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* THE NEWBERRY SUN 5 XI'- \ CISMAD PUZZLE LAST WEEK'S ANSWER ACrtOSiS 1. Lift 6. Coal scuttles 10. Defensive covering ill. Chills and fever {12. Take as one’s own [13. River (Eng.) [14. Steal (archaic) 115. A gift 16. River with a famous 1 * falls 19. Mulberry Sgr- f ' 20. Constellation 21. Incite 23. Famous London abbey ' • 27. Goddess of discord 28. Bom mm 29. French 2. Fragrance 15. 3. Mischiev- 17. ous person 4. Habitual 18. drunkard 21. 5. Suffix 22. forming the 23. comparative 6. Filaments 24. of flax 25. 7. S-shaped molding 26. 8. Sailor’s baggage 30, 9. Colonizer 12. dirl’s name 31. 13. Pagoda 32. (Japanese) 33. Instructed Guns (slang) Fortify Employed Right (abbr.) Cheated on a bet A hermit River (Chin.) Diminutive of Edward God of pleasure (Egypt.) Semblance Memoranda Merry ansa taaaa □naan aataaci naa aaa aa □nsnaaa aaa □a aafl anaa - naa aan aana aaa □□ ramo saaaaaa na HBa uau Sanaa aanas: aaaa usaa. anaa ansn I-Sf N-39 35. Heathen image 36. UnaspiraU4 39. Play on words 40. Conclude 42. Music note - - article 20. J3ed fur* nishings 24. Looked pleased 37. Flightless, extinct bird 38. Conceals 29. Like peat 41. Boy’s school (Eng.) [42. A sudden thrust 43. Erase (Print.) 44. Mountains (So. Am.) DOWN 1. Half diameters PFC. RUFF AWARDED INFANTRYMAN BADGE Pfc. Luther W. Ruff of Route 4, Newberry, has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, a symbol of close-quarter fight ing with the enemy, while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Regiment, in Korea. The Badge, consisting of a miniture replica of a Revolution ary War flintlock mounted on a blue background and superimpos ed on a silver wreath, distinguish es the actual fighting men from rear area and service troops. SEAMAN BICKELY RECEIVING TRAINING COURSE IN ILL. Robert C. Bickley, seaman re cruit, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bickley of Little Mountain is undergoing a two- week reservd training course at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. The training given there serve recruit closely parallels that given the regular Navy recruit with considerations for the time limi tation. ENSIGN VINES COMPLETES RADAR COURSE Ensign Thomas E. Vines, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Vines, 403 Rodelsperger street, recently completed the four-week course in operational radar at the U. S. Naval Combat Informa tion Team Training Center, Bos ton, Mass. Production Cuts Aimed Toward Market Stability Everyone knows the cotton tex tile industry has steadily been cutting down. What is the rea son for this? Mill executives who were asked this question by the Textile Neigh bor believe this is the answer: Within three months after the Korean outbreak, the mills had stepped up their output under the pressure of scare buying and the need to mobilize for defense. Mili tary orders did not come through as heavy as expected and the in dustry’s hig hrate of production soon filled civilian pipelines. Of course, the general cause of any mill cutback is a decline in demand. As far as the current curtailment is concerned, mill men point to a number of ad ditional developments that hurt business. Most important among these, they feel, was the damper on business caused by OPS red tape, the closing of the markets where raw cotton is bought, conflicting orders on pricing, and the like. Mill Sales Slump The net result was that while production was more than enough to meet civilian demands and fill all military orders, except in cer tain special lines, mill sales slumped. When it became evident that the big output was more than needed, the mills began cutting down to avoid piling up gods in inventories which in the past too often resulted in long and costly shutdowns. Modern Methods Used Temporary cutbacks in produc tion, when demand falls off, are the cotton textile industry’s in surance against’ repetition of the “boom or bust” days. In the past, when warehouses were bulg ing with surplus goods which couldn’t be sold even at cost, mass layoffs, permanent mill closings, bankruptcis, and acute depression in mill communities were often the penalty. Today the industry seeks to avert these more damaging consequences by restorting to such cutbacks as shorter hours, longer vacation per iods^ fewer machines in operatiop and limited layoffs. Just as the industry has mod ernized its machinery, it is al so applying the most modern methods of market analysis, mer chandising, sales promotion and gearing of production to demand. These are some of the ways by which the industry is able to maintain more balanced opera tions and more stable economic conditions in the textile manufac turing areas. The fact ' that cotton textile manufacturing is not the only industry to be affected now by conditions which have changed rapidly since Korea was noted by Charles C. Hertwig, president of the American Cotton Manufac turers Institute, in testifying be fore the Senate Finance Commit tee on July 16. He sad that in his opinion, the general attitude that in creased taxation was a necessary anti - inflation weapon, resulted from “scare buying, an underesti mate of the nation’s productive power, *and an exaggerated esti mate of military requirements relative to the adequacy of facilities for supplying them.” Defense Orders Filled What actually happened, he said, was that the nation’s pro ductive power has exceeded all expectations and has filled more than 20 billions of dollars in de fense orders “without visible strain.” Increased defense spending now would not tend to inflate prices, he stated, but actually is needed to support the expanded produc tive capacity of both agriculture and industry^ Mills Have Double Task Textile manufacturers have a basic part to play in American business affairs, Mr Jackson as serted. He called a “two-fold function^’—(1) to produce ma terials suitable for the public’s needs (both civilian and mili tary) in quantities and