McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, July 06, 1939, Image 2
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939
■»
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
• * - • -* . ■.+* ~ i
N EW YORK.—Filming of Kip
ling’s “The Light That Failed”
on the New Mexico desert, near
Santa Fe, was delayed the other
day when
Sandstorm Mild
Compared to
Director’s Past
a
savage wind
blew the tents
away. The pug
nacious William
Wellman, the director, long known
as “Wild Bill,” enjoys fighting sand
storms, having licked one almost
single-handed when ,he was filming
“Beau Geste,” in Arizona. He
probably got a few good shots of the
storm and will work them into
the film, with his gift for.improvi
sation.
He was the flying partner of
I Tommy Hitchcock, the polo
; player, in the Lafayette Esca-
drille in the World war, and re
vealed an instinct for showman
ship by playing tones on Ger
man tower bells with a machine
gun as he zipped around the
belfry. It was said that, before
the Germans dropped him in a
tree and sent him home, he
could peg out “Silver Threads
Among the Gold” without a
sour note.
In aviation films, he has employed
effectively both his histrionic talents
and his training in air acrobatics.
His film, “Wings,” of 1928, touched
off his expanding fame. “Men
With Wings,” of last year, rated
by discerning critics as a top-
bracket film, told the story of avia
tion from the day of the Wright
brothers’ first flight.
He was known at times,
around Hollywood, as “Screwball
Bill,” but has simmered down
considerably since he married
Dorothy Coonan, finding a des
ert sandstorm only mildly di
verting, considering his rough-
and-tumble past.
He is, however, as Irish as ever,
and his famous serial fight with an
unknown Paris antagonist probably
will continue. On leave in Paris,
_ . he found it nec-
Engages in a essary to re-
Serial Fight buke an offen-
Wifh Unknown f iye , stranger
by knocking
him stiff as a plank. Late, in Chi
cago, the stranger, spying Mr. Well
man on the street, did the same to
him. A year or two later, in Holly
wood, seeing his unknown sparring
partner crossing the street, Mr.
Wellman put himself one up by a
blow to the chin. There have been
other encounters. I believe the score
is now even. But he bears no grudge.
It is just a detail of his native ebul
lience, which leads him to such de
vices as galvanizing the chairs on
the lot so his working crew can't
sit down.
With Capra, La Cava and
Hitchcock, he is achieving a
sharp characterization and fin
ished technique, as the movies
get into long pants and offer
adult entertainment. He grew
up in Brookline, Mass., tried
to sell chocolates and woolen
goods, but didn’t, went to the
war with an ambulance unit
and won the Croix de Guefre
with the Lafayette Escadrille.
< His friend, Douglas Fairbanks
Sr., steered him to Hollywood,
f soon after the war, as a mes
senger boy for Goldwyn. In 10
years, he did almost everything
for every studio in Hollywood,
before he hit his stride with
- “Wings.”
rt
h He is 43, slender, whippy, with a
touch of gray in his curly brown
l|hair, and is apt to sock anybody in
Pan argument and then affectionate
ly ;ly buy him a drink. “A Star Is
iiBorn” hiked his fame considerably.
’"PHIS reporter asked several in-
* formed persons if they knew
that a woman was assistant secre-
f tary of the United States treasury.
! Women in Office None ° f them
No Longer Rate
* Scare Heads*
did. Mrs. Blair
Banister, who
holds that of
fice, would find
that. She tells
encouragement m
the Regional Conference of Demo
cratic Women at Washington that
the decreasing public excitement
about women in office is a good
sign. Their status in public life,
if that’s what interests them, is so
assured that they no longer rate
“glaring headlines” when they are
put in a responsible post.
Mrs. Banister is a sister of
Senator Carter Glass, one of
a family of six boys and six
girls, all following their father’s
business—newspaper work. Her
sister, Dr. Meta Glass, is presi
dent of Sweetwater college. Mrs.
Banister left Lynchburg, Va., in
1919, to assist George Creel’s
committee on public informa
tion. She was appointed to the
treasury post in July, 1933.
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
Kansas City Tots Scorn Modem Swing Music
Swing music is definitely out as far as members of the Kansas City Toy Symphony orchestra are con
cerned. Appearing recently iat the Golden Gate International exposition in San Francisco, the orchestra
was led by young Lloyd Frederick, playing marimba, xylophone and orchestra bells in a series of difficult
numbers. The tots, from 3!4 to 9 years of age, are members of a Kansas City musical school.
Heil! Heil! The Gang’s All Here: Can You Name ’Em?
Diplomat, dummy and duke—they’re all included in this controversial caricature done by Conrad W.
Massaguer, Cuban cartoonist, for the private restaurant of the Cuban pavilion at the New York World’s
fair. The drawing shows (right of daqcer) Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia playing maracas for the rhumba
dance, President Roosevelt playing the bull fiddle, Gov. Lehman the drum and Grover Whalen the guitar.
