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\ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939 By LEMUEL F. PARTON XTEW YORK.—The aged president of Poland, Ignaz Moscicki, put an air-conditioning system int his old plush-draped Baroque palace three MM • Li r L years ago. A Moacickt Look* scientist, a de- To Science to vout believer Care III World in the benign miracles of the laboratory which will some day transform a tragically afflicted world, he devised the system him self and superintended its installa tion. It turned heavy, sluggish air into cool mountain breezes, and gave him new energy for his continuing scientific work, at the age of 70. Perhaps the falling leaves give poignancy and sadness to the fate of this kindly old gentleman, driven from his country in the up-thrust of the new—or possibly the old—sav agery of Europe. One might write off Josef Beck and Marshal Edward ' Smigly-Rydz, political and mil itary careerists, al$>o exiled, as incidental casualties, caught in the backwash of their own am bitions. President Moscicki, al though merely a symbol in feudal Poland, may find a place in the later balance brought for ward. If there is to be a new dark age, it may be that lab oratories will be the monas teries which will be the havens of the humane ‘ spirit and the aspiring intelligence, as were the monastic refuges of .the Middle ages. He is one of the greatest electro- chemists in Europe, ranked with the great German, Haber. In the field of synthetic chemistry, he holds about 300 patents. He was a college professor for many years, tall and thin with white hair and a spiked moustache, as convinced as was Woodrow Wilson that a “new free dom” could be gained by the mo bilization of planetary intelligence and good will. Much in the manner of our own distinguished Dr. Robert Andrews Millikan, he acclaimed the ultimate triumph of science over hate and stupidity. To date, the good genii which they have sum moned are enslaved by men of lesser understanding. D R, JUAN DEMOSTHENES AROSEMENA, president of the Republic of Panama, is, in spite of his middle name, a practical man, Panama Chief Talk* American Unity, leolation cautious in speech and ac tion. As the keynoter for the inter- American conference of foreign ministers at Panama, he sharply as sails totalitarianism and religious and racial persecution and invokes unity of the American republics in the spirit of constructive isolation for which our state department is proselyting just now. Dr. Arosemena, a realistic veteran of Panamanian politics, has, in the past, accepted our “good neighbor” policy on grounds of enlightened self- interest. He has been keenly aware that the Canal Zone might be a major trouble spot, if war comes this way, and, re cently, discussing its defense, he said, “If they start shooting up the canal, they'll be shooting at us, too, and that's why we want to help defend it.” He was foreign minister of Pan ama from 1929 to 1936, elected pres ident in the latter year, and in years past has been sharply opposed to the United States on various issues. In the presidency, he has inclined much more in our direction. He is friendly and genial, rather in the cut of an enterprising business man. In the 1938 Lima convention, he joined the Brazilian delegation in accept ing the Roosevelt overtures for friendship and unity. nPHIS writer has heard several ex- pressions of astonishment over the eagerness of the Rev. Martin Niemoeller to fight for Nazi Ger- , -many. It was Freedom, Line only last June Peace, Perhap* that the f« IndivhibU churches of democr atic countries throughout the world pro claimed him “the first Christian martyr of modem times” and set aside a Sunday for commemoration of his heroism. The submarine commander of the World war, hav ing become a great evangelical pas tor in Berlin, had led the non conformists in opposition to Nazi seizure of control of religion, and had gone to a concentration camp. The explanation of his back sliding as a martyr may be found in the records of his ear lier career. He was an early and zealous ally of Hitler and his brown shirts, aiding in stamping out freedom, com placent in the face of pogroms and the wreck of all civil liber ties, resistant only when his church was assailed. (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) New European Peace Threat Centers on Rumania FROM AUSTRIA- HUNGARY BESSARABIA — FROM RUSSIA HUNGARY lac\ Sea YUGO SLAVIA DOBRUJA — FROM BULGARIA Fearing pressure from Germany, Russia and other neighbors, Rumania appointed anti-Nazi George Ar- gesanu (right) as strong-arm premier following assassination of Premier Armand Calinescu by pro-German Iron Guardists. Mass executions stopped a threatened overthrow of the government, but Rumania still fears her neighbors may try to regain territories she gained from them after the World war. International observers think these dangers might be minimized, however, should Russia continue her apparent policy of increasing sway over Baltic and Balkan nations, thus cutting off Germany's long feared drive to the east. No Admittance! War