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. THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. CIVIL DEFENSE Regional, State Training Centers Planned in Civil Defense Program (This Is (he fesrth of s series ef articles on cItII defense by Walter A. Shead, Western Newspaper Union’s Washington Correspondent.) R*v By WALTER A. SHEAD WASHINGTON, D.C. — Authority In the line of command for the tremendous civil defense army needed in case of full scale war stems from the President, through Civil Defense Administrator Mil lard Caldwell, to the 48 state civil defense directors and down the line to the appointed officers in cities, towns and counties through out the nation. National defense against atomic, biological and chemical warfare rests upon thorough training to start in a civil defense staff college to be established for top civil defense planners and administrators. The college will serve as a source of all latest information. Regional tech nical training centers are also planned where this information will be disseminated in the civil de fense training programs in the states and local communities. The technical centers will be staffed by thoroughly trained men and wom en in all phases of the work and will provide means for standard ization of the technical and special training. Standardization is a prime factor for successful mutual aid and mobile support which require a force of uniformly trained civil defense workers. Graduates of the federal technical training centers will train other ci^il defense workers and trainers within the states, who, in turn, will train the local volunteers. Under the program, two kinds of training will be provided—general and spe cialized. General training will con sist of instruction in basic subjects to include fundamental princilpes of organization and operation, basic first aid and improvised rescue op erations. Specialized training will give civil defense volunteers the detailed knowledge and skills to carry out their especially assigned jobs, in cluding specialized health service courses against atomic, biological and chemical warfare. The Amer ican Red Cross, officials of the public health ssrvice and other or ganizations concerned with health services will conduct certain phases of specialized training such as first aid and nurses’ aid training. Many medical officers of the military services, public health services, the veterans administration and other organizations have taken spe cialized courses in defenses against atomic warfare and these will be asked to assist in the program. iE^SCI By INEZ GERHARD H umphrey bogart p r o \>d i y boasts that some day his two- year-old son, Stephen, will be pay ing enormous income taxes. Bogart has made sure of that by setting up a trust fund for Stephen, into which will go the $5,000 weekly which the tough guy of the movies will re ceive for starring in the Ziv Com pany’s transcribed radio series, “Bold Venture”. When reminded that Stephen will have to contribute heavily toward the upkeep of Uncle Sam, Bogart retorts that he’ll be able to afford it Margaret Sheridan, discovered five years ago by Howard Hawks, hag been studying hard all this time In preparation for a picture career. She makes her debut as the feminine lead in Hawks’ "The Thing”, for RKO. Thelma Ritter’s first starring film, "The Mating Season”, has a fine cast, good direction, and a familiar story. Miss Ritter was bet ter as a supporting actress. Gene Tierney, John Lund and Miriam Hopkins are excellent ALREADY, in the atomic warfare field, 148 physicians from 38 states have taken courses given by the atomic energy commission in co operation with the national security resources board. Similar courses for nurses have been started. Other courses either federal, state or lo cal, will be available for dentists, veterinarians and other profession al and technical people working in health services. State health offi cials have taken courses in radio logical monitoring which included many aspectjs of the civil defense program. Similar training courses will be available for biological warfare against humans and animals, and chemical and biological warfare against crops. Courses in these sub jects will have three prime aspects —detection, treatment of casualties, and methods of decontamination. Training will be available for nurses aids and home nurses, radiological monitors, auxiliary sanitary per sonnel and auxiliary laboratory workers. For large segments of the gen eral public, the major type of train ing will be in the category of first aid—what to do first in any of the fields of civil defense. The goal is 20,000,000 trained first-aiders in a 22-hour course which will also in clude training in special weapons defense and in procedures for treat ing minor illnesses in time of emergency when physicians will be over-burdened with casualties. Every state will operate under a uniform system of organization, equipment and procedure. Estab lishment of control stations in strategic areas, of first aid stations and the implementation of all neces sary ambulance, hospitalization, fire fighting equipment and a score of