At left of dancer, first row; King Victor Emmanuel, Premier Mussolini, Mahatma Ghandi, Charlie Chap
lin, Charlie McCarthy and the duke of Windsor. Rear row includes King Carol, John L. Lewis, Marshal Goer-
ing, George Bernard Shaw, Haile Selassie, Prime Minister Chamberlain, King Gustaf and Joseph Stalin.
Pedal Plane Speedy—At Least on Ground
Resembling a winged baby buggy, this peculiar looking contraption
Is the invention of Paul Fouilleul (right) of Paris. The propeller is pow
ered by pedals. M. Fouilleul has not as yet attempted to take off, but
has high hopes that the plane will fly. Ground tests have shown a possible
speed of 35 kilometers per hour.
No Alibis Accepted for Tardiness
Beauty leaders from five of the Big Ten universities, chosen as
hostesses for the Elgin observatory at the New York World’s fair, dem
onstrate the latest in “hats of time.” Left to right: Libby Rice, Indiana
university; Treva Berry, Purdue; Rosemary Best, University of Illinois;
Edith Prior Leahy, Iowa, and Sally Douglas, Northwestern.
Too Much Water Will Make Plants Appear Scraggly
If your house plants appear scrag
gly and sickly, it may be that they
get more water than they can as
similate. If you use a jardiniere,
pot the plant in an ordinary florist’s
pot with drainage vent in the bot
tom, and be sure that the jardiniere
is large enough to permit the pot
to rest on small blocks of wood or
stones so that excess water may
drain away from the roots. Keep
the soil loose with a small claw
tool or fork, but be careful not to
injure the roots when loosening the
dirt. The ideal way to water plants,
of course, is to set them in a tub
of water and allow the roots to ab
sorb the moisture through the bot-
Paralysis Yictim
A victim of chronic infantile
paralysis, Lou Gehrig, New York
Yankees’ ailing first baseman, may
never play baseball again. He is
being greeted by his wife as he re
turns to New York from the Mayo
clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he
was examined.
Cinderella’s Slippers
Here are the shoes of tomorrow,
according to Sally Rand, well-known
figure in the entertainment world,
who introduced them at San Fran
cisco’s Golden Gate exposition. Sal
ly’s dazzling slippers are made cf a
transparent plastic similar to glass.
tom of the pot. Remove as soon
as violent bubbling ceases.
Star Dust
★ So On Through Life
★ Rudy in Another Role
★ Ingenious Quiz Program
— By Virginia Vale
I T BEGINS to look as if those
girls who made “Four
Daughters” what it was (with
the aid of John Garfield), have
a life-time job. They appear
again in the new “Daughters
Courageous” with him, and will
shortly make “Four Wives.” The
studio had intended to have them do
“Four Mothers” as the next of the
series, but now the wives will come
first. Of course, they could go on
forever, becoming grandmothers,
widows, and then possibly “Four
GALE PAGE
Second Wives.” Just see what you,
the public, started when you ac
claimed the three Lane sisters and
Gale Page in that first picture 1
*
In case you’re interested in that
picture Samuel Goldwyn has been
making, bringing Jascha Heifetz to
the screen, the title has been
changed again. “Music School” has
been abandoned in favor of “They
Shall Have Music,” which is going
to be a bit harder on the men who
fit the names of pictures into thea
ter marquees.
m
When you see Brian Aherne in
“Juarez”—If you haven’t already
seen him—you might pretend that
you’re a movie mogul and study his
performance with the idea of of
fering him the role of “Christopher
Columbus” in the movie version of
that famous Italian’s life. That’s
what Edward Small did.
On second thought, maybe you’d
better not bother. For it would be
a shame to do anything that would
take your mind off the grand picture
that Aherne, Paul Muni and Bette
Davis made together. “Juarez” de
serves all your attention.
*
For a long time it seemed likely
that Rudy Vallee would be remem
bered as the man who started the
“crooner” wave that swept over the
country. Now it seems far more
likely that he’ll be famous as the
fellow who discovered and devel
oped more celebrities than anybody
else.
Tommy Riggs, Edgar Bergen,
Bob Burns—they’re just three out of
a list of more than one hundred
radio celebrities who owe their
fame to the chance that he gave
them.
*
Those quiz programs, in one form
or another, seem likely to go on
forever, which is bad news for all
the singers whom they hay® crowd
ed off the airways.
One of the newest and most in
genious is that presided over by the
two writers of mystery stories who
sign their output “Ellery Queen.”
It’s known as “The Adventures of
Ellery Queen.” Each week a mys
tery story is dramatized, with Mr.
Queen and four guest detectives lis
tening. As soon as Queen knows
who the murderer is he stops the
play, and each guest is asked to
give his solution of the mystery.
