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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
N
EW YORK.—Is the “czar” on
his way out? Before and since
the elevation of Judge Landis and
Will Hays we have hired benevolent
autocrats, in
Impartial Ump
Pushing ‘Czar*
Into Discard?
times of stress
and confusion,
but now the New
York city hotel
industry hires, instead, an “impar
tial chairman,** with labor concur
ring, as he will represent both em-
* ployers and labor. Is this a prece
dent, or is the title just a euphe
mism for “czar”?
Granite-faced, tight-lipped Ed-
- ward P. Mulrooney gets the umpir
ing job, at $25,000 a year. He also
is now entitled to his $6,000 yearly
pension, as a former police commis
sioner, withheld while he held pub
lic office. In 1933, he became chair*
man of the state alcoholic beverage
control board, and later state com
missioner of correction, from which
office he will resign accept the
hotel post.
He started pounding a beat
in West street forty-eight years
ago, when Theodore Roosevelt
was police commissioner. He
first hit the headlines by rescu
ing women and children in a
small boat when the Slocum
burned. As a “waterfront flat-
foot,** he was known as a “cop’s
cop,” always having his mind
<m his work.
He became police commissioner
in 1930. He gave his men orders
to shoot to kill, and set shotgun
squads patrolling the city. He
roughed up the racketeers a lot,
and, when he was switched to the
Albany liquor control job in 1933,
the word was out that certain anti
social, anti-cop elements had desired
the transfer and helped bring it
about.
At 68, his reddish hair is turn
ing brindle. His ferrety eyes
reveal a penetrating alertness
of mind. He looks a great deal
like General Pershing. It would
seem unlikely that anybody in
the hotel business here will be
giving the umpire any back-
talk.
^^EWS reports from Havana are
^ that, when Colonel Fulgeqcio
Batista, Cuba’s strong man, visited
Mexico, he was regarded by some
s* • b • of his conserva-
Cuoan Business tive supporters
Frowns on Left as having gone
Tumof Batata ° ver th «
“wrong side of
the tracks.” There was particular
displeasure over his fraternizing
with President Cardenas of Mexico,
and business representation at his
welcome-home ceremonies was con
spicuously lacking. He told the
crowd of cheering workers that
“if capital does not wish to respect
the desires and rights of the people,
the resulting confusion will work
against its own aspirations.”
This is one of several recent
signs that the one-time cane-
rustler, barber, buck private
and stenographer who now runs
Cuba is veering left, after a
wide swing to the right. v Soon
after his seizure of power, with
the downfall of Machado in
August, 1933, he reassured the
“law and order” elements, and
left-wingers have been pasting
him as the “Hitler of Cuba.**
He made peace with foreign and
native industrialists, and, from
all accounts, they are jolted con
siderably by his getting clubby
with Cardenas, the ‘Expropria
tor.** He is circulating much
more than he used to, and there
is talk that he aspires to be the
“Napoleon of the Caribbean.**
His hole-card is the army, which
he commands efficiently as chief
of staff. A big, reticent, swarthy
man, 37 years old, he says little
and keeps a sharp, wary eye on his
soldiers.
ITH a bullet in his shoulder
and one heel shot away, Dr.
Oswaldo Aranha, foreign minister
of Brazil, is an effective emissary
a i -ri* r. °* P ea ce in the
Aranha Thinks western hemi-
It Time to Stow sphere, and the
Shooting Irons white hope of
our State de
partment, as he visits this country.
He was the leader of five revolu
tions in eight years, including the
one which established Dr. Getulio
Vargas, the present president of
;Brazil.
His present mission Is mainly
financial. It is possible that a
central bank of Brazil will grow
out of it, with the United States
supplying $50,000,000 capital. He
is 43 years old, the son of a
wealthy hidalgo in Rio Grande
do Sul. His life activities have
been the army, law and poli
tics. When President Vargas
set up his one-man state last
year. Doctor Aranha’s co-oper
ation was taken in this country
as reassurance against Euro
pean fascism in that country.
