The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 20, 1951, Image 3

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r Tips for Tyros Watch these rocks while drivinf aloi^g back roads or trails when (oing on that fishing or hunting trip. Never put the car astraddle of rocks, and it isn’t wise to drive over rocks with one wheel. A clever trick is to equalize the road bed by piling up other stones if rocks are too high along parts of the road . . . Most anglers (and we confess to being one) find it diffi cult te resist the temptation to fish streamer flies only with spinners. Your experienced anglers know bet ter, but few there are who seem willing to try the streamer alone, despite their knowledge that fished this way it is often one of the dead liest of lures for bass and big trout . . . Remember the antiquarian who always shouts to you to << keep that rod tip down” when you’re playing a fish? Well, pay no atten tion to him. Hold the rod tip high, especially if it is a fly rod, for it is the spring of the rod which the fish, continually fighting, finds eventually wearing him down . . . However, there is one advantageous thing to be derived from pointing your casting rod tip at the water: this will allow an underwater lure to run deeper and may put bigger fish in your creel as a result . Always keep an eye on the bottom of your boat for splinters or rough places. These can chafe lines and may cost you the loss of a nice fish as well as expensive lures . . . This may sound like a bit of foolish advice, for one might say: “Who would de that?” But, believe it or not, too many anglers who should know better often let their fly rods lie on the ground while they are busy with something else. It shouldn’t take a great brain to figure out what may happen to a rod so neglected. Instead, the smart thing |e te treat your rod with the same care you'd give your watch or any other precision instrument— for that’s exactly what it is. AAA Satin’s Belisvin* If the fly-rod dngler finds himself giving this photo a quick “double-take,” he should not be surprised, for he Is see ing something hard to believe. But, since ‘‘seein’ is believin’,** he’ll have to accept the evi dence of his eyes. Yes, it’s a complete coil of fly-Une resting on the surface of the water, and when this photo was taken it had floated there 16 hoars! This is tile new B. F. Gladding Ci- lesto fly line which Is the abso- lut. answer to the long-time dream of fly-casters of a line that will really float throughout the period of a day’s fishing. This line will do it. We know, because we’ve tried it. AAA Woolly Worms* Ever try the woolly worm for trout? Simulating the appearance of the caterpillar, it is a very effective lure. If cast upstream and allowed to swim down with the current, it looks for ali the world like a cater pillar that has fallen into the stream. As the caterpillar would, it seems to struggle in the water. The art in fishing this lure is to make it mimic as far as possible the action of a real caterpillar and to see that it moves downstream along a route where a big trout may be lurking. Finding the 1’. king place of a trout is just as necessary with the woolly worm as with any other fly. The best fly in the world can’t pro duce a strike unless it comes with in striking distance of a trout. And the most skillful casting can’t put the fly there unless the fisherman knows where a trout should be lying. That, of course, comes under the head of “reading a stream,” which is something a fisherman needs to understand before he makes his cast. Given that under standing, a good fisherman can use the woolly worm to great ad vantage—and from all indications a lot of good fishermen will this year regard the woolly worm as a must AAA Leaders Both silkworm gut and nylon are popular for use as leaders, with nylon swiftly replacing gut as the favorite with all but the rabid dry- fly “purists” who insist on the latter. This is mostly true because of the difference in price between the two materials, with nylon being the cheaper, but also because gut leaders have to be soaked before being tied or used, whereas nylon can be used right off the coil “as Is.” THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. 