other defense mechanisms will be taught. It is estimated that ap proximately 35 per cent of surviving casualties in an atomic bomb burst would require transportation by lit ter to first-aid stations, hence the importance of first aid work. As an example, if there were 40,000 injured survivors, about 13,000 prob ably would have to be carried by Utters. Another 27,000 would walk, or would be taken to first aid sta tions by other means. So the most important function is in first aid training, since even fire-fighters, rescue teams. poUce, engineering and other personnel, first to con tact the injured, would be caUed upon for first aid to casualties. So every individual should watch for announcement of estabUshment of regional training centers and schools for training volunteers. Don’t wait, volunteer your services. In the meantime, thousands of pints of blood, both plasma and whole blood, must be obtained and stored. Here is a first and must duty which can be carried out now. m DR DH77IC ^ w * Brt jf jjW nil rULlLt ANsvm^, ACROSS Sweet potatoes Bark of mulberry Wicked Valued gem Kind of stone Shafts sunk for water Masculine nickname Ever (poet.) A disease of plants Conjunction Cherished animal Epoch Filled with solemn wonder Light, quick steps Low wall about edge of a roof The wrist Wool-eating Insect Metallic rock 35. Greek letter 87 Body of water 38. Diminutive of Elizabeth 40. A small drink 42. Like 43. Gut line for a fishhook 45. Splash 47. Wild ox 48. A vein of ore Branch 50. Female sheep DOWN 1. A color 2. Topaz hum ming-bird 3. Parasitic insect 4. Period of slumber 5. Haul 6. Simians 7. Palm trees S.Cntice 11. Capital of Yemen, Arab. 13. Asterisk 16. Meals 19. Portray 21. Knock lightly 24. Dip slightly into water 26. Evening sun god < (Egypt.) 28. Regret 29. Male swans 30. Spheres of action 32. Plagues 33. Chop into small pieces 36. Passageway between seats 39. Astringent fruit □□□a □□□□ nunc iLnaa □□□□□ □□□□□ □□□□□□ □□no □□ □□EHC as □□□ aanu □Faun □□□□□ i§uiu □□ BLH1BU □□ □ana udqund □uaua QDDOD □ □□H □OCLiu □□□□ uusuin N-9 Return in Relation To Feed Cost Down Beef f Hogs, Sheep Show Highest Feed-Cost Gain 41. Instrument for breaking soil * 44. Escape (slang) 46. Poem The nation’s farmers are not mak ing as much from each dollar spent for feed as they have in the past few years. In fact, the return for each dollar spent for feed in the production of eggs and milk is below the 1935-39 average. For each dollar of feed the farm er spent in the production of hogs, cattle and sheep, however, return fa higher than the 1935-39 average. In the production of eggs the farmers received $1.72 for each dol lar spent on feed during 1935-39. But as of September, 1950, he was receiving only $1.56. The amount of 34. ONE DOUAR SPENT FOR FEED. BROUGHT THE FARMER .. . 49, THE FICTION CORNER A DULL FELLOW By Richard H. Wilkinson 193M9 (AVERAGE) SETT. 15 1949 SEPT. 15 1930 EGGS <©> . $1-73 $2.14 $144 MILK © © m . $192 $1.95 $149 ' . HOGS & $140 $2.03 $140 BEEF $u» $2.01 $245 SHEEP & $144 $147 $1.92 ##jT WAS PROBABLY suicide,” I said, looking around the cabin “Why?” Capt. Rhodes asked. I nodded toward the walls. At least a half dozen photographs of Arthur Kimball hung there. “Any man,” I remarked, “who was so vain as to take all those pictures of him self along to (The last of this series ef cIy!! defense articles will appear next week.) decorate his cabin on a two weeks’ cruise, must have been vain about other things.” “You mean he’d probably suf fered financial reverses or some thing, and was too proud to face the facts, so he shot himself?” “That’s about it,” I nodded, pleased that the captain should give so much consideration to my theory. A very dull fellow this Capt. Rhodes. The captain looked, down at the lifeless body of Arthur Kimball. He had apparently been sitting at his desk, writing. There was a bullet wound in his temple. An automatic was clutched in the fingers of his right hand. The captain looked at the pic tures. “I’m probably right, don’t you think. Captain?” I said. Captain Rhodes grunted. “No,” he said, “I don’t.” He turned abruptly and went out. Well, this only confirmed my ideas about the Captain’s stupidity. To me the thing was dead open and shut. The first mate, a tall, rugged in dividual named Brooks, told me to go to my quarters and stay there until I was called. GRASSROOTS MS v : i v ' By Wright A. Patterson wvOUTH DELINQUENCY is grow- I ing and spreading rather than abating. In the cities, considerable sections are over run with youth gangs who terrorize the public by committing many depredations, up to and including murder. But youth ful delinquency and the organization and operation of gangs is no longer only a city problem. It has spread to the towns and villages. My home town is a rural com munity. In It, the antomobile owners over a considerable period suffered the loss of auto parts, spare tires, hub caps, hood caps and other things of value that could be easily de tached. Those thefts were traced to a gang of 1$ high school boys, and the police of the county , ar rested them. Though some of them admitted the thefts, none was locked up to await triaL