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WNU Service.
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Youthful Princess Visits Nursery
Princess Josephine Charlotte, 11, oldest daughter of the king of the
Belgians, is already taking her place in public life. She is seen amid
children and nurses during a recent visit to a public nursery in Brussels,
Belgium. The little princess is one of the most popular members of
Belgian nobility.
HUNGRY BARONET
When Andrew Ashton Waller Hills
of London, five-year-old son of the
late John Waller Hills, privy coun
cilor, was informed that King
George VI had conferred a baronet
cy on him he thought it was some
thing to eat. His father would have
been honored by the king at New
Year’s ceremonies but for his death
Christmas eve.
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
By
Elmo Scott Watson
French Army Rushes Tunisian Fortifications
Keystone of the French colonial empire in Africa, Tunisia is a plum highly prized by the Italian Fascists.
Should it fall into Italy’s hands, the Mediterranean could be closed easily to French and British communi
cations. Fully aware of these strategical considerations, France has been openly rushing Tunisian fortifications.
On the Mareth line, near the Libyan border, France has stationed 35,000 soldiers—Zouaves and the Foreign
Legion. Italian troops in Libya are reported at 60,000. At the left French troops are camouflaging concrete
pillboxes along the defense line, so they will blend with the surrounding desert. Right: This is a typical native
soldier serving on the Libyan border.
BRIGADIER GENERAL
First native born soldier of the U.
S. territory of Puerto Rico to be
made a brigadier general in the na
tional guard or regular army is
Luis Paul Esteves, former colonel
recently elevated by President
Roosevelt. He is now the highest
ranking army officer in Uncle Sam’s
tropical island, regarded as a strate
gic outpost for the Panama canal.
Jeep Proves Popular at Sports Show
An albino coati mundi (otherwise known as a jeep) enjoys a good
laugh at the expense of onlookers at an outdoor show in New York. He
was exhibited by Mrs. Eugenia S. Sharrock of that city, and is the only
known animal of its kind in captivity. Visitors didn’t know if he was
bored, amused or hungry.
Anti-Nazi Demonstrators Quelled by New York Police
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Thousands of anti-Nazi demonstrators gathered outside Madison Square Garden in New York recently
when the German-American bund held an “Americanization” rally inside the building. Mounted police and
hundreds of patrolmen were necessary to quell riots. Storm troopers protected me^mbers of the bund by
patrolling the aisles during the meeting. Pictured here is a photographer busy snapping pictures of a small
riot in which 200 took part. *
The Redoubtable
Mme. La Compt
IN THE year 1734 a daughter was
1 born to the La Flammes, a
French family living at St. Joseph
on Lake Michigan. While she was
still a little girl, her parents moved
to Mackinac and there she grew up
and married her first husband,
Pilette de Sainte Ange.
In 1765 Sainte Ange took his wife
to the site of the future city of Chi-
I cago where they lived for several
years. After a time she became fa
miliar with the language of the
Pottawatomies and other tribes,
studying their character and acquir
ing a great influence over them.
When Sainte Ange died, his widow
moved to the French village of Ca-
hokia on the Mississippi. She soon
married again, this time to a Ca
nadian named La Compt. During
the Revolution, the Cahokia villag
ers, whom George Rogers Clark had
won to the American cause, were
in constant danger of attack by the
Indian allies of the British, as were
the American settlers in the early
days of the Territory of Illinois.
Many times Mme. La Compt
was awakened in the dead of night
by Indian friends who urged her to
seek safety in St. Louis. But, in
stead of fleeing, Mme. La Compt in
variably set out alone to meet the
hostiles and dissuade them from
their purpose. Sometimes she
stayed with them for days before
she succeeded. More than once the
fearful villagers of Cahokia, armed
and ready for an attack, saw a
strange procession' coming out of
the woods—a band of warriors with
their war-paint freshly washed
away and humbly obeying the or
ders given them by the tall white
woman marching ahead of them!
