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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940
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WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
. (Consolidated Features—WNTJ Service.)
N EW YORK.—Adm. Sir Charles
M. Forbes, commander-in-chief
of the British home fleet, may be
taking his current naval battles
b u- l aj • t rather per-
Bntiah Admiral, sonally. He
Jutland Veteran, has a charm-
Heade Home Fleet ing Swedish
wife, who was
Marie Louise Bemdtson, daughter
of Axel Bemdtson of Stockholm.
Their home has been a salon of
mingling British and Scandinavian
culture.
Sir Charles has not been particu
larly conspicuous in Britain’s high
command of the navy, but, by all
accounts, he “has what it takes.”
Sixty ^years old, in the navy, for 46
years, he has been in command of
ithe home fleet since 1938. He fought
in the Battle of Jutland, winning the
,D. S. C. From 1925 to 1928, he was
director of naval ordnance. He
commanded the destroyer flotilla
Mediterranean fleet in 1930 and 1931
and was sea lord and controller of
the navy from 1932 to 1934. He was
second in command of the Mediter
ranean fleet from 1934 to 1936.
A British friend who arrived here
recently tells me Sir Charles is re
garded as perhaps the best naval
strategist and tactician of England,
of the esteemed “bulldog” type
who, unless spurred by higher com
mand, would attempt no too-hhzard-
ous exploits, but may be depended
to go all the way through.
RUNS, no hits, no errors is
a good score for a diplomat.
The runs and the hits aren’t expect
ed in diplomacy and goose-egg in
V. S. Diplomat’s the error co1 -
Batting A verage
Rated at IflOOtyo
years in the state department, is
America’s fully adequate minister
to Denmark ^at a critical hour. He
assumes charge of French and Brit
ish interests.
He emerged against the backdrop
of the Boston Beacon street aris
tocracy, and was known as the
“beau of the beaux arts,” when he
was studying architecture in Paris.
After short turns in architecture
and banking, he entered the diplo
matic service as a career man,
serving in various posts at Tokyo,
the Philippines and London, until his
appointment as minister to Bul
garia in 1937. He became minister
to Denmark last August.
He is a cautious, “message to
Garcia” diplomat who has learned
never to get out on a limb—No. 1
in the diplomat's rubric. This in
spite of an occasional frolicsome
mood, as when he named his infant
daughter Helen Maria, in honor of
General Dawes, his former chief at
London.
IT WAS just a year ago that lean,
* grim, Calvinistic old Premier
Hendryk Colijn warned Holland of
big, bad trouble ahead in which in-
e . . rs ... nocentby-
Stateeman Colijn standers cer-
Wamed Holland tainly would
To Be Prepared f et h ur * un *
less they pre
pared to defend themselves. His
urging had much to do with his
country’s diligent war preparations
of the last twelve-month and today,
Mr. Colijn, no longer premier, but
an influential elder statesman, says
Holland is ready to make things
extremely unpleasant for trespass
ers. In the World war, the astute
Queen Wilhelmina managed to save
her country by a miracle of adroit
maneuvering. She might be able
to do it again, but just in case, they
have re-rigged their dykes for web
footed warfare, if necessary, greatly
enlarged their fighting forces and
co-ordinated their defenses for the
best possible showing a bantam
weight country could possibly make
against the big sluggers.
Mr. Colijn, 70 years old next July,
is an amiable, cultured gentleman,
. not giveri to fighting talk, but not
inexperienced in real fighting. His
political and financial fortunes were
advanced by his showing in some
catch-as-catch-can milling against
the savage Sassaks on the Island of
Lombok, east of Java, when he was
a young lieutenant in the Nether
lands army. His service in the Far
East brought him in touch with Sir
Henry Deterding and he moved
along with Sir Henry to wealth and
eminence in the world expansion of
the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company.
He is a financier with a strongly
liberal political orientation. In his
public activities, he has been a vig
orous foe of both the Nazis and
Communists. In November, 1938,
he denounced the Nazi anti-Semitic
pogroms as “the most tragic epi
sode of modern times.”
