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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1938 Weekly News Review France, Britain Turn to U. S. In Search for War Support By Joseph W. LaBine Domestic Chief U. S. interest in the current European squabble free FOREIGN) has been America’s chance of stay ing neutral. If they once felt secure under the state department’s isola tion policy, under the neutrality act •r under the Johnson act forbidding loans to debtor nations, that cozy /eeling was dissipated last fall. In hi* famed Chicago speech, Franklin Roosevelt pointed to the hopeless ness of isolation, favored aggressive U. S. action to preserve world peace. Last month, Franklin Roosevelt spoke again at Kingston, Ont., promised American aid against in vasion of Canada. Though any U. S. President would favor such a AMBASSADOR BULLITT m No human being could say . . ." policy, the Canadian speech came at a time when anxious British and French were seeking allies in their bluff game against Adolf Hitler. Thus, into the international spot light were thrown U. S. Ambassa dors Joseph P. Kennedy to Great Britain, William C. Bullitt to France. To each fell the job of ex plaining U. S. policy in European foreign offices. Last week, each spoke, cutting through diplomatic red tape in a blunt manner that made touchy British statesmen quake, that made the folks back home shudder over the realities of Europe’s current crisis. At Bordeaux, Ambassador Bullitt uncorked a bombshell, flavoring an informal talk on French wines with bouquets about U. S.-French friend ship. Said he: “France and the United States are indefectively unit ed in war as in peace ... by our devotion to liberty and democracy ... by our old friendship, by the aid we brought each other in our hour of distress.” "" Next day, dedicating a monument to American World war dead, he spoke again: “If war should break out in Europe no human being could say whether the United States would become involved.” But in the very next breath he gave proud France and Great Brit ain another thought to mull over, hinting that Germany’s present eco nomic plight might be their respon sibility: “If our effort for peace is to achieve anything, it must be based on the ability to put ourselves in other men’s shoes, recognizing the truth of this saying: ’There, but for the grace of God, go I.* ” In London, Ambassador Kennedy emerged from a conference with Prime Minister Neville Chamber- lain 1 ' blurting to newsmen that Brit ain wanted to know whether she could expect U. S. aid. No sooner had he spoken than the London Eve ning News criticized Joe Kennedy’s outspokenness. Obviously proud England was piqued that the world should know she was actively seek ing U. S. aid. But that did not stop him from rushing to Aberdeen, Scotland, where he demanded that the world’s youth be given a better deal than “a short life carrying a gun.” Foreign' Italy’s Benito Mussolini, who could do no better than create mild furore with an anti-Jewish drive, must have envied the headlines being made by his fellow dictator, Adolf Hitler. Since early August, the one time Austrian housepainter has kept all Europe in a “crisis,” until last week the word “crisis” began losing its significance. To Berchtesgaden, der fuehrer’s Alpine chalet, sped Konrad Henlein, Czechoslovakian Sudeten leader whose followers want autonomy and eventual annexation by Germany. While Fuehrer Henlein talked with Fuehrer Hitler, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop closeted himself in Berlin with Great Britain’s Ambassador Nevile Henderson, emerged after assuring the nervous Englishman that Ger many plans no hasty step in the Czech squabble. But Europe had a hopeless case of war fever. If Adolf Hitler’s 1,000,- 000 war-gaming soldiers had gone home, tension might have been re lieved. Instead, several hundred thousand Nazi warriors massed on the Rhine frontier, visiting new for tifications they would use in a war on France. Paris bristled immedi ately. Almost overnight, 300,000 re servists were rushed to the Maginot line. Meanwhile, Great Britain enjoyed another spell of worrying, notifying Ambassador Henderson that he might warn Germany of England’s inability to remain out of any con flict der fuehrer might start. . Inas much as Ambassador Henderson has been alternately warning and pleading with Germany since early August, his ultimatum probably fell on deaf ears. At Prague, observers watched the result of Konrad Henlein’s conversa tion. England’s mediator, Viscount Runciman, scurried around. The Czech cabinet met secretly, finally emerged to offer Sudetens (1) terri torial autonomy; (2) recognition of their full equality in the Czechoslo vak state; (3) recognition of full equality of the German language in Sudeten areas. This, amounting to complete sur render, might have created a sensa tion had Adolf Hitler not been steal ing the show again. At Nuremberg, before 1,000,000 Nazis attending the annual party congress, der fuehrer defied the world, boasted of Ger many’s power and praised his two lukewarm allies, Japan and Italy. • At Takaoka, fire leveled 2,000 buildings, caused 100 deaths. At Osaka, 15,000 homes were flooded. At Kobe, 31 ships sank. Such was the aftermath