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~w r S. C.. TWITRSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937 m 8gWi' r - • isf l&inear PW By Edward W. Pickard © TVtnem "Newspaper Union Smith W. Brookhart Court Bill Hearings Continued to April 28 H EARINGS on the President's Supreme court enlargement bill will be continued until April 28, and the last two days will be de voted to testimony by supporters of the measure. Then the senate judiciary committee will go into executive ses sion and debate the bill at length. The hearings were sus pended Monday aft ernoon, April 19, but the senators scorn fully denied that the opening of the base ball season had any thing to do with this. One witness heard in support of the bill was Smith Wildman Brook- hart, radical former senator from Iowa. He said the President’s pro posal was an issue in the campaign because the opposition declared what he would do to the Supreme court. “It was specifically made an is sue in the campaign,” said Mr. Brookhart. “The President himself did not so urge it because he prob ably had not fully made up his mind, but former Senator James A. Reed, the ablest, most brilliant and most forceful opponent the Presi dent had in the whole campaign, did present in detail the President’s plan upon accurate information. He dared the President to deny his statement. “There was no denial because Senator Reed was telling the truth and the President was content to submit the issue upon the violent arguments against it alone.” Judge William Denman of the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals at San Francisco, an ap pointee of President Roosevelt, ar gued against Chief Justice Hughes’ contention that a Supreme court working in two or more separate panels would be unconstitutional. Army’s Huge Bombing Plane Is Given Test Flights / ’Tp EST flights by the army air corps’ new big bombing plane were being made at Seattle, Wash., where it was built by the Boeing Aircraft company. This machine is the largest military airplane in the world, with an all metal fuse lage 100 feet long, a wingspread of 105 feet, and a cruising range of 6,000 miles. It weighs about 40,000 pounds unloaded and 75,000 pounds when carrying a full complement of fuel and armament. It has four twin row engines of a new type which will deliver 1,400 horse power each for takeoff. The speed is about 250 miles an hour. There are five streamlined blisters on the new ma chine which are emplacements for small, quick firing cannon, instead of machine guns. These cannon will outshoot any guns mounted on any other military airplane in the world and make the great machine virtu ally impregnable. Auto Strikers Lose $65,000,000 in Pay IN THE last five months strikes in 1 the automotive industry have cost the workers between $65,000,- 000 and $70,000,000 in wages. And still, at the behest of John L. Lewis and his C. I. O., they are planning further strikes. What they gain, beyond recognition of their union which probably could be obtained by negotiation wherever it is de served, is problematical. The fig ures are from Ward’s Reports, Inc., which says of losses to companies affected that the net volume of busi ness “delayed” by the strikes would approximate $200,000,000, but what proportion of this actually is lost cannot be calculated. “Let me tell Lewis here and now that he and his gang will never get their greedy paws on Ontario as long as I’m prime minister,” said Premier Hepburn. He thereupon let it be known that he was prepared to push through legislation that would exclude the C. I. O. from Ontario if this be comes necessary to save the pulp- wood and mining industries from C. I. O. control. General Motors of Canada offered the strikers at Oshawa various con cessions but not recognition of the union. Hugh Thompson, U. A. W. A. organizer, advised that the offer be accepted, but the strikers re jected it as insufficient. The executive board of the union at a meeting in Washington decid ed to postpone until November the drive to unionize the Ford company plants. Hepburn forced two of his min isters to resign, charging they were not supporting the government in its fight “against tjie inroad* of the Lewis organisation and communism in general.” They are David A. Croll, who held the labor, municipal affairs and public welfare portfo lios, and Attorney General Arthur W. Roebuck. Axel Hall, young ma yor of Oshawa, who has been friend ly to the strikers and critical of Hepburn's action, sent an “ultima tum” to President Martin of the Automobile Workers of America de manding that members of the union in the United States strike in sup port of the Oshawa local. The lat ter body adopted a resolution de manding that Premier Hepburn withdraw from the negotiations to make way for intervention