The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 19, 1951, Image 3
THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C
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Better Shells
Paper in today’s shotgun shells
can withstand far more abuse than
those of a decade ago thanks to a
World War II discovery revealed to
day by Western-Winchester officials.
A plastic compound, melamine
formaldehyde, added to pulp in the
manufacturing process results in a
paper that withstands dampness and
friction when shells are carried on
scores of trips during bad weather
in the pocket of a sportsman’s coat.
High wet-strength paper original
ly was used in 40,000,000 wartime
maps and as a packaging material.
It was developed to meet military
demands for a paper retaining
maximum strength when wet.
Affected Fitting
Before this plastic treated paper
entered the sporting ammunition
picture, scuffing and dampness
The abrasion test: After SO
turns on the abrazer, the paper
disc is removed.
sometimes prevented a shell from
fitting into the chamber of a gun.
A mechanical “hunter’s pocket”
was devised by Western-Winchester
ballisticians to determine the value
of high wet-strength paper in shot-
shells over previously used shell
cases. Both new and old shells were
subjected during the experiments to
friction and dampness many times
more severe than they would re
ceive over a long period of time
when carried loose by a hunter.
After they had been soaked in
warm water for half an hour, both
types of shells were given a 15-min
ute drubbing in the machine. No
perceptible damage resulted to
shells made with high wet-strength
paper. The older types were scuffed
so severely that chambering was
difficult and often impossible.
Used Emery Wheel
Another test made by researchers
for the sporting arms and ammuni
tion concern involved holding ordi
nary shotshell paper and high wet-
strength paper to a slowly revolving
emery wheel. Where the latter type
barely was scratched, the other
paper virtually burst apart after
20 revolutions.
Search for a “perfect” paper has
been a major project of sporting
ammunition manufacturers since
the advent of paper shotshells half
a century ago. Excellent results un
der normal conditions came when
hulls were made of four layers of
four-ply paper impregnated with
Comparison: A comparison of
the two papers after 30 turns on
the abraser shows the surface
of the old-type paper (left) has
been completely worn away,
exposing the white snb-layer.
The High Wet Strength paper
(right) shows only a small
amount of surface wear.
paraffin. Because excessive wear
and wet weather frequently dam
aged such hulls beyond use, re
search efforts continued.
Wartime developments of high
wet-strength paper were viewed as
the possible answer to the problem.
Sample maps of this paper did not
show “noticeable effects” when they
were soaked in water wrung out,
smeared with grease, daubed with
paint, gasoline and mud, walked
over by an entire regiment and,
finally, rolled over by a tank.
When this paper was made avail
able for civilian use, We stern-Win
chester began its tests of the paper
for shotshell purposes. These led to
adoption of high wet-strength paper
in making a tougher, more water
proof hull.
AAA
Try It
There are two schools of thought
among bass fishermen about wheth
er noise or sight of an angler will
frighten off this species. One school
says that Mr. Bass is so game, so
pugnacious, that he isn't afraid of
anything, particularly noise or the
most formidable api laring angler
in the land. The other school main
tains that quiet stalking of Mr. Bass
is as important as it is when at
tempting to creel Mr. Trout. We
suggest the quiet method.
LABOR FORCE
Ratio of Workers to Persons 65
Or Older Continues to Decline
Today there are only five adult
workers in the United States for
every person 65 years old or over;
in 1850 there w^re 11 workers, 16
years old or over, forxevery oldster.
In 1900 the proportion was nine
workers to one oldster; in 1920 it
was eight to one; in 1930, seven to
one; in 1940, six to one; by 1950,
five to one. In another ten years,
under current population trends,
there will be approximately four
people at work for every person 65
or over. These figures vividly point
up our fast-mounting problems with
By INEZ GERHARD
J ACKIE KELK has so long been
identified with his role on radio’s
“The Aldrich Family” that mail ad
dressed to “Homer, New York”
reaches him. Now both star and
producer of television’s “Young Mr.
Bobbin”, the new character is tak
ing over; cops near the NBC build
ing are hailing him as “Bobbin”.
He is a comedian with no desire to
be anything else; he began learning
his trade when he was a child
stooge for Jack Benny, Fred Allen,
Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen and
others. But in real life he sheds the
naive teen ager role that has
brought success; he is actually an
astute business man, with many
profitable business investments.
Ronald and Benita Colman
Ronald and Benita Colman re
turned from vacationing in Italy
with plans for “The Halls of Ivy”;
lie so enjoyed writing that one script
for it last year that he has done
some writing for the NBC show.
They also mulled over the idea of
appearing in the stage version which
Don Quinn has been preparing.
They’re interested in doing a test
television version as a try-out.
