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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C- THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940 I
■ WHO’S
^ NEWS
^ THIS ^
| WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
'M’ EW YORE.—Word ctenes from
London that Sir Seymour Hicks,
who, last September, became offi
cial bucker-up of British civilians,
e ^ , sailors and
Sir Seymour’* go j d ie rs , is
Laughter Bomb* exploding
Back Up British !<»“**> •»“bs
all ever the
kingdom, which eventually may
blow down the Siegfried wall like
the trumpets of Jericho.
Sir Seymour, who had a similar
Job in the World war, is England’s
favorite light comedy aetor, a lead
ing producer and actor-manager, a
writer of consequence and a rallying
point for both masses and classes,
as they both claim him as their own.
He is 78 years old and last month
celebrated his fifty-second year on
the stage.
He started life as a call boy
in a London theater. His next
Job was as an undertaker’s
mote, a hired mourner, some
times filling in as an emergency
pall-bearer and the like. He
wore black well and did nicely
in his new career, until his
memories of the theater obtrud
ed at an unfortunate moment.
He was walking solemnly be
hind a hearse, when a distant '
band struck up a tune, which
carried him back-stage again.
He swung open the door of the
hearse and called out, “The
overture begins now, sir.”
That shunted him right back to
the theater, which, by all accounts,
he never should have left. He has
written and produced 64 plays and is
the author of eight books of remi
niscence, comment and criticism.
He was knighted in 1935, and May-
fair made a tremendous fuss over
him, with similar cheers from the
populace. In the World war he or
ganized concerts and shows for the
soldiers and kept up a drum-fire of
spirited humor which rated him as
the leading empire morale-builder.
D INING with Henry F. Grady
many years ago, this writer
noted that he had that old-time free-
trade religion. He has never back-
Grady Stick* to
OU-Tim* Free
Trade Religion
Ammonites hip and . thigh. as they
assail the secretary’s trade agree
ments program.
Mr. Grady, 57-year-old Celtic
and Incurably optimistic spe
cialist in foreign trade, is assist
ant secretary of state and has
taken over the Job of expound-
; ing and putting forward die ’
agreements. The law authoriz
ing the plan will expire June 12,
and the continuation of this
trade policy win be an early
and exciting,ldcjE-off in congress.
Mr. Grady, a San Franciscan, ed
ucated at St. Mary’s university, Bal
timore, is a .man of : encyclopedic
learning in trade matters, a lec
turer at many universities, the au
thor of many books and treatises
and a member of many learned so
cieties. He boils down a mountain
of data and statistics to his vehe
ment insistence that, no matter how
We may tinker with tariffs and quo
tas, the only helpful reality is the
flux of good through the internation
al bloodstream.
slid. He is
Secretary
Hull’s Jeph-
thah, girded
to smite the
T HE Russian Baltic drive, side
tracked by the Finns, was, ac
cording to the meager evidence ob
tainable, the pet idea of Andrei
■r. . j Zhdanoff, fre^
rum*tlammerea q ue ntly re-
Wedge Between ferred to in
Stalin, Zhdanoff the last two
' years as Sta
lin’s possible successor. Later news
is that Stalin has other ideas about
M. Zhdanoff’s future, as the latter
takes the rap for the debacle in
Finland.
He was designated secretary
of the Leningrad Communist
party committee on December
16, 1934. That made him a vir
tual dictator of the Leningrad
district, the Pittsburgh of Rus
sia. M. Zhdanoff has been par
ticularly bitter against Britain,
and several correspondents have
attributed to him the disruption
of last summer’s negotiations of
the allied powers with the So
viets.
: 43 years old, a Revolutionist
.912, when he left school to
in agitation against the czar-
ernment. Until 1917, he was
occupied dodging the police
ined the army as a germ-
for the Bolsheviks. In the
revolutionary years, he was
the leading organizers of
propaganda and was thrown
ose association with Josef
It was the beginning of a
ul friendship, which, quite
y, the skiing Finns have dy-
d. He is of a middle class
one of the cleverest word
of Red Russia.
