THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. 1944
THE BEAUFORT NEWS. BEAUFORT, N. C.
PAGE SEVEN
GOP to Inject Vigor of H
Youth in 1944 Campaign uMM
Dewey Leader Indicates Republicans
Hit at Machine Politics and Left
Wing Elements During Race.
Stripes in Versatile Mood Come
To Enliven Midsummer Scene
By BAUKIIAGE
Newt Analytt and Commentator.
W SV Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. C.
In a week or so the political cam
paigns will be warming up and al
ready the main lines of attack and
rmmter-attack have begun to form.
The bombs will explode tar from
the banks of the Potomac Republi
can headquarters and regional of
fices are already springing up and
their activities are far removed
from Washington's daily life. But
nowhere Is the Interest In politics
and the garnering of votes as great
as In this voteless city.
Before Candidate Dewey started
westward with Pittsburgh and St.
Louis station stops, Herbert Brown-
n the new chairman of national
committee, visited Republican head
quarters here on Connecticut ave
nue to get acquainted. He did and
made a very Kood Impression, as
one reporter remarked, "What
change in the genus chairman. ,
Brnwnell Is auite a contrast to his
predecessor, Harrison Spangler, and
the accent is on youin. urowneu
40, looks younger, aitnougn nis ausxy
blonde hair is sparse. He reminded
me of a fraternity brother (he hap
pens to be one, I discovered) who
was assistant professor of something
not too highbrow the non-academic
type. He is a Nebraskan and a
Mayflower descendant who won a
scholarship at his state university
iieh trok him to Yale where he
If edited the Yale Law Journal, no in-
,jfrignificant distinction.
r Intra Dewev Closer
Jo General Public
I H made an excellent law connec
tion In New York, was elected to the
tat. legislature and developed a
Iceen nose for politics which brought
Mm to the position of counsel for
,' the state Republican committee. He
-as one of the inner circle or tne
iewey group and liked Dewey as
oe who are closest to nim ao ana
lUke those in the middle distances,
rho don't A part of Brownell s Job
01 "b to bridge that gap. He or
-neboenr else has already been giv-
g lessons to the governor in the
. m school as was evident at his
'. press conference in Chicago aft
' I nomination where he revealed
. Braining. The cynical Albany
gang were a little taken aback
.'he governor's showing at that
I'awev is naturally an introvert.
I with a tendency toward egocentric!
ty. Hut h is one of the lucky ones
who knows it and from school days
b has struggled against the aloof-
Inot vh4ith nftpn crrnwt tin a round
the man who is always the head
tl his class as Dewev was.
" is ready to help the Republi
cans, put the accent on youth ana
underline It heavily. Brownell tits
that Dicture naturally and Dew-
can be counted uoon to match his
twn conduct with his years as far as
jtiga and energy go and he will
probably be able to acquire the
i"hail-fellow" flavor for public rela-
ti ftions.
J , It is clear when you talk to Brown
ell that he is all for the "wim-and-
,'wigger" type of electioneering. The
,. Democrats know what to expect.
Ilic started a defensive-offensive
m Ue need and wisdom and experi-
in their convention speeches,
cy. are going to try to prove that
,ca the contestants weigh in,
1'iocratic gray-matter will out-bal-'"3
the red corpuscles and vita
' ' which their opponents display
1 of which they will boast.
A s' we waited to interview Brown
I oa that muggy Washington after
oon, a figure emerged who may
sv been exhibit A of the Republi
mi immortal pep. He was the
lad who nominated Taft for Presl
",t so you Can date him. He was
i mer Sen. Jim Watson of Indiana
:. ta 1863), not juvenile, but he
'n't lest his up-and-at-'em. "As
, la Joe Cannon always used to
ll ise roe," Senator Jim allowed to
IvU and sundry, " 'give 'em hell,
ffO 3!'"
i i asked Brownell later if the Re
pti licans intended to campaign in
i unusual way, since tne fresi
1 1 had said he wouldn't campaign
ae usual way. Brownell smiled
replied With a sentence the bur-
lea of which was "energetic."
owever, a pean to youth will not
the. only song in the Dewey-
peker repertoire. Mr. Bricker's
lush but powdery thatch doesn't go
so well with that.
