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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937 By Edward W. Pickard © Western "Newspaper Union Germany and Loyalist Spain Come Near War X/fOST of the ingredients of a good European war were tossed into the pot by loyalist Spain and Germany, but it seemed likely the statesmen of England, France and other countries would be able to prevent the lighting of a fire beneath the pot. To start with, two Spanish air- planes dropped bombs on the German battleship Deutschland, killing 23 men and wound ing 83. The German vessel, participating in the intema- tional» naval patrol, was lying off Ibiza island, one of the Balearics under rebel control. It replied to the attack with anti-airplane guns, and the claim of the Valencia gov ernment was that the vessel was the first to fire. Nazi Germany was tremendously aroused by the incident and Reichs- fuehrer Hitler and all other promi nent government leaders gathered at once in Berlin. Immediate re venge was demanded by all Nazis, so the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and four destroyers shelled Almeria, southern Spanish loyalist port, without warning, killing twen ty or more citizens and destroying many houses. Coastal batteries re plied, probably without effect, and after 90 minutes of firing the Ger man vessels departed. Germany announced it would no longer participate in the interna tional patrol of Spanish coasts until it could be assured such incidents as the bombing of the Deutschland would not be repeated; and Italy announced it also had withdrawn from the international committee and firmly supported Hitler. The Valencia government assert ed the Deutschland had no business being at Ibiza. It also charged that an Italian submarine launched a tor pedo that sank the 3,946-ton Span ish passenger liner Ciudad de Bar celona 37 miles northeast of Barce lona. It was declared 50 members of the crew were drowned and a number of others injured. Five Killed, Many Hurt in Steel Strike Battle RGED on by C. I. O. organizers and other agitators, a mob of some 1,500 steel strikers and their sympathizers undertook to invade the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago and drive out the loyal em ployees. The rioters were met on company property by 150 city po licemen and warned to turn back, but they replied with a shower of missiles. The police first used tear gas, but when the strikers began shodting they opened fire in earnest and a desperate battle ensued. Four men were killed and nearly a hun dred, including 26 officers, were hurt. Two days before the police had dispersed a crowd that sought to close the steel plant, and later a fatal riot developed from a meet ing held to protest that action. Ma yor Kelly of Chicago upheld the course pursued by the police and he and the police commissioner said the situation could be handled with out the aid of the National Guard. Authorities blamed Communist agitators for the riot. Loyal workers in Republic Steel plants at Warren and Youngstown, Ohio, were besieged by strikers and were supplied with food with diffi culty. At first food was mailed to them, but the government refused to guard mail trucks in Warren which the pickets stopped, and the acting postmaster there said United States District Attorney Freed at Cleveland had authorized him to re fuse packages of food intended for delivery through the picket lines. The Republic Steel was continu ing to operate, but the Inland Steel and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube corporations, the two other com panies against which the S. W. O. C. had declared strikes, had closed down their plants. Green Ordered to Press War Against the C. I. O. HE A. F. of L. executive coun cil closed its conference in Cin cinnati with the heads of affiliated unions, after directing President Green to push vigorously the cam paign against Lewis and his C. I. O. First steps were to order the Chi cago and New York labor federa tions to expel all unions affiliated with the Lewis organization. Sim ilar orders were to be sent to all other central bodies and state fed erations. The council also ordered the collection Of a war chest, all members to pay two cents a month instead of one cent for the national federation. The C. I. O. replied with an nouncement of a drive intended to penetrate every industry which has no organization or where existing unions “are not taking care of their members.” An impending contest between the two factions is for con trol of the maritime workers. Adolf Hitler Neville Chamberlain New British Premier TANLEY BALDWIN, prime min ister of Great Britain, enter tained the king and queen at dinner and then retired from his high of fice. He is succeeded as head of the government by Neville Chamberlain, who has been chancellor of the ex chequer, and a few other changes in the cabinet were made. Mr. Baldwin is to become Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and sit in the house of peers. But Ramsay Mac Donald, former prime minister and afterward lord president of the council, who retired from the cab inet with Baldwin, has declined to accept a title, presumably because he didn’t wish to be laughed at by the Laborites. He probably will be given membership in the Order of Merit. If another war comes, the British empire will not be caught unpre pared. The imperial conference in London turned its attention to this matter and a special committee was formed to organize all the empire’s resources for an instant shift to war footing if that becomes necessary. Goebbels Makes Fierce Attack on Catholics AUL JOSEPH GOEBBELS, Nazi minister of propaganda, in a speech at Berlin that was widely broadcast by radio, replied to the strictures of Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago with a fierce tirade against the Roman Catholic church. He re iterated the charges of gross im morality against priests and monks who have been tried or imprisoned in Germany, and charged that lead ers of the church had done nothing to remedy the alleged conditions. The propaganda minister demand ed that Catholic attacks against the Nazi regime be stopped, both at home and abroad. Should they con tinue, he threatened drastic meas ures against the church, hinting at wholesale expulsions of Catholic clergymen from Germany. Duke of Windsor Will Get $250,000 a Year L'DWARD, duke of Windsor, and his bride will not have to won der where the next meal is coming from; for King George has ar ranged that his brother shall receive a pension of $250,- 000 a year, practi cally for life. The money will come from the crown re venues, and there for the consent of the government was necessary. This was granted, and Sir Walter T. Moncton, attorney general for the duchy of Corn wall, flew to the Chateau de Cande with the papers for the duke to sign. It was believed the settlement in cluded the transfer to Edward of part of the revenues allotted to Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, and heiress presumptive to the throne, from the duchy of Corn wall until she comes of age or mar ries. In another respect the duke has lost out. The last act of the Bald win cabinet was to have the king announce in the London Gazette that Windsor was “entitled to hold and enjoy for himself only the title, style or attribute of royal highness so, however, that his wife and de scendants if any shall not hold the said title, style or attribute.” As one step in settling the duke’s official status, King George has be stowed on Edward a special ban ner as a knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The banner has a label with a crown on it, sig nifying that Edward is a former king. It is hanging in the chapel of the order in Windsor castle, im mediately after the banner of the duke of Gloucester, Edward’s broth er, which is next to that of the king. Duke of Windsor George F. Baker, Rich Banker, Dies on Yacht at Honolulu EORGE F. BAKER, chairman of the First National bank of New York and reputedly one of the wealthiest men in the United States, died aboard his yacht in Honolulu harbor, Hawaiian islands, of peri tonitis. He became ill as the yacht, carrying a party of his friends, was heading toward Honolulu on the way from Fiji. An operation was per formed at sea but his life could not be saved. Mr. Baker was fifty- nine years old. His father, George F. Baker, one of the greatest figures in the financial world, died six years ago. Golden Gloves Tourney Results in a Tie tpUROPE’S eight amateur boxing champions, from Italy, Germa ny and Poland, battled with the eight best of the Chicago area in the Golden Gloves tourney in Chicago, and each side won four matches. More than 21,000 persons saw the fights. The net receipts of the tour nament go to charity. ^JkLnhd about Deporting Alien Criminals. ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— Wouldn’t it be lovely if the other states, not to mention the federal government, followed the example set by the gover nor of New York? He commutes the sentences of for eign-born, long-term convicts so they may be eligible for parole—not mind you, to go free and sin some more, but to be turned over to the port authorities for immediate de portation. That is, it would be a lovely idea if only we could b e sure that these same criminals wouldn’t come slipping back Irvin s# Cobb# in again. The pres ent immigration law was devised as a barrier to protect decent cit izens, both native and naturalized, against the human scum of the old world, but it appears to be more like a sieve if we may judge by the hordes of nondesirable aliens who somehow manage to get in and stay in and even go on relief, some of them. In other words, when we give these unpleasant parties a compli mentary ride back where they come from, let’s make sure it’s not going to be a round trip. • * • Missionaries From China. ROM Peiping a group of believ ers in the doctrine of Confucius are sending missionaries to the United States. We’ve been sending out missionaries to their country for centuries, but that Chinamen should dare to try the same thing on us—well, that’s a white horse of a yellow color. What if, not content with seeking converts, these interlopers inculcat ed among us certain phases of their heathenish philosophy, such as teaching young people consideration and respect for their elders; and showing that rushing about in a frenzy does not necessarily indicate business energy; and that the natur al aim of man is not always to worship speed and—up to thirty- odd thousands a year—to die by it; and that intolerance as between re ligious creeds isn’t invariably proof of true piety; and that minding one’s own affairs is really quite an admirable trait? f Why, native Americans wouldn’t be able to recognize the old home- place any more! I Such threats against a superior civilization are not to be borne. j • • • Vanished Americans. I T’S exciting to prowl among the ruined cities of the first Ameri cans, who scattered into the twi lights of antiquity when the Chris tian era was still young. They were our oldest families, older than even old Southern families—and who ever heard of a new Southern family or even just a middle-aged Southern family? I But afterwards, it’s confusing to read the theories of the expert re searchers who have passed judg ment on those vanished cliff-dwell ing peoples, because few such learned gentlemen agree on any single point. There is one very emi nent authority who invariably in sists that all the rest of the emi- n e n t