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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C FORGERY IN GOLD Nation's Busiest Forger Keeps Out of Prison Only Block Away The busiest forger in the country pfies his trade just a block from Iowa's state penitentiary. But he h&s no fear his vocation will lead him behind the grim walls as it has hundreds of other forgers. Mild-mannered, law-a biding James Jordan is well started on a career of counterfeiting signatures at the age of 24. Already he has foi-ged more than 5,000 including those of Herbert Hoover and Gen. Douglas MacArthur—but he’s never been at odds with the law. I Every day since October 1, 1950, Jim has duplicated about 20 signa tures per day, nearly three every By INEZ GERHARD (ICHARD “ 1 JJICHARD “RED” SKELTON, the ** son of a famous American CROSSWORD POIRE LAST WEEK'S ANSWER James Jordan of Burlington, la., is shown “forging” the 5,000th signature he has en graved on Sheaffer fountain pens during the past year. Clown, launched his own television show just ten years from the day when he stepped out as star of his own radio program. The thousands who have enjoyed him in films*and on the air now find him doing some of the same characterizations that “RED’* SKELTON they enjoyed, but he plans to add some new ones. In this new medium he is, of course, screamingly funny. He is supported by David Rose, musical conductor and composer, and the Skylarks vocal group. Stanley Kramer, who gave us *‘The Champion”, “Home of the Brave”, “The Men” and “Cyrano de Bergerac”, is making his first western in “High Noon”, and in siders say it may be his most bril liant venture so far. The picture’s entire action takes place in 90 min utes. Gary Cooper, whom Zane Grey termed his “ideal westerner”, is starred, with an excellent cast. Jack Benny does just a bit in “Somebody Loves Me”, the film based on the lives of Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields, the vaudeville stars. Benny is an old friend of theirs. The picture stars Betty Hut ton as Miss Seeley. Moira Shearer expects to ar rive in this country November 12, with her husband, head straight for Hollywood, and be gin practicing her ballet routines for Samuel Goldwyn’s “Hans Christian Andersen”. The lovely star of “Red* Shoes” will be ac companied by her husband, Lu- dovic Kennedy. Danny Kaye and Farley Granger will co-star in what should be a delightful pic ture. working hour. And he forges only on gold. Jordan is the signature engraver at the Sheaffer Pen company, whose factory in Fort Madison, 19 miles from here, is just a stone’s throw from the prison. Sheaffer products include special fountain pens, me chanical pencils and ballpoints which bear a gold band containing the signature of the owner. It’s Jim’s job to reproduce the signa tures, engraving them on the gold bands. His kind of forgery is more diffi cult than the illegal varieties that land their makers in jail after dis covery by hawk-eyed bank tellers or merchants. The illegal forger does his signature imitations on flat paper with pen and ink. Legal forger Jordan has to cut his on a rounded surface of hard 14-K gold. If you would have a hard-to-dupli- cate signature, Jim recommends neat, compact handwriting. It’s harder to duplicate than a signature in long, flowing strokes. Most dif ficult for him to copy are John Hancocks with many loops and criss-cross lines. Cutting the loops and crossovers into the gold is a tough job. JORDAN ALSO does other kinds of free-hand engraving on special gold-banded pens. It was he who gave the “peace pens” used at the San Francisco signing of the Japa nese peace treaty their identification by engraving “Japanese Peace Pact, 1951” on their bands. Those pens have become collectors’ items. Forging signatures on writing in struments is Jim’s first engraving job. He was born and raised in this city. After four years as a shipping clerk here, he studied engraving at Kansas City where he served his apprenticeship. In 1950, he joined Sheaffer’s working under Ambrose Zeigler, perhaps the world’s most prolific forger who engraved more than 40,000 different signatures in his lifetime. When Zeigler died last year, Jim succeeded him. Jordan naturally prefers the title “engraver.” His spouse balks at being known as “the Forger’s wife.” One signature Jim finds just as hard to duplicate as any is his own. His imitations have satisfied more than 5,000 “forgees” including poli ticians, actors, sports figures and business leaders. But when he at tended a bazaar at the State Peni tentiary and offered to pay for his purchases by check, he was asked t® give cash. Why? His signature on the check differed too much from that on his driver’s license. ACROSS 1. Planter 6 Confront 10 Covered with ivy 11 Coin (anc Gr ) 12 Tangle 13 Species of iris root 14. Eye 15. Starvation 4 Lamprey 5 Road (abbr.) 6 Island in China Sea 7 Hillside dugout 8 Piece of money 9 Otherwise 20 One-spot card 23 Likely 24. 