by the dominion authorities. In Montreal 5,508 women garment workers, members of the C. I. O. in ternational union, employed in 72 plants, started a strike for higher wages; and in Fernie, B. C., 1,000 C. I. O. miners threatened to strike for union recognition. Baseball Season Opened; President Tosses Ball DOTH the National and American baseball leagues opened their seasons, and the small boy and the tired business man are happy. Pres ident Roosevelt, conforming to cus tom, “did his stuff” by tossing a new ball into the field at the na tional capital where the Washington and Philadelphia teams started the American league games. Vice Pres ident Garner hoisted the flag in cen ter field, and a great crowd of con gressmen and government and so cial leaders was present. The National league season was opened in Boston by the Boston Bees and the Philadelphia team. Mrs. Harriman Nominated Minister to Norway PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent ^ to the senate the nomination of Mrs. Florence Jaffray Harriman of Washington as minister to Norway. She is the widow of J. Borden Har riman, New York banker, and has been active in politics for a num ber of years. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., who now holds the Nor way post, was nominated to be am bassador to Poland. Hans Luther Luther Assails Critics of German Nazis D R. HANS LUTHER, German ambassador to the United States who is about to retire, gave his annual bock beer party, and sur prised his guests, several hundred congressmen and correspondents, by assailing Americans who criticize the Nazi regime in Ger many. “You must accept Germany as she is,” he said. “You may not like some of the things about her, but you must recog nize her as a strong and unified couatry under the leadership of a man who has the courage and the wisdom to lift it out of a grave emergency. “My chief aim during the four years I have spent in the United States has been to give your people a better understanding of mine, their homes, and their ambitions. But recently I have been made mel ancholy by suggestions I have read and heard of political disunion in my fatherland. “Nothing can be farther from the truth. Germany today is a nation actuated by a single purpose, which is to recover from the fetters placed upon her by the treaty of Versailles. Germany wants to live in friendliness and amity with other nations of the world. But such a peace must be constructive peace if we are to achieve the friendly co operation among nations which you seem so much to desire here.” Over in Germany the anti-Jewish crusade seemed to be growing more intense. The latest instance reported is the dismissal of Leo Blech, a Jew, who has been conductor of the Berlin State Opera house since 1906 when he was appointed by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Hermann Goering, Prussion premier and reich minister of aviation, has been a strong sup porter of this accomplished artist, but pressure from the anti-Semites grew too powerful and Blech was ousted. Americans Want to Fill Soviet Warship Order OOVIET RUSSIA, which recently ^ was said to have asked Ameri can help in building a navy that would check“ Japanese ambitions, wants to buy a “knocked down” battleship in the United States, and two manufacturers are trying to ad just the specifications so that they can fill the order with the con sent of the State department. The munitions control office in Washing ton at first ruled that a license should be issued unless military se crets were involved, but the State department objected because the proposals called for 16-inch guns to be manufactured in this country, and because the Soviet government specified that the guns and armor plate be inspected by the United States navy. Officials of the two American companies, it wos reported, be lieved it might be possible to meet State department objections by changes in the specifications. Irvin S. Cobb UhAmhd about A Yes-Man’s Paradise. S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.—If, as, and when the President puts over his scheme for recon structing the Supreme court nearer to his heart’s desire, the question arises—in fact, has al ready arisen—as to where he’s going to find members who will keep step with the New Deal’s march of triumph. Might this earnest well-wisher make a suggestion? Let the Presi dent look Hollywood over before making his selections, for this is yes-man’s land. Some of the studios out here are so crowded with yes-men that big yes-men have to tote little yes-men in their arms. There’s only one or two drawbacks to this plan, as I see it. It’s going to be hard to wean the local appointees from wearing polo shirts along with those long silken robes. And they’ll insist in a preview for each deci