authorities are absolutely wrong about everything. He is the Mr. Justice McReynolds of the ar cheologists. i* After reading some of the conflict ing literature on this subject, I’ve decided that a true scientist is one who is positive there are no other true scientists. * • • Unemployment Statistics. HANKS to bright young bureau crats in Washington, we know how many goldfish are hatched ev ery year and what the gross annual yield of guinea pigs is, and the exact proportion of albinos born in any given period, but it never seemed to occur to anybody to compile reasonably accurate statistics on un employment. Yet, with depression behind us and business up to boom-time levels, it’s estimated that between eight and nine million people are out of work, not counting those on strike, and judging by the papers there must be a couple of million of them. Apparently the more prosperous we grow on the surface, the more de plorable becomes the status of those off the payrolls. It doesn’t make sense. Or anyhow there was a time when it wouldn’t have made sense. This curious situation puts a fel low in mind of the old old story of the chap whose wife had an operation, and, every day when he called at the hospital, he was told the patient showed improvement. One morning, as he came away, weeping, he met a friend. “How’s the wife?” inquired the latter. “She’s dead.” “I’m so sorry,” said the friend. “What did she die of?” “Improvements,” said the widow er. IRVIN S. COBB ©—WNU Service. Wide Use of Prints for Sports Togs By CHERIE NICHOLAS \X7HEN the world takes a holiday at the beach, tennis court, golf course, aboard ship or wherever va cation lures the playful, watch prints. We promise you that you will see prints this summer such as you have never seen before, armies of them, droves of them, proces sions of them! It would seem as if style creators are just discovering that if there is one place more than another where riotously gay prints lend themselves dramatically to the pic ture, it is at the beach and its en virons. The vibrant blue and green hues of the sea, the vast dome of a glamorous opalescent sky, the bright glare of the sun, the stretches of golden sand call to the colors, and to more color and more ift the fashion parade. So it is that prints for beach and for swim wear have become a hob by with designers this summer. Needless to say, for the most part it’s linens and cottons that “steal the show” when it comes to rollick ing, frolicking beach and sea-going costumes. The grand thing about the spectacular printed linens and cottons that are so thrillingly en livening the pageantry of fashion where sea-breezes blow is that you can wear them with all confidence, knowing that they have been scien tifically processed so that they won’t shrink and they won’t lose their high color no matter how wet the water, no matter how many duckings they get, no matter how relentlessly scorching sun rays attack. This as surance of non-shrinkage and of col or endurance that goes with mod ern wash materials has, as a mat ter of fact, proved persuasive in encouraging the movement that is now on of featuring tub prints in a big way for beach fashions and also for swim suits. As to whether you don linen or cotton in the existent orgy of prints that is being staged on land or sea is entirely a matter of choice since one is declared as good style as the other. A truly amphibian suit done in the modern spirit is worn by the exultant water nymph centered in the accompanying picture. A swim suit of this type, made of print, the patterning of which is as smart and distinctive as is this patterning and which is guaranteed sanforized shrunk as is this print, will do honor to even the most ultra-of-ultra cruise wardrobes. Any girl would look pert and mod em in the clever sport pajamas here shown. It is one of the newer prints that have so much swank and at the same time so many practical advantages not only for beach wear but for house wear as well. This gaily patterned linen washes like a hankie. And do for fashion’s sake see the cunning play suit to the right in the group. Yes, you can have a cos tume exactly like it, buy it already made or get the material and sew your own. The new Hungarian cot ton prints such as have been used for the making of this fetching out fit are selling as fast as they can be measured off on the yard-stick. The colors are rich and glowing and the prints faithfully reproduce original old-world fabrics. The trick is to make them up in keeping with their quaint design, in just some such peasant manner as here shown. Full skirt of course and rather short is according to the prescribed for mula. Tune it to practical active sports wear by choosing a divided- skirt pattern. Let the bodice be backless for comfort and for “style” on a hot summer day. And to the entire add a smart bolero to give it that picturesque peasant flavor which fashion thinks so well of this season. © Western Newspaper Union. TIPLESS GLOVES By CHERIE NICHOLAS Here it is, the latest step toward chic and toward greater freedom— the tipless glove, cut to show bright ly polished nails. The open-air fe ver, starting with toeless shoes and crownless hats, has gone to the fin gers. If your gloves are copper red as gloves and accessories are apt to be these days it’s robin-red nail polish you’ll be wanting. The suit is of horizon blue, softest feather weight woolen. The wide revers, the modified umbrella skirt, the squared shoulders and the boxy jacket with its jaunty swing make this smart street-and-travel costume as modish as it is practical. PASTEL LACES FOR WEDDING DRESSES By CHERIE NICHOLAS Pastel laces for the wedding gown, as well as the bridal party’s dresses are a new note this season, and one that bids fair to gain in popular