McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, January 25, 1940, Image 2
■***$taR*
McCORMTCK MEvSSENGER. McCORMTCK. S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
TVTEW YORK.—When Oliver Stan-
ley left the British ministry of
transport in July, 1934, he was suc
ceeded by 36-year-old Leslie Hore-
Belisha, a
Oliver Stanley Simonite lib-
Wears Hard Hat eral. Then
On a Hard Head and thereaft-
- er, they en
gaged in many brisk parries and
sharp ripostes, masters of the foil
rather than the quarterstaff, brisk
and finished swordsmen both. Now
it is the ultra-conservative Mr.
Stanley who replaces Mr. Hore-
Belisha as war secretary, against
a confused background, requiring
more details for full understanding
—at least at this distance.
On October 8 of last year, Mr.
Stanley offered his resignation as
president of the British board of
trade. At the time, it was indicated
that Mr. Stanley had not found
Prime Minister Chamberlain’s pros
ecution of the war sufficiently ag
gressive, but later reports were that
he had revolted against the control
of the government by an inner cab
inet of four members. He was per
suaded to withdraw his resigna
tion.
His political alliances have
been with the conservative sec
tion of the army, who vehement
ly opposed the appointment of
Mr. Hore-Belisha to the war of
fice, early in 1937. Some of the
^appeasement” wing of the
Chamberlain government were
bitter critics of Mr. Hore-
Belisha’s subsequent army
shakeup, in which he sent many
oldsters back to their club
• chairs. It is possibly this cir
cumstance which has led to con
jecture that Mr. Stanley’s ap
pointment foreshadows a new
rapprochement between ex
treme right elements in Eng
land and Germany, the elimina
tion of Adolf Hitler and a new
basis for peace.
Mr. Stanley’s activities since Mu
nich haven’t indicated that he is out
for appeasement. However, it is
clear that the colonel blimps of the
army don’t like Mr. Hore-Belisha
and do like Mr. Stanley.
He is the secretive, tight-lipped
son of the genial, talkative seventh
earl of Derby. He gathered some
shining medals in the World war
and was parliamentary under-secre
tary in the war office, minister of
transport, minister of labor and
president of the board of education,
before becoming president of the
British board of trade. As indicated
above, he is a fencer rather than a
hard-hitter. He is fifty-four years
of age.
If ING IBN SAUD of Saudi Arabia
has 250 wives, 29 sons, 22 daugh
ters and a palace with 200 rooms.
That’s a lot of
Britain Pondera upkeep and it
As King I bn Saud is understand-
Widens Alliances able that he
may be wid
ening his economic alliances, as re
ported in recent dispatches. He is
also said to be reorganizing and en
larging his air force.
The first Arab to wrest an autono
mous state from Britain, he has
co-operated with the empire, but
Palestine has disturbed him and in
various quarters there is specula
tion as to whether he intends to use
his augmented military resources
for or against England. He has
preached the unification of Islam
throughout the world, and his influ
ence, as leader of the mystic and
powerful Wahabi sect, has penetrat
ed among the desert tribes from Iran
to West Africa. ,
His synthetic state, carved out
in the Arabian coastal territory,
in a post-war deal, is a complex
of alergly guarded empire inter
ests. With its proximity to the
Suez canal, with the threat of
Russian, as well as Italian, ag
gression and conspiracy in the
Moslem bloc, on the road to In
dia, Saudi Arabia is goal-keep
ing territory, and Ibn Saud’s al
legiance is an urgently impor
tant British asset.
Since the start of the desert bat
tle of the Joud-speakers several
years ago, along with the Palestine
impasse, there have been indica
tions that Ibn Saud was losing inter
est as an empire partner.
Last January, he wrote President
Roosevelt an appeal for support of
the Arabs against the Jews in Pales
tine, with an implication that the
Balfour mandate was working
against Islam.
Bull-necked, bull-voiced King Ibn
Saud is six feet, four inches tall
and weighs 250 pounds. On the
palm of his hand is a mole, the
mystic stigmata of a master swords
man, in the lore of the desert. He
was once an obscure tribesman,
fighting his way to power in his mid
dle years. He likes to hold court m
the open air, sitting cross-legged.
They Keep Trade Channels Open for Britain
Busiest craft in the European war are the British mine sweepers, whose duties it is to rid the seas ot
those deadly weapons. Here vessels take up positions in an area suspected of having mines hidden below
the surface. The mine cables are cut, causing them to rise to the surface. Sharpshooters then explode them.