sion. * * • Domestic Pets. A BROOKLYN judge has decid ed that for a couple to keep eighty-two various animal pets in one apartment is too many—maybe not for the couple, but for the neigh bors—yes! That reminds me that once, in a hotel in the Middle West—not such a large hotel either—I found fully that many pets in my bed. They weren’t assorted enough; they all belonged to one standard variety. I shall not name the hotel, but it was the worst hotel in the world, as of that year. If bad hotels go where bad folks do, it’s now the worst hotel in Hades. But the point I’m getting at is that, though eighty-two animals may make a surplus in a city flat, they couldn’t possibly upset a home so much as one overstuffed husband who’s puny and has had to go on a strict diet such as would be suitable for a canary—if the canary wasn’t very hungry. • * • Literary Legerdemain. C ULTURAL circles along sun- kissed coast of California are still all excited over the achieve ment of a local literary figure who, after years of concentrated effort, turned out a 500,000-word novel with out once using a word containing the letter “E.” If the fashion spreads to the point where the cap ital “I” also should be stricken out, it’s going to leave a lot of actors and statesmen practically mute. But that’s not.what I started out to say when I began this squib. What I started out to say was that I know * of much longer novels which have been produced without a single idea in them. Sold pretty well, too, some of ’em did. • • • Holding World’s Fairs. I T’S customary, before launching a world’s fair or an exposition or whatever they may call it, to hang the excuse for same on some great event in history and then j promptly forget all about the thing that the show is supposed to com memorate in the excitement of flocking to see Sally Rand unveiled as the real main attraction. F’rinstance, the big celebration in New York in 1939 ostensibly will mark George Washington’s inaugu ration as President 150 years be fore, and it may be, just as a mat ter of form, that Washington will be mentioned in the opening ceremoni als. But the real interest will cen ter in whether Billy Rose or Earl Carroll or the Minsky brothers suc ceed in thinking up some new form of peach-peeling art to entertain the customers, or have to fall back once more on such reliable standbys as fan dancers and strip-teasers. * * • Coronation Souvenirs. S INCE previous engagements pre vented me from going over to the coronation, I trust some friend will bring me back a specimen of that new variety of pygmy fish which some patriotic and enterpris ing Englishman has imported from Africa as an appropriate living sou venir of the occasion. It’s a fish having a red tail, a white stomach, and a blue back, thus effectively combining the colors of the Union Jack. And it’s selling like ho* cakes, the dispatches say. Now if only this engaging little creature could be trained to stand on its tail when the band plays “God Save the King” what an ad dition it would make for any house hold in the British domain! (Note— Households in the south of Ireland excepted.) IRVIN S. COBB. ©—WNU Service. 66,060 Cattle Lost in Day Kansas ranchers lost 50,000 catU* In the famous New Year day bliz zard of 1886. Dead cattle were piled so thick along the railroad tracks they had to be cleared off ►/■fore trains could go through. Silk Prints Lead the Style Parade By CHERIE NICHOLAS I" 1 fl fer- mmgmi ■mi m v: i s fp ^ J UST one dazzling, color-gloried silk print after another is what’s happening in the fabric realm this season. The new prints are more fascinating than ever, and try to re sist them and do you? You do not. The urge for another and another in your wardrobe ever keeps on keeping on. To add to the excitement, couturi er and dressmaker are devising ways of making up these silks that are so artful and fraught with such high-pressure novelty the world of fashion is being cast into new throes of enthusiasm every time a style parade of last-minute costumes is staged. A favorite treatment is pleating and when you pleat printed silk you multiply the beauty and intensity of its coloring to a thrilling degree. The all-around pleated skirt is a favorite topic with designers who are styling the new gowns of silk print. Even if you are making your dress yourself it is a good idea to have the skirt pleated, and it is almost a certainty that you will be pleased with results. The charm ing dinner dress to the left in the picture is fashioned of a water col or print silk crepe with separate jacket and pleated skirt. Another dressmaker treatment adding untold interest to print en sembles is the self-print lining. To achieve a maximum of practicality and wearability these coats with linings matched to the print of the frock are made