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After the meeting in which Bar ney’s name was voted on, Dan pub licly announced that he would have shot any man who had blackballed him. Every one knew what he meant. Barney’s initiation would last for two months and would in volve a good deal of horseplay. Dan was out for revenge. And he got it. During the two months of initiation, Barney suf fered all the humiliations, indigna tions and unrestrained paddlings of a college freshman. When it was over, the night that Barney received the ritual and be came a full-fledged brother, Dan grinned at him good-naturedly. “You sure can take it, Brother Craig. Of course it was all in fun.” “Yeah,” said Barney. “And now that, I’m a full-fledged member I’m as good as you? Is that right?” “Absolutely, brother,” said Dan. “Good,” said Barney, “be cause for a long time I’ve want ed to do this.” And he hauled off and let Dan have a smart GRASSROOTS People Rank Herbert Hoover Greatest Statesman By Wright A. Patterson T HREE OR FOUR DAYS before Herbert Hoover moved from the White House back to his home in Palo Alto, Calif., I wrote him a note in which I said: “Regardless of the result-of the last election, the his torians will classify you as one of the great Presidents of America, and the people of the nation will accept the historians’ verdict.” The people did not wait for the verdict of the historians. Of their own volition they have a'ccepted Herbert Hoover as the greatest of present day American statesmen. In every way they can show it they approve his policies. They accept him as an American leader far more than at any time in the past. They have written their own verdict. While I was visiting with Repre sentative Joe Martin in his office in the capitol building at Washing ton, a few days before the convening of the Republican national conven tion at Philadelphia, he asked, “Who is your choice as a Republican for President?” “My first choice is Herbert Hoo ver, my second is Joseph Martin,” I replied. “I believe we could elect Hoover, but I doubt if we could nominate him. As for your second choice, I do not want to be President, now. I do want to be speaker of the house of representatives first.” At that Philadelphia convention Hoover was scheduled to deliver an address. The Willkie managers were afraid of the result of that address. They were tsarful it might sweep the delegates off their feet and re sult in a Hoover nomination, which I believe he would have accepted at that time. Not necessarily Willkie, but his managers, in an effort to prevent such a possibility, pulled the dirtiest political trick I have ever seen played in any of the more than 20 national conventions I have attend ed as a reporter. The instant Hoover stepped to the loud speaker microphone, the sys tem was put out of commission, and it stayed out until the address was finished. Hoover’s voice was not strong enough for an auditorium of that size, and no one of the dele gates or the audience Jieard any part of his address. There followed no demonstration as there had been at Cleveland four years earlier. Had Hoover not left the convention hall the instant his address was completed, he would have been the nominee. I know he did not want it at that time. He had told me so as he left the Philadel phia convention hall. It was re ported to me, and I believe it, that he said: “I will never again be a candidate nor will I accept a nomi nation for any elective political of fice.” Today, if it were left to the choice of the Republican voters, Herbert Hoover could be nominated and elected President ci the United States. The people believe in the policies that—as an elder statesman —he enunciates from time to time. They would cheerfully follow his leadership, and believe he would get them out of the inflationary mess in which we are involved; would reduce the heavy burden of taxa tion; would dispense with the larger part of the vast army of bureau crats, for which we are paying. Today he has the confidence and appreciation of the people as a com petent leader, who could, and would, better than any other one man, solve our national difficulties. He would keep us away from any war with Russia, not by any policy of appeasement, but by a firm stand that would be typically American, and convince Stalin that it is time to stop Russian aggression, and Russian propaganda. But I am sure Herbert Hoover will not be the Republican nominee, or that he would accept it if such nomination was tendered. I believe he made the statement credited to him at Philadelphia, and if he did that statement was final. It meant ha was out of partisan politics and would stay out. He is not the kind who changes his mind, with each change of the political wind. A great character has passed from partisan political life, much to the regret of the American people who first elected him by a tremendous majority and then as ruthlessly de feated him, because they credited him with responsibility for condi tions which in reality he had no part in creating. * The effort to stop undesired legis lation resulted in a heavy increase for the post-office department. Let ters from the folks back home. Barney poked a neat one at Dan’s chin and it connected. one on the point of his jaw. “All in fun, yon know,” Barney grinned savagely. Dan picked himself up and nodded. “O.K., Brother Craig, sup pose you and I go outside.” They went outside and removed their "coats. Ten minutes later Bar ney was lying on the ground staring up at Dan through the one eye that he could still open a crack. “All Ln fun. Brother Craig. Come around again some time when you feel in a playful mood.” tjARNEY spent most of November ^ and December in a gymnasium. Shortly after the first of the year he