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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 20, 1938
New* Review of Current Events
BRITAIN TO CURB JAPAN
Chamberlain Roused by Arrogance at Shanghai • •
Jackson Day Celebrated by the Democrats
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, right, shakes hands with the speaker
of the house, William B. Bankhead of Alabama, left, as Vice President
John Nance Garner looks on, at the Jackson Day dinner in Washington.
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4^ SUMMARIZES THE WORLT
SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK
C Western Newspaper Union.
Neville
Chamberlain
Japanese Too Arrogant
G reat Britain’s government,
according to dispatches from
London, has finally been driven by
Japanese arrogance at Shanghai to
the point of resist
ance. The invaders
have been demand
ing full control of
the captured city, to
the virtual exclusion
of other foreign in
terests, and their
troops there have
treated British po
licemen in the inter
national settlement
very roughly.
Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain
has taken personal command of a
British program designed to curb
the Japanese expansion of power,
and is keeping Washington and
Paris fully informed of his plans
and actions. Also he has been in
frequent telephonic conversation
with Foreign Minister Eden, vaca
tioning at Cannes.
A high government official in Lon
don said Chamberlain had resolved
“not to stand for Japanese use of
military superiority in the present
emergency to force concessions in
Shanghai.” It was made plain that
Britain would act only in harmony
with the United States and France.
That the Japanese are not afraid
of Great Britain was indicated by a
statement by Rear Admiral Tanet-
suga Sosa, retired, maintaining that
it would be easy for the Japanese
navy to reduce the British strong
holds at Hongkong and Singapore
before tire British main fleet could
get there. Sosa said the only thing
that could sefke Britain was to
draw the United States into the war.
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Jackson Day Feasts *
D emocrats who partook of
Jackson day banquets in vari
ous large cities paid about $250,000
into the purse of the party’s na
tional committee. At the dinner in
Washington President Roosevelt
pleaded with the nation to under
stand that his administration be-
ieves it is helping and not hurting
business by the drive against mo
nopolistic practices. His talk was
rather conciliatory. He promised a
fight, but he called it a cheerful
fight on his part, against a mere
handful of the total business men
and bankers and industrialists who
can be expected to “fight to the
last ditch to retain such autocratic
control over the industry and the
finances of the country as they now
possess.”
At the New York banquet Jim
Farley staged the debut of Robert
H. Jackson, assistant attorney gen
eral, as a candidate for the governor
ship of the Empire state. The young
lawyer, who has attracted public at
tention recently by attacks on big
business, was the principal speaker.
At a luncheon party he admitted he
would be the Democratic nominee
for governor “if the party wants
me.”
Jackson is believed by many to
be the President’s choice for the
1940 presidential nomination.
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Budget Message Summary
\AORE vitally important than his
annual message on the state of
the nation was President Roose
velt’s budget message to congress.
In it he forecast a deficit of $1,088,-
129,600 for the current fiscal year
which ends on June 30, and a deficit
of $949,606,000 for the 1939 fiscal
year.
There was no promise that the
budget would be balanced in the
near future, the national revenue es
timates being reduced because of
the depression.
Nearly a billion dollars was asked
by the President for national de
fense because of “world conditions
over which his nation has no con
trol,” and more may be called for
soon for the same purpose.
Summarized, the President’s
budget statement said:
Revenues for the next fiscal year
will total $5,919,400,000, a decrease
Senator
Vandenberg
of $401,076,000 from the present fis
cal year.
Expenditures, exclusive of debt
retirements, will total $6,896,000,000,
a decrease of $539,600,000 from the
present fiscal year.
National defense appropriations
will total $991,300,000, an increase of
$34,300,000. Later the President may
ask for additional funds to construct
several extra naval vessels.
' Relief expenditures for the next
fiscal year will total roughly $1,138,-
304,000, a decrease of $841,356,000
from the present fiscal year.
The deficit will be financed
through Social Security and other
trust funds and not through public
borrowing.
The deficit estimate for the fiscal
year which ends June 30 has been
raised from $695,000,000 to $1,088,-
100,000, because of the business re
cession.
Expenditures for new highways,
new rivers and harbors projects,
new public buildings, new recla
mation projects and other new pub
lic works will be reduced sharply.
The public debt will reach a rec
ord high of $38,528,200,000 on June
30, 1939.
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Vandenberg's Stand
S ENATOR ARTHUR H. VAN
DENBERG of Michigan is not
going to seek the Republican nom
ination for President in 1940, but if
it' is offered him he
will not refuse the
honor. He so stated
in a letter to Joseph
Leib, organizer of a
movement against a
third term for Mr.
