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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
XTEW YORK.—The WPA barrel
-*■ ^ isn’t like the widow’s cruse of
oil in the Bible. They expect to be
scraping the bottom by next June.
U/BA T LI Wh ° ® GtS fired
WPA Trouble an d when is a
Shooter Finds naturally dis-
Relief in Clouds tressing prob
lem, falling
mainly on Dean Brimhall, trouble
shooter and handyman for the
WPA, who looks and talks like Sin
clair Lewis and who used to hunt
bears in Utah. Officially, he is di
rector of the section on employ
ment problems of the WPA, and
just now these problems loom up
like the peak range of his native
Rocky mountains.
Ax-grinders, angry congress
men, onion disputants, kickers,
fixers, Utopians, and what not
see Mr. Brimhall, and, when he
isn’t taking this rap, he is ex-
perting add editing administra
tion outputs on labor relations
and employment, making sur
veys on relief technique, or flying
In his own plane to some spot
where employment is ebbing. A
trap-drummer is just snoozing
along compared to Mr. Brim
hall. Merely getting a bear by
the tail was never like this. For
relief or nerve tension, he hops
into his plane now and then and
makes a getaway in the clouds,
which seems like a nice idea.
Reared in the Church of the Lat
ter Day Saints—his grandfather
trekked west with Brigham Young
—he was one of a group of twelve
Utah business men, Marriner Ec-
cles among them, who craved New
Deal action for some of their ideas.
Six of them are still active. On
the side, he still maintains a live
interest in four different concerns—
an airplane company, a railroad
company, a lumber business and
extensive real estate interests. Og
den is his home town.
He hauled coal to pay for his
education at Brigham Young
university, and one winter he
maintained his family nicely
with a shotgun, hunting large
and small game. Under Mc-
Keen Cattell at Columbia uni
versity, he studied experiment
al psychology and later taught
that subject at Columbia and
Brigham Young. He saw the
Wrights make their first Euro
pean flight and he has been in
terested in flying ever since—
flying and hunting. On every
week-end and holiday he’s high
in the sky, his plane poised and
pointed toward his beloved
Rockies. But there seems to
be no likelihood of bis doing a
“wrong-way Corrigan.”
He says he still could get a living
with a shotgun, but instead of his
gun he has to shoulder the troubles
of citizens less versatile.
npHE United States senate, pos-
sibly “standin’ in the need of
prayer,” does away with piece-work
supplication and puts praying on
• »» j 4 h e regular
Senate, in Need, daily schedule.
Puts Daily Task Last year, the
On Its Chaplain occasiohal
prayers by the
official chaplain, the Rev. Ze Bar
ney Thorne Phillips cost the govern
ment $420 a prayer. Now the rate
for each will be about $16, as Mr.
Phillips gets $1,680 a year.
The change was brought
about by a resolution by Sena
tor Neely, by which the senate
will be opened by prayer on
every calendar day, instead of
only on “legislative” days as in
the past. The latter are a fic
tion by which the senate may
free itself from things diurnal,
as effectively as did Joshua.
But, since the senate is entitled
to a good prayer on every real,
not figurative, working day, it
is going to get it. Possibly as
a tribute to Chaplain Phillips’
prayers, the vote on Senator
Neely’s resolution was unani
mous.
While both parties in the senate
have on many occasions claimed
divine guidance and inspiration for
their side, Mr. Phillips, although a
Republican, appointed by Calvin
Coolidge in 1927, has been strictly
non-partisan. He is a distinguished
Episcopalian clergyman, rector of
the Church of the Epiphany of
Washington, and has discharged his
office with simple eloquence and
dignity.
Chaplain Phillips, 63 years
old, is a native of Springfield,
Ohio, educated at Wittenberg
college and the General Theo
logical seminary. He engaged
in special studies at Oxford in
1910 and 1911 and has served
pastorates in Cincinnati, Chi
cago, St. Louis and Philadel
phia. His children are named
Faith, Deacon and Sallie Hews.
<b Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
New York-London Air Service Set for March
Undergoing trial flights for the civil aeronautics authority is one of Pan-American airways new 42-ton clip
per ships which will begin the first London-New York service the latter part of March. The new Boeing
strato-liner made her test flights at Seattle, Wash. The ship will carry more than 50 passengers, making one
flight a week in each direction at the start. Testing crew includes: left to right: Co-pilot Julius Barr, Test
Pilot Edmund T. Allen, and Co-pilot Earl Ferguson.
