McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 25, 1940, Image 2
McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940
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WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
•' (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
N EW YORK.—One bright, sunny
day in July, 1920, King Chris
tian X of Denmark, mounted on a
beautiful white horse, led his troops
jLf-f M? across a
Military Force boundary line
/# New Problem to reclaim the
For Danish Kin,
lost to the Germans in 1864. Den
mark had been crippled in the World
war, suffering much more than Nor
way and Sweden, but somehow she
had managed to save her little king
dom. The king, addressing a cheer
ing throng, hailed the organization
of internatipnal law and order, un
der which small nations could live
in peace.
The king, who is six feet, six
inches tall, the tallest man in his
kingdom, recruited a guard of the
tallest and handsomest young men
he could find, but none so tall as he.
They were gorgeously uniformed
and the ceremony of the changing
of the guard might have been read
ied by Franz Lehar. But many
times, the king reminded his people
that all this was merely appropri
ate ceremonial, and that Denmark’s
safety lay in keeping in the van
guard of civilization, and not in
armed forces.
Last summer, under great nerv
ous tension, he seamed to feel that
the pozers of darkness were clos
ing in, and suffered a serious ill
ness. Today, with the fate of Den
mark resolved in far-ranging and
desperate issues, the old king, near
ing 70, yields to the inevitable. The
New world structure of law and oA
der has fallen and Denmark is one
of many casualties.
At the age of 28, Christian mar
ried Alexandrine, princess of Meck-
lenburg-Schwerin. When he was
crowned in May, 1912, the Danish
populace was prepared to dislike
him,, descendant of an alien dynasty
as he was, and there were some
overt demonstrations against him.
But he won his people with his fur
therance of a liberal, constitutional
government. Although he was
trained as an army officer, and had
a liking for military pomp, he fre
quently denounced militarism, and
opposed efforts to get his tiny coun
try goose-stepping and arming.
While he was proud of having the
tallest and most resplendent guard
in Europe, he slipped away from his
bodyguards at every opportunity
and enjoyed tremendously bicycling
around Copenhagen, unattended.
Into the ruck with Denmark’s gains
of two decades goes what probably
has been the world’s most succes-
ful state-sponsored industrial and
agricultural co-operation.
PMIL HURJA, big, Babe Ruthian
political statistician and preci-
sionist, who greatly aided the early
New Deal by charting the public
... ...... drift, is now
Political Field an ally of
Is*Gold Mine 9 the Game*
To Emil Hurja Parity
assaying in the gold fields inspired
his system of getting the mill-run
of public sentiment. He once told
this reporter about his interesting
career. Taking a start from the
wilds of the Michigan peninsula,
when he was 18, notes from his di
ary might be something like this:
Rode the rods on the way to Seat
tle. Found more comfort in the
cattle car.
Landed in Yakima, did this and
that, and finally got to Seattle. Since
I had learned to set type at the age
of nine, I convinced the Post-Intel
ligencer I was a newspaper man.
Managed to get by, but realized
an education might help, so started
grabbing one off the side at the Uni
versity of Washington. Found Dr.
Henry Suzallo, the president, was the
greatest man I ever met.
Dr. Suzallo said Henry Ford want
ed him to send somebody on his
peace ship and it might as well
be me.
Went on the peace ship; came
home and rammed around the Texas
oil fields and then got to Alaska.
Fell in with Ben Smith, who had a
real gold mine. Came back home
and got into Wall Street and poli
tics.
Began assaying political mother
lodes; got so I could tell whether
I would get a string of color, and
found I was assistant to Mr. James
Farley, chairman of the national
Democratic committee.
! Like Mr. Garner.
"CMCHTEEN years ago, Manuel
Quezon, president of the Philip
pine commonwealth, said to a group
of American business men, “I would
rather live under a government run
like hell by Filipinos than under a
government run like heaven by
Americans.” Now, v/ith the shadow
of Nippon reaching out into the Pa
cific, he isn’t so sure. Word from
Washington is that while he still
thinks 1946 may be all right for
casting off, but he is dickering for
a i e-examination of the Philippine
problem.
Norway’s Armed Forces Drawn Up in Battle Array
Typical of Norse fighting men who are resisting the Nazi invasion are these soldiers—part of a small
but well-trained and well-equipped army. Top left: An artillery detachment on the move, ready to go into
action against the Nazi war machine. Bottom left: A battery of Norwegian howitzers being wheeled into
position on Norway’s west coast. Right: These smiling soldiers, on duty at the fallen port of Narvik, pictured
before that city was seized by Germany.
Parachute School Holds Graduation Exercises
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At the parachute school of the fiakehurst, N. J., naval air station, ^graduation” exercises take a very
practical turn. Before students are awarded a diploma they must make a mass parachute jump with a ’chute
packed by themselves. Left: Members of a class boarding a plane ready to take their last lesson. Right:
With breath-taking speed the ground comes up to meet the student jumper. He has finished the regulation
training period. The jump is his final lesson—and he knows that he has packed his parachute correctly.
