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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939
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WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
N EW YORK.—Dr. Robert H. God
dard, experimenting with rock
ets for the last 24 years, and stead
ily making progress, has had as his
goal the pene-
Ur. Goddard tration of the
Had Both Feet higher atmos-
On Thu World P? ere » ^ Possi
ble catapulting
of messages across the ocean, and
sundry scientific inquiries to which
he has thought his unique gunnery
might supply the answer. Although
much Jules Vernish stuff has been
^written about his “rockets to the
moon” and about shooting people
across the Atlantic in a few min
utes, he has been an aloof and pa
tient scientist, intent on seeing only
what he sees and not making any
handsome promises.
" So far as this courier knows,
the suggestion by Maj. James
B. Randolph that rockets may
replace heavy artillery, for long-
range bombardment of cities, is
the first official recognition of
their possible use in warfare.
He specifically cites the work of
Doctor Goddard, at a time when
Doctor Goddard is piling up
new patents and. getting some of
his biggest sizzlers under con
trol. It is also the time when
the tiny, motored plane, evolv
ing from the toy, and controlled
by radio, is absorbing the inter
est of the army experimenters
as a possible bomb-dropper,
v At Roswell, N. M., financed by the
Daniel Guggenheim foundation.
Doctor Goddard has a unique desert
laboratory with plenty of elbow
room and sky room. He now has er
gyro steering mechanism on his
rockets, by which they may be ac
curately aimed. He has gained 30
per cent in range over his best shots
of two years ago, and is now forcing
his rockets to a speed of 700 miles
per how:.
His most valuable contribution
to rocketeering, noted by Major ,
Randolph, is his continuous flow
of power, instead of the single
initial explosion. Gasoline and
oxygen, mixing and exploding
as they issue from a tail nozzle,
give steady propulsion.
Doctor Goddard, an amiable, un
assuming, baldish man, began his
rocket experiments at Clark univer
sity in 1914. He is a physicist, ab
sorbed in pure science, admitting
that we might hit the moon with a
rocket if we wanted to spend that
much power, but so far he keeps
down to earth on immediate and
specific problems—and makes prog
ress.
TT DOES begin to look as though
± scientists will be the loudest of all
when “Beulah Land” rings out at
the next singfest. Once upon a
time, religionists
Church and
Test Tube* Are
Teaming Up
looked warily
whenever a man
of science
opened his
mouth, because so many of them
were arguing against a hereafter.
But Sir Richard Gregory, with his
“It is just as permissible to assume
that another world awaits'habita
tion of an exalted type of humanity
as it is to believe in the eternal ex
istence of individuality,” is only the
latest of many to hit the sawdust
trail.
Emeritus professor of astron
omy, Queens college, London, is
one of bis present distinctions,
and he is also a former editor
of the magazine. Nature. The
stars have been his chief guide
for most of the years since he
was born in 1864. How much
their lessons helped him to his
knighthood, 1919, and his baron
etcy, 1931, is a question. But
certainly, along with his ac
knowledged interest in heaven,
they must take responsibility for
his thief books, “The Vault of
Heaven” and “Discovery, or the
Spirit of Service of Science.”
DROF. WALTER B. CANNON of
* Harvard avoided a mistake made
by Howard Scott. When Mr. Scott
appeared as the John the Baptist of
technocracy, he
started taking
our measure for
its immediate
application.
Cannon put out
Cannon Cure
Not Crammed
Down Throat*
When Professor
“biocracy” several years ago, as a
cure for the ills of the “body poli
tic,” he made it clear that we could
take it or leave it. Hence, while bi
ocracy is still in the suspense file,
Professor Cannon finds honor and
advancement as the newly-elected
president of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science,
which body is driving for some
grand scale rationalization of sci
ence and society. That’s the main
idea of biocracy—a society which is
not at war with the life force.
He is one of the most distinguished
physiologists in America, given to
novel research. He is ^re discover
er of a method by which we may
hear our brains ticking.
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v WNU Service.
No Dog Fights for Fido, He Wears Glasses
Star Dust
'it King*s Whiskers Off
'fa Frugal Flora* s Funds
"fa Mary Pecked the Queen
By Virginia Vale
D AVID NIVEN is one of the
few men in Hollywood
who grew a mustache by order
of the king of England. He
shaved it off the other day by
order of, Samuel Goldwyn.