8. C. Good Eyesight An American League umpire named Jack Kerns had a phobia against calling games. No matter how dark it got, Kerns felt that a ball game was nine innings or more. One day in Washington’s Griffith Stadium when Kerns re fused te call a game, the pitcher in desperation huddled with his catcher and whispered, “Listen, you keep the ball in your mitt. I’ll wind up and pretend to throw it. You pop it into your glove as though you’d caught it.” There were two strikes en the batter. The pitcher set himself and went through his motion: the catcher popped his mitt. “Strike three and out!” bellowed Kerns. “Strike?” screamed the batter, “Why you blind so-and-so. That ball was twe feet outside!” Sit This One Out Charitable works for the idle rich are something to worry about, too. A bejeweled matron waddled out of Claridge’s Hotel in London where she had been cavorting—and eat ing—all evening at a de luxe charity balL As she stepped into her Rolls a beggar sidled up to her and whined, “Spare me a sixpence, lady, for charity. I ain’t ’ad a bite for three days.” The lady recoiled. “How much do you expect from me, you ungrateful fellow?’ r she de manded. “Don’t you realize I’ve just been dancing for you all night?” CURE TOO GOOD One day when I was asssiting my psychician husband at his office, a charming little old lady in her 70’• came in for consultation. She ex pounded all her ailments, real and imaginary, but seemed most con cerned about a recurring dream in which she was diligently pursued by a personable young man whose intentions seemed dishonorable. The doctor was properly sympa thetic and advised her how she might sleep more soundly. In a few days she returned, still woeful “Don’t tell me you aren’t sleeping better nowadays,” teased the doc tor. “Oh, I’m sleeping just fine,” the patient replied. “But to tell the truth. Doctor, I certainly miss that young man.” Better When Wet Far 'e Brice watched Esther Williams, the swimmer, doing a scene in an MGM movie. “Would you say Esther Williams is a star?” Miss Brice was asked. “Wet, she’s a star. Dry, she ain’t,” she replied. BORN AGAIN A certain newspaper rarely made a mistake, but once it reported the death of a citizen who was very much alive. He came into the edi tor’s office later in the day to pro test. “I’m sorry, but if the paper saya you’re dead, then you are dead,” insisted the editor. The only com promise be would make, after long discussion, was to print the man’s name in the birth notices the next morning. NOT FOR “HOOFERS” The woman had returned a air of shoes to the exclusive lop. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but lese shoes aren’t what I need, can’t walk in them.” “Madam,” commented the looty clerk, “people who have » walk don’t shop here.” Trail Already Blazed Jean: “Jack and Mary were mar ried yesterday, you know, and as they were walking down the aisle the lights went out.” Joan: “How perfectly awful! Whatever did they do about it?” Jean: “Oh, it didn’t disturb them at all. This is Mary’s third mar riage, and she’s familiar with every step of the way now.” Self Defense The three-year-old and his father were toward the back of the quick ly filling elevator when a kindly woman turned to the Dad and said, “Aren’t you afraid your little boy will be badly smashed?” “Not a chance, lady,” answered Daddy. “He bites.” THlkSTY LAND California Canal Project Moves Water 500 Miles to Dry Farms (This Is the first mt twe articles en California’s world-fame ss Cen tral Valley project.) A major milestone in civilized man’s elemental urge to control and utilize the fresh waters of the earth will be observed in Califor nia from August 1 to 10 with the first full, integrated operation of the initial features of the vast Central Valley project. This great federal reclamation project, first envisioned when the state still was largely wilderness, stores precious water at the north- f 'i F --l&I By INEZ GERHARD M ercedes mccambridge. whose leap from radio to the movies brought her an Academy Award in her first picture, “All the King’s Men”, eloped with Fletcher Markle while she was making “Lightning Strikes Twice” at Warn ers’. That started a sentimental MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE landrlide. One of the other two stars, Ruth Roman, met Mortimer Hall soon afterward, and recently married him. The third, Richard Todd, brought his bride to Holly wood for a honeymoon while he ap peared in the picture. Now the studio suggests that possibly the picture will have the same effect on audiences that it bed on the players, but can’t figure how to get statistics. