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McCORMTCK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
VT EW YORK.—This war, so far,
has lacked bands and banners
and all other such traditional ex
citements and John Masefield has
Official Arti., ^ ™em
Of Present War about it. In
Has Experience one detail,
however,
British traditionalism again pre
vails. Sir Muirhead Bone, official
artist of the World war, is again
officially appointed as the artist of
the navy, and it is understood that
he also will render the graphic rec
ords of the conflict on land as well.
Sir Muirhead, 64 years old, of
Scottish birth, is one of the world’s
most distinguished etchers. He is
also a painter, but in the years be
tween the big wars he has turned
more to etching. That is, with the
trend of the times, as a modern
war is decidedly an etcher’s war.
Skeleton trees on' a blasted hillside,
zig-zag trenches, the splintered chaos
of peasants’ huts, the angular dy
namics of war machinery, all lend
themselves to Sir Muirnead’s super
lative drypoint. There isn’t much
of the painter's mass and color in
an up-to-date war—no gay plumes,
bright uniforms and snorting black
horses. There are instead the sul
len monochromes of desolation, the
inert black and white of sharply'
graven ruin.
There were plenty of bands
playing when Sir Muirhead was
appointed official war artist in
1916. He painted boldly or
etched deeply his pictures for
the war museum, for which he
later became trustee. Much was
made, not only of the importance
of a minutely observed pictorial
record of the war, but of the
availability of so great an artist
to render its full aesthetic values.
This time, there is a perfunc
tory announcement, only a few
lines, of Sir Muirhead’s appoint
ment. Not even in the graphic
arts is war getting its accus
tomed fanfare.
This writer remembers well Sir
Muirhead’s masterful drawings in
the “international studio’’ of an ear
lier and happier day—mellow archi
tectural studies, or placid landscape
in English byways where no air
raid siren ever sounded. He was
the son of a Glasgow journalist,
studying art at a night school. It
was in 1901 that he went to Eng
land, to become an honorary doc
tor of letters at Oxford and one of
the most famous artists of Eng
land. He has exhibited in New
York several times and has an en
thusiastic following among critics
and the American art public.
IN 1937, Rep. John E. Miller of
* Arkansas made his campaign
for the United States senatorship
against the “New Deal patronage
e , machin e.“
Arkama* Senator His backers
/# Ardent Foe of charged that
Revised Hatch Act £ is opponent,
Gov. Carl E.
Bailey, had the active support of
his “organization of 5,000 state em
ployees,’’ and of various members
of the New Deal cabinet. Repre
sentative Miller, running as an in
dependent against “machine poli
ticians,’* achieved a sensational vic
tory, as he won the seat of the late
Joe T. Robinson. He was the first
independent elected to a major po
litical office in Arkansas since the
early reconstruction days. His suc
cess was acclaimed as a triumph
over patronage politics.
Today, by one of those curious
reversals of political form which
make news, Senator Miller is
the most conspicuous opponent
of the extension and strengthen
ing of the Hatch law, directed
against political job-holders mix
ing in politics. He would not
only block its extension to cover
state job-holders supported in
part by federal funds, but he
would repeal section nine which
bars governmental employees
from political activity.
The lean, bespectacled Senator
Miller is somewhat professorial in
appearance, and, incidentally, was
gsaduated from Cape Girardeau
Teachers’ college, in Valparaiso,
Ind. However, he later turned to
the law and has been a practicing
attorney in Searcy, Ark., since 1912.
He was prosecuting attorney and
county judge before his election to
the house in 1930. He is a native of
Stoddard County,^ Mo.
I N THE light of not so ancient
history, it is quite clear as to
why Francis B. Sayre thinks wo
ought to get rid of the Philippines.
Our high commissioner is a holder
of the Grand Cross of the White
Elephant. Less pertinent, but in
teresting is the fact that he also
is a knight commander of the Chula
Krom Klav, and a Phia Kalyan
Matri. These titles were gratefully
bestowed on him by the king of
Siam, when, in the early 1920s, Mr.
Sayre was adviser to the king and
aided in many treaty negotiations.
^ here Canadian Government Guards Enemy Aliens
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High in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, is located one of two Canadian internment
camps where enemy aliens are kept under guard for the duration of the war. Left: One of the watch
towers overlooking the internment camp. Right: Scene at guard mounting time. Here the temperature goes
down to well below zero, but guards and prisoners are well equipped with warm clothing. Camp buildings
are seen in the background.
Their Negotiations Saw End to Russo-Finnish War
STAG^SCRE
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
A GREAT deal of traveling
is going on at the Warner
Brothers studio, most of it by
sea. Errol Flynn and Brenda
Marshall are sailing the ocean
blue with a crew of 400 aboard
the “Albatross” and “Madre
de Dios” for scenes in “The
Sea Hawk.” On another stage
Ann Sheridan and James
Cagney are traveling from
Honduras to New York aboard
the “S. S. Arturo” in “Torrid
Zone.” She is working her
way back to the States with an edu
cated pack of cards, and he is try
ing to get away from a banana plan
tation.