ity through the season. Very pale pastels are used, so pale that they are almost white, and yet have a special shimmer that would not be attained by plain white. One of the loveliest of these pastel wedding gowns that we have seen is of palest blue linen thread, and the edge of the train, and the edge of the slit skirt, are scalloped with the scallop ing accented by tiny-pleated net in the same blue. The neckline, too, is edged with the fine net pleating. Net, as well as lace, ranks highly for bridal gowns this season. Silk net, particularly, is adapted to mold ing the figure, and when cut on a princess line, accenting the slender figure, it makes a truly beautiful bridal gown. And whereas net veils are prevalent over lace bridal gowns, a net wedding dress is best set off by a lovely lace wedding veil. One veil that we have seen, over a net gown, was of lace, and very short. A bertha collar of lace was attached to the net train, the lace forming borders on the sides of the train. Summer Velvet Summer velvet is taking its place in the sun. The sheer quality of the fabric with its rich velvet pattern adapts itself particularly well to summer wedding clothes. Gloves Gloves deserve a whole chapter in themselves. They mirror fashion trends as clearly as clothes. Fem ininity is uppermost. Flowers Everywhere Flowers are everywhere. It is newest to wear two boutonnieres, one on each lapel of your suit. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ STAR DUST ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ J JVtovie • Radio J ★ ★ ★★★By VIRGINIA VALE★★★ J OAN BENNETT is so home sick for the stage that she has signed up to work with a Cape Cod stock company this summer for a few weeks. Some of the motion picture producers who have planned busy sum mers for th«ir players wish that she wasn’t quite so thrilled at the prospect. Her infectious enthusiasm has sent half of Hollywood scurrying to their bosses to ask if they can’t have leave of absence too. Bette Davis wants to go, but Warners have big plans for her. Josephine Hutchinson wants her annual fling on the stage. And Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone are acting mighty mysterious, reading plays and time tables. Add one more picture to the cur rent list of those you simply have to see. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer’s “Captains Courageous” is one of the finest pictures of all time. There isn’t a woman in the cast, but even the young girls who think any picture without torrid love scenes is a washout, confess that they never even miss the romantic angle in this one. It is a story of the Gloucester fishing fleet in which Spencer Tracy and young Freddie Bartholomew do the finest acting of their careers. Indeed, it is the first picture in which young Bartholomew has had a chance to show that he is not just a sweet and handsome lad with pa thetic eyes. He is a grand actor. As soon as Ernst Lubitsch finishes directing Marlene Dietrich and Her bert Marshall in “Angel” he is go ing to turn actor for a few days. Long ago when he was an actor in Germany, his great ambition was to play Napoleon, and just now it happens that Cecil De Mille is searching the highways and byways for a man to play Napoleon in “Buc caneer.” Lubitsch got into costume and make-up, presented himself to De Mille, and was hired at once. Executives at the Twentieth Cen tury Fox studio are disappointed that the public hasn’t made more of a fuss over Simone Simon, so they are going to put her in a comedy and see if she goes over better. They are teaming her with Jack Haley, who made such a hit in “Wake Up and Live,” in a fast-moving comedy called “Love at Work.” Motion picture studio officials al ways change the subject when any one asks if their stars really sing or if some singer substitutes for them, but radio listeners can rec ognize their favorite voices under any circumstances. They insist that Buddy Clark of the Hit Parade did Jack Haley's singing, that Virginia Verrill sang for both Jean Harlow and Virginia Bruce, and that in “The Great Barnum” it was Fran- cia White who sang for Miss Bruce. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has de cided that he likes the United States better, after all. While he was in England, he realized his ambition to become a producer, and felt so grateful to the countrymen who backed him that he thought he would live there always. Coming back to Hollywood to make just one picture, “The Prisoner of Zenda,” he found when it was finished and he was free to go back to England that he just couldn’t bear to leave all his childhood friends. Warner Brothers have arranged to borrow Miriam Hopkins for two pictures and it looks as if it would keep the entire studio busy for weeks find ing stories to which she won’t raise a violent objection. Scheduled to appear with Errol Flynn in “The Perfect Speci men,” she flatly re fused. Instead she will make a tearful little romance called “Episode” supported by Ian Hunter and Charles Winninger. After that, War ners would like to have her in “Sis ters” with Kay Francis. Miriam Hopkins Freddie Bartholomew ODDS AND ENDS . . . Joe Fenner doesn't mention ducks even once in “Neto Faces,” which is being filmed by R-K -O, and furthermore he appears in black face for the first time . . . Ken Murray always dresses more conservatively when he shows up for a broadcast, but around home he goes in for the dizziest colored smoking jackets and lounging robes . . . Motion picture producers are wildly enthusiastic over the intimate, caressing voice of Rosa lind Greene who announces Mrs. Roose velt's radio program, and since they have heard that she is young and extraordi narily beautiful they are rushing to her with contracts for pictures. © Western Newspaper Union.