"Control of the Democratic par
ty," said Mr. Brownell, "rests whol
ly with two elements the bosses of
the corrupt big city machines and
the radical left wingers who are
closer to communism than any oth
er political philosophy."
Right there you have two key
notes, the first which the ex-prosecuting
attorney can sound in all its
variations and no doubt he will.
The second wLi fit splendidly into
Mr. Bricker's sty 9 of oratory and
will appeal to the audiences of the
Middle West, which were so moved
before Chicago that they almost
would not let him take a second
place on the ticket they wanted him
so badly to top.
Expect Dewey to Rip
Truman's Connections
A Democrat who was a Wallace
backer said to me just after the Tru
man bandwagon began to roll: "I
can't figure out what this is all
about. They nominate a man who
got his start from the Pendergast
machine because Pendergast swore
he could take an unknown and make
him a senator and did. What will
Mr. District Attorney do to him?"
It is true Pendergast gave Tru
man his start, but whatever you
may think of Mr. Pendergast's mor
alsthey did land him temporarily
in Jail the one quality that every
body who knows Truman talks about
and the thing the senator's record
points to, is honesty. But what are
facts in a political year anyhow?
Brownell hinted that there would
be plenty said about "Bosses of cor
rupt political machines." So that's
the scent and a fairly noisome one,
which you can expect the Republi
cans to follow lustily and in full cry.
Brownell was asked if the influ
ence of the CIO on the Democratic
party would be exploited. Brownell
merely said we could expect some
thing on that subject, too. He would
not say, however, whether he
thought that nominating Truman in
stead of Wallace, for whom Sydney
Hlllman's CIO political committee
was pulling so hard, strengthened
the Democratic ticket.
He was asked if he expected the
support of John Lewis. He didn't
answer that directly but he did say
that he expected a large proportion
of labor support and that party lead
ers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio and Illinois (where Lewis'
United Mine Workers are chiefly lo
cated) were strongly Republican
and that editorial writers of the
UMW periodicals and union leaders
had noticed the trend and were fol
lowing it.
The "don't change horses'' argu
ment will be met with arguments
offered at the Republican conven
tion, that there will be no change
in the American high command, no
interference with military leaders or
their strategy and then, of course,
there is the pious hope, too, that
should the war in Europe end be
fore the ides of November, the
stream will be reduced to such a
trickle that nobody will worry about
a little leap from one saddle to an
other saddle.
How War Map
Are Made
"A map is the foundation stone
of any operation," says a long and
precise document Issued by the Brit
ish Information service entitled,
"Liberating a Continent Index to
Invasion."
I have had a little to do with the
making of war maps myself and
know that information that goes into
such maps comes from many
sources. Some of the data is as an
cient as the hills that are depicted
In the convolutions resulting from
painstaking topographical surveys
which show every three-foot rise.
Some of the data, on the other hand,
is so fresh from the. fighting front
itself that the maps upon which it
is superimposed and furnished to of
ficers from the mobile lorry-borne
photo-litho printing equipment in the
fields are hardly dry. These field
map-producing units can be set up
and be ready to begin printing with
in 20 minutes. They can make re
productions of maps with recent
corrections on them and produce
them in color at the rate of 4,500
copies an hour.
B R I E F S . . . by Baukhaee
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'any state highways will be in
1 of repairs and rebuilding by
nd of the war, according to an
. ot War Information report,
. i on data from the Public Roads
iiiistratlon and state and'prlvate
ees. At present, most impres
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a unmeaiate program cuu v
u rovlna 34.000 miles oi nignways
immended by the National Inter
nal Eiihwaj committee.
Farm operating loans have been
made to several hundred honorably
discharged servicemen who had no
other source of credit to finance food
production.
