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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937
News Review of Current Event*
WE'RE STILL "IN THE RED"
freasury Report Shows $2,707,347,110 Deficit for *37
. . New Court Bill Offered • • Nazis Jail Church Head
Biots continued as steel plants attempted reopening.
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SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK
• Western Newspaper Union.
Uncle Sam Checks Up
T TNCLE SAM wound up the 1937
fiscal year with a net deficit of
$2,707,347,110, or about $150,000,000
more than President Roosevelt esti
mated last April, according to the
report of the United States Treas
ury.
The gross national public debt
climbed to a total of $36,424,613,732
as of June 30, it was shown.
Receipts for th£ period just closed
were the largest in 16 years,
amounting to $5;293,840,236, com-
oared with $4,115,956,615 for the
1936-37 year and about $70,000,000 in
excess of estimates. Expenditures
were $8,105,158,547, including $103,-
933,250 for debt retirement origi
nally planned for that period but
carried over into the current ye-u-.
Completion of the debt retire
ment program as previously con
templated would have called for the
expenditure of $404,525,000, which
would have placed the gross deficit
above the $3,000,000,000 mark.
In the 1936-37 period, recovery and
relief costi were more than $400,-
000,000 below the total for the year
before, amounting to $2,846,462,932
against $3,290,927,869.
Reliable authorities around the
capitol said that as soon as all ap
propriation bills for the 1938 fiscal
year were cleared, the President
would direct the heads of all govern
ment departments to impound 10
per cent of their appropriations, ex
clusive of fixed charges, in an at
tempt to balance the budget. Ex
perts said that a maximum of $400,-
000,000 could be saved in that way.
The prospective net deficit for 1938
was estimated at $400,000,000.
His Sermons Were Popular
Ej'OUR years ago the Protestant
” church in Germany was thought
to be nearing the' end; under the
Nazi government it had become
only an organization to officiate at
weddings, christenings, funerals
and the like. It has recently under
gone such a revival at the hands
of one Rev. Martin Niemoeller,
leader of the Confessional synod,
and his supporters that of late the
churches were overcrowded. Rev.
Mr. Niemoeller fought to keep poli
tics out of the church.
Lately the fiery minister had been
examined almost every week by
prosecuting attorneys in Berlin.
Then at last he was arrested by the
secret police and taken to jail while
his wife and six children looked on.
He was charged with “stirring up
hatred in his speeches against lead
ing persons in the Nazi state and
movement.” The police raided his
offices and seized many documents
and about $12,000. Said an official
communique after Rev. Mr. Nie-
moeller’s arrest:
“He has spread untrue reports
about measures taken by Nazi au
thorities in order to incense the
population. He also called for re
sistance to state laws and decrees.
His statements were part of the
steady fare of foreign newspapers
hostile to Germany.”
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Ford Tests Labor Board
HE national labor relations
board is receiving its most ex
acting test in the hearings at De
troit on the United Automobile
Workers’ union complaint that the
Ford Motor company is guilty of
unfair labor practices. The U. A.
W. U. is a C. I. O. affiliate; Ford is
opposed to the unions.
It was expected that the hearings
might take a long time and may
eventually reach the United States
Supreme court. After the hearings
in Detroit a board examiner will
draw up “intermediate findings”
and send them to the NLRB in
Washington, accompanied by a
transcript of the evidence and briefs
of both sides. The board will then
either order the Ford Motor com
pany to “cease and desist” its un
fair practices or dismiss the union’s
charges. Appeal may be taken to
the United States circuit court of
appeals, which has the power of
enforcement which NLRB lacks.
The case may reach the Supreme
court if the Constitution is involved.
One of the allegedly unfair practices
to which the U. A. W. A. objects is
distribution of anti-union literature
by the Ford company to its em
ployees. The company charges that
a denial of this would violate con
stitutional guaranties of free speech
and a free press.