While most of the country Is
busy building super-markets,
Renfro Valley, Ky., is rushing
construction on an old-fashioned
country store. A replica of the
town's original general store, it
will be heated by a stove, lit
by kerosene lamps, and will
bouse the U. S. Post Office cab
inet, almost 100 years old. High-
topped shoes, copper-toed boots
and bustles will be displayed.
Gene Autry is all set to make a
picture in Japan, probably early
next year. The Japanese adore west
erns, and Gene’s comic books, suits
and shirts have a terrific sale there.
So prepare for his appearance in
“Cowboy in Tokyo”.
respect to our aging population,
reports the family economics bu
reau of Northwestern National Life
Insurance company.
As medical science and improving
conditions enable more people to
live past 65, we are at the same
time retiring more oldsters from
useful work, says the report.
Simply voting the old people more
dollars is no solution, either for
them or the nation, the report ob
serves, adding that old people do
not consume dollars—they consume
goods, like everyone else. Some
body has to produce the extra food,
clothes, shelter and other things
needed for their comfort.
Therefore any practical program
of security for our aged must face
two basic requirements, says the
report:
(1) Production of goods and serv
ices by our young and middle-aged
people must be expanded much
further, through industrial progress,
so there will be a greater margin
left over from the workers’ own
needs, to take care of helpless
older members of our population.
(2) At the same time our increas
ing millions of older people must
be permitted and helped to keep on
at productive work as long after
65 as possible, instead of being dis
couraged and penalized for so do
ing.
Unless these basic realities are
kept in mind, the problem will
grow worse instead of better, says
the report; passing out more and
more government dollars looks like
an easy solution, but only means
that each dollar will buy less and
less.
• • •
MOST AMERICANS want to stay
useful after 65, says the report,
pointing to a recent survey of the
retirement aims of 3,000 of the com
pany’s male policy-holders. Results,
as previously published, showed
that only 24 per cent want complete
leisure when they reach retirement
age. The remaining 76 per cent
want either to keep on at their pres
ent jobs as long as they are phys
ically and mentally capable, or
else to be financially able to ease
up a bit, with shorter hours or in
some lighter occupation. Thus,
three out of four of the men in the
survey want to keep right on doing
something useful after 65.
Such responses further empha
size the need for all retirement pro
grams, whether based on life in-
surance, industrial pensions or gov
ernment payments, to be made
highly flexible in their provisions
for actual retirement from work,
the report concludes.
Ytmr V.8. Labor U.S. Popa- Ratio
Force latloa to
18 rearc old 65 years old Labor
and over and ooer Foreo
1850 7,035,000 623,000 9%
1900 27.323,000 3,080,000 liy 4 %
1920 40.553,000 4,933,000 12%
1930 48,163,000 6,634,000 14%
1940 52,540,000 9,019,000 17%
1*0 61.474,000 12,322,000 20%
1960 67,302,000 15.491,000 23%
Proud Father Gets Wish;
Triple Mary-ment Occasion
KILDANGANAN, Ireland — Jos
eph Geraghty had told all his
friends that he was wishing for it
to be a daughter. In fact, he had
already chosen a name to be used
when the blessed event happened.
Mrs. Geraghty surprised the
proud father by * presenting him
with, not one daughter, but three
female family additions. Proud
Joseph still was granted his wish.
The girls, he announced merrily,
would be named Julia Mary, Norah
Mary and Christina Mary.
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THE
FICTION
BERTHA
CORNER
By Richard Hill Wilkinson
R OY was correcting his English
IV mid-year book reviews and
the whistling annoyed him. It came
from the alley beneath the Window
at the end of the
"""""I hall. It had begun
3 -Minute early that mora-
Fiction ing ’ a bright,
riuiiwn cheery whlst ie,
measured, h i g h-
pitched.
Presently he could stand it no
longer. He was not a violent man,
but as he descended the back stairs
there was a grimness about his
mouth.
Roy emerged into the alley and
headed for a high board fence, from
behind which came the measured
whistle. He went through a door in
the fence and stopped short. A voice
said: “Hi, kid!”
Suspended from a peg in the fence
was a cage and in the cage was a
parrot. As Roy stared at it the par
rot emitted a shrill, piercing whistle.
Roy was in the act of opening the
cage door when someone shrieked.
He turned to see a girl with red hair
and blazing brown eyes rushing at
him.
“Don’t you dare touch that cage!
Who are you? What are you doing
here? You were going to harm
Bertha!”
Roy blinked, “Tea,” he said
calmly, “1 was going to wring
Bertha’s scrawny neck. Bertha’s
whistling annoyed me. It was
driving me crazy. All morning
long I have been trying to cor
rect my English book reviews.
If the book reviews aren’t in
by tomorrow I’m apt to lose my
job.”
The girl’s eyes brimmed with
tears.