Roosevelt.
The senator,
whose term expires
in 1941, asserted he
would not work for
or coijptenance any
organized effort to
obtain the presiden
tial nomination for him, but added:
“I hope I shall never run away
from any public duty or obligation
which confronts me.”
In his letter he hinted he expects
that a new form of opposition will
develop against Roosevelt as a re
sult of the split in the Democratic
party and Republican activities in
seeking to form a new program
through a committee of 150 repre
sentatives of all groups within the
Republican party.
Wheeler HitjT.C.C.
CENATOR BURTON K. WHEEL-
^ ER of Montana, chairman of the
senate railroad finance investigat
ing committee, charged in a state
ment that the interstate commerce
commission is using “trick rabbits”
in solving carrier problems.
He accused the finance division of
the I. C. C., which must approve
government loans to railroads be
fore they are granted by the Recon
struction Finance corporation, of de
liberately violating the law and
“calmly gambling” on a stock mar
ket increase to “protect the taxpay
ers’ money.”
Wheeler’s ire was aroused by con
ditions surrounding a loan of
$6,000,000 by the RFC to the Erie
railroad and an $8,000,000 RFC loan
to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Civil Service^ Lags
OONGRESS was told by the civil
^ service commission that its fail
ure to place employees of newly cre
ated government agencies was be
coming “a matter of grave public
concern.”
“Wholesale exemptions such as
have been permitted in the last year
must cease if the merit system is to
prevail,” the commission said.
It made these recommendations:
Place first, second and third class
postmasters under civil service.
Authorize the President to draft
all nonpolicy forming employees in
to the classified service.
Make retirement compulsory for
government employees at the age
of seventy and optional at sixty
years, after 30 years’ service, or at
sixty-two after 15 years’ service.
Irvin S. Cobb
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^Jhinkd about
Butchery by Air.
S AN ANTONIO, TEXAS. —
Following the example of II
Duce and that air-minded son
of his, who wrote a brave book
describing the joy of bombing
undefended mud villages full of
women and children, one of the
leading statesmen of Italy has
delivered a speech declaring
war is the most glorious, most
inspiring, most beautiful thing
on earth. Inquiry discloses that
this cheery patriot is a hero in
his own right. As an officer, he
enthusiastically participated in
the retreat from Caporetta.
Caporetta was the place where
all ranks of an entire army, with vic
tory against the en
emy right around
the corner, sudden
ly remembered they
had sworn to die in
the last ditch and
started for the ex
treme rear to look
for it. Or it may
have been that ev
erybody just simul
taneously felt home
sick. Anyhow, it was
months before some
of them caught up
with their panting.
So it’s possible this blood-thirsty
orator has confused the science of
warfare with the sport of foot
racing.
• • *
The Meaning of Words.
A DISTINGUISHED gentleman,
who never admitted the Eight
eenth amendment was a failure, is
said to be comforting the drys with
words of wisdom, his attitude—in
effect—being this:
The causes of sanity and safety
suffer because certain distillers and
many local retailers indiscriminate
ly sell an unnecessarily high-pow
ered product, the results being law
breaking, property damage; danger
and personal injury and untold suf
fering for innocent parties; homi
cides, mutilations, often a horrid
death for the purchaser of the arti
cle in question.
To extend the argument further,
let us change just three words: “ . . .
Certain automobile manufacturers
and many local agents indiscrim
inately sell an unnecessarily high-
powered product, the results being
law-breaking, property damage;
danger and personal injury and un
told suffering for innocent parties;
homicides, mutilations, often a hor
rid death for (he purchaser of the
article in question.”
Now then, when the aforesaid gen
tleman kindly proves that, in sell
ing cars capable of traveling 130
miles an hour or even faster, for
use on highways having a speed
limit of 60 miles an hour, or less,
he is promoting the causes of sanity
and safety, I’ll turn prohibitionist
with him.
• * *
Practical Jokes.
T HREE city sportsmen drove into
the Kerrville country in Texas.
Everywhere the lands were posted.
But one of the party knew an old
rancher whose acres bordered the
highway. Leaving his mates at the
road, he went to ask permission to
hunt deer on the property.
“Sure,” said the owner. “Bust
right in—my place is full of bucks;
I never gun ’em myself. Now do
me a favor. As you turn into the
lot, you’ll see an old, crippled, sick
white mare. She oughter be dead,
but I ain’t got the heart to kill qny
living creature. Put her out of her
misery, will you?”
The gratified huntsman had a
waggish idea. As he opened the
pasture gate, he let out a terrific
yell.