When he first was assigned
to a Guard’s regiment of His
Majesty’s service, young Niv
en was officially informed that
all officers must be equipped with
mustaches. Patiently, sometimes
despairingly, he grew one. By the
time when he left the army he’d
grown so accustomed to it that it
seemed like part of his face.
But along came his role in
“Wuthering Heights,” and off came
the mustache.
Though dogs, as a rule, have excellent eyesight, some of them have been known to be shortsighted. At
the request of a patient, Robert Muller, Geneva optician, worked out a special set of glasses for her dog.
Pictured at the left is the Swiss doctor measuring the distance from one eye to the other. At the right Dr.
Muller is inserting a vision test lens in the frame. The inset shows Fido all decked out in his new spectacles,
ready to go promenading with his mistress.
GRIDIRON GHOST
Tennis Champs Hold Friendly Session
That same David Niven can laugh
now over a little-known incident in
his colorful career, but at the time
when it happened it didn’t seem
particularly funny.
When he arrived in New York
four years ago, intent on making
•is fortune but not knowing just how
This Martian looking character is
what the football player of the fu
ture will resemble if he dons all
the safety equipment demonstrated
recently at a football coaches* meet
ing. The various safeguards are
designed mainly to protect the play
er in practice.
Don Budge (left) and Ellsworth Vines, the nation’s top-notch pro
fessional tennis players, pay a social call on Alice Marble, national ama
teur singles and doubles tennis champion, at a New York hotel where
she is appearing nightly as a professional singer. Budge, who recently
turned pro, is on exhibition tour with Vines.
Recipient of the honorary degree
of Doctor of Humane Letters from
Hamilton college. New York, Ac
tress Helen Hayes is the second
woman to receive a degree from
that school. In 1924 Ruth Draper,
dramatic monologist, was awarded
the degree of Master of Arts.
Bovine Triplets Are Honored Guests
Rare in bovine vital statistics is the birth of triplets. In this photo
graph Clarence Kipp Jr. is showing off Susie, Charlie and Tom, normal,
healthy offspring of Betsy, a Holstein cow on the Kipp farm near Mari
etta, Pa. At the time the picture was taken the calves were 18 days old.
Fox Farmer—Wins $532,153 Suit—Tennis Queen
Returning from a sojourn of five months in the far north of Alaska, on Ushigat island, which she leased
from the government, Miss Kay Baker, West Virginia socialite, arrived in Seattle with 20 foxes that she had
raised. Center inset: Margaret Ayer Barnes, Pulitzer prize winner in 1931, who with Edward Sheldon, bed
ridden writer, was awarded damages of $532,153 for the plagiarism of their Broadway success, “Dishonored
Lady.” The court held that the movie, “Letty Linton,” infringed on their play. At the right: Miss Maiguerita
Madden, 16, Boston, winner of the girls’ national indoor tennis title in recent New York matches.
DAVID NIVEN
he was going to go about it, he
registered at a smart hotel. He
hadn’t much money. Nine days lat
er he not only had no money with
which to pay his bill—he didn’t even
have enough to get his shirtjs back
from the Chinese laundry where he
had taken them.
So he made a deal with the laun-
dryman. He’d work for a full day
as a deliveryman, in return for the
return of his shirts. Two days later
—in a clean shirt—he got a job.
- —*—
Flora Robson, the celebrated Eng
lish actress whom you’ll see also in
“Wuthering Heights,” didn’t have to
work for a laundry man to learn the
value of money, she just knows it by
instinct, and as a result her friends
are suffering no end of embarrass
ment. Arriving in Hollywood be
fore the studio knew that she was
there, she went into the first apart
ment house that she saw and took
an apartment—at $60 a month; and
still lives there.
She had to have a car, and bought
one, for $75.
Hollywood is shocked. But Miss
Robson says that she has heard too
many bitter tales of people who de
foolish things there.
*
Madeleine Carroll, who made a
gay tour of New York’s night clubs
before she sailed for Europe, was
hailed a while ago, in print, as the
only glamour girl ever presented to
the king and queen of England at
court. Whereupon Mary Pickford,
now deeply engrossed in her cos-
metic business, rose up to correct
the impression.