HE LEARNS HOW
Sir Kingsley Wood, British air
minister, operates an automatic ar
moured fire position in a Tolworth,
England, aircraft plant. The units
are being installed on fighting
planes.
‘Weddings, Bah!’, Says Young Attendant
Could it be possible this little attendant is that sorry for the bride
groom? Regardless of the cause, he burst into tears during the recent
wedding ceremony of Miss Heromoine Llewellyn and the Earl of Ran-
furly at St. George’s in London. His shy bridesmaid tries consoling him,
but to no avail.
Mooney Silent on Rumored Divorce Plans
When questioned recently in San Francisco concerning plans for his divorce Thomas Mooney, second from
left, pardoned labor leader, stated he had nothing to say as his domestic life has a bearing on Warren Bil
lings' chance for a pardon. Billings was convicted of taking part in the 1916 San Francisco bombing. Mrs.
Rena Mooney, second from right, collapsed when told that her husband planned on getting a divorce. Mrs.
Mooney is employed on a WPA music project in San Francisco.
Tortoise and Hare Resume Racing Feud
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The tortoise and the hare are at it again! This time “Pinky,” the
hare, gets a free ride on “Mike,” 78-pound turtle which the Illinois
department of conservation will exhibit at the Chicago National Boat
and Sports show February 26 through March 5. Mike is just gaining ma
turity at the youthful age of 108.
TO SUCCEED GAMELIN
Gen. Alphonse Georges, above, is
expected to succeed to the post of
chief of the French general staff
when Gen. Marie Gustave Gamelin,
who has passed the legal retirement
age of 65, retires. Georges has been
second in command to Gamelin and
has long been an influential factor
in French governmental circles.
Star Dust
^ King Tyrone Off the Air
-Jc Joan Signs for 5 Years
"fa Fan Gets New Illusions
By Virginia Vale
T HERE’LL be no more Ty
rone Power on the radio,
by order of his boss, Darryl
Zanuck, production head of
Twentieth Century-Fox. Mr.
Zanuck made this announce
ment as a result of pro
tests from theater exhibitors
against too many appear
ances of screen stars on radio
programs. Mr. Zanuck stated
that he had no quarrel with
radio, but that the stars were en
dangered because it was so difficult
to get adequate material for those
weekly appearances, especially
since it must be new.
So Tyrone, recently elected king
of the movies by some 22,000 news
paper readers, had to go off the air.
*
Joan Blondell has tied up her
future again, so far as making
movies is concerned.
She’s signed with
Columbia to make
two pictures a year
for five years, and
starts the ball roll
ing with “Good
Girls Go to Paris,
Too,” originally
scheduled for Jean
Arthur. It’s said
that Columbia want
ed to borrow her for
that one some
months ago, and
that Warner Broth
ers’ refusal to lend her was at least
partly responsible for her winding
up her contract.
*
“Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs” will be retired from cir
culation the first of April, after
breaking records in every impor
tant city all over the world, and will
probably be re-issued again about
this time next year. It cost $1,700,-
000 to make, and will gross about
eight million. It played in 41 coun
tries, and was the first sound pic
ture to be translated into a “talking
book” for the blind. And “Dopey”
got more fap mail than all the other
characters put together.
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Joan
Blondell
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Madeleine
Carroll
When Madeleine Carroll paused
recently in New York 6n her way
from Europe to Hol
lywood she shat
tered one movie
fan’s illusions. The
movie - mad girl
went to a smart
night club, and dur
ing the course of
the evening noticed
a rather buxom
young lady who
danced every dance
with great enthusi
asm. She had on
rather dismal look
ing gun-metal col
ored hose and very flat shoes, re
ported the movie fan. Decidedly
not smart. But her hat was an un-
copyable French bicorne, and the
collar of her suit marked it as one
of the latest efforts of a famous
French modiste.
Suddenly the rather buxom young
lady smiled, and the movie fan
wilted. She had recognized Miss
Carroll—and had learned that movie
stars, when left to their own de
vices, aren’t always as smartly
dressed as they are on the screen.