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will make a rare radio appearance on April 20 on NBC (10:45, E.S.T.) when Henry Cassidy, the network’s director of news and special events, interviews them on the “Pro and Con” program. Berry Kroeger, of "Young Dr. Malone” and “The Road of Life”, was enroute to Hollywood last spring, to appear in “The Count of Monte Cristo”, when he was jailed as a wanted convict in Zanesville, Ohio. A citizen recognized his face, but assumed that he had seen it in one of those “Wanted” notices in the Post Office—whereas he had really seen Berry on television. Phil Baker, now back on NBC’s “The $64 Question”, says there is no way to rest but by working. He found that out last year. After three decades in show business he de cided to take a year-long vacation and do what he had always wanted to—see this country from Walla Walla to Key West. He turned down lucrative offers in order to do it s' ? Water for farms, homes and Industry la provided by the Contra Costa canal of The Cen tral Valley project, which me anders through a 48-mile course of pleasant valleys and rolling hills along the south shore of Snisnn Bay. em tip of the state’s central val ley basin, and transports it to parched farm lands at the south ern end, nearly 500 miles away. The great Central Valley is 500 miles long, 100 miles wide and sup ports 1% million people in its towns and on its farms. To each of the communities along the river channels and project canals (towns like Red Bluff, pop ulation 3,800; Tracy, 4,000; Men- dota, 700; Lindsay, 4,300; Walnut Creek, 1,500) the arrival of Central Valley water has special signifi cance. Each one nf them depends directly or indirectly on agriculture and related farm industries as its main source of income. Of the 220 different crops grown on Central Valley farms, the prin cipal ones are field crops—Includ ing alfalfa, irrigated pasture, sugar beets, beans, barley, cotton and rice; truck crops—including aspar agus, tomatoes, melons and a va riety of other vegetables; fruits and nuts, including grapes, peaches, plums, prunes, apricots, pears, figs, almonds, olives and oranges. Practically all of these crops are grown under irrigation, except for some barley, almonds and beans. Over 90 per cent of the gross farm income of the valley is from irrigated crops. Although the pro duction of livestock for slaughter and dairy products is very impor tant, their present production is in adequate to meet local require ments. • • • ONE OF THE FIRST men to ad-, vocate a concrete suggestion for the solution of the area’s water problem was CoL Robert B. Mar shall, chief geographer for the U.S. geological survey. In 1891, when he first toured the inland basin. Col onel Marshall envisioned a great system of dams, canals and other works. His plan was made public in 1919, and placed before the California legislature in 1921. There followed the “State Water Plan” of 1931, forerunner of the Central Valley project After the people of. Cali fornia approved the plan, federal assistance was - sought. In Septem ber, 1935, President Ro&sevelt al located funds for the project under the Emergency Relief act. Con struction began October 19, 1937, under the direction of Walker R. Young, later chief engineer for the bureau of reclamation. Individual units of the project have b#en in partial operation since 1940, but to date the project’s initial features have not been op erated as an integrated system. crossword mm ACROSS 1. Deed 5. Conflicts 9. City (SB Turkey) 10. Incite 11. Monastic officer 12. Metal chests for valuables 14. Occupy wholly 16. Wrath 17. Smallest . state (abbr.) 18. Ship’s rope 19. Volcano (Sicily) 20. Doctrine 22. Walk 24. A narrow excavation 27. Seaport <NW. , France) 30. Appendage 32. Black: used in Celtic names 33. Sharp 35. Away 38. Indefinite article 39. Blunder 40. Great quantity 42. Clamor 45. Plays boisterously 46. King of Israel (Bib.’ 47. American Indian 48. Large trees 49. Merit DOWN 1. Burnish 2. Goddess of discord (Gr.) 3. On foot 4. Linger 5. Part of “to be’’ 8. Sleeveless garment (Arab.) 7. Fitted again 8. Severe 11. Capital (Fr.) 13. Body of water. 15. Plead 19. Goddess of healing (Norse) n 17 20 24 21. Physical 23. Jewish month 25. Winnow 26. Music note 28. To make sharp 29. Melodies 31. Record of a ship’s voyage S3. Know (Scot.) 34. Appearing as if eaten 36. Short, ex aggerated comedy 37. Goddess of flowers (Rom.) 5 4 LAST WHK* ANSWft ^ uuua iinuu naan aaan unmua aaokicj aaa ana an □□ □□□□ nuLi □ UUFJLia LIEUn □ DBQ uuhuiil: uiiG onaa tn.: □c mu uurj uauco bouuti □nan uuuu □ QUO UUUli N-1S 41. Measure or capacity (Heb.) 43. Total amount 44. Elevated trains (shortened) Zl <• 24 IS !