After rearing a large family of
children, Mme. La Compt was wid
owed again. Again she was mar
ried, this time to an American
named Tom Brady. She outlived
him for 30 years and died in Ca
hokia in 1843 at the age of 109 years.
• • •
A Monument to Failure
] ONG’S PEAK, the highest in Col-
orado, is not only a memorial
to its first American discoverer,
Maj. Stephen H. Long, of the En
gineers Corps of the United States
army, but it is also a monument to
a great failure.
In 1819 the United States govern
ment was preparing to send a great
army into the Upper Missouri coun
try to establish a military post to
protect and extend the fur trade.
The expedition was also expected to
add to the scientific knowledge of
the West and Major Long was di
rected to take with him a group of
scientists for this purpose.
With a small and inadequately
supplied force, he crossed the plains
to the base of the Rockies and spent
some time exploring that region.
When he returned he made a re
port that was destined to become
famous for its inaccuracies. “In re
gard to this extensive section of
the country,” he wrote, “we do not
hesitate in giving our opinion that
it is almost wholly unfit for cultiva
tion, and of course uninhabitable by
a people depending upon agriculture
for their subsistence.”
More than any other man, per
haps, he was responsible 'or fixing
upon the maps of the United States
of that time the words “The Great
American Desert” and those words
retarded development of that coun
try for nearly half a century.
• • • .
Sharpshooter and Spy
V IRGINIA MOON of Memphis,
Tenn., was 16 years old and go
ing to school in Ohio when the Civil
war broke out. She immediately
asked for passage through the Union
lines to Tennessee and was refused.
So, when the Union flag was first
raised on the school grounds, she
shot every star out of it, one by one.
The results were immediate and
most favorable—she was expelled
from school and sent home to Mem
phis, which was just exactly what
she wanted.
She was not only a good marks-
woman—she was pretty and self-
confident. Her beauty and other
charms enabled her to become en
gaged to 16 young Confederate army
recruits, all at the same time. This
wasn’t very honest, she admitted
years later, but it made the young
soldiers feel good and didn’t make
her feel bad.
As the war went on, Gen. Sterling
Price appointed her special agent
and she carried dispatches and
other information back and forth
from Union to Confederate territory.
Several times she was arrested by
Northern soldiers, being acquitted
on one occasion but found guilty and
served short sentences on others.
She was the only Confederate
woman spy whose unusual career
did not end with the war or with
spying. At the age of 75 she be
came a movie actress in Hollywood.
She appeared with Pola Negri and
Mary Miles Minter and other prom
inent stars before her death in
Greenwich Village at the age of 81.
C Western Newspaper Union.
New Frocks That
Are So Flattering
'^'O. 1684.—The belted dress with
flaring skirt and braid trims
has shirred shoulders and a gath
ered bodice to give pretty fullness
over the bust. Braid is used to
accent the gay, youthful lines of
this dress, which will be charm
ing in thin wool, flat crepe or
print.
Bodice Gathers.
No. 1679.—If you take a large
size, you will find the dress
with lifted waistline and circular
skirt extremely becoming, and so
smart for afternoon parties. It
fits beautifully, thanks to gathers
on the shoulders and above the
waistline, and to the smooth,
slim hipline. Choose faille, flat
crepe, chiffon or georgette for this
lovely design.
The Patterns.
No. 1684 is designed for sizes
12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14 re
quires 4% yards of 39 inch ma
terial. 17% yards of braid.
No. 1679 is designed for sizes
36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52.
Size 38 requires 5 yards of 39 inch
material. 1% yards of edging.
Spring Pattern Book.
Send 15 cents for the Barbara
Bell Spring Pattern Book, which
is now ready. Make yourself at
tractive, practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-
to-make patterns.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,’
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
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