reversible. You turn them inside out and vice versa. See the idea nicely worked out in the model centered in the group. The silk print is highly colorful and the monotone cloth of the coat re peats the background tone of the print. Then there is this reigning vogue of the bolero. Dressmakers and de signers are turning out the bolero frock of silk print in vast numbers. You’ll love a print silk bolero frock. Flattering it will prove to be and practical. See the model to the right in this group. Here is a bolero frock i of feather silk print. The dark grounds such as this with wide spaced motif are especially smart and attractive and wearable. The bodice buttons to a high neckline. The bolero has peaked shoulders and elbow sleeves. Note the red silk chiffon handkerchief in the but toned pocket of the bolero. The cir cular skirt of the dress has em phasized creases. The straw bonnet has flowers massed at the front. Which calls to mind another feature designers are emphasizing, that of having flowers somewhere in the picture that are related in color to the print of the silk. This may be a corsage, a gay posy cluster at the new low of a neckline or it may be a bouquet played up in con junction with a vivid gypsy sash tied at the front. One of the outstanding innova tions in the realm of print silk cos tumes is the redingote fashioned of matching print, the small figured being smartest for day wear. This redingote, while it tops off the dress of self print to a dramatic climax, will prove one of your happiest pos sessions to be worn as a separate coat or wrap over the monotone crepe cress on cool spring days and later on serving admirably as a summer wrap worn with dainty lin gerie frocks. It is good style, too, to wear over your navy or crepe afternoon dress either a bolero of eye-impelling silk print or a hip-length jacket if you prefer. The latter should be slightly fitted to be up to the mode and they are especially smart when but toned down the front. The silk print idea enters into ev ery phase of fashion this season. You are encouraged to wear gay print from the tiptop of your head down to your feet. © Western Newspaper Union. BLUE TAFFETA By CHERIE NICHOLAS •v •* m Fancy turns to the southern-belle type of dress for evening wear. Here is a charming specimen of the quaint and picturesque type that is proving such a general favorite. It is made of silk taffeta in a delec table soft-toned medium blue. Young girls are showing a prefer ence for sprightly taffeta and they love the way the little puff sleeves stand up in lively taffeta manner. Square necklines are much in evi dence this season. This one is ac cented with rhinestone and enamel flower pins and there is a match ing bracelet. GLOVES TO MATCH YOUR SPRING SUIT By CHERIE NICHOLAS Cloth gloves to match spring suits are the latest news from Paris. An extra piece of material, ordered when the suit is bought, can be made up in any size or style, short or with deep gauntlet cuffs. Square fingertips are another innovation. The finger may be stitched at sides and straight across the top, giving a casual, out-of-doors look, especial ly popular in gloves of doeskin or chamois. Half - finger gloves, which made their appearance last winter in the guise of lace mitts to go with gowns of the southern belle type, are now an established vogue. They are shown in pigskin and chamois for sports wear, and in suede for dress. The gloves extend as far as the finger-joint, revealing brightly pol ished nails. Very convenient when it comes to picking up a dropped coin, fitting a key or writing out a check. Polish in cardinal or burgundy may be worn to match or contrast with the gloves. Further independence in glove fashions is exhibited in the uncon ventional treatment of seams along the back of the hand. These vary from two or three seams running across instead of up and down, to c:ie crosswise seam with two short ones in the usual direction. Tiny Watches Are Fitted to the Latest in Gloves Small jeweled watches are being worn everywhere but on the wrist these days. Some of the new tailored suits with heavy cuffs have a small detachable watch encased over the left wrist. Many of the new cigarette cases have small watches fitted on the outside, while purses and gloves that are fitted with watches have been shown for several months. Smiles Too Late Rube—Sally, will you marry me? Sally—Sure. (Silence from Rube.) Sally—Why don’t you say some thing else, Rube? Rube—I think I have said too much already.—Cotton Ginners* Journal. CALL IT THAT Walker—Just back from a joy ride? Driver—What do you think? Caught two fines, had three blow outs and a busted differential, towed eight miles to a garage and had to borrow this crate to get home in. 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