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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939 By LEMUEL F. PARTON N EW YORK. — This department flushes a swarm of rumors about drastic changes in our naval building plans, said to have been in- British Disasters Bring Check on Our Naval Plans duced by new problems of de fense against planes and subs as disclosed by British disasters. So far as we can learn, there are impending some possible changes in personnel, and a general check and overhauling of work on new ships to date, but nothing revolutionary. It is indicated that there will be in tensive studies and training in.co ordination of ships, planes and sub marines. At the highest peak of Ameri can naval construction in peace time history, Rear Admiral Al exander Hamilton Van Keuren is made chief of the bureau of construction and repair. That puts him right in the wheel- house of the navy efficiency drive, as this is the acid-testing bureau for fighting ships, and it bears the responsibility for their being sound and fit, structurally and in design. Defects have been found, and are being reme died in several 10,000-ton cruis ers. Admiral Van Keuren, a navy tech nician for 36 years, is one of the most highly rated specialists ih na val construction. He smokes a drop- stem pipe, carries on easily and in formally, and marshals engineering data with a precise mastery of de tail. His previous post has been that of industrial manager at the Philadelphia navy yard. He is a dependable safeguard against pitted or pithy armor plate, such as we heard of years ago. He is a native of Michigan, graduated from Annap olis in 1903. His predecessor in the bureau. Rear Admiral W. G. Du Bose, becomes commander of the new model basin at Carderock, Md. M AJ. GEN. DANIEL VAN VOOR- HIS, assigned to the supreme command in the Panama Canal Zone, is an officer up from the ranks Our Gold Guard Now Gets Canal Zone to Watch who has been entrusted with many .critically important as signments in the past—among them the guardian ship of the bulk of the nation’s $17,- 000,000,000 gold reserve, at Fort Knox, Ky. The fact of his selection is evidence of the crucial impor tance of the canal defenses, in the eyes of the high command. From Zanesville, Ohio, he en listed in the Tenth Pennsylvania infantry in 1898 and won a com mission as second lieutenant in the Philippine insurrection. He is the army specialist in mech anized defense and attack, and just now the canal is a concen tration of swift mechanization. In the World war, he was chief- of-staff at Brest, and holds the Distinguished Service medal, the Navy Cross, the Silver Star and the Legion of Honor decora tions. I N HIS new book, “The Defense of Britain," Capt. Liddell Hart, the British military expert, says, “Our chief risk of losing a war lies in try- n ing to win the Br,tain »Danger w *... H j s gen . Is in Trying to eral finding is .... « w» . that modern Win, Says Hart war canno t be supported in the style to which it has been accustomed, and observes that “War will only be ended when the power-lusting nations recognize its futility. The growing power of modern defense is bringing that prospect in sight.” In his preceding book, “Europe in Arms,” published in August, 1937, he thought there was hope of ending war in the limitations of the mili tary mind. Fat-headed generals would cling to gaudy mass attack and make war so stupid and ridicu lous that anybody surviving would just forget it. But the trouble with a war expert is that you can’t bottle him up, and other nations in the past have used him as a military consultant. In the World war, a stripling just out of Cambridge, a captain and a war correspondent, he gave the generals a lacing to the limit of the censorship, and, al though they growled menacing ly, they took him into their counsels. He invented a lot of new trick plans, including the “indirect approach” and the “ex panding torrent” system, and his reputation was well on its way before the war ended. He has scolded many of the main panjandrums of the big war, in the post-war years, apparently with public approval, judging from the sale of his books. He was a war buddy of Lawrence of Arabia and insisted that this human cryptogram knew more about war than all the generals put together. (Consolidated Feature*—WNU Service.) Antarctic ‘Snow Cruiser’ Goes for Trial Spin Thousands of persons gathered in Chicago’s Grant park recently to view the “snow cruiser,” a huge glacial dreadnaught built for Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s expedition to the Antarctic. In an experimental trip the huge ice buggy traveled 15 miles per hour on its 10-foot wheels. Fifty-five feet long, the gigantic machine is built to carry an airplane on its top. Steering levers control the wheels in pairs, although any one wheel may be turned sep arately. Two 150 horsepower Diesel motors supply power for the cruiser. May Head England’s ‘Rightful’ German Government Should Great Britain set up a “rightful” German government (similar to the Polish government now seated in Paris) as is rumored internationally, these three men would undoubtedly head it. They are: Dr. Rudolf Bretischeid, left, former social democrat, who would be foreign minister; Dr. Hermann Rauschning, center, one-time Nazi president of the Danzig senate, who would be chancellor, and Dr. Joseph Wirth, right, former German chancellor, who would be finance minister. The three men are all exiles from Germany. The rumor adds that Britain would loan the “government” 2,000,000 pounds sterling to defray expenses. Volunteer Former British and American championship golfer, Pam Barton, now does all her driving from be hind the wheel of an ambulance. With thousands of British women, Pam volunteered for ambulance service and is now in training. Flees Exile Fears tyiat Ham Amin El Husse- ini, former grand mufti of Jeru salem who recently escaped from exile, may start a new anti-British terrorist campaign were expressed by government officials. The mufti, now in Iraq, is held responsible for the Arabs’ campaign of terrorism. Aerial Musketeers Don Fighting Togs Bound for an observation flight over enemy territory, these three British musketeers of the air head for their bombing plane. Equipment includes oxygen masks, telephone apparatus, parachutes and machine guns. In addition to the gunners, the plane carries a pilot, co-pilot and photographer. Convicted Pastor Fights for Life Rev. Walter Dworecki, Camden, N. J., preacher, sentenced to die in the electric chair, is getting another chance to prove his innocence. The pastor will appeal his sentence, given him when he was found guilty of plotting the murder of his daughter, Wanda, who was slain by a stran gler who testified Dworecki hired him to commit the crime. He is shown receiving a final embrace from his daughter, Mildred. The appeal auto matically postponed the execution date, originally scheduled for the week of November 12. — IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for November 12 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se /ected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by 'permission. PUTTING GOD’S klNGDOM FIRST LESSON TEXT—Matthew 6:19-34. GOLDEN TEXT—But seek ye first the tingdorn of God, and his righteousness.