The Carriage Waits Without
Self-Service
And that means without wheels, horses or the magnificent appoint
ments it once possessed. The relic of other—and more peaceful—days
makes a roosting place for a French poilu, whose post is nearby. One
of the legends irscribed on the former vehicle warns that (< it is forbidden
to touch.”
“Jock,” unlike most cats, prefers
water to milk—and likes to draw
his own. His owner, Mrs. E. J. Mc
Laughlin of Bound Brook, N. J., loos
ened the faucet so “Jock” could
work it with his paws.
It’s Pay-Off Time for Jimmy Demaret
Jimmy Demaret, left, of Houston, Texas, receives a $1,150 check for
first prize money from Bobby Jones, right, after Demaret win the sev
enth annual Masters’ golf tourney at Augusta, Ga. In center is Lloyd
Mangrum, who was second. Demaret shot a 280, Mangrum a 281. The
victory made Demaret leading money winner of the winter circuit.
Puppet Premier
Head of newly formed puppet
group in Norway is Major Vidkun
Quisling, Fascist leader, who an
nounced a new government to re
place that of Premier Johann Ny-
g^aardvold.
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
J UDGE DUDLEY S. VALEN
TINE of the Los Angeles
Superior court conducted an
important trial recently—not in
court, however, and the judge
wore overalls instead of his ju
dicial robes.
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er or not he still retained his skill
as a locomotive engineer. The
scene was a movie location set,
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If you liked “Topper” and “Top
per Takes a Trip” you’ll probably
be delighted with “Turnabout,” by
the same author. Hal Roach is pro
ducing and directing it, and the cast
is made up of people famous for
their gift for smart, sophisticated
comedy. It includes Carole Landis,
Mary Astor, Veree Teasdale,
Adolphe Menjou, William Gargan,
Margaret Roach, John Hubbard,
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has pur
chased the rights to “Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde,” and is planning to pro-
ROBERT DONAT
duce it in England, with Robert Do
nat in the dual starring role. Many j
years ago it was the horror picture
of the year, with John Barrymore
playing the lead so magnificently
that he scared audiences almost into
fits.
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Los Angeles is noted as being one
of the athletic centers of the coun
try, but when Ona Munson (the
“Belle Watling” of “Gone With the
Wind,” and the “Lorelei” of radio’s
! “Big Town,”) landed out there she
couldn’t find any women to play
squash with her. She is an avid
squash fan, so she advertised in a
newspaper for feminine partners,
and received no replies. But Ona
didn’t let that stop her. She was
determined to play squash—and play
squash she does, with men. The
Men’s University Club in Hollywood
has an ironclad rule—“No Women
Allowed/’ She’s an exception. She’s
admitted, to play squash—but on
Sundays only.
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ODDS AND ENDS—William Powell
and Myrna Loy will next be co-starred by
Metro in “/ Love You Again”'. . . When
radio's “Screen Guild Theater” rings
down its curtain the last of this month
the motion picture relief fund will have
added $570,000 to its treasury . . . Bing
Crosby may spend this year's vacation in
South America , . . Miriam Hopkins will
appear opposite Melvyn Douglas in “Sing
apore,” for Columbia.
Since his current program, “Mu
sical Americana,” took the air Ray
mond Paige has received thousands
of letters from students requesting
auditions and advice about careers.
Paige’s sponsor—Westinghouse—re
cently held auditions for a “Vocal
Stock Company,” and received
enough applications to* form hun
dreds of them.
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In preparation for bringing Kath
arine Hepburn back to the screen
in “The Philadelphia Story,” Metro
made a recording of a performance
of the play. She has had a long and
successful run in it, and it’s one of
her best roles. In the screen ver
sion Robert Taylor will have the
male lead.
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Edgar Bergen wasn’t sorry to
pack up Charlie McCarthy and go
back home to Hollywood. During
his recent series of broadcasts from
New York the demand for tickets
was overwhelming, and Bergen con
fessed to a friend that he didn’t be- !
lieve he’d ever dare come back— |
said he’d had to refuse tickets tc
so many people that he was afraid
he’d alienated all his friends.
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Stranger Was Quick to
Acknowledge Introduction
The clergyman in a wayside .
church out of London was about
to start his sermon when three
strangers entered.
They were late and very con
scious of it. One of them found
a scat near the door, but the
other two had to walk further up.
At that moment the preacher
was finishing the announcement
of his text: “—and Paul I know,
but who are ye?”
The young men paused for a
moment, looked bewildered, then
one of them spoke up. “Glad to
have the pleasure, Reverence,” he
said. “This is Harry MacTavish
from Edinburgh, and I’m James
MacPherson, from Edinburgh, too.
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persist; facts pass by, never to
return.—Goethe.
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