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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1939
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
N EW YORK.—In the light of con
tinuing difficulties in establish
ing a safe and comfortable world
order, it is interesting to recall
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Then of World, bet” after he
Force Behind It “
tract” and his nicely behaved ‘‘nat
ural man.” When he considered his
paragon in the light of international
gelations, he counseled for the world
“a general league, fully armed,”
the last two significant words imply
ing quite a considerable qualification
of all he had written before.
Lord David Davies, president
of the University of Wales, out
for a federated Europe, makes
a similar concessum to eternal
cussedness, having first given
his heart to the hawks in his
advocacy of a league of nations
staked mainly on human broth
erhood. Now he calls for the
police. His views are relayed
to this country in a letter to
Rep. Harold Knutson of Minne
sota. They are new only in that
he is now narrowing them to a
European federation rather than
a world state.
Now, as for several years past, he
insists that the most urgently need
ed arrangement is for a world po
lice force, in the form of an inter
national navy, and land forces i'
necessary. The lack of power to
enforce decrees is what he thinks
killed the league. Last year, he
formed the new commonwealth so
ciety, with Winston Churchill head
ing it in England. He says it is
established and progressing in 14
countries. A federated Europe
would be the first step toward a
federated world.
Lord Davies is not only a Uni
versity president, but an indus
trialist, a director of the Great
Western railway and the Mid
land bank and chairman of most
of the great colliery enterprises
of Great Britain. He was in
parliament for more than 20
years. He was a leader in the
early campaign for a league of
nations union and is now a
trustee.
His proposal, like the several oth
er plans for continental unity, is
sharply at variance with Clarence
Streit’s ‘‘Union now.” In Lord Da
vies’ plan, the state, backed by
force, would be the unit in the co
operative endeavor; in Mr. Streit’s
plan, the individual is the uiiit and
force is repudiated.
A NOTHER possible defection
from the prevailing European
power complex appears in the ap
parent political drift of handsome
Prince Humbert
Nucleus of New bert of Italy.
He has held
Power in Italy sharply aloof
from the Fascist political regime,
and there are persistent reports
from many observers, journalistic
and others, that he and the king
are taking the play away from Mus
solini.
With the powerful Marshal
Badoglio, also a hold-out against
the Fascists, he has been some
what less than lukewarm about
the axis and overtly opposed to
• joining Germany in the war. He
is 35 years old, personable and
popular, the master of five lan
guages, trained in the army
since he was nine years old,
with a strong army following
behind him. His wife was Prin
cess Marie Jose of Belgium.
They have a small son and
daughter.
r HE important assignment of de
livering arms shipments from
his country to Europe is handed to
i man who is somewhat of a spe
cialist in that
line. He is Sir
Ashley Sparks
K. B. E., who
was director
jet War Goods
\cross the Sea,
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i the British ministry of shipping
n the World war. Then as now,
le was resident director of the Cun-
trd line for the United States, hav-
ng taken this post in 1916, after 19
ears’ previous residence here.
His new responsibility, as
bead of the United States branch
of the British ministry of ship
ping, will be to get the war ma
terials across, in co-operation
with Arthur B. Purvis, head of
the British purchasing commis
sion in this country.
Sir Ashley was first here in 1897
in an office job with the shipping
firm of Shewan, Tomes & Co., of
Hongkong. An outpost of empire,
ready when needed, he is in all else
a New Yorker, entertaining lavishly
at his beautiful estate near Syosset,
Long Island.
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
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National Guard Tests New York Anti-Aircraft Defense
National Guardsmen of Battery D, 212th coast artillery unit, only National Guard anti-aircraft unit in
New York state, load a three-inch, super-powered gun, one of 325 ordered by the government. The new weap-
onu, which would defend New York city in case of air attack, have a three-inch bore, fire a 28-pound projec
tile containing 253 one-half-inch lead pellets, and can fire 30 shells a minute. Guns were tested at Fort Til-
den, Rockaway beach, New York city. It was the first time since 1917 that a N. Y. National Guard regiment
held winter maneuvers.