— Matthew 6:33. Said the Robin to the Sparrow: “I should .really like to know Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so.” Said the Sparrow to the Robin: "Friend, I think that it must be That they have no Heavenly Father Such as cares for you and me.” —Elizabeth Cheney Most men are rushing about mad ly. Worry presses them down. They wonder whether life is worth while, whether somewhere there is not relief from this nervous tension that is destroying mind and body. Well, there is relief and it consists of but one ingredient. Give God His proper place, the first place in your life, and “all these things” (Matt. 5:33) will take their rightful places. Seeking first the kingdom of God will settle every problem about money, about food and clothing, and about the future. I. Money (vv. 19-24). The word in our text is “treas ures,” and we know that it has a broader meaning than money, but since in our day men seem to trans late all values into dollars, we feel free to use that word “money” to express our thoughts. The treasure is something that »ne has placed somewhere in order to keep it for himself. It is not a thing gathered for the purpose of using it to serve others or to serve God, but something put away on the shelf to be kept for one’s own en joyment. There are two places in which a man can lay up treasure, on earth or in heaven; but it is only as he hoards treasure on earth that he becomes selfish. That which he sends on to heaven by his devotion of life and in service to Christ, by his sacrificial giving to the cause of Christ, by his encouragement of those who are witnessing for Christ, all this is done for the glory of God and without hope of reward. How great will be the surprise of some when they come to heaven and find what they have thus laid up for eternity. Laying up treasures on this earth, on the other hand, leads to covet ousness, to enslavement to one’s possessions (be they great or small), and to the evils that follow like a train in the wake of a love of money. II. Food and Clothing (vv. 25-32). Some who have no great desire to amass riches are nevertheless in constant anxiety about food and raiment for the morrow; in fact, it is true of some who have great riches that they live in fear lest next month or next year or ten years from now they may be in need. What is the answer of the Lord Jesus? Consider the birds. They are not able to work nor are they able to pray, but God feeds them. Consider the glory of the flowers of the fields, for not even a king can dress himself in such beauty. “Are ye not much better than they?” (v. 26). “As far as known, no bird ever tried to build more nests than its neighbors; no fox ever fretted be cause it had only one hole in which to hide; no squirrel ever died of anxiety lest he should not lay up enough nuts for two winters instead of one; and no dog ever lost any sleep over the fact that he did not have enough bones laid aside for his declining years” (Public Health Service). Proper forethought is good and right for we are intelligent beings, but anxiety about our daily needs is always dishonoring to God. III. The Future (vv. 33, 34). Why will we fret ourselves about the future? It is in God’s hands, and even if it were in our hands* what could we do about it? Even tomorrow, with its needs and its blessings, with its joy and its sor rows, is not yet here, and when it does come, there will be God’s gra cious provision for each passing hour. Unsaved friend, will you not take the Lord Jesus Christ just now as your personal Saviour and let Him solve the problems of your life as you put the kingdom of God first? Christian friend, if you too have been bearing burdens which are not honoring to God, will you not tell Him just now, and put them down at the feet of the Lord Jesus? “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (I Pet. 5:7), which might properly be translated, “Casting all your worries (or dis tractions) on Him, for He worrietb about you.” Be Still Then and Know Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret, hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterwards shapes life and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of those sacred, solitary moments when we meet God alone. —F. W. Robertson Tot Will Enjoy Her Three-Piece Knit Suit Pattern 6312 • • Mother or big sister! Knit this dhree-piecer. It’s mainly in stock inette stitch and the skirt is knit ted to give the effect of pleats! It’s a suit that gives smart all- year-’round wear. Pattern 6312 contains instructions for making the suit in 6, 8 and 10-year size; illustrations of it and of stitches; materials needed. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in coins to The Sewing Cir cle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th St., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, . ad dress and pattern number plainly. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a tonic which has been helping women of all ages for nearly 70 years. Adv. Revealing Death Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.—Young. Relief At Last ForYourCough Creomulslon relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm, increase secretion and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam ed bronchial mucous membranes. No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding that you are to like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Another’s Secret I may give to one I love, but the secret of my friend is not mine to give.—Philip Sidney. B HPut Just “2 drops* . (■ each nostril for quic_ w relief from Spring: !■ head cold discomforts. * PENETRO DMWS Riches Trickle Away Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.— Franklin. Pull the Trigger on Lazy Bowels, and Also Pepsin-ize Stomach! When constipation brings on acid indi gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your stomach is probably loaded up with cer tain undigested food and your bowels don’t move. So you need both Pepsin to help break up fast that rich undigested food in your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be sure your laxative also contains Pepsin. Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, because its Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won derful stomach-relief, while the Laxative Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumps of undigested protein food which may linger in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin- izing your stomach helps relieve it of such distress. At the same time this medicine wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your bowels to relieve your constipation. So see how much better you feel by taking the laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin icky children love to taste this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Lax ative—Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your druggist today 1 Your Reputation No man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.—Bent ley. You find them announced in the columns of this paper by merchants of our community who do not feel they must keep the quality of their merchan dise or their prices under cover. It is safe to buy of the mer chant who ADVERTISES.