets?
In aU likelihood, Dre^ Pearson,
weU known Washington columnist,
needs no defense against any
charges made by Sen. Joe Mc
Carthy of Wisconsin, but when an
organization such as th< Ameri
can Legion through its un-Ameri
can activities committee caUs on
the senator to teU the Legion “upon
what facts you have based your
conclusion that Mr. 'Drew Pearson
is a Communist affiUate” it is as
onq newspaper pointed out, “like
applying the pqint of a pin to a high
ly inflated baUoon.” For the Wis
consin solon cannot shrug off, as
he has (lone on aU other occasions,
his wild charges, when an organi
zation such as the American Le
gion demands an answer. Mc
Carthy’s defense will be interesting
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Washington Silhouettes
Portly, grayish and balding mem
bers of the city’s most exclusive
Cosmos (dub, lounging in wide
armed chairs in the windows of the
clubhouse at Vermont and H streets
overlooking Lafayette W&rk . . .
Report that Navy Secretary Mat*
thews may be next ambassador to
the Vatican . . Hotels crowded
with business representatives peek
ing war contracts . . . Hundreds of
Washington poUce and a company
of marines surrounded the Capitol
when the President deUvered his
“State of the Union” message.
4-H Mm* In
The country’s 4-H clubs have
come to Washington. And to stay.
For the board of trustees of the
National 4-H Club Foundation, Inc.,
has acquired a swank girls school
property here composed of 11 acres
of grounds including buildings of
old colonial architecture, which
house auditorium, dormitory and
food service faculties for more than
200 people in exclusive Chevy
Chase, Washington suburb for 4-H
personnel.
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