Inset: A sailor prepares to throw marking buoys overboard to indicate to vessels that the area has been swept
clean of mines and is safe for shipping.
To High Court.. Attorney General.. Solicitor General
Early political predictions were confirmed recently when President Roosevelt announced that Attorney
General Frank Murphy, * left, would succeed the late Pierce Butler as a member of the Supreme court bench.
Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson, center, replaces Murphy as attorney general, and Judge Francis Bid
dle of Philadelphia leaves the circuit court of appeals to succeed Jackson as solicitor general. The high court
teat has been vacant since Butler's death on November 16, 1939.
Hoover Instructed in Auctioneering Art
W*X-X*?*»T*WWWWM
I , ■ ■: ■
sm:;;
::«0:
Actress Gertrude Lawrence shows former President Herbert Hoover
the technique she used when she auctioned off a group of 28 paintings
in New York to aid the Finnish relief fund. The art was executed by
Ben Silbert, an American, who painted them in Finland, working in
temperatures which ranged to 20 below. Silbert donated the collection
to the fund.
Ratifying Berlin-Moscow Trade Pact
1^1
*
Ambassador Schkwarzew, left, seated, of Soviet Russia and Foreign
Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, right, belatedly affix their signatures
to the trade pact agreed on last fall. Premier Molotov of Russia is re
ported planning a visit to Berlin to seek German military aid against
Finland.
Water Famine
285,851,000,000
6Atf.0FWAT£IUM
ST0#A6€ TWS Tlttf
UST V€A»
MW.OWOOO,
QALf. AVAILA&iE
TODAY
w*r£R urn
iast ve**
..W.VXv,
WATiAUVEL ]
TQOAY - ■■M
i s*
im
'' , v
Ns'yt-XtX
||»»i
Photo-diagram shows the serious
ness of New York city’s water short
age, due to last year’s drouth. The
reserve water is only 46 per cent
of the 1939 total at Croton reservoir.
Gatehouse Foreman John Tompkins
indicates with a pole the point to
which water usually reaches.
First Soldier
President Kyosti Kallio of Finland
cocks an investigating eye at an
army range finder during his re
cent visit to the Karelian front on
the Mannerheim line, which Red
invaders have failed to penetrate.
Star Dust
★ Niven Gets His Old Lid
★ Private and Public Life
★ Blasting a Prayer
By Virginia Vale
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
J OAN CRAWFORD is as popu
lar as ever, judging by the
welcome that she received from
the fans when she arrived in
New York not long ago for a
brief vacation. She was ac
companied by two dachshunds,
Stinky, which is hers, and Pup-
schen, which belongs to her ex-
husband, Franchot Tone, with
whom she is on the friendliest
of terms.
Fetchingly dressed when she ar
rived, she rushed straight to her
favorite milliner’s and ordered hats
—all kinds of hats, rather goofy
ones, the kind so many of her fans
like to have her wear.
Twentieth Century-Fox is going to
film the history of radio, probably
next fall, with Alice Faye and Don
Ameche starring in a tale that
will cover the development from
crystal sets to television.
^
Did you know that that dashing
hero of the films, William Powell,
wore a gray suit and a sweater to
his own wedding? The bride took
the occasion more seriously, sar
torially; she wore a blue flowered
print dress and a turban that
DIANA LEWIS
matched it. But then, she hadn’t
been married twice before! You’ll
see her before long in “Forty Little
Mothers,” and you may have seen
i her on the screen already, without
knowing it; as Diana Lewis she’s
been just one more promising young
actress. She’s beautiful and talent
ed, and acting is an old story to
her—her parents used to be head
liners in vaudeville.
*
If the British government had
been as eager to send David Niven
to war as he was to go, he could
have taken with him—and probably
would have—a novel memento of
Hollywood. It is the service cap
which he wore in the role of a young
English officer in “Dawn Patrol.”
Louis Hayward, playing the role of
an English captain in one of the
sequences of “My Son, My Son!”,
in which he has one of the top roles,
drew an army cap from wardrobe.
He noticed the initials “D. N.” in
the band, and iearned that it was
Niven’s “Dawn Patrol” cap, so he
bought it and sent it to his friend.
*
Time was when a screen star
couldn’t be sued for divorce and
hope to carry on with her career.