They’ll Teach Own Countrymen After U. S. Education
Miss Hop Hee Dunne of Johannesburg, South Africa, pictured at the controls of her training plane in Phila
delphia, Pa. The Chinese girl will learn flying in a Quaker City school, then expects to return home to
Africa. From there she will proceed to China to instruct the youth of that country in aeronautics. Right:
Peter Eoyang, eldest son of Admiral Eoyang of the Chinese navy, shown.at his studies in the University of
Michigan, where he is receiving an occidental education.
Serving Same Purpose for Germany?
Ersatz in England
France and Britain claim that George Elser, left, arrested by Ger
many for setting the Munich bomb which almost killed Adolf Hitler,
is merely a “stooge” and that the bombing was planned to provide an
excuse for purging Nazi ranks of undesirables. It was recalled that simi
lar allegations were made about the Dutch communist, Marius van der
Luebbe, right, whose arrest in 1933 for starting the Reichstag fire was a
prelude to suspension of German civil liberties.
on a trailer m front of the vehicle,
this “producer” supplies fuel for a
huge double-deck bus. This “ersatz”
campaign of using substitutes con
serves the empire’s resourc^.
Supports Allies
How Fast Can You Stop at 20 M. P. H.?
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155 FT.
105 FT.
ON GLARE ICE
73 FT
DISTANCES IN FEET
At a speed of 20 miles an hour, automobile stopping distance is 22
feet more than actual braking distance because it takes the average
motorist three-quarters of a second to react and apply brakes. At 20 m. p.
h. a car travels 22 feet in that three-quarters of a second. The National
Safety council guide shows how weather conditions affect stopping dis
tances.
Franco-British prestige in the Bal
kans was strengthened when Ru
mania’s King Carol named George
Tatarescu to the premiership, suc
ceeding Constantine Argetoianu,
whose cabinet resigned after refus
ing Germany concessions on oil and
foodstuffs. Tatarescu, former Ru
manian ambassador to France, is
strongly pro-ally.
Star Dust
★ Astonishing Youth
★ Well Done, Jane Bryan!
★ Well, the Queen Did It
By Virginia Vale
H OLLYWOOD casting direc
tors are usually pretty
hard-boiled; practically nothing
surprises them. But Victor Sut-
ner, casting director for Edward
Small Productions, Inc., now
filming “My Son, My Son!” for
United Artists, was consider
ably startled when he got the an
swers to questions asked Schuyler
Standish, who reported to be tested
for the part of a young boy.
“How old are you?” asked Sutner.
“Twelve.”
“And in what grade are you at
school?”
“The senior year at high school.”
Sutner thought the lad was pull
ing a fast one. But he discovered
that he had a prodigy on his hands.
Young Standish is successful as an
actor, both on the screen and radio,
has won a scholarship as a violinist,
writes plays and stages them for in
mates of the Veterans’ hospital at
Sawtelle, Calif., and draws and
paints and builds models.
*
“We Are Not Alone” is a picture
you should be sure to see; the
chances are that you’ll remember it,
not just because of Paul Muni’s ex
cellent performance, but because of
Jane Bryan’s appearance in the cast.
For Jane Bryan is being hailed
as the new sensation of the motion
picture world. Her last name is
really O’Brien, and she’s an Ameri
can. When she was a member of
JANE BRYAN
Jean Muir’s Theater Workshop, in
Los Angeles, about four years ago,
Warner Brothers discovered her.
Bette Davis discovered her too, and
has done everything she could to
help her along in her career. Per
haps you’ll remember her from
“The Old Maid.” Certainly you’re
going to do it because of her work
in “We Are Not Alone.”
* .
One hears that Norma Shearer
made a short for the Red Cross,
didn’t like the results, and asked
that it be abandoned, and that the
picture had to be re-made, with
Ann Sheridan in the leading role.
If so, Miss Shearer is in good
company. For it is also reported
that Queen Elizabeth of England
was filmed while making an Armi
stice day broadcast, and that the film
has been called in and will be made
over again, with better make-up and
lighting for the royal star.
*
“Flesh and the Devil,” which in
troduced Greta Garbo to a great
many Americans, is to be re
made. It seems fairly certain that
she will appear in it again, with a
new script, (the first version was a
silent one,) and a new leading man
—Melvyn Douglas.