Incidentally, the next Carroll pic
ture is “Cafe Society,” and the one
after that is called “Air Raid,” and
is the story of two young people
caught in a city in the war zone.
*
Hollywood has to be awfully care
ful about these war pictures. In
“Idiot’s Delight,” for example, Es
peranto was used instead of Italian,
French or German, just to avoid
the danger of angry protests from
foreign governments. When it was
done as a play no such precaution
was taken.
*
When fame begins to come to a
radio performer it certainly comes
fast. Kay Kyser, the orchestra
leader, wasn’t particularly well
known even so recently as a year
ago. Now he’s so well established
at the top of the ladder that when
he signed recently to appear with
his band at a New York movie
house the contract called for a sal
ary of $12,500 a week—an all-time
high.
*
Want to know what sort of thing
is likely to trouble big executives?
It seems that there were weeks of
huddles over the title for Raymond
Paige’s new program. It was to be
called “100 Men and a Girl,” and
Paige had 100 men in his band,
and the girl was Hildegarde and
everything was fine. But Universal
owned the title—remember the pic
ture by that name? Eventually
somebody thought up “99 Men and
a Girl,” and after more indecision
because that was pretty close to
the original it was cleared.
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ODDS AND ENDS — Phil Baker's
sponsor has never seen either Baker or
the cast of his radio program, so the
broadcast is to be shifted to Honolulu
for a time . . . Edgar Guest and Andre
Kostelanetz, the orchestra leader (and
husband of Lily Pons) are collaborat
ing on a song.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Tufted Tassels for
That Colorful Accent
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
««tSeAR MRS. SPEARS: I am
a bride of six months and
your Book 1—SEWING for the
Home Decorator has certainly
been a life saver for me. I have
turned to it for help when making
things for every room in our little
house. The guest room is next. I
would like to use yellow to bright
en it up. What color could be
combined with this? My smart ef
fects must be accomplished with
^-BROWN .
CANDLEWICKING/
^YELLOW GINGHAM
FOR CURTAINS
AND RUFFLE-
USE A BOX FOR
SEAT-PAD TOP
WITH COTTON
AND COVER WITH
BROWN GINGHAM
spare minutes rather than expen
sive materials, so I would appre
ciate a helpful hint along this
line.—M. S.”
If you really want to make that
yellow guest room smart, use
touches of brown to add charac
ter. I have sketched an idea for
you here. Mark your material
with little dashes about six inches
apart and then make the tassels
as shown. For the bedspread, re
verse the color scheme, using yel
low tassels on brown material.
Several rows of the tassels may
make a border for spread or cur
tains instead of an all-over design
if desired.
Now is the time for all of us
to give our houses a fresh start.
Crisp new curtains; a bright slip
cover; new lampshades; or an ot
toman will do the trick. Make
these things yourself. Mrs. Spears’
Book 1—SEWING, for the Home
Decorator, shows you how with
step-by-step, easy to follow
sketches. Book 2, Gifts, Novelties
and Embroidery, will give you a
new interest. It contains com
plete directions for making many
useful things. Books are 25 cents
each. If you order both books, a
crazypatch quilt leaflet is included
FREE; it illustrates 36 authentic
embroidery stitches in detail. Ad
dress Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Des-
plaines St., Chicago, 111.
A Three Days’ Cough
Is Your Danger Signal
No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your common
cough, chest cold, or bronchial irri
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be brewing and you cannot afford
to take a chance with any remedy
less potent than Creomulsion, which
goes right to the seat of the trouble
and aids nature to soothe and heal
the inflamed mucous membranes
and to loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don’t be discouraged, try Creomul
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene
fits obtained. Creomulsion is ono
word, ask for it plainly, see that the
name on the bottle is Creomulsion,
and you’ll get the genuine product
and the relief you want. (Adv.)
Goal of Honesty
The very spring and root of hon
esty and virtue lie in the felicity
Df lightning on good education.—
Plutarch.
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Effects of Learning
Learning makes a good man
better and an ill man worse.—
Thomas Fuller.
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Modern life with its hurry and worry,
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drinking—its risk of exposure and infec
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of the kidneys. They are apt to become
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You msy suffer nagging backache,
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