Then the dramatization is re
sumed and the author’s solution
given. It’s lots of fun to follow from
your own arm chair.
vtx
"■ ~s\
One of the radio singers for whom
quiz programs hold no threats is
Felix Knight, who’s just had an
other renewal of his contract on
that half-hour preceding the Vallee
show. He appeared on it for one
guest appearance, something like
84 weeks ago, and has been a regu
lar ever since.
Nt'
Lum and Abner are going back to
their old home in Arkansas this
summer, partly for a vacation,
partly to make sure that they
haven’t lost their accents (as if they
could!) and the home folks are be
ginning now to prepare a proper
celebration.
ODDS AND ENDS—“Tartan Finds a
Son” with little Johnny Sheffield as the
son, is a lot of fun, and just about the
time it ivas released Maureen O'Sullivan,
who plays “Tarzans” mate, was celebrat
ing the birth of her first baby . . . Metro
has once more temporarily postponed
filming “It Can't Happen Here” . . . Now
it's Benjamin Franklin whose life is to be
screened . . . Joan Blondell gives her usual
expert performance in “Good Girls Go to
Paris, Too” . . . Whatever you do, don't
miss Jack Benny and his valet, Rochester,
in “Man About Town.”
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Jlsk Me Jlnolher
0 A General Quiz
The Questions
1. When a gun is fired, do you
see the flash or hear the report
first?
2. What is the difference be
tween an immigrant and an emi
grant?
3. Where are the Plains of Abra
ham?
4. What is a prestidigitator?
5. Define equilibrium with one
word.
6. Who was Mollie Pitcher?
7. Where does ambergris, used
largely in perfume, come from?
8. Who built the Hanging Gar
dens of Babylon?
9. Has a robot umpire been in
vented?
The Answers
1. The flash. Light travels fast
er than sound. .,
2. An immigrant enters a place,
and an emigrant leaves a place.
3. Quebec.
4. A juggler or magician. •
5. Balance. ■ ■ •
6. The wife of a Revolutionary -
soldier, who took her husband’s .
place at a cannon in the Battle of
Monmouth after he had been
killed.
7. Ambergris comes from the
spermaceti whale. ' . • ,
8. King Nebuchadnezzar.
9. An electrically , operated robot..
umpire has been invented and
patented by John Oram of Dallas, ’
Texas. '
CHILLS
AND FEVER
Here's Relief From
Maktria!
Don’t let Malaria torture you!
Don’t shiver with chills and bum
with fever.
At first sign of Malaria, take
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. A
real Malaria medicine. Made espe
cially for the purpose. Contains
ffcsteless quinidine and iron.
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic ac
tually combats Malaria infection in
the blood. It relieves the freezing
chills, the burning fever. Helps you
feel better fast.
Thousands take Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic for Malaria and swear
by it. Pleasant to take, too. Even
children take it without a whimper.
Don’t shiver and bum. At Ma
laria’s first sign take Grove’s Taste
less Chill Tonic. At all drugstores.
Buy the large size as it gives you
much more for your money.
Mind and Will
The mind naturally makes prog
ress, and the will naturally clings
to objects; so that for want of
right objects, it will attach itself
to wrong ones.—Blaise Pascal.
Even purer than required
rAccuratAiZ *f 6 ^ pharmlcop S ls -
Purity JSt. Joseph
GENUINE PURE ASPIRtN
Your Heart in Your Work
If your job isn’t more than
wheeling a wheelbarrow, wheel it
so the boss will think there’s a
motor under it.—Unknown.
KILL ALL FLIES
Placed anywhere. Daisy Fly
Killer attracts and kills flies.
Guaranteed, effective. Neat,
convenient — Cannot spill—
WUlnot soil orlnj ure anythin*.
Lasts all season. 20c at all
dealers. Harold Somers, Inc.,
150 De Kalb Ave^B’UynJf.Y.
DAISY FLY KILLER
Judging Aright
Nor can a man of passions
udge aright, except his mind be
rom all passions free.—Sir John
Davis.
AT
eooo
DRUG
STORES
Bawqs
"CessedRelief.
RHEUMATISKCTb^o
Mistakes in Mind
Mistakes remembered are not
faults forgot.—Newell.
Watch Your
Kidneys/
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Your kidneys ar® constantly filtering
waste matter from the blood stream. But
kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do
not act as Nature intended—fail to re
move impurities that, if retained, may
poison the system and upset the whole
body machinery.
Symptoms may be nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes—a feeling of nervoua
anxiety and loss of pep and strength.
Other signs of kidney or bladder dis
order may be burning, scanty or too
frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment is wiser than neglect. Use
Doan’s Pills. Doan’s have been winning
new friends for more than forty years.
They have a nation-wide reputation.
Are recommended by grateful people the
country over. Ask your ntighborl
DOANS Pi LLS
(
I*
u
V