*
A1 Pearce claims that he got his
“I hope, I hope, I hope,” straight
from life—his own life. While still
in his ’teens he sold insurance, or
tried to; it was the kind that calls
for small weekly payments. A1 was
as timid as the salesman he por
trays on the air, and when he’d
ring door bells he often muttered
to himself “I hope there’s nobody
home, I hope, I hope, I hope.”
When he was working on the char
acter of “Elmer” for his radio pro
gram the line came back to him.
&
Highlights of the year 1939 and
how they will vitally affect world
civilization during the next 12
months are shown in the latest
March of Time film, “Newsfronts
of War—1939.” It begins with a brief
examination of the year’s most im
portant events, and shows how
they were covered by the big press
associations. It is a film record of
history in the making.
*
ODDS AND ENDS—“Sky Blazer»r «
new half-hour dramatization of authentic
daring exploits in the lives of famous air
plane pilots, is a new Saturday evening
program; it's written by Phillips Lord,
creator of “Gang Busters ,> and “We, the
People” . . . Three of the six girls who.
work in the Professor Quiz office have
married since they began sorting the
thousands of questions and answers which
pour in every week for his Battle of IP its;
each got a three weeks' vacation for her
honeymoon, and then went back to work
. . . “Four Wives,” a sequel to "Four
Daughters,” is finished, and so is “The
Secret of Dr. Kildare,” the latest of the
Kildare series.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Strange Facts
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Jap Women Writers
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Pagan Mistletoe
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Russ Air Trains
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Japan is believed to be the onl?
country in which all the best writ
ers are women. In fact, Japanese
literature, for more than a thou
sand years, has possessed few, if
any, works of outstanding merit
that have been written by men.
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Up to a century or two ago, mis
tletoe was excluded from the floral
decorations of churches at Christ
mastime because it was consid
ered to be an unholy plant, hav
ing been tainted with paganism
before the time of Jesus through
its use and worship by the ancient
Druids.
Using “air trains” consisting of
airplanes towing seven gliders
each, the Russian army has dem
onstrated that it can drop, by par
achute, as many as 2,500 infantry
men at one time.—Collier’s.
There’s a Good Reason
You’re Constipated!
When there’s something wrong
with you, the first rule is: get at
the cause. If you are constipated,
don’t endure it first and cure it
afterward. Find out what’s giving
you the trouble.
Chances tire it’s simple If you
eat the super-refined foods most
people do: meat, white bread,
potatoes. It’s likely you don't get
enough “bulk.” And “bulk” doesn’t
mean a lot of food. It’s a kind of
food that isn’t consumed in the
body, but leaves a soft “bulky”
mass in the intestines and helps
a bowel movement.
If this is your, trouble, you
should eat a natural “bulk” pro
ducing food—such a one as the
crunchy, toasted, ready-to-eat
cereal—Kellogg’s All-Bran. All-
f prev
that’s worth a pound of emer
gency relief. Eat it every day,
drink plenty of water, and “Join
the Regulars.” All-Bran is made
by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek.
Virtues Lost
Virtues lose themselves m self-
interest, as streams lose them
selves in the sea.—La Rochefou
cauld.
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Cheerful Outlook v
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The game of life looks cheerful
when one carries a treasure safe
in his heart.—Schiller.
ACHIN6 CHEST
COLDS
Need More Than “lust Salve*'
To Relieve DISTRESS!
To quickly relieve chest cold misery and
muscular aches and pains due to colds—
it takes MORE than “just a salve”—you
need a warming, soothing “counter*
irritant''like good oldreliable Musterole
—used by millions for over 80 years.
Musterole penetrates the outer layers
of the skin and helps break up local con-
gestioa and pain. 3 strengths: Regular,
Children’s (mild) and Extra Strong, 40*.
Better Than A Mustard Plaster!
Tyrants Need Fear
None but tyrants have any busi
ness to be afraid.—Hardouin de
Perefixe.
Drop Blackmon's Lick-A-Brick in fhe
feed trough. Stock do tho rest. No
drenching. No dosing. Animals
keep in hsahhy working condition
Nature's way.
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The world knows nothing of its
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