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'Compromise' Takes Bow
CENATOR M. M. LOGAN, Dem-
^ ocrat, of Kentucky, presented the
“compromise” version of the Pres
ident’s Supreme court bill to the
senate, apparently
with the blessings of
Majority Leader
Joseph T. Robinson
and the chief execu
tive. In form an
amendment to and
substitute for the old
Ashurst administra
tion bill, the new
draft authorizes ap
pointment of one
new justice to t h e
court each year for Sen.Robmson
every justice remaining on the court
after reaching the age of seventy-
five years. Under its provisions the
President would be permitted to
name one new justice this year (be
sides filling the vacancy left by the
retirement of Justice Willis Van
Devanter) and assure him of at
least one new appointment to the
court in each remaining year of his
present term of office. All of the ap
pointments wopld hinge on the de
cision of justices seventy-five or
older on retirement.
The opposition immediately
charged that the new bill was as
offensive as the old one. Sen. Burton
K. Wheeler, Democrat, Montana,
said: “The compromise is not going
to get through. The new bill is just
as objectionable as the old, because
it seeks to pack the Supreme court
just like the original bill did.” Sen.
Edward R. Burke, Democrat, Neb
raska, said the 43 senators would
vote against any kind of measure
that would increase the Supreme
court.
Some of the other provisions of
the new bill were:
Authority for 20 additional ap
pointments to lower courts in
the event that judges over seventy
fail to retire. The old bill would
have permitted 50 new appointments
altogether.
Speedy intervention by the gov
ernment in cases involving consti
tutionality of federal laws, and
speedy appeal to the Supreme court.
Isolates Paralysis Germ
HAT the medical profession
considers a major step in the
conquest of infantile paralysis was
taken when Dr. Edward Carl Rose-
now announced to 100 physicians,
surgeons and medical research
workers in Glendale, Calif., that he
had isolated the germ which causes
it. Dr. Rosenow is professor of ex
perimental bacteriology at the
Mayo foundation in Rochester,
Minn.
Work with spinal fluid taken from
nurses who had contracted the dis
ease at the Los Angeles general
hospital in 1934 enabled him to iso
late the micro-organism.
Dr. Rosenow said that now the
germ has been isolated steps must
be taken to develop a serum sim
ilar to the serums used in fighting
other ravaging contagious diseases.
Seeking Contentment.
ANTA MONICA, CALIF.—
Out in the desert country I
met kindly, hospitable folk
bravely making the best of
things on remote, small home
steads.
On little far-away ranches, on res
ervation trading posts, they are edu
cating their children
by resolute self-sac
rifice; keeping in
touch with the world
through radio,
through books and
magazines and
newspapers; and al
most invariably con
tent with their lives
and proud of their
struggles and living
comfortably — yes,
and happily—within
their means, how- Irvin S. Cobb
ever meager.
Then I come back to crowded
cities where wealth seems only to
make the inmates dissatisfied be
cause somebody with greater wealth
puts on a gaudier show of ostenta
tion and extravagance. And I see
the man who feverishly is striving
after riches.so that when he breaks
down he may afford the most ex
pensive nerve specialist. And the
spoiled woman who was bom with
a silver spoon in her mouth, but
judging by her expression the spoon
must have been full of castor oil—
and the flavor lasts. And the poor
little rich children who have every
thing now and so will have nothing
—except maybe dollars—when they
grow up.
Curious, isn’t it, that so little buys
such a lot for some people and such
a lot buys so little for the others?
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The Return of Prosperity.
CAN’T help gloating over what
appeared in this space when I
predicted that the temperamental
and fickle bird of passage known as
prosperity was winging its way
back. Because the Better Business
bureau reports that sellers of no
good stocks are showing increased
activity. *
Moreover, I hear that for the first
time in years practically all the
veteran bunco-steers are off relief.
The lean times when the locusts of
depression gnawed away our sub
stance must indeed be over if the
customers begin to nibble more free
ly at the same dependable old baits.