Farms, ranches and other non
institutional employers of seasonal
workers may now apply for allot
ments of rationed foods to feed work
ers hired tor 60 days or less.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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HERE IT is well-nigh midseason, i
that time betwixt and between
when fall clothes look too advanced
and summer clothes somehow do
not seem to be quite in tune with
the shifting scene. What to do?
Here's where fashion steps right
to the front with a wardrobe re
Juvenator that animates the style
picture like magic. Told in a single
word, it's stripes! It's a wonder
ful - way of - their - own that striped
fabrics have of "stealing the
show" when it comes to striking
effects. They have a refreshing
sprightliness about them that looks
Just right, in season and out of sea
son. The big news about stripes
is that they bid fair to hold their
popularity and importance in the
mode right through the coming fall
and winter season.
You may expect to see stripes
wherever you go during the months
ahead, for not only do fashions for
immediate wear exploit them in
simple casual frocks, skirts and
blouses, but stripes are playing a
stellar role in way of luxury
blouses and versatile accessories
that will dramatize gala costumes,
such as milady will be wearing dur
ing the forthcoming social season.
There's certainly high -fashion
news in stripes, but if perchance
you happen to be one who "has to
be shown" the group illustration will
bring you proof positive of their im
portance on the current style pro
gram. That attractive little frock to
the left, which makes sophisticated
simplicity its theme is a "darling"
one-piece, made of white crepe
striped in the newly featured wine
shade, a color you will hear more
about when the fall season sets in.
With its clean-looking stripes and
the cool look and the feel of its
modish lowcut, squared and banded
neck, this dainty practical frock is
Just "it" for immediate wear. A
self belt ties in a bow over the full
length fly front, closing with another
bow at the front of the neck.
The cool-looking green and white
two-piece frock centered above in
the group achieves a striped effect
in green and white for the skirt.
The matching green crepe Jacket,
fastened only at the waist, is
embroidered with a white scroll
motif.
For immediate wear clinging,
cooling striped jersey is considered
a fabric ideal. See this beloved jer
sey made up in a stunning dress,
posed in the foreground to the left.
Be assured that there's high style
news told in this distinctively smart
Jersey spectator sports dress, which
comes from Chicago Fashion Indus'
tries. The fact that both broad and
narrow stripes contrasting navy and
white are used in the styling of this
gown adds greatly to its interest.
The high round neck, the unique
contrast of the yokelike treatment
and the brief sleeves, achieve a
most Intriguing effect.
Advance style collections stress
important-looking restaurant suits
and regal dinner gowns that tell the
news ot luxury-striped materials
such as handsome rayon satin done
in striking color contrast, used for
bodice tops and the very new
peplum blouses, worn either with
street-length skirts or long slim for
mal types. The new deluxe stripes
that occur in satins and crepes bold
ly contrast black with white or
black with shocking pink or with
aqua, blue or lime and many
equally lovely color duets. There are
also some exquisite stripes done in
white and pastel colorings. The
vogue for stripes has inspired the
striking evening gown shown in the
oval inset. Here you see a bodice
top of aqua and black regency
striped rayon satin with skirt
of mossy rayon crepe, the smoothly
fitted midrib section accented with
a cummerbund of jet black rayon
satin.
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Bewitching and beautiful is this
prettily feminine party frock. It has
that quaint loveliness about it which
finest sheer batiste lavished with
ribbons and lace always gives. This
Idea of sheerest lingerie cotton as
fine as looms can possibly produce,
for blouse or bodice tops to long
sheer black evening skirts, is re
sponsible for some of the most
delectable party dresses brought out
this year. Here the eyelet embroi
dered blouse reveals a perfect por
trait shoulder line. The full black
souffle skirt swishes fascinatingly
when dancing.