encountered Brother Dan again. “Hello, Big Ears,” he remarked, “suppose we go outside?” Dan was willing. They went out side, and in nine and one half min utes Barney decided that Dan must have practically slept in a gymnasi um. " Barney went home and cursed himself to sleep. He decided that he’d lick Dan Chester if he died trying which by the feeling of his jaw he thought might happen any minute. Barney hired K. O. McManus to train him. K. O. was pretty rough and Barney suffered a lot, but he acquired knowledge. On the first of March he invited Brother Dan “out side.” The battle lasted 20 minutes this time. Spring was in full bloom when Barney again sent word to Dan to meet him outside. There was quite an audience on hand this time. The fight lasted 25 minutes. Both participants were pretty groggy. They were swinging wild and with out much zip. It began to look like a draw, when suddenly it occurred to Barney that for the first time Dan wasn’t beating him. The thought gave him a feeling of ela tion and a burst of energy. He poked a neat one at Dan’s chin and it connected. Barney, thrown off balance, too weak to steady him self, fell across his opponent's pro strate form and lay there. It took an hour to revive the bat tlers. Barney came to first and looked at Dan thoughtfully.. Present ly Dan stirred and opened his eyes. He saw Barney and propped him self up on an elbow. “Well, well, Brother Craig. Con gratulations!” “Thanks,” said Barney, and grinned too. “All in fun you know.” “Sure,” said Dan, “all in fun.” And he extended his hand. Barney gripped the hand and started to make a crack about Dan’s big ears, but changed his mind. Youth Recipe History has it that Queen Eliza beth of Hungary, who possessed the original recipe for Hungary water, became so beautiful by its use that at the age of 72, her hand was asked in marriage by the King of Poland. ^ .... —wmm Farmer Vossen inspects his field of oats. At the right is the field of bluegrass over grown with buck grass. Ferti lizing has turned the oat field Into a high producer. Vossen limed and fertilized the oat field with plant food carrying nitrogen, phosphate and potash be fore he seeded it He keeps the field in oats two years, then seeds down to an alfalfa crop. He takes hay and pasture off as long as the stand is productive. He helps lengthen its life by top-dressing regularly with manure. The use of lime and fertilizer pays off in much bigger hay yields, Vossen reports. He harvest ed eight tons of hay on two acres that used to produce about one- half ton of timothy. Total Feed Supply Will Be Higher Than Last Year With the approach of the 1951-52 feeding season, livestock feeders will be interested to know that the expefcted total supply of feed grains and concentrates will be greater than last year, according to the bureau of agricultural economics. The available supply of feed will permit livestock to be fed at about the same rate per unit as last season. The number of animals to be fed, however, is also expected to be greater. An estimated 174 mil lion animals will be on hand as compared with last year’s 168 mil lion. A larger acreage and a fair carry over is expected to provide a larg er corn supply. About 4 billion bushels is expected to be available for the 1951-52 season. The total supply of corn, oats, grain sorghums, and barley for the coming season is estimated to be 127.1 million tons. This compares with last season’s total of 125 mil lion tons of grain. The department reported total crop production may be the second highest in history in 1951. Tractor Drawbar A heavy piece of angle iron bolted to the rear of a tractor and extending well beyond the wheels makes harrowing easier fastening the harrow with a long chain hitch,- especially when making turns at ends of the field. Bolted to the drawbar it can be removed when not in use. Iowa Tests Show Value Of Alfalfa for Swine Everyone knows that alfalfa pasture is good for hogs. But just how good? The Iowa experiment station thought that one way to find out would be to feed one batch of hogs on dry lot;, and another on alfalfa. They found that the biggest value in alfalfa comes from a sr.ving in high-cost protein and mineral sup plement Hogs gained faster on alfalfa. MIRROR Of Your MIND I Patience And Will Power By Lawrence Gould Fertilizing Important In Balanced Farm Plan Lime, Fertilizer Pays Off in High Hay Yield Farmers in every part of the nation are realizing more and more the importance of well-balanced fertilizing programs to build pro duction and soil structure. Ben Vossen, who farms near Watkins, Minn., believes his in vestments in lime and fertilizer have done more for his farm than anything in his career. The results of one of his in vestments are shown in the above picture. At the right is a run down field of bluegrass overgrown with buck grass. At the left is a field of oats after the buck grass was sprayed to kill it, grubbed and plowed under. Is patience a matter of will power? Answer: It can be achieved more easily by learning to see your situa tion realistically. The usual basis of the type of childish rage we call “impatience” is a more or less un conscious feeling that if you protest vigorously enough against the “un fairness” of your lot, something will magically change it. Once you real ize, not only with your “brain” but with your feelings, that complain