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= .. - i.u.. ' THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. . VIRGIL THE OLD GAFFER WHY MIRIAM JONES, DB' CHICKEN CROSSED DB' ROAD TO CrET ON DC* OTHER - Side/ By Clay Hunter THAT JOKE WASN'T ANY DETTER WHEN I HEARD IT THE - FIST TIME/ K ,*i >i«. ii.TV— -^l f '‘*1 |W< MUTT AND JEFF By Bod Fisher CONDITIONS FAVORABLE ;• T 4 ' . Despite unsettled condition of the economy as result of materials scarcities, a survey con cluded by the Office of Business Economics of the Department of Commerce indicates conditions "very favorable to small firms which constitute the great bulk of the business population.* The report points to an increase of about 50,000 business firms during 1950 and a 10 per cent increase in income of unincorpo rated and partnership firms such as line the Main Streets of the country. Expansion in profit opportuni ties not only fostered a rise in the number of nev enterprises, but out down number of failures or discontinu ances which averaged 10 per cent below the 1949 number and were lowest since 1947. The 50,000 increase in new business is in contrast to a 50 T 000 net decline in 1949. The report indicated government restrictions Introduced late in year on consumer and mortgage credit, non-residential building and on use of critical materials, had no noteworthy effect on business closings. From now on, however, uncer tainties about prospective supplies of labor and materials may slow down establishment of new firms. Total concerns in country exceeds 4,000,- 000, or gain of more than 625,000—19 per cent, over' 10-year period since 1940. CASH RESOURCES UP Tip to small business as to prospective con sumer purchase is fact that cash resources of individuals as of Jan. 1, 1951, amounted to $145.- 000.000.000— *5 .000.000.000 higher than at start of 1950. A large proportion of this vast sum is in cash resources of rural folks. If congress adopts pay-as-we-go formula for financing current fiscal year's 71.6-billion-dol- lar budget, it will mean an average per capita tax payment of about $475 for every man, woman and child. This will eat into cash reserve held by individuals. •MARGIN- CONTROL More than 200,000 retailers, most of whom operate on Main Streets of America, are affected by newest regulation of Office of Price Stabili zation which shifts regulation from a dollars- and-cents figure to "margin- type of control. The order affects all items commonly sold in men's and women's apparel and shoe stores, most of items carried in furniture and floor covering stores and about 75 per cent of volume handled in department stores. Order permits, retailers to get out from un der squeeze between general ceiling price freeze of OPS and rising wholesale prices. In other words,'it permits retailers to use their -normal- mark-ups instead of out-of-llne mark-ups occa sioned by unusually high wholesale prices. Prepared by the Weahinytea Bareaa of WNU Features. JITTER WYLDE AND WOOLY By Bert Thomas c ■b "I don't think it's fair, after all the mischief I man aged to get away with today, to end up with a spankin' for something I didn't do!" 'Taffy read where Gregory Peck admires intelligent women—and she only got a 'C average this time!" f (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military service to: Walter Sbead, Armed Services Question Box, 1057 National Press Building, Washington 4, D.C. An swers will be given in this column.) EN. OMAR BRADLEY, and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall are still holding out for 18-year-olds in the universal mili tary training bill, while congress seems to be splitting hairs in the house military affairs committee stand for 18% year-olds. Feeling here is that the military will finally win out on the controversy. Q. If my son is giver} free in surance as a serviceman, will he be permitted to continue it after he again becomes a civilian? A. G., Fostoria, Ohio. A. Under provisions of the bill (HR 1) passed by the house Jan. 24 and approved by a senate committee Feb. 14, he will not. Either 90 or 120 days after he leaves active duty—and house and senate com mittee versions vary—the free $10,- 000 policy will be terminated unless the ex-serviceman is uninsurable at standard rates by regular com mercial companies. Q. Will the Veterans? adminis tration increase my disability compensation if 1 go to a VA hospital for treatment of a serv ice-connected disability? OM.A., Ames, Iowa. A. After you have been in the hospital for 21 days or more for treatment of your service-connected disability, VA, under certain con ditions, may pay you a 100 per cent disability rating, which you would continue to receive for as long as you. remain hospitalized for treat ment. Q. May I use a GI business loan to buy a car and be ex empt from credit restrictions that now apply to car purchases? G. H., Fresno, Cal. A. The only condition under which you can get a GI business loan to buy a car would be if the car is essential to your business. You could not get it for pleasure or to. travel to and from work. Q. The beneficiary of my National Service Life Insurance policy formerly was my father. Recently I married and want to name my wife as beneficiary. Do I have to get my father's consent to change the beneficiary? K. L., Independence, Mb. A. No. You have the right to change beneficiaries at any time. Q. How do I apply for the i special National Service Life In surance dividends which I under stand VA will pay early this year? JJ4..A., Bennington, Vt. A. No application is necessary. Instead, payments will be made automatically. If VA has any ques tion as to your address of record, it will mail you a return postcard for verification of your proper ad dress. Q. Who succeded Dr. Magnu- son as chief medical director of the Veterans? administration? AJM., New Smyrna Beach, Fla. A. Vice Adm. Joel T. Boone, U.S. Navy, retired, took the oath of office $o succeed Dr. Paul B. Mag- nuson on February 28, 1951. Q. In what way do the armed services and congress differ on ex tension of the draft? LJLB., Lub bock, Tex. A. Generally speaking, the armed services ask the minimum age for service be 18 years and service be extended from 21 to 27 months. VA Cuts Operating Cost $428 Million Veterans’ administration has just issued' a long report on the post war activities of that organization indicating that it had cut its general administrative operating costs from $428,009,750 in 1947 at the peak of its expansion, to $285,928,156 for fiscal 1950, a reduction of about 33 per cent. And according to budget estimates cost at the end of 1952 will be further cut to $222,532,000. At the same time personnel for those general administrative offices has been reduced from 101,960 full and part-time employees in 1947 to 64,(800 at the end of fiscal 1950. Despite this, the Committee for the Hoover Report still is firing broadsides charging administrative waste and inefficiency at the Vet erans’ administration. The latest was the assertion by Robert L. Johnston, national chairman of the citizens committee, which included the charge VA had wasted $200,000,- 000 in overpayments. 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