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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939 By LEMUEL F. PARTON N EW YORK.—When we went into the World war, Sen. Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa said our crack riflemen would win for us if he were allowed to re- Rifle Virtuoso Made Gun Our* Army Mainstay marksmen, and the rifle would be suited to our native genius. He was soundly patriotic and moving, as he worked in Daniel Boone and individ ual initiative, but his plea went un heeded—in fact, the senator’s sug gestion seemed amusing to most commentators. cruit and train them. Ameri cans, he said, were born But, at that time, there was a young fellow popping off the con veyor belt ducks at Coney is land with such accuracy that he became a virtuoso of rifle fire, and, in between war years, made the rifle the mainstay of our army firing power, just as Senator Brookhart said it ought to be. The Garand self-loading, semi-automatic rifle, tested by National Guardsmen at Camp Smith, Peekskill, has for several years been put down by mili tary men as the world’s most sensational achievement in light arms. The army took it over in 1937. It is the creation of John C. Garand, the young toolmaker whose earlier laboratory was a Coney island shooting gallery. It weighs only nine pounds, and fires 60 shots to the minute—one shot with one trigger-pull. Young Garand made several mod els, embodying his basic idea, and sent one to the navy department at Washington. They planted him with the bureau of standards to continue his experiments. Later, they sent him to the United States armory at Spring- field, where in 1923 he brought through the deadliest small weapon ever made. It has been steadily improved since then, and, according to the most au thoritative military judgment, has more than trebled our army’s firing power. Automatic in all but the trigger-pull, muz zle gas is used to power it. They Didn’t Do It This Way Back in ’17 The A. E. F. didn’t do it this way back in ’17, but that’s all right with army officers stationed at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. They like the newly adopted, streamlined infantry drill regulations, which eliminate much of the “pain” of learning to be a soldier, and reduce time required by 33 to 50 per cent. Simplicity is the keynote. Left: It’s “right shoulder arms,” new version. The right hand drops to the butt and the rifle is placed on the shoulder. Center: Soldiers march a full arm’s length apart instead of half that distance. Right: The modern doughboy practices anti-aircraft defense formations in gas masks. Hitler’s Mustache Diminishes as Fame Grows One of history’s most photographed men is Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany. Familiar to every* one is the Hitler of today. Less familiar is the Hitler visage of earlier days. Upper left: A corporal in the Ger man army during the World war. His mustache was bigger, but his fame smaller. Lower left: This rare photo graph was made in December, 1924, after his abortive Munich b£er hall putsch. Right: Vastly popular in Ger many is this picture of Der Fuehrer, taken when he was a political prisoner. John C. Garand w T as born in a French-Canadian village, 20 miles from Montreal, and was brought to Putnam, Conn., by his father, when he was seven, after the death of his mother. He was the seventh of 14 children. He was a textile mill ma chinist at 18. In 1930, he married a Canadian girl. They have a boy and a girl. He is 52 years old, still a gunsmith at the Springfield ar mory. T HERE was once a hillbilly girl who went to a neighbor’s cabin to borrow a hammer. She said, “Pappy’s fixin’ to build a house next . • fall.” Over in Europe Borrows Europe, they Our ‘World of are “fixin’ ” Tomorrow’Idea *°. b “ u . d „ * federated Eu rope, forehanded about it, as above, with the building apparently depend ent on a preliminary wrecking job. Within the last few days, plans for the grand remodeling have gone forward, with two sets of blueprints on each side of the west wall. Franz von Papen thinks the new commonwealth of Europe wiH be devised by Ger many, while Paul Reynaud, French minister of finance, and his confreres in London, are making other arrangements. The wide range of planners swings from intellectuals, such as Julian Huxley, the British scientist, to the man of action, General Wladislas Sikorski, pre mier of the Polish government which is just now camping out in France. General Sikorski, the latest ma triculate in the peace seminar, vi sions a “consolidated Europe,” but one in which a reconstituted Poland will somehow be happily encysted. He is a soldier who became a writing, as well as a fighting man, also, with his gift of ready speech, an orator and politician. He was an effective leader of the war of 1920, when the French general, Maxime Weygand, helped the Poles stop the Bol sheviks, and he became premier in 1922 when he was replaced by Marshal Pilsudski as chief-of- staff. He was forced out in 1923, and in 1924 became minister of war. One of his first official acts was to forbid women workers in the department to wear silk stockings. He decreed dark, high-collared dresses, high shoes and cotton stockings. He is a strict disciplinarian. A handsome and romantic figure of the old feudal Polish aristocracy, he took full account of modern con ditions as he tried desperately to tool his country into modern state hood. Now, it appears, he would just skip it and take a chance on the world of tomorrow. (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) Missouri-Iowa Boundary War Nears End I Spear-Gunner A hundred-year boundary war between Missouri and Iowa, cause of the ludicrous “honey war” of 