Instead the names and address es of the boys were taken, and^ also the names of their parents. They were given instructions to appear at the juvenile court, ac companied by their parents, the following day. The boys and their parents were present, and the police presented convincing evidence to which no rebuttal was offered. After sentenc ing each of the boys to one year in prison, the court listened to a plea for clemency made by the parents. The judge suspended the sentences, placing each boy under the parole of his parents for the one year period, with the provision the boy must continue to attend school un til graduation and must not be al lowed outside of the home after six o’clock each evening, for the one year period, with the provision that any violation of that parole would be construed by the court as mak ing the parents an accessary before the fact, subjecting the parents to conviction and sentence under such a charge. The liberal publicizing of that case, including names and ad dresses of the 12 boys, and the sentence of the court caused both the boys anl their parents to be ostracized in school and in the community, but failure to attend school meant going to prison. That was a wise decision on the part of that judge. It not only put the fear of the law into those 12 boys and their parents, but it had similar effect on oth er boy^ with criminal and gang tendencies and on their parents. Hie one lesson has gone a long ways toward curing youth delin quency in my home town. It would not have been effective without the publicity given by the newspapers. * A committee of the senate that keeps its eye on the expenditures of the operations of the federal gov ernment, asked the 26 departments and agencies for the effect of the legislation that activated the rec ommendations of the Hoover com mission. Of the 26 departments and agencies which received that re quest, 25 complied. s Each of the 25 reported increased efficiency, better service for the people, and, in practically all cases, a reduced cost of operation, rang ing from a few thousands into the millions. The one not reporting was that oi defense. General Marshall merely acknowledging receipt of the request from Senator John L. McClellan, chairman of the committee. But he gave no estimate of ac’ual or ex pected savings, though it was ex pected the legislation would reduce the cost of operation in his depart ment by from three to four billion dollars a year. The committee is instituting an investigation of the department of defense to determine for itself what result has been accomplished. It has full authority to make such an investigation. General Marshall has seemingly resented any interference on the part of congress with the op erations of his department and has shown no interest in a reduction in cost. He has on his department pay rolls a larger army of employees than the number of men fighting in Korea. The Senate investigation may cost his department an ap propriation to pay that army of civilians. It would do a welcome job if it did. Senator McClellan, Democrat of Arkansas, is a real fighter for economies. General Marshall will discover that con gress. including the senate, is top brass In the armed services. The above chart shows the re turn for each dollar the fanner spent for feed In the production of the five farm commodities listed. Capt. Rhodes was prepared. As I sprang I landed in the arms of one of his men. return in the milk industry was three cents less than the $1.92 aver age of 1935-39. For each dollar spent for feed for hogs, the farmer’s return in 1950 was $1.80, a drop of 23 cents from the 1949 return. The 1935-39 average return, however was even lower, only $1.50. In beef production the average return as of September, 1950, was $2.35 for each dollar spent for feed. The 1935-39 average was $1.39 and the 1949 average $2.01. r ' WASN’T UNTIL evening that the mate summoned me. I followed him down the corridor to Arthur Kimball’s cabin. Captain Rhodes was there and several other men in uniform, and a strange man and woman. “That was a very logical theory you advanced,” the captain said, looking at me. “But we’ve proven it to be dead wrong.” “Wrong?” I said. “Mr. Kimball was murdered I” I didn’t say anything. The captain was not only a dull fellow, but now he was revealing a tendency toward dramatics. • “As soon,” went on the captain, “as I decided that Mr. Kimball was murdered, I began to look for some one who knew him before he sailed. This wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Kimball was traveling alone. Still. I figured that someone had engaged passage on the same boat with the idea of murdering him. That some one, I reasoned, would have taken a cabin as near to his as possible. So we began inquiring into the careers of all the cabin occupants along this corridor. The only two people whom we discovered who might have known Kimball are Mr. and Mrs. John Cole, these people here.” The captain glanced toward the strange couple. “But,” he continued, “they have conclusively proven that they were in the main salon at the time the murder was committed.” “How did they know when