He is calmly assured that civili-,
zation has staying power, air
bombs or no air bombs. He has
been leader of Holland’s Calvinist
party.
He was a farm boy who knocked
off milking one night and told his
father he was off to military school.
U. S. Army Plane Makes First Totally ‘Blind’ Flight
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The first totally “blind” flight in the history of aviation was completed recently by a United States army
air corps 2214-ton bomber as it landed at Langley Field, Va., from Mitchell Field, N. Y. Pilots W. A. Matheny
and Carl McDaniel, shut off from outside.vision by a canvas, relied solely upon instruments. Left: Crew of
the huge Boeing fortress preparing for the historic flight. Top right: Diagram shows how radio signals sent out
from two special trucks guides plane to a landing. Bottom right: The plane in which the experiment was
i^ade. Instead of following a radio beam, the plane was “on instruments” from take-off to destination, land
ed by signal broadcasts from the two radio trucks.
As Swedish Soldiers Man Frontier Defense Posts
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While neighboring Norway battles against the powerful German war machine, Sweden has increased mili
tary preparedness facilities at'all vulnerable points. Sweden’s oft-reiterated policy of neutrality is backed up by
the small but well-equipped Swedish army. Left: Army machine gunners are shown in position at a border
post somewhere near Stockholm. Right: Swedish infantrymen check over thejr ammunition at a vulnerable
point near the same city.
As Nazi Battleship Invaded Norse Waters
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Made from the bridge of a Nazi warship as she shelled and set fire
to m British destroyer, this is the first picture to reach America via
radio of actual battle between ships of the English and Nazi fleets in
Norwegian waters. The picture was made during fighting in the Skager-
rak. The white plume is where a shell fell short. Note the swastika on
the foredeck of the German ship—recognition mark for Nazi bombers.
They Plan July Republican Convention
‘Harpo’ Galento
This may be a preview of coming
events. “Two-Ton” Tony Galento,
challenger to Joe Louis’ heavy
weight crown, spied this $2,000 harp
in an Omaha, Neb., radio station,
and promptly went to work on it.
His Biggest Day
Pictured in Philadelphia, Pa., making plans for the Republican na
tional convention in July are (left to right) James F. Torrance, Pitts
burgh, chairman of the Pennsylvania committee; John D. M. Hamilton,
national committee chairman, and Harold W. Mason of Brattleboro, Vt.,
national committee secretary.
Oscar Vitt, Cleveland Indian base
ball club manager, embraces Pitch
er Bob Feller after the latter pitched
a no-hit, no-run game against the
Chicago White Sox in the opening
tilt of the season at Chicago.
IMPROVED*’*””*
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for May 5
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
ISAIAH GIVES GOD’S INVITATION
LESSON TEXT—Isaiah 55:1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT—Seek ye the Lord while
he may be found, call ye upon him while he
is near.—Isaiah 55:6.
Thirsty? A thousand signboards
will tell you what to drink to refresh
yourself. Most of the suggestions
are there only to get your money,
and often their proffered lift is a
push downward and their refresh
ment is only a prelude to destruc
tion. But they do declare that thirst
is universally present. Throughout
the Bible thirst is used to express
man’s need of and longing for God.
He is a spiritual being made in the
likeness and image of God and in
tended for fellowship with Him.
Never will he be fully satisfied until
he comes to God and meets his hun
ger and thirst with that “which is
good.”
The invitation of Isaiah is present
ed under the figure of a purchase,
“Come ye, buy.” In carrying out
that thought we suggest that there
are four steps in buying and using
anything.
I. Listen (v. 1).'
“Ho, everyone that tnirsteth.”
This is as Spurgeon says “the cry
of a salesman at a fair.” Amid the
confusing sounds and disturbing
sights surrounding his customer the
salesman must make himself known
and catch the interest of his cus
tomer. The latter must listen to the
offer and the recommendation of the
things for sale.