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Batiste Dance Frock I 'Weskit Dress' Makes
Its Debut This Fall
A new type of dress is making its
debut this fall, known in fashion par
lance as the "weskit" dress. Which
is to say that a weskit effect takes
the place of the usual blouse. These
trig little outfits top a narrow skirt
with a neat fitting vest-like blouse
that buttons up the front with point
ed effect at the front hemline. This
type is especially smart in fancy
check or stripe wool and is especial
ly goodlooking made up with con
trast sleeves. There is opportunity
given in this weskit-and-skirt fash
ion for endless color contrasts. The
weskit top may be of check, the skirt
of monotone matched to the sleeves.
The weskit, if sleeveless, buttons
over a dainty lingerie blouse to ad
vantage, the sheer crisp sleeves giv
ing refreshing accent to the suit.
There is no doubt but what the
weskit dress will prove one of the
big fashion successes of the fall sea
son and for that matter it is idea)
tor present wear.
Vanity Table Can Be Made From
Old Mirror and Odds and Ends
By Ruth Wyeth Spear$
Peplum Dickey Transforms
A Simple Frock in a Jiffy
If you ask at the neckwear coun
ter to see a new-style peplum
dickey, you will be shown lovely
lacy types designed to wear over
one's dress, , belted in at the waist
line just above a pert peplum flare
of lace and net or any white sheer
that is prettily lace-trimmed. The
career girl will love this peplum
novelty for after office hours, when
she can fasten the dickey in place
in a Jiffy. These dickeys have a
way of transforming the simplest
frock into a dressy afternoon gown.
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ELMER ON SUMMER
RESORT CEILINGS
OPA is investigating overcharging
at summer amusement resorts, fol
lowing complaints of exorbitant
prices for hotdogs, soda pop, salami
sandwiches, etc. This column is not
in sympathy. Pleasure seekers at
amusement resorts eat too much.
Nothing they stuff themselves with
is necessary.
We think the dollar hotdog would
be a good thing, with an extra two-
bits for mustard. It is responsible
for much of the irritability found at
summer resorts.
Bill Elmer Twitchell is for ceil
ings on many other items at the sum
mer playgrounds of America. He
wants the OPA to put a iimit on
what can be charged for picture
gallery photographs, bathing houses.
sideshow freaks and fortune tellers.
"I demand OPA protection at the
picture galleries," he snapped to
day. "They are getting twice as
much for a snapshot of me leaning
against a fake cabin cruiser as in
prewar days and I'm using the same
face. When I squawk to the photog
rapher what does he say? He says
photography has gone to war! He
tells me camera parts are bard to
get, that all the best assistants are
in Normandy and that the artist
who painted the backdrop gets 50
per cent more than last year for
the same waves, whitecaps and
rocks."
Elmer was In a temper. "And
take the bathhouses. They sock me
more than ever for a locker, suit
and towel, and when I kick all they
say is, 'Don't you know there's a
war on?'
"There should be ceilings on for
tune tellers, too. I paid 50 cents
more for my fortune this summer
than last summer. I insist that the '
shortage of tea leaves is bogus and i
that gypsies have to pay more for
earrings and hair grease.
"They've upped the admission
price to see the Two-Headed Boy.
Why? Well, they claim there is a
shortage of two-headed boys due to
the war, but I am yet to see one in
the army or in a war plant.
"The Fat Lady is getting more
money, and I can see some justice in
that It must cost her more to keep
fat, but there is one amusement re
sort feature that should be punished
by OPA at once."
"Who is that?" we asked.
"The lady sword swallower," said )
Mr. Twitchell. . I
"I paid 10 per cent more to get
Into the tent to see her and a flame
eater. About the flame eater I'm not
sure. Maybe flames are harder to
get. But I denounce the alibi of the
sword swallower as wholly without
foundation."
"What alibi is that?" we asked.
"He had the nerve to tell me tha'
swords are being rationed," con
eluded Elmer.
DIFFICULT
If voters take to rhyming,
It will not be so hot:
There is no rhyme for Roosevelt,
But Dewey's on the spot.
Eta Beta
A powerful plane is said to be
waiting at all times to take Hitler
out of the country, but he doesn't
know where he can go. Plenty of
people can tell him.