of Japan’s second typhoon in five days. Politics Behind Franklin Roosevelt lay two smarting political defeats. South Carolina’s Democrats had elected Ellison D. (“Cotton Ed”) Smith over his objection. California’s Democrats had licked his favorite. Sen. William Gibbs McAdoo. These defeats, plus 'earlier primary shel lackings, plus the prospect of more losses in Maryland and Georgia, made Franklin Roosevelt realize that next winter’s congress will be stubborn as an army mule and com pletely devoid of party lines. Mulling these thoughts, the Pres ident soon offered a solution. At his semi-weekly press conference he announced his support of liberal candidates regardless of their polit ical ancestry. Boasted he: “If there is a good liberal running on the Republican ticket, I would not have the slightest objection to his election. Good of country rises above party.” In effect, Mr. Roosevelt said he could no longer be regarded as an organization Democrat, that he is a liberal—whatever that means—in this fall’s primaries, in November’s election, and in 1940. The President’s apparent hope was that enough liberals, both Re publican and Democratic, will be elected next November to give Roosevelt liberalism a clear ma jority over conservatives of both parties. If that was his idea. Re publican Chairman John D. M. Hamilton found the statement a con venient signal for another of his fanatical tirades against New Deal- ism. Explained he: “The true Repub licans running for congress this year are liberals. Most of the Demo crats seeking re-election are not. Tnie liberals are those making a determined fight against centraliza tion of powers in one man. True liberals would never vote for . . . New Deal schemes to restrict pro duction . . . for irresponsible fiscal measures.” Soundest comment came from Il linois’ Sen. James Hamilton Lewis, vacationing in California where CHAIRMAN HAMILTON "True Republicans ... are liberals. 1 * Sheridan Downey had just won sen atorial nomination on a state pen sion platform. “There are no na tional political parties left in the nation,” he said. “The California election ... is an expression of what may now come in every state ... of gentlemen running for fed eral office upon wholly state issues and local remedies.” Three days later, Franklin Roose velt spoke at Denton, Md., seeking the scalp of Sen. Millard E. Tydings. Again hitting the liberalism tack, he answered “Ham” Lewis’ comment: “The Democratic party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party. If it reverts, it will fail.” .3. WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON Only Doc Mullican Stayed Put Lola Leads Trek to Hollywood N EW YORK.—In Indianola, Iowa, the only member of the Mulli can family who stayed that way was Doc Mullican, the town dentist. One of his daughters married, and the four others be came the Lane sisters of Hollywood. Had he lived a few months longer, the father would have witnessed the grand slam success of three of the girls, Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola, in the new film “Four Daughters.” The home background of the Lane girls is such that it suggests Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy, these antece dents somehow easing into the pic ture, to the delight of the audience and the quite unrestrained enthusi asm of the critics. It is too bad that Leota couldn’t have been the fourth daughter—this without dis paragement of Gale Page, who gets a full share of honors. Leota is aiming at the Metropolitan and is now studying at the Juilliard School of Music. The only sources of excitement in Indianola, 21 miles south of Des Moines on the Rock Island, were the 3:15 tfrain and the Methodist col lege. The Mullican girls, all musi cally gifted and all good looking, became locally famous for their home musicales and their party stunts. Lola, eldest of the four, met Gus Edwards, away out on the kerosene circuit, 18 miles from Indianola. She persuaded him to give her a tryout. That led to a vaudeville engagement, and later to Hollywood. It was Edwards who tagged her Lola Lane. Leota moved out next, also in vaudeville, while Priscilla and Rosemary were still in school. But, at the ages of 14 and 16, respectively, the two latter rounded out the quartette in Holly wood, in “Varsity Show.” They have a grand house, showy cars, silks and sables and what-not— in the Hollywood routine—but their public doesn’t begrudge them their slice of the American dream, hs long as they so faithfully portray its “Little Women” of poignant mem ory. “Four Daughters,” of modest pro duction cost, was quietly unveiled without any fuss whatsoever. Crit ics headline it as a “sensational success.” The lesson seems to be that the picture moguls, downheart ed about the business and ready to spend until it hurts, are overlooking the pulling power of not necessarily expensive taste, simplicity, and sound dramatic craftsmanship, in lieu of a million dollars. • • • IF IT hasn’t already happened, it 1 is pretty nearly a certainty that someone will give Commodore Rob ert B. Irving, master of the Queen Mary, a pipe for breaking the At lantic speed rec ord. He collects pipes and smokes them almost constantly, and impor tant occasions in his life are usually signalized by the ceremonious pre sentation of a B.B.B.