• 2S At 47 IS SCRIPTUlUe. Exodus 14—It; Deuts*w AlTyiEAJDINO: Tmm 11-M. Hi . GodlnaNation Lesson for April 22 f 1951 Dr. THE ncnoN CORNER A CASE FOR THE KID By O. F. Lothrop ■ S AM BROMLEY replaced the tele phone in its cradle with a slam and reached for his broad-brimmed felt. *Tm going out on this case my self,” he told the office girl. “That’s the third call in an hour about these _____________ explosions and 3 ... * the deputies •MlRitB don’t seem to be Fleti.a The pavement just blew up over a culvert and broke five windows in the Wright Hatchery near Sunville.” He stomped out and got into his car. « He had an uneasy feeling about these blasts and a very personal reason for investigating them him self. People in little towns all over the county had been calling for the last twenty-four hours. And his son. Tommy, was missing. “I thought the Rooshians had bombed us,” old Ben Grubbs in Claremont had said. “Busted the sidewalk over the crick like egg shells.” Sam drove to all the spots re ported and inspected the damage. Sidewalks heaved up, windows shat tered, but not a clue. At the Sunville Hatchery he met his deputies. “What do you make of it. Sheriff? Could be Red sabotage, eh?” Sam shook his head. “Hood lums, probably. Not any real damage done.” Bat he didn’t say what was in his mind—that it could even be kids’ pranks. He thought uneasily again of his own son. Tommy, and that crazy gang of his. Still, It didn’t seem as If kids would go that W HEN IS GOD IN THE LIFE of a nation? It dtponds on what you mean by the question. God is the Ruler of all nations, and Judge of them all. But some nations have been far more con scious of the true God and obedient to Him than other na tions have. • • • God’s Name on Paper G OD CAN be mentioned often, yot not count for very much in a nation. For .instance. His name can be on the money, it can be In the state ceremonies, it can be in the constitution, or if there is no constitution, the monarch may be said to rule “by divine right.” Bet sack things may be ao better than fermai. The money . eaa peas from wicked hand te It can be used for by men who in an their no of God In (sack ss “divine” right tg by ly he a end GRASSROOTS Government May Be Legally Right, Morally Wrong By Wright A. Patterson - W HAT MAY BE MORALLY wrong may not necessarily be legally wrong. There was nothing illegal in a Uhited States Senator’s using his influence to secure a Re construction Finance Corporation loan for a client of his attorney son, for which the son received a fee of $21,000, but the senator’s action was - definitely morally wrong. No court of law would con vict him of legal wrong doing, but the court of public opinion —the voters—should convict him of moral wrong. At the next election, when that senator is - candidate for reelection, and all others who have been mixed up in the R.F.C. scandals, re gardless of political affiliations, they should be retired to private life. Such men should not be placed In positions of influence. They are not entitled to public confidence. The Fulbright committee brought these men into the limelight, but that committee cannot convict them as can the court of public apinion. Mor ally they are guilty as were those in the Harding administration, but they were smoother, and avoided legal wrong doing. So long as they were only morall/ crooked the President condones their offense, and sees nothing ^rong in the ac tion of those on White House payrolls, and finds no reason for dropping them as public employ***. That Is the job the voters can do, but to do that It may necessary to disci pline the boss. The R.F.C. and the sale oT federal jobs in Mis sissippi are both sorry messes that call for a thorough house cleaning. Secretary of State Acheson re fused to turn his back on Alger Hiss, convicted of perjury and President Truman condoned Ach- eson’s statement, as he has con doned the actions of White House employees in the R.F.C. scandals, on the grounds they have committed no legal crime. Evidently'immorali ties have no place in his conception of wrong doing, and such a concep tion has no place in connection with the presidential job. Like the scan dals of the Harding administration, it is a sorry mess. * Joe, Harry and Tom were all subject to the draft, and all three were asking for deferment for dif ferent reasons, which each thought was entirely legitimate. Congress has made no definite rule that will apply to those seeking deferment, but instead of doing so, it has passed that arduous duty to the President, thus again abdicating a job that is strictly up to the con gress. Congress has abdicated in so many instances that now the President has more authority than has