So, as he thumbs his copy of the
sucker list against the morrow’s
campaign, I seem to hear Mr. Henry
J. Slickguy (late of Leavenworth
but now opening offices in the Wall
street district) murmuring to him
self:
“Happy days are here again!
Drouth may kill the corn, Rust rots
the wheat. Boll weevils destroy the
cotton. But, thanks be, there’s one
crop in America which never fails!”
Have you a little gold brick in
your home, dear reader? Well, don’t
worry, nobody’s going to be slight
ed. Ere long you’ll get your chance
to invest in one.
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Making Mental Slips.
HE most incredible thing has
come to pass. Here I go along,
year after year, building up a rep
utation for invariably being right,
the same as George Bernard Shaw
and Mme. Secretary Perkins. Then
—bango!—I make one little slip and
the trusting reader is shocked from
pit to dome.
The other day I suggested taxing
salaries of governmental em
ployees. Now from all sides I’m
told federal employees are subject
to income taxes; only the vast ma
jority of them, and probably the
hardest-worked ones, draw such
small wages that they owe Uncle
Sam nothing when March 15 rollsi
around.
So far as I recall, this is the sec
ond time in my life I’ve been wrong.
I can’t cite what the other instance
was—some very trifling matter, no
doubt—but it must have occurred
because I remember the nation-wide
excitement which ensued, with peo
ple going around in a daze mutter
ing: “Can it be possible?”
I now admit that early error and
the recent one, too, and humbly beg
pardon of my devoted public—all'
eight of them. It’ll never happen
again.
• • •
Conquered Champions.
T HAS been brought to the atten
tion of Mr. James J. Braddock
that something happened to him a
while back. Probably, by now, he
has quit wondering whether many
others were caught in the earth
quake, but is reported to be still
■saying “Ouch!” at intervals.
And now, as is customary, his
backers will insist he demand a re
turn engagement—or disaster—with
the Brown Bomber. But if I were
Mr. Braddock—game though he be
—I think I’d pattern my reply on
the example of thi gentleman who
was knocked galley-west by a hit-
and-iun motorist.
As the dazed pedestrian was try
ing feebly to ascertain whether he
was all in one piece, a kind-hearted
citizen hurried up.
“Have an accident?” he inquired,
brightly.
“No, thank you,” said the victim;
“just had one.”
IRVIN S. COBB.
WNU Service.
Chic Swim Suits and Deck Fashions
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
F ICKLE fashion? Maybe so, but
decidedly practical and depend
able when occasion demands. Be as
sured when it comes to proper
clothes for outdoor activities mod
ern fashion is displaying an effi
ciency that is equal to evefy de
mand for practicality and wear-
ability plus all that can be desired
in the way of smart style. It is
really amazing and most gratify
ing to see how skilfully the esthetic
and the utilitarian combine in pres
ent day apparel.
Speaking of fashion from the
practical viewpoint, have you noted
the clever use being made of denim
in the sportswear realm, just plain
ordinary denim such as is used for
workmen’s overalls? Designers are
making the swankiest tailored jack
et suits of it. Goodlooking? Yes, in
deed, and as to withstanding stren-
ous wear and tear, we leave that
for you to figure out for yourself.
Slacks and shorts of denim too, are
on the sportswear style program.
And there’s bed ticking, the sim
ple “homey” blue and white stripe
sort, or giddier stripes if you pre
fer. It’s fun to see what fashion is
doing with this sturdy material,
making separate skirts of it, jack
ets, beach robes and simple one-
piece frocks and like denim there’s
“no wear out to it.”
On board ship and at all smart
resorts many women are wearing
shorts and tailored shirts (see il
lustrated to left) made of service
able chambray, the kind workmen
have always depended upon to give
good wear. This reliable fabric now
enters the high-style sportswear pic
ture, and being completely shrunk
aforehand, workmen’s chambray
becomes the perfect fabric for
strenuous play clothes for fashion
able women.