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He was the kind of man who could
make one pat of butter cover three
waffles.
The Russians are moving so fast
they must have a motorcycle escort.
Imaginary plea of the Nazi mili
tary chiefs to the Russians, "Could
we see that again, in slow motion?"
The Pullman company says the
present sleeping car is to be a thing
of the past before many years. No
more will be manufactured. This is
going to be a terrific blow to the lad
der and net industries.
The new sleeping car will not have
the double berths down both sides
of the car, with aisle in the center. It
will be a car of roomettes, each
with running water, etc. It has al
ways puzzled us that the conven
tional sleeping-car could have sur
vived so many years, but we shall
regret its complete disappearance.
We used to take a sleeper once in a
while just to see if we had anything
left physically.
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HAVE you a mirror from an old
dresser? It doesn't make any
difference about the size or shape
or how "queer" the frame may
be, because you may hang the
mirror any old way you want to
and cover three sides with cur
tains to make the adorable frilly
vanity shown here.
Two orange crates or a pair of
boxes; some odds and ends of
lumber; a curtain rod; hooks and
a little wire for hanging the mir
ror; a pair of cup hooks to hold
the curtain tie-backs; a pair of
hinges for the arms to which the
swing - back skirt is fastened;
screws and nails that is all you
need. You probably have it all
around the house right now. The
sketch gives all the details, and it
won't make any difference how
crude your carpentry may be.
The curtains and skirt will cover a
multitude of uneven edges and
hammer dents.
NOTE: This dressing table Idea is from
BOOK 5 of the series of homemaking book
lets offered with these articles. This book
also shows how the dresser to match tha
mirror was combined with a fish bowl, as
old portiere and a chromo from the attic
to make an important piece of furniture
for the living room. Copy of BOOK S
will be mailed for IS cents. Send your
order to:
Here's a tip to facilitate mend
ing large holes in sweaters. Place
a piece of netting under the hole,
then darn with matching wool. The
netting serves as backing and
makes a better darning job pos
sible. Try keeping the peanut butter
jar upside down on the pantry
shelves between trips to the ta
ble. The alternate turning it re
ceives this way helps keep the oil
distributed through the entire jar.
Most light bulbs have a life of
from 1,000 to 3,000 hours. You will
save bulbs and electricity by turn
ing them off when not needed. Use
good quality bulbs of the right
size for your needs. A 100-watt
bulb gives more light, costs less
to buy and less to operate than
two 60-watt bulbs. Buy lights with
the proper voltage rating for your
current.
If you have a dog, cook him
some cornmeal in the water in
which vegetables have been
cooked. Divide the dog's daily
ration into three meals, instead of
two. He does not get so hungry
then and does not eat so fast.
Hang a good-sized bag in the
sewing room to receive scraps
from sewing to be used for weekly
mending.
When making feather mattresses
and pillow ticks, dampen a bar of
laundry soap and rub all over the
inside of the ticking. This pre
vents the feathers from working
out through the cover fabric.
Quartered lemons add the
"something sour" that baked
beans need and make a good look
ing garnish as well.
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
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SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
Can You Remember
Away back when nobody ever
complained of the high cost of a
glass of beer?
When a Japanese reference to
Zeroes meant planes instead of war
chiefs?
And when you could talk about
governmental thrift and hold any
body's interest?
"I am going to write an essay en
titled 'Don't change barrels going
over Niagara Falls.' "George Dix
on in the New York Mirror.
Millions of dollars will bo
saved by American purchas
ers of rubber items in post
war day because ol the
availability of synthetic and
the Influence its cost will
have en the price of natural
rubber. Rubber authorities
anticipate that hereafter syn
thetic rubber prices will serve
as a ceiling aver charges for
the plantation product.
Special rubber pipe lines have
been developed which troops can
string across rivers, ravines or sul
lies In battle areas to deliver fuel
to motor equipment. The "pipes"
yield to the force of concussion, but
never break.
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