ing ?ind self-pity get you nowhere, you will stop running your head into stone walls and begin making the best of things as they are— which will usually prove to be a little better than your previous im patience would allow you to see. Is “childish curiosity” found in adults? Answer. Decidedly. The child’s curiosity about his parents-*®spe- cially about what they do when he is not around—reappears in the adult’s interest in the private af fairs of “prominent” people, even where they do not differ much frqpi anybody else’s. If you love to read about the lives and loves of men and women whom you’re never likely to meet but whom you regard as glamorous or outstanding, you are showing the same harmless and instinctive curiosity that made you peep over the banisters when your parents had a party. And probably in both cases you are hoping to find evidence that the grownups are “no better than you are.” maternity Do specific events cause anxiety? Answer: They may be the agen cies that “precipitate” it. Accord ing to Dr. David M. Levy, noted child psychiatrist, operations and accidents are the “first situations” which most often bring on an anxi ety reaction. They are followed in importance by fright, separations, sudden privations, the birth of a new baby, and a sudden change of environment such as that caused by the family’s “moving.” Among “predisposing factors” are infantile helplessness, extreme dependance, poor health and a previously ac quired sense of guilt. Modern psy chiatry tends to regard anxiety as the state of mind from which most mental illnesses spring. Historic mission san luis rey, founded in 1798, * WAS REDED I GATED FOLLOWING ITS RESTORATION RECENTLY. THIS AUSSIpN WAS FOUNDED 0Y FATHER JUNIPERC? SERRA, FAMED FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY, WHO WAS KNOWN AS "THE APOSTLE &P CALIFORNIA . KEEPING HEALTHY Exercise Is Not Always Best Method By Dr. James W HEN AN OVERWEIGHT learns from an expert that a walk of one mile at his ordinary pace will remove only a few ounces of fat and he knows for a fact that a Turkish bath, if he drinks no water, will take off many ounces, pounds in fact, it is not hard to understand why he prefers the Turkish bath to the mile walk or other exercise. This same health authority will point out that the best way to re duce weight is to reduce the daily food intake. If less food is eaten than the body requires the body will use some of its excess fat to supply its daily needs. This, too, the overweight feels is preferable to regular exercise, which does not give such quick results. However, if research workers in overweight and underweight are closely questioned, they will admit that for strong, healthy, overweight men and women, exercise is the ideal method of reducing weight. Why? Because exercise replaces fat W. Barton tissue with muscle tissue. With in crease of muscle tissue in the body, an active body-building tissue takes the place of an inactive tissue—fat. The most important food sub stance in maintaining strength of body, preventing wear on body tis sues and repairing worn body tissues is protein—meat, eggs, fish, fowl. In a reducing diet, therefore, proteins are not reduced. Fats and starches, however, which in the normal diet exist in an amount three to four times that of proteins, are cut down to the same amount. In such a reduction diet, food rich in minerals and vitamins must be eaten to help out the proteins, and some starches must be used. Minerals needed are iron, calcium, phosphorus. These are found in leafy vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, celery, Brussels sprouts, beet and turnip tops, cauliflower, apples, figs, raisins and other fruit. A small quantity of milk is used daily. One of the new antibiotics is now helping many patients with ulcer ative colitis. Allergy, being sensitive to various substances handled, is not an un common cause of diseased nails. • • • Mucous or spastic colitis can be treated successfully by the patient acquiring calmness of spirit and avoiding rough foods. Most cases of backache are due to infection—teeth, tonsils, gall bladder, lower boweL • • • Reduction of weight should occur slowly and not be mailed by over- rigid periods of fasting. • • • An attack of coronary thrombosis might readily follow too strict re duction of fat foods and too rapid ieductioa of weight. Kaesong Once Center Of Korean Power Kaesong, the site accepted for truce talks between UN and Red Chinese-Korean leaders, is in line to pick up again a leng lost his toric spotlight. Although left behind in modern times by many faster growing and developing Korean cities, Kaesong was once the center of Korean power and culture. The town was made the capital of the Koryo, or Wang, dynasty in the early 900’s A.D., and as such was the focal point for the first centralized control extended over the peninsula. Kaesong maintained its position for nearly 500 years, and after its fall the dynasty name was carried on in the name “Korea.” 1 Meanwhile, toward the end of the weakening Koryo reign, nu merous invasions by Mongols from the north had brought about for eign domination of the entire coun try for the first time. With the re- tirenjent of the Golden Horde and the rise of the new Yi dynasty, the capital, in 1392, was moved to Seoul. CATCH BABS ! 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