the murder was committed?” I asked importantly. “I told them,” Capt. Rhodes said. “So I continued my hunt, and presently I iiscovered there was only one other person on board who knew Kimball. I dis covered that this man had suf fered financial losses through Kimball’s activities. * • “And who?” I asked quietly, “is this man?” “You,” said Capt. Rhodes. It was a remote possibility, and I had not believed it would occur, but nevertheless I was prepared. Capt. Rhodes was prepared too. That’s why the uniformed men were present. One of them had sidled in behind me, and as I sprang I landed in his arms. The captain grunted. “If,” he re marked dryly, “you ever have oc casion to plan another murder, con sider the details.” He pointed to one of the pictures of Arthur Kim ball. It was the picture in which Kimball was seated at his desk writing. “Note,” said the captain, “that Mr. Kimball is holding his pen in his left hand, as he is the riding crop and polo mallet in the other pictures. He must have been left handed, yet you placed the murder gun in his right hand.” A dull fellow, the captain. Steps to Help Curb Swine Enteritis Are Outlined Hie American Foundation for Ani mal Health outlines seven steps to help curb swine enteritis. 1. Isolate newly-purchased twine from the home herd for at least three weeks, until they are known to be free of disease. 2. Control internal and external parasites which weakens the ani mals' resistance. 3. Keep swine away from old hog lots, contaminated pastures, cow pastures, stagnant pools and other sources of infection. 4. Keep feeding and watering equipment clean. 5. Check rations carefully, espe cially possible deficiency of B-com- plex vitamins. Prevent over-eating of rich concentrates. 6. Earmark sows and their litters to identify and weed out sow “car riers”. 7. Watch for scouring, loss of weight, and failure to feed into gains. At the first sign of trouble, get a diagnosis and isolate the ail ing animals from apparently healthy ones. Tin Tether Instead of tying a tether di rectly to the stake, fasten it to an old antomobile tire casing and then drop it over the. stake. The latter, ef conrse, should bo much higher than ordinary so the animal will not poll the tire off the stake. This keeps cattle from winding the tether around the stake. Chemical Blossom Thinne Raises Yield 15 Per Cent Research men of the U. S. depart ment of agriculture co-operating with orchardists of the northwest report that for the fifth successive season the chemical thinning of blossoms in golden delicious or chards has resulted In gains that average six boxes a tree or about 15 par cent. The new thinners were used an an estimated 20,000 acres this pas^paa- son. MIRROR Of Your MIND Fear Causes 1 ■ ■ Forgetfulness By Lawrence Gould Is forgetfulness based on fear? Answer: Very often, directly or indirectly. You may forget an ap pointment with the dentist because yotfre afraid that he will hurt you, or forget childish experiences be cause they are too frightening to re- calL But forgetfulness may also trace back to a wider fear of which you are unconscious. If you “can’t remember faces,” it may be be cause you do 4 not dare to look at people closely enough to stamp their appearance on your memory —which in turn may be based on a childish fear of being looked at and having your secret thoughts known. talent he may have. “The time to provide music lessons is when the child asks for them, or responds to your suggestion with pleasure.” I recall that I myself pradeed (though I didn’t like it) because I knew that my lessons would stop if I didn’t May we be “swamped with In competents’'? Should you “make” a child take music lessons? Answer: Not if you expect him to win success as a musician, or even find pleasure in music, writes Joa* Barlow. “Music is meant to be en joyed,” and long hours of compul sory practice before a child’s musi cal sense has been developed tend to destroy any natural taste or Answer: That is a probability' which we must face, says Dr. Oscar J. Kaplan, California psychiatrist Already one-third of the patients admitted to mental hospitals are “insane” only from old age, and the proportion may be doubled with in the next thirty years. The longer we learn to keep old people alive, the more vital it must become to find out how to keep them able to take care of themselves, and be use ful to their neighbors. Yet until now, “The study of mental abilities in later life has been sorely ne glected.” THE OLD TESTAMENT CmESt TWO INSTANCES OF TRANSFIGURA TION, THAT IS, BODILY TRANSLATION INTO HEAVEN WITHOUT SUFFERING DEATH. THEY ARE ELIJAH, WHO AWOKE ISRAEL TO THE FACT THAT JEHOVAH WAS THE ONE AND ONLY GOO; AND ENOCH, WHO WAS TRANSLATED AT THE AGE OF 36S KEEPING HEALTHY | The Fight Against Tuberculosis By Dr. James W. Barton L ess than 50 years ago, physicians and the public gen erally looked upon tuberculosis of the lungs as inevitably fatal with in months or at most a few years. Today, it is known that tuberculosis need not be always fatal, thanks to the great work of the National Tu berculosis Association, which, by research, placing patients in spe cial