Aye, aye sir, the sailor’s life is
the life for any girl who owns such
a timely costume as the venturous
young woman is wearing, making
the hazardous climb among the
ship’s rigging as pictured in the
group. This suit is beautifully tail
ored out of sanforized-shrunk cot
ton. Yes, this swanky slacks and
shirt outfit is genuinely amphibian
—takes to water like a duck and
when it comes to setting a fashion
pace on dry land it is all that it
should be.
If you want to show up colorf-illy
in fashion’s swim and beach parade
by all means choose a flamboyant
print. Designers land print this sea
son for the entire outfit, swim suit,
matching beach coat, accessories
’n everything, even to the very san
dals one wears. Printed silk crepe
that washes to perfection makes the
one-piece bathing suit with halter
top shown to center-left in the pic
ture. The matching long beach coat
has a shirred yoke and full push
up sleeves.
To fashionables who go in for
aquatic spores here is a message to
delight the imagination. It’s con
cerning the wide use of costume
jewelry being made this season by
those who go forth to brave the
surf. Things that walk or swim or
fly is the theme for the pins and
clips to adorn bathing suits and such.
The idea is to wear pinned here
and there on your swim suit frogs,
turtles, or decorative fish hand-
carved from rich white catalin. See
the cunning little lady to the right
in the picture. Her clever play-suit
is of Congo cloth with giay, white
and red striped halter and gray
shorts trimmed with same striping.
A hand-carved frog of handsome
white catalin blinks at you from
the edge of her amusing coconut
husk hat, another frog is pinned
to her halter bodice while a third
pins casually to one side near her
waistline. Clever idea these beach
jewelry novelties, and the fad is
being taken up with enthusiasm.
© Western Newspaper Union.
GAY SILK PRINT
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
NEW SUMMER SUITS
FAVOR EMBROIDERY
As the season progresses the fas
cination of silk prints leads on and
on to acquire another and another
and “just one more.” The latest
message is for brilliant flowers in
gorgeous purples and vibrant blues
and exotic magenta reds and bright
greens and other ravishing colors
printed on white backgrounds. Typ
ical of this midsummer spirit in
prints is the handsome model
shown. It is a white silk crepe pat
terned in medium size florals. A
grand dress to wear to afternoon oc
casions. The neck is high with a
tiny collar that flaunts a spaghetti
tie in purple. The large hat is most
interesting and significant since it
bespeaks a type of millinery that
is new and outstanding. The long
gloves are according to the latest
stvle dictates.
Hqim has gone in for embroidered
details on spring and summer suits.
One black tailored suit in black
wool has a straight little skirt and a
tailored and fitted jacket that fas
tens high at the neck with a cut-out
and embroidered design of a bird in
a cage. The round cage is banded
by gold embroidery which matches
the gold braid that trims the neck
line. Inside the round cage is a nat
ural linen foundation upon which is
embroidered a little silk bird.
A more summery suit is grege
(between gray and beige) shantung.
The skirt is made with front pleats
that are stitched down to the knees
and then pressed into place. The
jacket fastens high at the neck but
is cut away in a center V to make
small revers and to reveal a blouse
of black linen embroidered all over
in a conventional design of colored
birds.
Skirts Shorter and Fuller
in Late Paris Collection
Shorter, fuller skirts are shown
in the new Chanel collection and
waistlines are slightly dropped to
give a more youthful silhouette.
Series of small pockets trim the
tailored clothes, and there are
many touches of bright red through
out the entire collection.
Tulles, laces and sheer organdies
are shown in white and in pastel
shades for summery evening gowns
that are fashioned with full, bouf
fant skirts to stress the youthful
and girlish trend.
Nassau Hats for Beach
Those picturesque colorful hats
worn by dusky market women of
Nassau and Havana have influenced
beach hat fashions. Made of reeds,
they are gay as summer and flat
tering as moonlight.