»ua«t«d F«atur«»—WNU Service.!
Pocket Submarine. May Be Powerful Jap Sea Threat
According to reports reaching London from Tokyo, the Japanese navy finally has put an oft-reported three-
man submarine Into mass production. Dispatches say the boats are being turned out in mass production at a
cost of 55,500 each. The craft, depicted here by an artist, measures 18 feet overall. The average modern
submarine is 30 feet in length. Its displacement is 100 tons, compared to the usual 2,500 tons. ,It is reported
that the new boat can submerge to an almost unbelievable depth of 1,800 feet. It carries only one torpedo.
But one torpedo has a potential nuisance value of millions of dollars.
To Assist President in World Peace Problems
Hopes for world peace on the part of President Roosevelt have resulted in two recent far-reaching
moves. First was the President’s appointment of Myron C. Taylor, left, former head of United States Steel,
as this country’s representative to the Vatican to work with Pope Pius for peace. Second was his invitation to
religious leaders to confer with him. Invitations went to Rabbi Cyrus Adler, center, president of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, and to Dr. George A. Buttrick, right, president of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America. Archbishop Spellman of New York City was expected to be named as representa
tive of Catholics in the peace conference.
Princeton’s Grid Hero Goes Home
Don HerrinJg, young Princeton football hero who lost his left leg as
the result of an injury in the Harvard game this fall, is shown in a
Princeton, N. J., hospital Just before going home to his family. Cheerful
as always, Don sees a good future ahead for a man with one leg “who
can take it.” The leg was amputated several weeks ago after doctors
fought a losing battle to save it.
Battles Machine
State Sen. James A. Noe of Louisi
ana, close friend and aide to the
late Huey Long, and now a candi
date for governor, has promised to
break up the political machine
founded by the “Kingfish.” Noe
broke with the other “heirs” follow
ing Long’s death and is given
credit for instigating and leading
the present graft investigation in the
state.
Hawaii’s Official Greeter at Work
A royal Hawaiian welcome is given Jack Dempsey by Duke P. Ka-
hanamoku, famous swimmer and official greeter, and a bevy of Island
belles as the former heavyweight champion disembarks at Honolulu. The
beverage, incidentally, is pineapple Juice.
Sky Beauty
Mona Friedlander, beautiful 25-
year-old London girl, was selected
among the eight British women pi
lots who will ferry new army planes
from factories tp airdromes.
—■— i 1 ,
Star Dust
★ Fan Mail From Far
★ Brought London Here
★ It’s an III Illness—
By Virginia Vale
M adeleine carroll
has the grandest bunch
of fan mail in all Hollywood.
It comes from France, from
a group of French children
who are living in her chateau
in the country, secluded from the
danger of Paris’ air raids and gas
attacks. The children take time
from their studies and games to
MADELEINE CARROLL
write to Miss Carroll, who reads
their letters as she rests between
scenes of “My Son, My Son!”
—*
The famous Brighton Belle pulled
out of Hollywood the other day for
scenes in that same picture. The
station, however, was a replica of
the famous Victoria station, the
train was a replica of the Brighton
Belle, which covers the 62 miles be
tween London and Brighton in 40
minutes, and the men who filled it
were extras, not British Tommies.
But to many who watched, the
atmosphere was the same as it
would have been in the original set
ting. Producer Edward Small could
not shoot the scene in London be
cause of the present war, but in por
traying a scene that dates back to
the last one he brought to Califor
nia, for a moment, all the feeling
that fills the railway stations of
Europe in these times, as trains
filled with soldiers leave for the
front.
—*—
A case of appendicitis was respon
sible for the March of Time’s ex
clusive film of the island of Guam.