Restrictions Hit Capital Fearing recurrence of the World war bombing of the senate chamber, the capitol building was closed to Sunday visitors recently. At left, Sgt. V. O. Deus is turning away wopld-be visitors. Right: White House police follow secret service orders to close grounds of the executive mansion to all who have no official business. Women in the War Out of Jail at Last—and So to College Woman’s place is no longer in the home, say these English lassies. Top: Miss Elspeth Ironside (right), daughter of Gen. Edmund Ironside, ehief of the imperial general staff, drives her father’s official auto. Below: Actress Elizabeth Allen serves tea at a canteen “somewhere in England.” ————————— « Double Trouble— Jaek Young, Chicago private in vestigator, sued a national maga zine for $250,000, saying the publi cation called him a “cuckoo” be cause he allegedly made capital of his resemblance to President Frank lin D. Roosevelt. Joan, daughter of Sing Sing Warden Lewis E. Lawes, and the only person ever born within Sing Sing’s grim walls, enters Pembroke college at Providence, R. I. Daddy went along to help fix up her room the day Joan started school. Parents Charged With Whipping Child Mr. and Mrs. Mariano Fanelli of Camden, N. J., had to be guarded against mob violence when arraigned in police court on charges of beat ing their three-year-old daughter, Madeline. Recovering at a hospital from multiple cuts and bruises, the child showed the effects of a terrible thrashing. Star Dust ★ Fame a Handicap ★ Come-Back at Seven ★ Gang O. ICs Marlene — By Virginia Vaie I F THE public likes Lon Chaney Jr. in “Of Mice and Men’* he’s going to be one of the happiest young men in Hol lywood. For he’s severely handicapped in trying to carve a career for himself. As the son of a famous father he is ex pected to be better than aver age; what would be success for somebody else is just a passing grade for him. . , He tried out for the lead in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” and didn’t realize how lucky he was not to get it until he saw a revival of the film recently. “It made me re alize more sharply than ever how good my father was,” he remarked. “And what a tough time anybody will have trying to live up to the part. Anything I might have done would have been a pale carbon copy.” Yet he had the courage to LON CHANEY JR. try to get that role, which many people consider one of the greatest screen performances his father ever gave. Lon Jr. is hoping that, as “Lennie” in “Of Mice and Men,” he can take a long stride forward on the path that leads to success as great as his father’s. * Hollywood was all interest when Lillian Gish began making tests for “Triumph Over Pain”—the prospect of her being co-starred in it with Ronald Colman made the town’s older inhabitants look way back to the days when Lillian went to Italy to screen “The White Sister,” with a young English actor who’d ap peared only on the stage booked to be her leading man. That engagement put Ronald Col man into the movies to stay, but Lillian abandoned the screen for the stage a few years later, and now a whole new generation of movie goers will have to get ac quainted with her if she returns to it. *— Baby LeRoy, at the ripe old age of seven, is staging a comeback. (He used to be the infant who nearly drove W. C. Fields mad, remem ber?) He’s Lonnie LeRoy now, and will make his return in “The Bis cuit Eater,” a story about a bird dog and two small boys. Part of the picture will be made at the bird dog trials in Georgia. * Charlie Chaplin’s long-awaited satire on dictators doesn’t sound so awfully subtle, if it’s really true that in the picture two of them are known as “Adenoid Hinkly” and “Gasolini.” But, subtle or not, it’s sure to be funny. * It looks as if Marlene Dietrich has decided to be herself; she stays around when she’s not in front of the cameras, in “Destry Rides Again,” instead of retiring to her dressing room, and the rest of the cast has decided that she’s really regular. In the course of the picture she has a battle with one of the other girls, which makes one wonder if that fight between Paulette Goddard and Rosalind Russell in “The Wom en” has started a cycle. Remem ber what happened when Jimmy Cagney squashed a grapefruit in a girl’s face! & The popular program for Alec Templeton, the blind pianist, is heard on Monday nights over NBC. & After running for years as a play and then being made into a picture, “Abie’s Irish Rose” may land on the air as a serial, where it will probably run on forever and ever. In some of those serials practically nothing happens, because so much of the time is taken up by the an nouncer, trying to whip up interest in what may take place the next day. At that rate, “Abie’s Irish Rose” could run forever. % ODDS AND ENDS — Norma Shearer gives one of the best performances of her career in u The Women”—a picture that everybody should enjoy . . . Joe Penner has a really funny picture, in "The Day the Bookies Wept” . . . Ann Sheridan is making a personal appearance tour . . . 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