hospitals with fresh air and good food and, latterly by surgical methods in which whole lobes of the affected lung or lungs are re moved, has enabled many formerly doomed individuals to return to home and work. The tremendous cost of to- bercnlosis in terms of lives, suffering and dollars is em phasised in the 1949-50 annual report of the National Tuber- cnlosis Association, released by Dr. James E. Perkins, man aging director. “Killing more than 40,000 persons a year, tu berculosis Is responsible for more deaths than all other in fections diseases combined and leads all diseases, infections or not, in the age group from 15 to 34,” his report states. Despite the apparently discour aging figures, Dr. Perkins tells us that tuberculosis, a communicable disease, is also a preventable dis ease. Some of the immediate and out standing requirements to fight tu berculosis are: (a) further medical advances in research and education of the public, particularly parents; (b) more local health units to serve the general health needs of all the people; (c) more widespread efforts to find people with tuberculosis while the disease is incipient. While the day is expected when tuberculosis will be conquered, eternal vigilance will always bo necessary. Because it has been amply proven that tuberculosis can be cured and preventive measures can successfully overcome the dis ease, Dr. Perkins believes that in the very near future all countries will enforce the preventive methods that will save the lives of thousands of the young and the middle-aged —our most productive people. One out of every five adults has high blood pressure or hardening of the arteries. • • • Research has not yet discovered the cause of high blood pressure or hardening of the arteries. High blood pressure strikes most commonly during the high produc tive years of middle life. Hie heart is a hollow muscular organ, about the size of • grape fruit, but Infinitely tougher. v • • • The heart is rated as only 1/240th horsepower. • • • The reason why the heart can last so long is that, unlike the whole person, it relaxes as often as £ CONSTIPATION GONE- FEELS UKE OLD SELF “For the past 3 years I have < ALL-BRAN e iten every morning for breakfast. It’s no mean trick for a man my age (73) to be regular. Thanks to ALL-BRAN I am.” Wm. H. Tem- plin, Sr., 124 Brown St., Wateeka, I1L One of many un- solicited letters from ALL-BRAN users. If you, too, suffer _ _ from constipation due to lack of dietary bulk, eat an ounce (about H cup) of crispy Kellogg’s ALL BRAN daily, and drink plenty of water! If not satisfied after 10 days, send empty carton to Kellogg’s, Battle Creek, Mich. Get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACKI fm Beware Coughs From Common Colds That HANG ON Creonmlsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ phlegm and aid nature to soothe heal rai raw, tender, inflamed To Save PRESTONSBURG, his own resourcefulness and m Intelligence and obedience of his dbg, Ollie Lafferty, Jr., 14, would not be alive. OUie’s adventure and narrow es cape from death started when he started off into the woods with an ax, followed by his dog, to hunt for mistletoe a few days before Christmas. , He had gone about * three miles back into the hills from his homo when he found the mistletoe he wanted in the top of a tree. He proceeded to chop the tree down but as it fell it bounced and pinned his left leg to the ground^ Ollie, an eighth grader, had had no formal instruction in first aid other than that in his health books. But he wasted no time in applying what he knew. Made Splint for Leg He dug away dirt with the al to free the portion of his leg that was injured, chopped limbs off tree for a splint, and with strips from hi* shirt applied a tourniquet to stop the flow of blood and bind the wound. Once the wound had been “dress ed”, he set tq, work to free himself. With toe aid of toe ax ha was successful after a long time. : But now his troubles were only t the beginning. He was faced with toe task of crawling home—over three miles of rugged terrain. It w» bitter cold. His clothing he had ruined to .bind toe wound. It was then he enlisted the aid of his dog. Rock. Tearing apart a small cardboard box, he scribbled a note to his parents that he had been injured. This he tied to Rock’s collar and after much persuasion started the dog off for home. Then toe boy began the slow crawl over toe hills —his broken leg in the improvised splint 3,00$ Yards from Home At the Lafferty home, Rock trouble attracting attention. No seemed to understand his Finally, to let them know, he in a doorway—permitting no to pass. Lafferty senior noticed note, and the search for Ollie was on. They found him about five after the accident halfway v trail—some 8,000 yards from He was taken to a hospital toe attending physician said treatment of toe fracture “one of toe most perfect jobs have seen—including those of first aid teams.” As for Rock—Ollie was not tain as to his ancestry. “He’s collie and part shepherd—but ly he’s just a plain good dog,’ boy said. The doctor reported that ~ Injuries could have been fatal for toe boy’s resourcefuUnesa. £ 4