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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 Modem War Goes Streamlined But Pigeon Still Holds a Place WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK F AR from outmoded by mechanized warfare, the trusty homer pigeon is taking his place as an important servant on the Western front. Photos above show how pigeons are released at the front lines, im portant messages placed in aluminum containers strapped to their legs. Arriving at their mobile cart behind lines, the pigeons give their mes sage to French poilus who telephone messages back to headquarters. U. S. ARMY ALSO USES PIGEONS! Mindful of the pigeon's place in warfare, the U. S. army has 10,000 of these birds, many at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Not only do they carry messages, but many are also trained to carry small cameras which take pictures automatically. Legislation is now being considered to protect the nation's 300,000 pigeons and place them under the army signal corps in the event of war. Above: Closeup of the aluminum capsule. Coming **home" with a message, the pigeon files to his coop and thereby sets off a bell which brings a soldier running to get the message. Carefully trained, U. S. army pigeons develop gradually into first- class carriers. They are taught that food is available only at home. A reserve for the signal corps geon brigade comes out of his ell. Training will begin as soon he leaves the nest. He'll prob- dy live eight to ten years. In the arid war, a pigeon saved 194 embers of the "Lost Battalion'' Mechanization comes to the pigeon corps. Birds are trained to "home" to a mobile loft. Although food is an important element in the birds' work, their remarkable hom ing ability is attributed partly to their sharp eyes and ears. mmatmszr— CORPS HEADQUARTERS—Pigeon training center at Fort Monmouth. By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) EW YORK.—For 16 years, un- able to see or move, Edward Sheldon has lain motionless, with a black satin mask over his eyes, and Edward Sheldon, Las^dlct^d Blind Playwright, several of the Wins Court Suit 1 5 P 1 1 y s which have established him as a leading'Amer ican dramatist. Calm in his afflic tion, he found that he had gained even a larger world, in his New York penthouse room, as he drew his friends to him, not in compas sion, but in eager working partner ship in the theater. Producers, actors and dramatists find him an invaluable friend and consultant. His tireless and creative mind knows no darkness or failure. The United States Supreme court awards to Mr. Sheldon and his col laborator, Margaret Ayres Barnes, 20 per cent of the $587,605 profits from the film “Letty Lynton,” sus taining their contention that the film infringed the copyright of their play “Dishonored Lady.” The decision, the culmination of eight years of litigation, mark's the Supreme court’s biggest Broadway hit since Kaufman and Connelly put it in “Of Thee I Sing.” Young Edward Sheldon, wealthy, gifted and handsome, Harvard ’07, was a run-away success, with his first play, “Salvation Nell,” pro duced in 1908. With the late Sidney Howard, he had written the play “Bewitched” when he was stricken with paralysis and blindness in 1924. “Years of Grace,” written there after, brought him the Pulitzer Prize, in 1931. Miss Barnes, his collaborator, overcame similar disaster in find ing her way into her career. Crit ically injured in an automobile ac cident in France, in 1925, she lay for months in a plaster cast. Her hands were free to write—some thing she always had hoped to do. She wrote a novel, and, recovering, returned to America, found a pub lisher and an open road ahead in authorship. Like Edward JSheldon, she als6,is a Chicagoan. I N THE year 1800, the United States Marine band, formed in 1798, had two oboes, two clarinets, two french horns, a bassoon, a snare „ .. drum, but Bronson Retires they were As Band Leader stuck for a After 41 Years bas , s drum u took them six months to promote one. However, they got it in time to play at John Adams’ inaugural in 1801, and have played at every inaugural*, at Nellie Grant’s wedding and at the funeral of every President who died in of fice. Capt. Taylor Branson lays down his baton after 41 years with the band, and 13 years as its leader. The band and the captain together have paced forward quite a stretch of American history, to the enrich- ment of the national musical an nals. The marches which Captain Branson has composed, foot-ticklers all of them, include “Tell It to the Marines,” “Marines of Belleau Wood,” ‘The President’s Own,” and “Eagle, Globe and Anchor.” Of distinguished professional attain ments, he has delved deeply into our national musical lore and is an authority on the various tributary streams of folk music which have flowed into it. Among his prede cessors as leaders of the band have been John Philip Sousa, Fran cisco Fanciulle and W. H. Santel- mann, whose son, William F. Santel- mann now succeeds him. Six feet tall, weighing 200 pounds, impressive and commanding in his respondent uniform, Captain Bran son has been a conspicuous figure in Washington and he and his band have been inseparable from dra matic moments at the capital. He was born in Washington in 1881 and entered the band as a clarinet play er late in 1898. In recent years radio has carried his fame beyond Washington. T HE name of Judge Peyton Gor don of the federal district court of Washington, may find a durable imprint in legal history books, if the higher courts sustain his finding that the government may prosecute labor unions for monopolistic prac tices. It is the first such decision ever rendered by a federal court, in the field of union jurisdictional warfare. * For 20 years he fought fraud and customs cases for the government, as assistant U. S. district attorney in Washington. In 1921, President Harding named him district attor ney and President Coolidge ap pointed him justice of the Supreme court of Washington. He was a hard-hitting prosecutor in the Tea pot Dome and later Sinclair con tempt cases. In the World war he served as a major in the Judge Advocate General’s corps. He was born in Washington, in 1870, and was educated at Columbia univer. sity. ATTERN iAi Dei 0*' % PARTM ENT AN EXTREMELY smart and simple frock, this has triangu lar pockets, which make it news. 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When an actor is supposed to enter a room, he steps over an imaginary threshold; to close the door, he turns around and brings together his outstretched arms; and when he takes his girl for a boat ride, she walks in front of him, while he follows, pretending to row with an oar.—Collier’s. O-Cedar itl Clean away the muggy film and leave a silken lustra Mother, add O-Cedar Polish to your damp ened cleaning cloth and apply that to dull and listless furniture (woodwork or floors) just like you’d wash them. Soon the ugly film of winter dirt is gone and your lovely wood smiles back at you with a clean and warm, soft silken lustre. Ask for genuine: MOPS, WAX, DUSTERS, CLEANERS AND O-CEDAR FLY AND MOTH SPRAY Sign of Spring Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains, the sign of spring.—Ludwig Tieck. Worth a Second Thought First thoughts are not always the best.—Alfieri. 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