GRASSROOTS
President Disregards His Dixiecrat Opposition
By Wright A. Patterson
R EGARDLESS Of what the perma
nent effect may be on the future
of his party, how wide the factional
split may spread, the President is
determined to make another try at
securing legislation on his Fair
Deal program.
Senator Humphreys of Minnesota
has been delegated to prepare and
introrluce' in the senate eight bills
that, if they can be passed, would
effectuate the Fair Deal program as
contained in the Democratic plat
form of 1948, for the adoption of
which Senator Humphreys was
largely responsible.
Senator Humphreys is promised
the active support of half a dozen
other northern Democratic senators
who support anything the President
asks for.
The first of these measures is
the anti-lynching bill, which the
south has been able to talk to
death, as an invasion of state’s
rights. It is the President’s be
lief that the passage of such a
measure, with its effect on the
northern negro vote, could mean
turning the electoral vote of
such states as New York, Illi
nois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio,
and others with a large negro
population into the Democratic
column, without serii^sly ef
fecting the white vote of any of
the southern states, the people
of which are regarded as first
Protestant, second democratic
and third American.
Only a counting of the ballots in
the next election can determine the
real answer. If the President is
right in his surmise, it could mean
his election to a third term. All such
bills are to be promoted as welfare
legislation.
What the action of the Republi
cans in the senate, whether or not
they will support the Dixiecrats of
the south, will not be known until
the senate votes. The Republicans
are not anxious to affront the north
ern Democratic negroes. The Re
publicans, too, would like to have
as many of those votes as possible.
In it all there is much more of poli
tics than of welfare on both sides.
Such a move on the part of the
President could mean a permanent
split in his party that in time might
be politically expensive and mean
a third party and a loss of regular
Democratic control of congress.
Such a result would not be evident
in the next election.
*
When I was in Hawaii between the
first and second world wars, an in
variable subject of conversation was
“statehood for the islands.” A large
majority of the people of all the
racial groups were for it. A small
minority, led by the Honolulu Ad
vertiser, was opposed.
The Advertiser based its op
position on its expressed belief
in a lack of loyalty on the part
of the Japanese, then the largest
of the racial groups In the is
lands, but the publisher and
owner admitted the real reason
was the certainty that the pub
lisher and owner of the compet
ing daily. The Star-Telegram,
would undoubtedly be elected to
the United States senate follow
ing admission of the islands to
statehood, and that he could not
afford to have a competitor se
lected for such a job which
would add to his influence and
prestige among the island’s peo
ple.
I am told the opposition to state
hood has grown some, since I was
in the islands, and such opposition
as exists is fathered, not alone by
The Advertiser, but also by the
army, especially the intelligence
service of the army. It is fearful
that statehood would afiect the
army’s privileges and practices.
Such objections as are back of
any opposition is not worthy of con
sideration on the part of congress.
The islands are fully entitled to be
ing made a real part of the United
States. It has been a step child for
an overly long period. To longer
continue it on a territorial basis is
unfair. Give it a chance to rule it
self and to enjoy the advantages of
statehood, regardless of petty ob
jections.
*
The examples starting the break
down of morality and integrity in
America were to be found in the
White House, among the President’s
cabinet officers, ambassadors, and
public officials fairly generally.
They have accepted bribes for be
traying the interests of the Ameri
can people. But the President says
they have done nothing illegaL
“I’m sorry,” Roy said. "Un
less you remove Bertha from
her present location I shall in
sist on bashing in her stupid
head.”
“I’m sorry,” said Roy. “Unless
you remove Bertha from her pres
ent location I shall insist on bash
ing in her stupid head.”
The redhead gasped. “And Fll
bet you would do it, too! It’s only
on bright days that I place Bertha
outside. Otherwise, she has to stay
in where it’s dark. If you don’t be
lieve me, come and see.”
Roy realized that she was appeal
ing to his better nature, if any. He
permitted himself to be led into the
house. The room, where abode the
girl and Bertha, was truly a gloomy
place.
“I concede the point,” Roy ad
mitted. He stared at the girl close
ly. “I should think on warm days
you’d want to get out into the air
yourself.”
“I do. I spend nearly all my time
looking for a job. Today I stayed
home so Bertha could have a sun
ning. Tomorrow she won’t bother
you at all.”
“Tomorrow,” said Roy, “I won’t
be here to mind.” He scratched hia
chin.
“Look here,” he said. “What kind
of work are you looking for?”
“I used to be a librarian,” said
the girl.
“A librarian!” exclaimed Roy.
Would you like a job correcting
English IV book reviews?”
The redhead’s eyes grew round.
“Do you mean—why I’d adore such
a job!”
“By the way,” he said, “1
haven’t asked your name.”
“It’s Roberta Cameron. And il
you want these papers tonight, 1
think you’d better let me get to
work on them.”
