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WHO^
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
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EW YORK.—“Gentle Breeze” is
a loose translation of the name
of Paraguay’s new dictator, Jose Fe
lix Estigarribia. On September 13,
.» n , w 1935, this de-
‘Gentle Breeze? U partme nt ob-
New iron Man served, “It is
For Paraguay possible that
a new iron
man is checking in, in Paraguay,
with the emergence of the shrewd,
resolute General Estigarribia.” It
appeared to be a wrong guess, until
recently, when the general an
nounced his dictatorship, having as
sumed the presidency last August.
Graying, handsome austere, just
turning 50, he is the smallest of dic
tators—130 pounds, five feet, six
inches tall. He was a Napoleon ad
dict in his youth, but is said to
have abandoned such attitudes and
interests in later years. Of remote
basque ancestry, he is the descend
ant of a wealthy Paraguayan fam
ily, educated for the army at home
and in Paris. He entered the Gran
Chaco war as a lieutenant colonel,
gained a generalcy in a year and
emerged as a national hero.
The U. S. A. has a stake in
his new dictatorship. When he
entered his brief torn as minis
ter to Washington, he lunched at
the White House and was ex
tended generous credits for the
“re-building” of Paraguay.
“Extrasensory perception” has
been fading rapidly after its sudden
burgeoning of two years ago, but
here it is again, with Professor J.
Expert Stadiee higlfpdlst of
Mental Powers Duke univer-
Of Girl Marvel sit y* making
a study of
Faith Hope Charity Harding, the lit
tle Pennsylvania girl who has been
calling the future the way a pool-
player calls his shots. Now 4% years
old, she has been making bull’s-eye
prophecies since she was 18 months
old; so naturally they get Professor
Rhine on the ‘job.
He has kept right on running
his parapsychological laboratory
at Duke, since his 2,500,000 tests
of University students there con
vinced him of the reality of men
tal telepathy, and the possibili
ty of our peeping into the fu
ture, as well as into the minds
of our neighbors. He said it
would take 1,600 digits to ex
press the mathematical degree
of improbability in his tests.
Professor and Mrs. Rhine began
exploring the spook world when they
, were getting the doctor’s degree at
the University of Chicago. Among
other such phenomena they exam
ined the feats of “Margery,” the
Boston medium^ and reported that
;the “whole game was base .and bra
zen trickery.” They repeatedly have
assailed fake occultism. As to men
tal telepathy, they lay it ort the line,
but they’re still working on • the
prophecy business. They started the
latter inquiry in April last year.
For the last year, knowing ob
servers of European war and poli
tics have warned the world to keep
a sharp eye on Col. Gen. Walther
von Brauch-
Army General •
Gets Credit for
Nazi-Ruse Deal
itsch, com
mander in
chief of the
G e r m a n
army. His tracks usually lead in
the direction of the next German
lunge, and, controlling the army, he
makes as well as executes decisions.
General Von Brauchitsch is a
member of an old east Prussian
feudal family, a conservative by in
stinct, , education and tradition, but
politically malleable. A distin
guished officer in the World war, he
hated the republic, but went along
with it, alienating his stiff-necked
Junker colleagues, and became head
of its armed forces. From 1922 to
1932, he delivered many scholarly
denunciations of bolshevism, but,
perhaps more than any other one
man, put through the interchange of
officers, technicians, fabricated
goods, munitions and raw materials
between Germany and Russia dur
ing this decade.
Weighty opinion from the oth
er side is that General Von
Brauchitsch, rather than Hitler,
Goering or Rosenberg, schemed
the Russo-German deal and
forced it to a conclusion through
his unquestioned hold on the
army.
To him is also attributed the plan,
the decision, the timing and the
start of the drive into Poland. In
several instances there have been
indications of hostility between the
general and Goering, with the bet
ting on the former, if it ever comes
to an open break. The general was
bom in Berlin in 1881 and has been
in the army since his early youth.
He is handsome, imposing and bril
liantly educated, within the limits of
the old army caste, and has em
ployed power in a manner to make
him an ace exhibit in Dr. Rausch-
ning’s “revolution of nihilism.”
Swedish Troops Practice Arctic Circle Maneuvers
Swedish troops who guard their country’s northern frontier pictured at training maneuvers within the Arc
tic circle. It was in this area that Soviet warplanes bombed the Swedish village of Pajala. Left: Soldiers
operate a mortar, similar to the Stokes machine. Right: Nature made this emplacement, used by an anti-tank
gun crew near the border north of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Cubs’ Pitchers (Minus Dizzy) Begin Spring Training
Members of the Chicago Cubs pitching staff pictured limbering up in an early-season workout on Cata
lina island, Avalon, Calif. Left to right are Larry French, Bill Lee, Claude Passeau, Charley Root, Clay Bry
ant and Vance Page. Rain interfered with opening days of spring training. Dizzy Dean, No. 1 holdout, was
conspicuous by his absence.
Finn Troops View ‘Gift’ From Invaders
Dalai Lama
White-clad Finnish soldiers give a “stolen” machine gun a thorough
examination before putting it back in commission against its former
owners. A foreign military observer estimated that 100,000 Russian sol
diers lost their lives in bending the Mannerheim line far enough to
threaten the city of Viborg. Finnish newspapers report that Russian ma
terial losses so far have amounted to 476 planes, 1,193 tanks, 302 field
guns, 399 guns, 630 motor tractors, 117 field kitchens, 1,560 horses and
much other miscellaneous equipment.
New spiritual and temporal ruler
of Tibet, the world’s only theocracy,
is a six-year-old Chinese peasant
boy. Ling-erg La-Mu-Tan-Chu,
whose elaborate enthronement re
cently took place. He is accepted
as the reincarnation of the thirteenth
Dalai Lama, who died in 1933. Until
Ling-erg is 18, a regent will per
form administrative duties.
As Byrd Expedition Crosses the Equator
Southward bound for the wastes of Antarctica, the Byrd expedition
held appropriate ceremonies while the S. S. North Star was crossing the
equator. Under the guidance of Dr. Alfred B. Geyer, a “southern cross”
1$ clipped on the chest of Murray Wiener, assistant physicist of the expe-
diflon. Jack Gambole assists by washing Wiener’s mouth.
Televisionist
Pictured at work in the office of
his Fort Wayne, Ind., laboratory is
Philo T. Farnsworth, who was re
cently designated one of the “ten
outstanding young men of 1939.’’
Farnsworth, who is now 34, had filed
a patent application on a complete
television system before he was 21.
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Cleaning Mica. — Hot vinegar
will remove stains from mica win
dows on stoves.
* • *
When cleaning celery, use a
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grooves and cleans the celery
better than it can be cleaned oth
erwise.
• • •
Hooked rugs will lay flat if they
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thoroughly.
• • •
Wash dully-waxed furniture
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Cooking Pork Sausage.—Pork
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If much fat collects, drain it off
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link sausage several times with a
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sprinkle them with flour just be
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