qualities sufficient to supply increasing consumer demand while at the same time exciting consumer in terest in new products and uses, and (2) to stay in business “on a competitive, free enterprise sys tem. That means the making of a reasonable profit.” In order to meet these two ob jectives, the mills need all the research help and scientific know how they can get, Mr. Jackson said. He spoke of the higher costs nowadays of doing business j—higher prices of raw materials, machinery and the like, the extra expense caused by overtime op erations to fill war orders, bigger bills for upkeep, maintenance. fuel and power, as well as taxes And government control programs. He also mentioned the big jump in textile payrolls over re cent years, saying: “Added to the higher wage rates—and there is no textile man who would want to return to the old days of low pay—there are many other progressive social trends which provide better living and working conditions in textile communities but which from their cost angles must still be considered by careful manage- menL” For all these reasons, he said, mills must keep on a constant search for new information about fibers, machinery, better finish ing methods and merchandising ideas. Yet even though new types of machinery work faster turn out more goods, to help mills hold their place in a free market, the past 10 years of scientific pro gress have seen more jobs in the industry, Mr. Jackson said. In cotton textile manufacturing, the total of production workers has gone up about 1000,000. Textiles In War Times of crisis, such as a war, also spur on textile research, the speaker said. He explained: “Because of science, a major war is fought over the entire face of the earth, in the tropics and in - the polar regions;. on the sea and on the mountain tops; in the deserts and in the rice pad dies. It is not even confined to the surface of the earth. It is fought under the sea—and in the stratosphere. Simultaneously, it is fought in the lands of summer and the lands of winter. "All of these varying condi tions and methods of combat must have their special and unique types of textile require ments. In the search for these new and unique types, science and experimentation are working ceaselessly, hand in hand. “Perhaps we shall see their results, when peace returns, in the form of new and. startling examples of sportswear and other apparel among our civilian popu lation, just as we did after the last war.” FOR RENT—Three room down stairs apartment, wired for electric stove at 1004 Boundary. See H. T. Rushing at premises. » 21-2tp. FOR RENT — Furnished Bed Rooms for men. Phone 220J— 1237 Calhoun Street, Newberry, S. C. 19-4tc LIVES OF TWO DROWNING BOYS SAVED BY QUICK THINKING FALL RIVER MAN Fall River, Mass.' William Forgette, textile employee who saved two boys from drowning on St. Valentine’s Day, now is getting ready to answer another extraordinary call to serve his fellow men. Despite his five fighting years with the Army iif World War II, he is due soon to go back into active service again, this time as a sailor. An ex-ammunition sergeant who campaigned on Normandy Beach and through Europe in the 26th Division with General Patton, Mr. Forgette holds a first class sea man’s rating in the Naval Re serve and has been called to re port April 11 in Boston for his physical exam, preliminary to act ive duty. The 34-year-old second hand In flant “A” of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates won this city’s acclaim when he plunged into South Watuppa Pond to res cue Joseph Pontes, 6, and Nor man Bosse, 10, after the young sters fell through thin ice. Trapped. Under Ice From a mill window Mrs. Maria Soares, spinner, saw the two boys struggling in the water and she notified Mr. Forgette. He raced from the building, scaled a fence and ran along the ice toward the boys. By this time they were trapped under the ice, 26 feet from shore. As he neared them, his weight caused him to crash through too, but by flailing his arms he man aged to reach the pair. Grabbing the younger lad first, Mr. Forgette placed him on. the surface of the ice and gave him a shove toward shore. Two fel low workers from the spooling room, Joseph Duponce and Louie Rosa, dragged the Pontes boy to safety with ropes, then seized a length of picket fence to haul Mr. Forgette and young Bosse ashore. Suffering no more than an icy wetting and a scare, the boys were taken to their homes. Mr. Forgette was treated for ice cuts by the Berkshire plant doctor. The excitement of this experi ence had hardly begun to die down when Mr. Forgette received his Navy notice. “It’ll be rough having to leave my wife and boys and my job at the mill, but I want to serve where I’m needed. That’s why I signed up with the Naval Reserve and I’m going to take things as they come,” he says. Best Of The Good To The Kendall Company AndToThe Employees |0f Oakland A • . • Full Measure Of Success To Each Of You BAKER’S SHOE STORE Main Street O A and/ T HEREFORE, PURCELLS extends best wishes to both Mr. Henry Kendall and his associates, and to all of the people who man the works at Oak land. The Kendall company has shown its faith in Newberry and this should be a source of inspiration to every Newberrian. This far-seeing executive believes < that Newberry is on its way up. Let Us all co-operate with him and share his optimism. A ND WE KNOW you will agree that congratula tions are in order for your genial Manager, D. O. Carpenter, the overseers, the section hands, the second hands, and all other Oakland workers of whatever rank. E. B. Purcell Troxelle Senn, Bookkeeper Ben P. Stewart, Collector Keitt Purcell Sara B. Franklin, Secy. Carolyn L. Wicker, Secy. Their devotion to Oakland is well known and fully appreciated by Newberry people. Their ready accep tance of any task to make Newberry a better city is al so well known. A better people than those of Oakland would be hard to find. PURCELL 9 “Your Private Bankers”