I T was in October that Bertha had
first aroused Roy’s ire.* Two
weeks before Christmas he asked
Roberta an important question. She
shook her head. “I couldn’t marry
you. You don’t like Bertha.”
“But I’ve really grown fond oi
Bertha!” Roy cried. “Why, if il
weren’t for Bertha, I’d never have
met you.”
The day after this, Bertha
caught a cold. It was bright and
warm in the morning and Rob
erta left the bird ontside while
she went to town. At noon it
turned cold and began to rain.
Attracted by a series'of hoarse
shrieks, Roy rushed into the
alley, seized the cage and re
turned indoors. Bertha died the
next day.
“I—I suppose,” said Roberta, “1
shouldn’t have put her out.”
Roy stared. A thousand thoughts
galloped through his mind. But he
had the good sense not to mention
them. Instead he picked up Bj*
berta’s hand and Roberta smiled.
Strip Cropping Helps
Hold Soil in Place
It's Only First Step
In Conservation Plan
Strip cropping, an important part
of soil conservation, is a good deal
like putting a splint on a broken
bone. The splint holds the bone
in place, but it doesn’t knit it.
Strip cropping helps hold the soil
in place, but it won’t rebuild run
down fertility.
The above picture is a beautiful
example of strip cropping, but it
was not accomplished by mere
contour plowing. It was accom
plished by sound soil conservation,
based on use and treatment of
land with all proven, appropriate
measures that are needed to keep
it permanently productive while
in use.
I Itapi illlpl M
Strip cropping on a field
just north of Neillsville, Wis.,
is a beautiful example of one
step toward soil conservation.
Sound conservation means ter
racing land that needs terracing;
contouring, strip cropping, and
stubble-mulching the land as need
ed; along with use of supporting
measures of crop rotation, cover
and green manure crops and the
use of the right commercial fer
tilizers.
No farmer should undertake a
conservation program without ex
pert advice. He should first contact
any one of his soil conservation
district officers and apply for as
sistance from his district. If he
doesn’t know who his officers are,
he can locate the address of his
district office in the phone book,
or he can call his county agent.
Districts help only farmers who
request their assistance.
Number of U. S. Farms
Lowest Since the 1890s
The number of farms in the Unit
ed States has continued to decline
since the end of World War II with
the current total the lowest since
before the turn of the century.
The department of agriculture re
ports there were fewer than 5.4 mil
lion farms in the country last year.
This figure compares with approxi
mately 5.9 million in 1945, and with
the peak number of 6.8 million in
1935.
Thus the number of American
farms has declined over 1.4 million,
or more than a fifth, in the last dec
ade and a half—a period in which
land in farms has continued to in
crease and in which total agricul
tural production has likewise shown
a spectacular increase in aggregate
volume of products raised as well
as in total market value.
In 1900 there were some 5.i mil
lion farms in .the U. S., approxi
mately 350,000 more than at present.
A decade before, in 1890, the num
ber of farms was about 4.6 million.
Sliding Door
Foultry raisers can save
many a step by a sliding door in
poultry houses which can be
operated from the outside. A
small rope attached to the
door by a screw eye runs to
the ceiling or roof boards,
along the wall, through the
side of the chicken house and
terminates in a ring. A hook
can be attached to the side of
the building and thus hold the
door open.
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Farm Exports Increase
14 Per Cent, Report
»
The agriculture department re
ported recently that farm exports
increased 14 per cent over the
preceding fiscal year. The total
was placed at $3,409,245,000. Cotton
exports led the group in 1950-51
with a total of $935,332,000,000, the
second highest in 26 years. Wheat
and wheat flour ranked second in
value at $747,570,000, up 9 per cent
over the $683,229,000 the preceding
fiscal year. ^
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Rag Hooking
A discarded card table makes
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rugs. Cut away the top, leaving the
framework. It is the right height
for working and may be folded and
put away when not in use.
Corn Sticks
Corn sticks can be made with
fresh corn instead of corn meal,
and this hot bread makes a pleas
ing accompaniment for summer
time salads.
• • •
Tough Corn
Avoid corn that has dry. straw-
colored husks, for those ears are
apt to have tough, and flavorless
kernels.
• 4 •
Nutrition
Nutritionists have found that the
quality of meals can be improved
considerably by the addition of
vegetables.
Frozen Pies
Standard recipes may be used
to prepare fruit pies and most
other pies for freezing.
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Brighten Silverware
To brighten tarnished silverware,
let the silverware soak for an hour
in water left after boiling potatoes.
It will come out as bright as new.
4 4 4
Retain Quality
Unbaked frozen biscuits will
retain good quality in frozen
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Nutritive Values
Nutritive values in vegetables
provide excellent reasons for the
homemaker to serve them every
day to the family.
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Unbaked biscuits will retain
good quality in frozen storage
about a month.
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common men.
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