any President in history. That is not unusual confidence on the part of congress in the pres ent administrative branch of the government, but rather a desire to pass along to the President those subjects that call for careful con sideration, or those that might af fect votes of the constituents of the members of the senate or house. It is the congressional version of “let George do it.” Such action on the part of Con gress is unfair to the President, and it is also unfair to Joe, Harry and Tom. It leaves the decision in their deferment cases in the hands of a partisan politician. It is time that congress was doing the' con gressional job, the job for which it was created, rather than con tinuing to “pass the buck” on subjects that call for thoughtful consideration. Now it is up to the President, rather than to the armed services to say who must fight or who need not, and the ward or pre cinct boss can wield an influence. * As of March 1, the Gallup poll shows only 26 per cent of the peo ple are for President Truman. That is the same poll that predicted his defeat only three years ago, be cause of which prediction many ardent Republicanj lost, election bets. It was wrong then, and it might be now. - * What do Republicans stand for in the matter of domestic and for eign policies? If the party leaders know, the: do not taki the public into their confidence in any defi nite detail, other tha^ opposition to a continuance of the Truman re gime. They do not even generally support the American free enter prise system or entirely oppose the Truman welfare state. “I thought the Rooshians hud bombed us,” old Ben Grubbu said. “Busted the sidewalk ever the crick like eggshells.” . far. All day he drove around and at supper-time he went wearily home. Somehow the baked potatoes and ham didn’t appeal to him. “Where’s Tommy?” he demand ed of his wife. “He’ll be coming later,” Ida as sured him. “He’s all excited about these explosions. The fellows have been kidding him about his dad not stopping them. I’m sorry, Sam,” she said, as he jumped up. “Where was he last night?” he persisted. “Out all hours!” “Oh, just around, as he says.< Studying at Ted’s and they stopped for a hamburger at Joe’s place. I believe him, Sam.” B UT Sam put on his hat and went out. He had to know. - At Joe’s place he got out of the car and went in. “Tommy in here last night for a hamburger, Joe?” he asked. “Yep, he was, Sam,” Joe an swered. Just then there was an other low boom and a thud. Sam made for the door. He tracked the sound by the crowd. And there he found Tommy and his gang hover ing over a hole in the bridge. As he came into the light, Sam saw dark rings around his son’s eyes and smudges among the freckles. “I saw ’em, Dad. We’ve followed that old jalopy till we saw them stop by this creek, and we slipped up and watched. It was that wild bunch from Milville High. They had a great stunt—balloons filled with gas. They light? the kerosene-soaked string ’and then beat it. And by the time the string burns up to the balloon they can be miles away.” Sam scratched his head sheepish ly. “As simple as that, eh? But We’ll soon have them in jail if you’ve got the proof.” Tommy looked thonghtfnL “Oh, I have. But what those kids need is something to do— not jail. There’s nothing for kids to do around these little towns but think np deviltry for excitement. People ought to help plan something for them to do instead. I might have been one of them myself.” Sam grinned. “I guess you’re right at that. In fact, I thought that you might be in on it.” “Me? Huh! I’ve been trailing them down because the fellows said my dad was a no-good sheriff, and I knew better. I had to help.” Sftm smiled again. “Guess I better put you on as deputy. You had me worried. Maybe we’ve been going at this whole business wrong-end-to. I’ll try your angle and see what we can clot” songs, such as “God Bless America” or “God Save the King”, can be sung by rascals. No, God in a nation's life must be more than « name en paper, green or white. • • 4 God fai Grant Mas G OD BEGINS to get into the life of a nation when He gets into the lives of people. It Is not dis paraging the common man to point out the plain fact that as between one believer in God who is obscure, and another who is prominent and powerful,' the latter means more in the long-run life of a nation. It was ao in the era of Moses. That was a time of religious con fusion, just as it is today. Doubtless there were many humble persons at that time who had a living faith, but if it had not been for Moses, the