“I feel so good I’ve got to shoot
something!” he whooped. “Believe
I’ll shoot a horse to start with.”
With that, he hauled off and blast
ed down the feeble old nag where
she leaned against the fence.
“And now,” as he turned on his
horrified companions, “I believe I’ll
shoot me a couple of so-and-soes.”
He waved his rifle in their direc-
tion. The next instant one had
vaulted out of the car and had him
down, choking him until his tongue
stuck out like a pink plush necktie.
They were halfway back to town,
with a large man sitting on his head
and another driving like mad to find
a lunatic asylum or a stout jail, be
fore the humorist succeeded in con
vincing them it was all just clean,
boyish fun.
Now the rest of Texas is wonder
ing whom the joke’s on.
IRVIN S. COBB.
Copyright.—WNU Service.
Closed Doors to World
About 500 years ago a Tokugawa
shogun (dictator) closed Japan’s
doors to the world and her foreign
shipping stopped. But for centuries
before that, Japanese fishermen and
delegates of the Daimyo (Feudal
lords) sailed extensively along the
China coast. They even voyaged to
Siam, Sumatra and Java. In the
earlier open-door days, the shogun-
ate designated certain vessels
called “go-shu-in-sen” as trading
ships.
Handsome Tweeds the Year Around
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
PIASTER than you
1 can say
selet waist
“swing skirt,”
styles may come
and styles may go,
but when apparel
for outdoor, for
travel and for wear during the
varied activities of the day is to be
considered, women whose clothes
carry the air and tone of the thor
oughbred inevitably select the class
ically correct, meticulously tailored
wool (preferably tweed) garments
and ensembles that are right for
wear through all seasons and in all
weathers.
It is with this thought in mind
that we call your attention to the
handsome travel and resort coats
illustrated and to the suit which is
every inch an aristocrat. Invest
in outfits of this distinctive char
acter, made of sterling worth Har
ris tweeds, as they are and you lay
the foundation for a wardrobe that
will carry you through with a pa
trician air in any group, at any hour
of the day and at any season of the
year.
There is much of romance and in
teresting story that surrounds the
history of the quality-kind tweeds
that fashion these models. They
are not produced by any one com
pany, but are of pure virgin wool
developed in Scotland and spun,
dyed, finished and handwoven . by
the islanders of the outer Hebrides.
The island of Harris is the one that
has given its name to these hand-
loomed tweeds, but the fabrics are
also made in neighboring islands.
The distinctive coloring of these
tweeds is also traceable to their
peculiar origin. Nearly all the dye
comes from native herbs, roots,
lichens, mosses and seaweeds and
other natural vegetable resources.
The various formulae for these dyes
are heirloom secrets, jealously
guarded.
Having told you in part the
story of romance that surrounds
the tweeds used for the garments
pictured, let’s consider the styling
points that add to their chic. The
traditionally correct topcoat to the
left is tailored of handloomed tweed
in herringbone pattern. It is single-
breasted and full length, with free
straight hanging lines. By the way,
advance models particularly stress
the importance of straight hanging
lines for spring coats. In a warm
red brown this coat combines beau
tifully with sports costumes of any
type or color.
The high round collar and loose
swagger lines that identify the
sturdy topcoat of luxurious tweed
centered in the group are eminently
youthful. A fine line check in deep
brown is striking against the light
tan background in wide herringbone
weave. Leather buttons at the
front closing repeat the deep brown
accent. Leather is another interest
ing theme for spring. It is used for
pipings, for buttons, for applique
and various other trimmings.
The classic suit for all weather,
all season wear, is here inter
preted in the aristocratic tweed that
hails from Scottish isles. Soft shades
of blue green are blended in
herringbone pattern for the fitted,
broad-shouldered jacket with mon
otone skirt in matching blue, pro
viding smart contrast as to fabric
patterning. Sometimes the order is
reversed and the skirt is of the pat
terned tweed topped with a mono
tone jacket. In some instances en
sembles are shown which include
hats of matching tweeds and even
bags are tailored of the same
tweed.
© Western Newspaper Union.
ALL-OVER TUCKS
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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Watch the new mid-season light
weight wool dresses and take note
of the goodly number that achieve
their chic and their charm via a
tuck technique such as you see here
pictured. The material is a red
worsted of cashmere-like softness
with all-over tucking and a trim
ming of corded scallops of self-fab
ric finishing neck and short
sleeves. The red suede peak-crown
hat is a favorite type.
Initialed Hats
Hats with initials are being intro
duced in Paris.