Then there’s “Till We Meet
Again.” For this one, Merle Oberon,
George Brent and
Pat O’Brien board
ed the “S. S. Beren-
da” almost every
morning for six
weeks for a trip
from China to San
Francisco. For “All
This and Heaven
Too” Bette Davis
crosses the channel
from England to
France. And all on
the same lot!
*
The All-American College Queen,
chosen from 462 colleges from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, will be
picked by Paramount in a national
contest inaugurated in connection
with the world premiere of “Those
Were the Days,” ^to be held in
Galesburg, 111., on May 21. College
girls who have beauty and dramatic
talent will be selected by the in
dividual colleges; photographs of all
entrants will be sent to New York,
and from the 48 chosen for the semi
finals, (one for each state) 12 will
be picked to go to Galesburg. The
winner will go to Hollywood.
&
Merle Oberon
Principal figures in bringing to an end the three and one-half month war between Finland and Russia
were (left to right) Viacheslav. M. Molotoff, Soviet foreign commissar; Rysto Ryti, premier of the Repub
lic of Finland; and Dr. Juho Paasikivi, Finland’s outstanding expert on Russo-Finnish affairs. Ryti and
Molotoff headed the groups that agreed upon terms of a peace treaty between the two countries. Russia’s
grip oyer the northern Baltic was virtually clinched by the terms of the peace treaty reached with Finland.
Terms of the treaty were considered by authorities to be much harsher than pre-war Russian demands.
Scientist Proves There’s Magic in Mud
Using crude Bentonite clay. Dr. Ernest Hauser, Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology scientist, has developed a new substance which is
impervious to the strongest acids and alkalies and is fire, oil and water
proof. The substance may be processed to be made as pliable as silk.
The clay is mined in Wyoming, California and many other places.
It’s ‘The Better ’Ole’ for R. A. F. Pilots
Plan Convention
When you see “Diamonds Are
Dangerous,” (with Isa Miranda and
George Brent in the leading roles),
it’s probable that you’ll try to re
member where you’ve seen one of
the girls who plays a minor role.
The girl plays the part of a young
lady who is having an extremely
good time in a night club. She is
very pretty, with blonde hair and
blue eyes and a lovely smile. Per
haps you’ll recognize her, for she
is Virginia Lee Corbin, who made
a million as a motion picture actress
before she was 16.
From 1913 to 1926 she was a big
name at the box office. Now she’s
staging -a comeback, beginning as
an extra. The money’s gone, the
public of today doesn’t know her.
But she’s on her way up again.
Approaching its century milestone
is the Illinois State Medical society,
first established in 1840. Dr. James
H. Hutton, president (seated) and
Dr. J. S. Nagle, oldest member of
the society’s council, discuss plans
for the centennial convention to be
held in Peoria, 111., May 21-23.
Verbal Bomber
Availing orders are these members of the British royal air force,
stationed in a duty office dugout somewhere in France. The pilots on
duty are sitting around the stove trying to keep warm while anticipating
flying orders. The switchboard at right is in direct communication
with R. A. F. headquarters.
V.
im*,. >: 4
A member of the crew of a British
bombing plane demonstrated the
method of dropping propaganda
leaflets on enemy territory. The
verbal bombs are slipped through
a chute and scatteir as they falL
Now that Dinah Shore has become
the songstress star of the Ben
Bernie program via Columbia, the
boys at NBC who handled her pub
licity must be thinking that radio
is a queer business. For a year
now these lads have been giving
Dinah a terrific buildup. They
must have spent thousands of dol
lars on special photographs, stunts,
and writers’ time to publicize her
name and talent. And what is the
fruit of their efforts? Her first com
mercial program lands her on a
rival network!
—*—
Twelve Hollywood tourists were
drafted from Los Angeles hotels as
jurors to give
audience reaction
to Rudy Vallee’s
new show. They
were treated like
a real jury; giv
en supper, and
promised break
fast if their de
liberations took
all night. Find
ings of jury were
not made public
by the foreman.
Rudy Vallee
Benay Venuta, the vivacious sing
ing star of the George Jessel pro
gram, has been telling friends this
story. It occurred during rehearsal
of the program on which John Bar
rymore was guest star. A photog
rapher hovered about, anxious to
get some shots of the actor, but
fearful that he might object^ as he
was considerably annoyed with
cameramen in general at that time.
Finally the photographer got up
enough courage to approach the
Great Lover. “Would you mind
posing for pictures, Mr. Barry
more?” he asked. “Mind?” cried
Barrymore. Then, leaning over, he
whispered loudly, “Would you mind
kissing Madeleine Carroll?”
&
Joseph Freni, the 23-year-old stu
dent of the french horn who was
featured soloist on the Westing-
house program, Musical Americana,
recently, is hoping that he’ll spend
the summer in South America. He
is a candidate fer the NYA All
American Youth Orchestra, which
will tour Central and South Amer
ica under the direction of Leopold
Stokowski. Tha final auditions
haven’t been held yet, but musicians
who heard him <on the Musical
Americana broadcast feel sure that
he has -a pretty good chance.
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