And although she planned to marry
someone else as soon as she was
free, she wouldn’t have said so as
frankly as Vivian Leigh has. It
seems likely that her studio would
have been just as well pleased if
her husband had not chosen to sue
her while “Gone With the Wind”
was still at the height of its glory,
but she did so well in it that the
publicity regarding her private life
probably won’t keep the public from
clamoring to see her in “Waterloo
Bridge.”
*
It’s not unusual to* hear a few
bars of “God Bless America” in
traffic jams in New York these days.
People look about and stare, and if
they’re lucky they catch a glimpse
of Kate Smith in the car whose horn
startled them. A horn manufactur
ing company gave the horn to Miss
Smith as a present; the driver just
presses a button, and a bit of the
patriotic song that she made fa
mous rings out.
&
Title to the title, “Buck Benny
Rides Again,” has changed hands
three times. When Benny’s authors.
Morrow and Beloin, first used the
idea it automatically became the
property of the comedia, as does all
their material. With characteristic
generosity, Benny gave it back to
the writers.
Now they have sold the title to
Paramount, the company for which
they wrote Benny’s new picture.
ODDS AND ENDS
Radio headliners getting top billing in
"Village Barn Dance," a feature length
picture now in production at Republic
Studios, are Don iVilson, Barbara Jo Al
len, (Vera Vague), The Kidoodlers and
Uncle Ezra.
Jean Darling, once the heroine of
“Our Gang” films, is studying for
opera.
The William L. White whom you hear
broadcasting from Finland these evenings
is the son of the famous William Allen
White, editor of the Emporia, Kansas,
Gazette.
Make an Heirloom
Crazypatch Quilt
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
'‘T'HE oldest of quilt designs is
A the crazypatch, yet there is
something amazingly modern in
its angular lines. A variety of em
broidery stitches join the pieces,
of plain and figured silks. Sev
eral colors of silk embroidery
thread are generally used. When
a number of patches have been
basted in place, sew them down
to the foundation with the embroid- '
ery stitches and then remove the
bastings. The backing is tied to
the front with silk embroidery
thread as comforters are tied.
Little or no padding may be used
and a plain band around the edge
is effective.
NOTE: Mrs. Spears has pre
pared patterns and directions for
making three of her favorite Early
American Quilt Blocks which she
will mail upon receipt of name
and address and 10 cents coin to
cover cost. Her Sewing Booklet
No. 2 contains illustrations for 42
embroidery stitches suitable for
patch work quilts; also pattern
with directions for making the
framed picture embroidery
sketched on the wall in illustration
above. Also numerous gift items:
mittens, neck ties; bags 1 ; table
decorations; and 5 ways to repair
fabrics. To get this book, send
10 cents in coin to Mrs. Spears,
Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, New
York.
Safety Quips
The two greatest errors in
driving ace taking a blind curve
too fast and taking a curve that
isn’t there.
Better 10 minutes too late in
this world than 30 years too
soon in the next.
Keep your hands on the wheel
—soft shoulders are dangerous.
Some motorists can make 60
miles an hour a lot easier than
they can make 12 payments on
the car.
The dullest drivers have the
brightest headlights.
After you get to the office, do
you tear into your work as fast
as you speeded there in your
automobile?
Does your throat feel
prickly when you swallow
— due to a cold? Benefit
from Luden’s special for
mula. Contains cooling
menthol that helps bring
quick relief. Don’t suffer
another second. Get
Luden’s for that “sand
paper throat!’’
LUDEN’S 5*
Menthol Cough Drops
Virtue’s Resources
Virtue has resources buried in
itself which we know not of till
the invading hour calls them from
their retreats.—Bulwer.
HOW ARE
YOUR
NERVES?
Cranky? Restless? Can’t sleep? Tire easily?
Worried due to female functional disorders?
Then try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound famous for over 60 years in
helping such weak, rundown, nervous
women. Start today t
Unhurried Nature
Nature never spoils its work by
being in a hurry.
FIRST CHOICE OF
St T MILLIONS WHO HAVE
§1 St MADE ITTHE WORLDS
^ LARGEST SELLER AT I0t
| St. Joseph
ASPIRIM
Repeating Success
Nothing succeeds like success.—
Dumas.
A GREAT BARGAIN
VESPER TEA
PURE ORANGE PEKOE
50 Cups for lO Cents
Ask Your Grocer ■
NEW IDEAS
R DVERTISEMENTS are your guide
i to modern living. They bring you
today’s NEWS about the food you eat and
the clothes you wear. And the place to
find out about these new things is right
in this newspaper.