1839, ends on New Year’s eve when 200 acres of Missouri land goes to Iowa and 2,000 Iowa acres are given to ' Missouri. The trouble was caused by a change in the Des Moines river, boundary between the two states. Map shows the river’s present course, while dotted lines indicate the route 50 years ago. Veteran Prospector Strikes Pay Dirt Maj. Graham C. Dugas, veteran prospector, examines samples of “pay rock” from his bonanza gold strike at Dahlonega, Ga. Wiseacres didn’t believe there was gold in the Georgia uplands, but the major un covered a vein of quartz two inches thick and assaying $60,000 to the ton—comparable to the world-famed Comstock lode of Nevada. Right: Dugas points out the rich vein to a friend Spearing fish underwater with a new rubber spear gun is the latest piscatorial sport in Miami, Fla. The* gun is deadly accurate, the mask is face fitting—so all that’s necessary is to dive, hold your breath and nail your fish. No Dog Biscuit Disaster almost came to Rolf, a German shepherd dog, when the Belgian government decreed that all large dogs must be destroyed to conserve food. However, Rolf was shipped hurriedly to a new home in New York—at a cost of $52. Rolf arrived with a “luggage left bo- hind” label on his neck. i. -DOLLAR MAKERS Emotion Wins Over Logic in Average Mind By GEORGE T. EAGER A CONVINCING example of the fact that more people respond to an appeal to feelings and emotions than are influ enced by reason and logic is the recent experience of a lock manufacturer in New York. Having spent a lifetime in per fecting a superior article for protecting householders against intruders and knowing more about mechanics than about the human mind the manufactur er’s advertisements had for some time merely extolled the lock’s con struction and workings. Sales were disappoint ing. Several months ago a tragedy oc curred which was front page news for days. A prom inent woman was brutally mur dered by an in truder whose en trance to her home had been made easy by a cheap, defective lock. An advertising man persuaded the lock manufacturer to address a series of advertisements to husbands who failed to provide adequate protec tion to wives left alone at home. Very little was said in the adver tisements about details of lock con struction. Much was said about wives and children. The emotional appeal swamped the factory with orders. Psychologists explain that in an emotional state of mind one’s de sire to act is paramount and that when a product to be sold is made part of an emotional feeling a buy er does not see the product as a detached object but as part of his own welfare and acts accordingly. THE MYSTERY OF ‘JONESBY’ S OMETIME ago a well-to-do business man, prominent in his community,, received a mysterious letter. The enve lopes merely contained several newspaper clippings about a fa vorite horse in his racing stable. To the clippings was attached a simple card reading “Compli ments of Jonesby.” A few weeks later came clippings about a dance given for his debutante daughter, followed a month or so later by the comments of various financial writ ers on the annual report of the com pany of which he Each group of clippings was ac companied by the mysterious card, “Compliments of Jonesby,” and not another word of comment or explanation. Needless to say the name Jones by and the whole affair became a is the president. WHO IS i JONESBY ? much discussed subject among the business man’s friends and family. There were many guesses and at tempted solutions of the mystery. Then one day the whole matter reached a climax at the business man’s office. A man appeared, said he had a matter of intense personal interest to discuss with the presi dent and handed the reception room girl a card. It merely carried the words, “Compliments of Jonesby.” Jonesby got his interview and he got it immediately. He was an in surance man who specialized in sell ing big policies to prominent and wealthy people. He sold his policy just as he had sold policies to many other “hard to see” prospects by the use of this simple combina tion of patience and knowledge of human nature. (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) Whistle Helps Measure Pressures in Engines How to measure the volume of the compression space above the pis tons of an internal combustion en gine, without removing the cylin der head hps been solved by the in vention of a whistling gfiuge. The rate of vibration of the air inclosed in the cylinder head is compared with that of air inclosed in an ad justable and calibrated chamber of known volume by employing two identical whistles, one attached to one sparkplug port of the engine and the other to the adjustable cham ber. The whistles are blown by air having a common supply and con stant pressure, says Popular Me chanics. The pitch of the notes of the whistles on the two chambers depends upon the volume of air con tained in them. Thus, when notes of the same pitch are produced, the volumes of the two chambers are eous* 1 Two Crisp Patterns With Double Values S TART the day cheerily, in this comfortable, crisp little morn ing frock, 1860, with four buttons and several scallops. It has a two-way neckline so that you can vary its personality^ by making it up both ways in different materials —sometimes with the tailored col lar and sometimes with the plain square neckline. Choose ging ham, percale, linen and calico for this. Basque Frock, Slip Included. Here’s a godsend for busy moth ers—a practical pattern (8568) that includes both a basque frock for school, and a pretty slip. You can really solve most of your small daughter’s school problems by using this two-way pattern, time and again. 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