Victor Jurgens, the 26-year-old cam
era man who last year filmed the
March of Time’s memorable motion
picture story on Japan, was stricken
with appendicitis while on his way
to Guam; he was operated on at
sea by navy surgeons, recuperated
at Guam, and spent his time filming
all aspects of civil and military life
on the important little island. It is
part of the new release, “Crisis in
the Pacific,” and is one of the best
films the M. of T. has given us.
*
> “Four Wives” proves that it’s pos
sible for a sequel to live up to the
reputation established by a popular
film. People liked “Four Daughters”
so much that it seemed unlikely
that the picture carrying the story
along could be anything but a dis
appointment. “Four Wives” is so
well done that it will make new
friends for the family it portrays so
engagingly.
—*—
Kay Francis will appear in “It’s
a Date” as Deanna Durbin’s mother
—a very glamorous mother, an
actress. Norma Shearer may have
a mother role, too, in the film ver
sion of the popular novel, “Escape.”
But since the mother in “Escape”—
who is also a famous actress, by the
way—is middle aged and has a
grown son, it seems likely that the
story will be rewritten for Miss
Shearer’s benefit.
*
By a strange coincidence, Patsy
Montana, “cowgirl sweetheart” of
radio station WLS, Chicago, goes on
the air every morning at exactly
the same time as her brother does
at station KSOO in Sioux Falls,
S. D. It’s rather hard on their proud
mother—not only do they broadcast
at the same hour, but H’s 6:15 a. m.
*
Dave Elman will never have a
seal on his “Hobby Lobby” program
again if he can help it. The one
he had recently cost him about $35.
It had to be fed pieces of fish, fre
quently. The supply of fish, which
had seemed ample, disappeared in
no time, and Elman had to keep
sending out to restaurants near the
Columbia playhouse for more. The
restaurants in that part of New
York are far from cheap; the fact
that the fish was for a seal instead
of a human being didn’t affect the
price. So, if your hobby has any
thing to do with seals, don’t try to
land on the Elman program; at
least, not until he has forgotten how
expensive fish can be.
ODDS AND ENDS — Walt Disney's
“Pinocchio" will be released in February
. . . Robert Montgomery is going to Eng
land again, to make pictures ... One more
change of title for "Send Another Coffin”
—this time it's "Slightly Honorable.”
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Youthful Tailored
Two-Piece Frock
C EASON in and season out, the
^ whole year round, you need a
two-piece tailored suit-frock, like
1875-B. It’s ideal for business,
classroom wear and general spec
tator spdrts. The collarless neck
line, besides being very smart,
gives you a chance to indulge your
fancy for sports jewelry arid
scarfs.
The skirt is full and circular,
and of course you can wear it
with your lingerie blouses, too.
The jacket-blouse has unusually
attractive bodice detailing, with
stitched seams emphasized by two
little fiat pockets, placed just
where slim figures need them! It
is fitted in to hug the waistline,
and the shoulders are gallantly
squared, to make it look even
more slender. Tweed, velveteen,
flannel and wool crepe are ex
cellent materials for right now; by
all means repeat this later in faille
or flat crepe.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1875-B
is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18
and 20. Corresponding bust meas
urements 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38.
Size 14 (32) requires 4% yards
of 39-inch material. With long
sleeves, size 14 requires 4% yards
of 39-inch fabric.
For a pattern of this attractive
model send 15 cents in coins, your
name, address, style, number and
size to The Sewing Circle Pattern
Dept., Room 1324, 211 W. Wacker
Dr., Chicago, HI.
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A Good Mind
He that procures his child a
good mind makes a better pur
chase for him than if he laid out
the money for an addition to his
former acres.—Locke.
SNOW-WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY
To Be Pitied
If our inward griefs were seen
on our brows, how many would
be pitied who are now envied!—
Metastasio.
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like ours clear across the country
. . . there’s a steady revolution
going on. Changes in dress styles
and food prices ... the rise of a
hat crown ... the fall of furni
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affect our living... And the news
is ably covered in advertisements.
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up-to-the-minute in living and
current events, follow advertise
ments as closely as headlines.
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