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★★★By VIRGINIA VALE★★★
AT LAST Shirley Temple’s
-lY parents have given in and
will permit her to speak over
the radio. She will stay up until
eight-thirty the night that “Wee
Willie Winkle” opens in Holly
wood, address a country-wide
audience and then go home to
bed without seeing the picture.
This is more of a victory for Shir
ley than it is for radio executives.
All their money did not interest Mr.
and Mrs. Temple, who try to hold
Shirley’s working hours down to a
minimum. But Shirley heard talk
on the studio lot about this player
and that one going on the radio and
she began to wonder why she
couldn’t do it. She begged and
begged. Finally Mrs. Temple just
had to let her do it.
—¥—
When Carole Lombard Insisted
that her new contract with Para
mount include a
clause giving her
permission to make
one picture a year
for any other com
pany she chose, all
the little companies
scurried around
looking for stories
that might interest
her. One picture
with a star like
Lombard, they fig
ured, would pul Carole
them in Jhe big Lombard
theaters, and in the
big money. And now Carole has
gone and broken their hearts. She
has signed a contract with Selznick
to make one picture a year fof him
for five years.
R-K-O has a grand surprise all'
ready for Irene Dunne. They have
found a dizzy, hilarious character
for her to play in a perfectly-maC
comedy—the kind she loves. It is
the role of a rich, giddy girl who
wants to be a detective and who
goes around detecting whether any
one wants her t6 or not. “The Mad
Miss Minton'* is the name, and
here’s hoping it is half as good as
everyone expects it to be.
Theie are a lot of people on the
M-G-M lot who think that Greta
Garbo is just about the grandest
person alive and one of them is
Charles Boyer. When their current
picture, “Countess Walewska” was
about half finished, he went to the
director a little worried. He had
discovered that his part was much
longer than hers. Breezily the di
rector told him not to give it an
other thought. Miss Garbo knew
all about that before the picture was
started and insisted that no changes
be made. “The picture must be
good,” she said. “Not all Garbo.’*
—¥—
Weary of waiting around the War
ner Brothers studio watching song
and dance stars overworked while
there was rarely a part for her,
Josephine Hutchinson asked for a
release from her contract and got
it. Immediately Mefro-Goklwyn-
Mayer signed her for one of the
most thrilling roles of the year. She
will play the lead in “He Who Gets
Slapped,” with Spencer Tracy and
Robert Taylor in the cast.
—¥—
Meanwhile, the same studio that
is making Miss Hutchinson so hap
py, is making Joan Crawford un
happy. She suspects that the story
finding department forgets her for
months at a, stretch and just pick
out any old story that is left over as
a vehicle for her. Rumor has it that
she would like to break away and
go to work for Sam Goldwyn. May
be she will. And you know what
grand pictures be makes.
After all, the Bennett sisters, Joan
and Constance, won’t play the pic
ture star and the
double in the popu
lar novel, "Stand
In.” Joan Blondell
has been; borrowed
from Warner Broth
ers and will play
both parts. Con
stance was not keen
about playing the
vicious, calculating
star and Joan is in
tent on going to the
Summer Stock thea
ter at Dennis on
Cape Cod to do some stage acting,
incidentally, Joan is said to be the
best rumba dancer in all Hollywood.
Wouldn’t you love it if she would
dance in a film? If enough fans
wrote and asked her to, she prob
ably would. Stars love to get let
ters that offer suggestions.
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Joan Blondell
ODDS AND ENDS—After all, Fred
Allen uHtn’t make a picture this summer.
He did not like the story the studio
cooked up for him. It would have to he
good to top his last few radio programs
of the season. Everyone is wondering if
Walter O’Keefe can keep the pace Alien
set .. . Dance directors and scene de
signers who think up those colossal num
bers for musical pictures are a little an
noyed because Jeanette MacDonald outdid
them in staging her oun wedding . . .
Eddie Cantor demands that Virgil Miller
be hired as cameraman on his pictures.
Miller has five handsome sons and Eddie
jtill has a lot of unmarried daughter*
around the house.
© Western Newspaper Union.