—Best British Briar—which type of pipes features his collection of several hundred. The tall, smiling, wind-and-sun- tanned skipper is a border Scots man of Kirtlebridge, Dunfreeshire, 61 years old, a sailing man for 47 years, 35 years with the Cunard line, barring time out for war service. He is deliberate, friendly, chatty and easy-going, the last man in the world to pose for the portrait of a speed demon. Next to pipes, his hobby is collecting carvings of min iature elephants. The son of a retired army colonel, with no seafaring folk anywhere in his line, he went to sea at 12 on the school ship Conway, and, at 14, shipped on a four-master around the horn to San Francisco. He joined the Cunard line as fourth officer. His first command was the Venno- nia, and later he was master of many of the crack ships of the line, including the Lusitania, in 1914, and the Aquitania. In his native Kirtlebridge, he lives in a house built in 1770, tramps through his 1,500 acres of copse and moors, works in his garden and raises spaniels. As one who has ranged the world through nearly half a century, he. is happiest when headed homeward, for there he is the kilted chief of the ancient Irv ing clan, and there his heart is. C Consolidated News Features. WNU Service. Master of Queen Mary Likes Pipes ’We Must Hang Together’ “We must hang together” is one of the famous puns in history and is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. When the Declaration of Independ ence was signed, John Hancock, president of the continental con gress, put his name to the docu ment first. “Now we must all hang together,” he remarked as he wrote his name. “Yes, indeed,” retorted Doctor Franklin, “we must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” The SALLY SMILE — By— D. J. Walsh Copyrisht WNU Service \/IRS. FINNEY had called to see Miss Bowman, and the two women were in close conver sation in Miss Bowman’s private office. Miss Bowman was chief executive of the governing board of the hospital, and Mrs. Finney was a director. “Well, it simply has come to this,” Miss Bowman said, wiping her eyeglasses nervously, “we’ll have to close the hospital, if we can’t get something to run it on. The citizens have done nobly— nobly, but they can’t do every thing. It remains for some mon eyed person to come to the front now.” “Like Mrs. Chichester?” sug gested Mrs. Finney. Mrs. Finney was a small, eager woman, who looked rather worn from the long- continued struggle of keeping the precious little hospital going on next to nothing a year. “Yes! Mrs. Chichester. She is our richest citizen. She could give $50,000 and never feel it.” “But would she?” “There’s the question. I’m afraid she wouldn’t. I’ve ap proached her unsuccessfully—” “So have I,” moaned Mrs. Fin ney. “Well, you can’t force a per son to give up her money, that’s certain. I suppose it’s hopeless.” “I don’t know about that. I’ve been thinking I’d send Sally Drew to her and see what good that would do.” “Sally Drew!” Mrs. Finney jumped. “She’s the very one. I’ll see her this afternoon.” Sally Drew was a tiny woman with hair like snowy wool and a pale pointed little face. Her eyes were wonderful, so bright, so black, so alive. They danced in her face. But her smile was more wonderful than her eyes. The smile came now at sight of Mrs. Finney. “Julia!” she cried. “Come right, in.” In Sally’s small living room, so old-fashioned, so cozy, and withal so well suited to Sally herself, Julia Finney told her story. “Well, what do you want me to do?” Sally asked. “I want you to go to Helen Chi chester and get her to give us $5,000. That will keep the hos pital running for one year. After that—but we’ll hope.” Sally’s smile vanished. She was silent an instant. “I’ll go, of course,” she said quietly. Mrs. Finney arose. “Sally, you’re a dear. If any one can do it you can. You are our last resort.” At 9, just as Mrs. Finney was ready to fly to pieces with sus pense, Sally walked in. The Sally smile was bright indeed. “I couldn’t get away sooner. Helen wouldn’t let me come. You A Costly Road The Pulaski skyway is probably the most expensive road in the world for its length. The part of it that is raised is three miles long and cost $21,000,000. The ap proaches cost an additional $19,- 000,000. This roadway is 50 feet in width and can easily accommo date five lanes of traffic. It is estimated that 20,000,000 motor vehicles use it annually. It passes over both the Hackensack and the Passaic rivers and the New Jer sey Meadows. see, we haven’t spoken before in thirty years—” “What?” gasped Mrs. Finney. “Thirty years,” nodded Sally. "I did hate to go. But after I got there it was all right. Here’s your money.” She drew a check from her handbag and gave it to Julia. “Fifty thousand dollars!” Mrs. Finney could just articulate. “But we hoped your smile would do it.” “It did.” Sally grew grave. “Thir ty years ago Helen got the man I wanted. But no one ever knew it except her and me, for the day she was married I pinned on my smile and I’ve worn it ever since.” She paused reflectively. “She says she was puzzled for thirty years over my smile. We made a fair exchange. 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