This is an unusual offer. Isaiah
invites the buyer to make his pur
chase “without money and without
price.” Does that mean that the
thing for sale is cheap or worthless?
Far from it, for it is priceless. Sal
vation is free for the sinner, but it
cost God the price of His only begot
ten Son. It is because Jesus paid
the price of redemption that we may
have it freely without cost.
II. Compare (vv. 2-5).
A good shopper compares values
lest he make a bad bargain or buy
that for which he has no real need.
What is the situation of the one who
is invited to buy what God offers?
He is a sinner who has been fool
ishly seeking to satisfy himself with
what the world has to offer. With
money he has tried to buy happi
ness, contentment, recognition. The
bread of this world will never satisfy
and the water of this world only in
creases one’s thirst. (See John 4:
13, 14.)
Compare what God has to offer,
“that which is good,” that which
delights the soul (v. 2). Here is
life (v. 3) assured by the promise
of One who made an “everlasting
covenant” with David, assuring him
of His “sure mercies.” It results in
ultimate glory (v. 5).
The one who honestly makes suen
a comparison is quickly satisfied
that the time has come to
III. Buy (w. 6-9).
Penniless, the sinner may “buy”
without money. He may call upon
God, for God has already called him.
He may seek God, because He like
the good shepherd has been out seek
ing the lost sheep (Matt. 18:12).
While man can certainly not save
himself, there are things which God
expects the sinner to do. First, he
is to “seek the Lord.” Where?
Right at your side, sinner, for “he
is near” (v. 6). Then when the sin
ner meets the Lord he is at once
conscious of his sin. What shall
he do with it? Forsake it in both
thought and deed (v. 7) and God
will “abundantly pardon.” Observe
that men may by their sinful rejec
tion of Him bring themselves to the
place where they not only do not
listen to God’s call, but actually do
not want to hear it. “Seek ye the
Lord while he may be found” (v. 6).
IV. Enjoy (w. 10, 11).
Some foolish folk buy things and
put them away where neither they
nor anyone else can enjoy them.
Some worry so much about the price
they paid or are so concerned about
the preciousness of the thing pur
chased that they find no pleasure in
using it.
Salvation is not a thing to be
hidden or put on a shelf. In fact,
it is not a thing at all, but a life.
It is to grow, to bud, to blossom and
to bear fruit. How? By being ready
to receive God’s Word which comes
down like the rain from the heavens,
refreshing, encouraging, and fructi
fying the life of the believer.
God’s Word never returns to Him
void. He prospers it to accomplish
His own purpose. But pray tell me,
if we never study it or even read
it, how can it help our lives? We
“grow in grace’’ only as we grow
“in the knowledge of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ” (II Pet. 3:18).
We grow in knowledge as we study
God’s Word. Thus we come to enjoy
our Christian life.
Healing Powers
There came also a multitude out
of the cities round about unto Jeru
salem, bringing sick folks, and them
which were vexed with unclean spir
its and they were healed every one.
—Acts 5:16.
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Isn’t This Why
Yon Are Constipated?
What do you eat for breakfast?
Coffee, toast, maybe some eggs?
What do you eat for lunch and
dinner? White bread, meat, pota
toes? It's little wonder you’re con
stipated. You probably don’t eat
enough ‘'bulk.” And ‘‘bulk”
doesn’t mean the amount you
eat. It’s a kind of food that forms
a soft “bulky” mass In the Intes
tines and helps a movement. If
this is your trouble, may we sug
gest a crunchy toasted cereal—
Kellogg’s All-Bran—ior breakfast.
All-Bran Is a natural food, not a
medicine — but It’s particularly
rich la “bulk.” Being so, it can
help you not only to get regular
but to keep regular. Eat All-Bran
regularly, and drink plenty of
water. Made by Kellogg’s in Battle
Creek. If your condition is chron
ic, it is wise to consult a physician.
V
A Working Day
Life is a short day; but it is a
working day. Activity may lead
to evil; but inactivity cannot be
led to good.—Hannah Moore.
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