nation of Israel would never have been a nation, but would have shrunk back into the ruck of little no-account tribes, never to be heard from again. When we hear that even Moses’ own brother was so stupid or bad as to lead the people in wor shipping a gold-plated calf, we can imagine what the masses of the people were like. . If the United States and Can ada can be called Christian na tions today, it is because we can point te men en both sides of the line who have been net only high-calibre, influential men, but also men not ashamed of their faith In Ged. An American congressman who is respected by friends and oppo nents alike, has said it is more im portant to him to know what God wants than what his constituents want. Most governors of states pro fess Religion; and some of the best of them practice it. What America would have been without such men, oge can only guess; certainly far worse than it is. • • • God in Laws and Lives f** OD CAN also be in a nation’s laws. It is true, we cannot run a modern hation or municipality on the laws of Leviticus, and nobody wants to, not even the preachers and. rabbis. Still, the laws of a land either reflect the will of God or they do not. So far as the laws of a nation are in line with the teachings and truth of Christ, so far God is in the life of that nation. But the question is not finally: What do the laws prescribe, but do the people respect the laws? God does not get deeply into the life of k nation until He gets into the domes of high and low alike. If the nation of Israel ever became godly, they had Moses to thank; yet he himself was under no illusions as to the people he left behind him. “1 know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves and turn -aside from the way which I have commanded you.” (Dent. 31: 29.) It took centuries at toil and pa tience on the part at God and His prophets to change Israel from U' nation mostly indifferent to God, to a people mostly God-fearing; and the change took place only as homes changed. Is ours a Christian nation today? The answer is not in our constitu tion, not in our leading men, not in our history or laws or traditions; the answer is in our homes. When the cry goes up “Back to God!” the place to start back, and the place that counts most, is our homes. fey tk« Olvlsl** el lee, IfetteMl Cvaxcll •f tke OfcsrshM «f dferi.* I* tfe* United Stetes •( America. Released fey WNU Featares.) • Oldest Food . ? ‘L ■ v Bread is the oldest pi food known to man. white bread baked more than I years ago have been found Valley of the Kings in Egypt. ^ m 8$ST 909 t you EVER ACE/ NO OTHfR — Give fr I _ _ tre-lsteeUnal dlstarfenaeea, etemaefe. feUtoea yaatrle aeldlty are eeatrifeatlas fact ■ * Mineral Keep Posted on By Reading the — Prisoner Works Years and Tm 70 Feet to - BALTIMORE — sensational escapes in penal history was carried cessfully recently by Holmes, a Baltimore 20 years for burglary in land state penitentiary. During predawn crawled through u tunnel that took him two dig. Warden Edwin T. “It’s the most fantastic _ _ ever heard of.” He said have taken Holmes at years to burrow to Swenson gave this break: Holme$ loosened a piece of i slate, about two feet bored through 10 inches of before he reached dirt Then he burrowed at a angle for 10 feet then under the massive stone a dry moat and then dug up. The tunnel emerged in a plot with only a 7-foot tween the opening * was only a short sin his mother’s home. Near the middle of was a small “room” al wide and 6 feet high, fresh water seeping into area. The sides were odd pieces of clothing, aj to prevent a cave-in. Swenson estimated that clawed out the tons of bits of scrap iron, carried 1 in his clothing back to then flushed it down the Holmes, known as the time burglar,” was in his 1C of the 20-year sentence, been in and out of prison was sixteen. Colorful San Franoisco Hofol Colobrato* SAN FRANCISCO, Palace hotel, once the of the western world ^' rooms and 9,000 cuspldc cently celebrated its 75th day. Built at a cost of five i dollars in 1875, the famed 1 ry has a history of its ov gaudy as the flamboyant the Barbary coast which characterized San The first structure stroyed in the San fire. It was rebuilt almost mediately. The Palace now has 2,000 200 chefs in its kitchen and same grand manner which traded three generations royalty and debutantes. THE ANSWER DEPENDS ON If you want to help finish die portant job of modernizing government machinery, here’s i to do. Send today for your free * of the bipartisan booklet. We Be Ready?” Write to: Report, Box 659,