RICKRACK TRIMMING
INSPIRES WEAVING
There is something so refreshing
and attractive about rickrack on
cottons or linens. So it is not sur
prising to find this trimming at last
having an influence upon weaves
and patterns for this spring. One
sees it in both imports and Ameri
can fabrics. Usually the rickrack
which appears in a stripe or band
arrangement is carried out in col
ors keyed to the rickrack trimming,
suggesting further trimming up if
desired.
These patterned cottons and linens
have a very definite place in connec
tion with the fashion for decorated
materials, as they have that hand
worked look which women like.
Paris Shoe Designer Now
Returns to Use of Satin
For evening, Joseph Casale, Paris
shoe designer, says that smart wom
en are turning back to satin slip
pers. Most important is a hand
some high-heeled Roman sandal
type trimmed with a touch of me
tallic kid, but colored to match the
gown with which it is worn.
Suede and satin is a new combi
nation for shoes in Paris, and side
lacings with smooth, snug-fitting in
steps are taking the fancy of fash
ion leaders.
Chiffons Are New
Tucked and plaited chiffons in
dark shades are shown for daytime
and evening in the Paris midseason
collection.
T/PS l0
(jardeners
Soil Study Important
A FEW minutes’ study of your
garden soil just before plant
ing may make a marked differ
ence in your success as a gar
dener.
Clayey soils require the most
careful handling, but they are
heavily productive. Sandy soils
are “early” and sandy loams are
just about ideal for most home
garden crops.
In some southern states two
crops may be grown, one in the
spring and one in the fall.
Peas, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli,
cauliflower, beets, carrots, rad
ishes, and onions prefer plenty
of moisture and moderately cool
temperatures during develop
ment, according to Harold Coul
ter, vegetable expert. These veg
etables should be planted about as
early in fall as weather permits.
The following vegetables are not
as hardy as those listed above and
had best be grown in spring crops:
Sweet corn, beans, tomatoes, pep
pers, egg plant, cucumbers, mel
ons, squash and pumpkin. They
like abundant sunshine. They do
best on loamy soils.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are an
effective laxative. Sugar coated.
Children like them. Buy nowl—Adv.
Best Things Most Difficult
According to the proverb, the
best things are the most difficult.
—Plutarch.
2 WAY RELIEF
' FOR TIE MISERY IF
COLDS
Take 2 BAYER ASPIRIN tabUts and
drink a full glass of water. Rapsat
trsatmsnt in 2 hours.
If throat is soro from tho cold,
crush and stir 3 BAYER ASPIRIN
tablets In % glass of water. Garglo
twice. This eases throat rawness
and soreness almost instantly.
All it usually costs to relieve the
misery of a cold today ■*— is 3^ to
5^ — relief for the period of your
cold 151 to 25/. Hence no family
need neglect even minor head
colds.
Here is what to do: Take two
BAYER tablets when you feel a
cold coming on — with a full glass
of water. Then repeat, if necessary,
according to directions in each
package. Relief comes rapidly.
The Bayer method of relieving
colds is the way many doctors
approve. You take Bayer Aspirin
for relief — then if you are not
improved promptly, you call the
family doctor.
15 c ,
FOR 12
TABLETS
2 FULL DOZEN 2Sc
Virtually 1 cent a tablet
Pure in Purpose
No life can be pure in its pur
pose, and strong in its strife, and
all life not purer and stronger
thereby.—Owen Meredith.
EASE YOUR CHILD’S
CHEST COLD TONIGHT
Tonight, at bedtime, rub his little
chest with stainless, snow-white
Penetro. Penetro is the only salve
that has a base of old-fashioned
mutton suet together with 113% to
227% more medication than any
other nationally sold cold salve.
Creates thorough counter-irritant
action that increases blood flow,
stimulates body heat to ease the
tightness and pressure. Vaporizing
action helps to “open up” stuffy
nasal passages. 35c jar contains
twice 25c size. Ask for Penetro.
WNU—7
3—38
Stripes Are Chic
Two-color stripes and dotted fab
rics are featured for daytime in Le-
long’s midseason collection.
HELP KIDNEYS
To Get Rid of Acid
«nd Poisonous Waste
Your kidneys help to keep yoa-wd
by constantly filtering waste matter
from the blood. If your kidneys get
functionally disordered and fail to
remove excess impurities, there may be
K isoning of the whole system and
dy-wide distress.
Burning, scanty or too frequent uri
nation may be a warning of some kidney
or bladder disturbance.
You may suffer nagging backache,
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getting up nigbta, swelling, puffineee
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