She not only was presented at
court, she played a trick on the
queen. Fearing that the rouge on
her freshly made-up lips would stain
the royal glove when she kissed it,
she touched it with the tip of her
uose instead.
—*—
It sure was a victory for some
body when Janet Gay nor was per
suaded to sign up to do “Mayer-
ling” on the air with William Pow
ell. She had broadcast only once
before, about a year and a half ago,
also on the Radio theater. But the
thought of the vast unseen audience
terrified her. r '
—*—
Your correspondent, after appear
ing on Paul Wing’s Spelling Bee
and winning the large sum of $11.50,
can’t understand how anybody Aould
have mike fright.
*
ODDS AND ENDS — When Barbara
Stanwyck left her ranch and moved into
town everybody promptly predicted
that she was preparing to marry Bob-
ert Taylor immediately . . . It's settled
tliul Lubitsch will direct Greta Garbo
in “Ninotchka” . . . Anparently Holly-
woodites are too proud to pawn their
valuables at home; the town, since
19211, has had but five pawn shops . . .
The three young men who made
“Youth Marches On” at a cost of $175
(it had a five weeks' run on Broadway)
gave Hollywood producers something
to think about . . . $175,000 would be a
mere drop in the bucket to them, for a
oicture that ran one-fifth of that time,
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HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS
.
Olive Oil Substitute. — Melted
butter is a good substitute for ol
ive oil in salad dressing.
• * *
Cleaning Tapestry.—-Clean tap
estry-covered furniture by rub
bing it with hot bran, reheating
the bran as it gets cold. Have
two dishes of bran going, one to
be using and one to be in the oven
heating.
• • •
Baking Potatoes.—Potatoes will
bake more quickly if, after peel
ing, they are wiped dry and
smeared over with dripping be
fore being put in the oven.
* * *
For Scratched Furniture.—The
best remedy for scratched furni
ture is a mixture of beeswax and
turpentine, the former melted in
the turpentine until it is as thick
as sirup. Pour a little onto a
piece of woolen cloth and rub it
well into the scratched part. Then
polish quickly with dry flannel and
the marks will almost disappear.
• • *
Larger Windows.—A small win
dow may be made to look larger
by setting the curtain rods beyond
the casing on each side and using
the draperies of a material heavy
enough so that the casing will
not be seen through the material.
* * *
When to Add Salt.—Salt should
never be added to stews, soups
and boiled meats until after
they’re cooked. If put in at first
it toughens the fiber of the meat
and takes out the juices.
* * *
Fringed Celery.—Celery looks
much more attractive on the table
when fringed. To fringe, cut cel
ery into two inch lengths. Fringe
each stalk within a quarter of an
inch from the center. Put into ice
water to which a slice of lemon
has been added and let stand un
til ends are curled.
* • •
When Papering.—It is well when
papering a room to remember
that large patterns and dark col
ors will make it appear small
er, while a plain or striped paper,
if a light hue, will give an impres
sion of increased size.
• * •
Heat the Coconut. — Before
breaking a coconut, heat it in a
moderate oven. Crack it and the
shell will come off easily.
NERVOUS?
Do you feel bo nervous you want to scream?
Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold
those dearest to you?
If your nerves are on edge and you feel
you need a good general system tonic, try
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound,
made especially for women.
For over 60 years one woman has told an
other how to go “smiling thru" with reliable
Pinkham’s Compound. It helps nature build
up more physical resistance and thus helps
calnji quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
from annoying symptoms which often ac
company female functional disorders.
Why not give it a chance to help YOU?
Over one million women have written In
reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham’s
Compound.
Traveled Roads
No road is too long to the man
who advances deliberately and
without undue hast?, and no hon
ors are too distant for the man
who prepares himself for them
with patience.—Bruy ere.
OF COURSE!
"Many doctors advise
building up alkaline
reserve when you have
a cold. Luden’s help to
do this.”
Dora Steinberg,
Teacher, Baltimore
LUDEN'S
MENTHOL COUGH DROPS ^0
As Your Self-Control Is
“You can never have a greater
or a less dominion than that over
yourself.”—Leonardo da Vinci.
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In Discipline
Difficulty is but another name
for discipline.
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