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i McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940 I WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) NJEW YORK.—In 1922, when a ^ ^ daughter was born to the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg there was confusion and embarrass- _ _ . . ment in the Caesar Received palace be- Bare Dues From cause no- Tiny Luxembourg whe f e “> the 6 realm was there a gun with which to salute the royal newcomer. That was one instance in which the League of Na tions had fulfilled its obligation for the progressive disarmament of Eu rope. Never would Luxembourg menace the peace of the continent. The French gallantly rushed in a 75, with a crew, and the baby was given a thunderous welcome. Today the Grand Duchess Charlotte, her husband. Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma and their six children are safe in France, fleeing guns which end lives rather than acclaim new life. The terror came in the night, after 21 years of peace ful home-keeping, in which the grand duchess had reared her children, played the piano and, being*a fluent linguist, had kept abreast of French, German and English literature. She has al ways said that talk of war and politics was distasteful to her. As the ruler of her tiny princi pality she discharged her du ties of state with care and dili gence. At the end of the World war, Charlotte expressed extreme dis taste for the Germans. Her elder sister, Marie Adelaide, was com pelled to retire as ruler, on account of her pro-German sympathies and Charlotte was elected in plebiscite which continued the last grand duchy in Europe, as against a re public. She is tall and handsome, 44 years old, of the House of Nas sau, also the House of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, the rich est house in Europe. Luxem bourg is a land of Millet land scapes and haunted castles. The grand duchess has traversed it mainly on horseback, riding side-saddle. Here the new sav agery finds a shining mark of age-old decency and simplicity. Anti-Tank Squads Reinforce ‘William Tell Line’ A Swiss anti-tank squad is pictured (left) on a small but well-protected link in its “William Tell line.” Prac tically every border village of Switzerland has several of these fortifications. Right: Everlasting vigil is main tained in danger zones. These iron sticks are a formidable barrier erected against tanks of a belligerent mechanized force. Switzerland’s army consists of 600,000 well-trained, well-equipped men. Big Navy for U. S.? Yes, Say D’Alesandros An indication of how he feels about the United States having a big navy is given by Rep. Thomas D’Alesandro of Maryland, who is shown with his four sons, all in naval uniform, during a recent visit to the house of representatives in Washington, D. C. Left to right are Franklin Roosevelt D’Alesandro, 7; Nicholas, 5; Hector, 4; Joseph, ZYz, and their proud father. Representative D’Alesandro. EDWARD LESLIE BURGIN, who recently retired as British min ister of supply, knows Sanskrit and six or eight other languages, and „ writes philo- New Member of British Cabinet a Stiff Technocrat sophical es- s a y s. He could explain the war, but his critics said he wasn’t much help in fighting it. Replacing him is the one-time grocer’s boy, Herbert Mor rison, who quit school when he was 12. Mr. Morrison, who for the last nine years has been lambasting the tory government for fumbling and faltering, is the only dash of new blood in the re-made cabinet. A conservative Labor leader, who in 1934 rushed the last of the left-wing ers out of the movement, he has been variously appraised. One Brit ish friend tells me that “he is an other Ramsay MacDonald, ham strung by political ambition.” An other, equally credible, tells me he is a vigorous and intelligent public leader who will greatly strengthen the cabinet. The son of a laborer, he was grocer’s boy, elevator operator, traveling salesman, telephone operator, and secretary of the London Labor party at $5 a week. When he was a small boy, a phrenologist, taking his last six-pence for a fee, told him he would one day rule Eng land. He had heard about Dick Whittington and laughingly tells the story when someone sug gests that he may be prime minister. It is almost certain that he will if England has an other Labor government. Significantly, he has contended that England must be more hospitable to conveyor-belt production, in both war and peace, if it expected to meet competition. The Germans long have been in line-production of planes, while the British have clung to hand-craft and quality—tradition ally. Judging from Mr. Morrison’s dossier of the last few years, he may help put more technological kick into their war operations. That has been one of his big ideas. I N HOLLYWOOD they toss out a male director and substitute a woman for the direction of “Dance, Girls, Dance.” Miss Dorothy Arzner replaces Roy Del Ruth. It is the well-worn story of one step at a time—stenographer, script girl, film editor, scenarist, director. When she was a student at the Uni versity of Southern California, her father asked her to show some friends through Cecil De Mille’s movie lot. She liked the place so well that she returned to get a stenographer’s job. Her swiftness, precision and feet Duce Decorates Hero of Spanish War Swaps Racket for Gun Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, resplendent in army uniform and steel helmet, pins a medal for valor on the breast of an Italian hero who {lost his legs in the Spanish civil war. Mussolini, during the past few .weeks, has had occasion to review almost all of his troops. Adrian Quist, 27, one of the world’s ranking tennis stars, pic tured in his uniform after having completed his military training pe riod at Victoria, Australia. Nazi Infantrymen Practice New Tactics Works for Peace German infantrymen, especially trained in parachute jumping, dem onstrate how they leap from giant transport planes. The invaders from the sky carried light machine guns which can be put into action immedi ately. “Fifth column” tactics such as these have been employed by the invading Germans on a widespread scale. Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, 44, new head of the Jewish Theological Sem inary of America in New York, tc serve as liaison officer between tie White House and his race. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) D orothy lamour may have to remain in the sa rong that made her famous, but Jon Hall has finally grabbed off a role that will enable him to wear regular clothes—the curse of “The Hurricane” has lifted for him, if not for her. After his success among its winds and waves he was idle for two years. Then Producer Edward Small asked to borrow him for an other South Seas picture, “South of Pago-Pago.” Near the end of shoot ing on it, Small was planning to film “Kit Carson,” and had already signed Randolph Scott for the lead ing role when Hall appeared at the studio one day wearing a ten gallon JON HALL hat and a semi-cowboy outfit. He had a late call for work that day, and had spent the early morning hours riding with his wife, Frances Langford. Small met Hall near the actor’s dressing bungalow—and now it’s Hall instead of Randolph Scott whom you’ll see as Kit Carson. * In its latest issue, “The Philip pines; 1896-1946,” the March of Time pictures the new problems facing the Philippines as a result of today’s mounting war fever, and shows how Philippine independence, scheduled to take effect in 1946, is already threatened by Japan’s cur rent expansion program in the south Pacific. & It’s been announced that Joan Blondell plans to retire from the screen indefinitely when she fin ishes “I Want a Divorce.” She has been suffering from severe colds and inertia for the past year, and says that she will travel throughout America with a road company, (a novel cure for both severe colds and inertia!) and later on will make an extended tour of South America for a change of climate. * Fred MacMurray has grown to be so expert at water polo that a com pany that makes short features has asked him to make one on the sport. * Felix Knight, starred on the air waves’ “All Star Revue,” had a bad moment recently. After he had sung a medley of songs about the month of May, gardens and apple orchards, the Three Jesters strode up and down the aisles, tossing ap ples and other farm products to the audience. Knight swears he was scared to death for fear the fruit would be handed right back—hur tling through the air straight at him. * If Columbia’s Wayne King wanted to start up in the pipe tobacco busi ness, he already has a large clien- ' tele all over the country. For 15 years he has been smoking his own private mixture, but he won’t tell anyone what it is. It’s the result I of four years of experimenting. But though he won’t give away the secret of the mixture, he does give away the tobacco—12 pounds of it a month. When he travels on per sonal appearance tours there’s al ways a large can of it on his dress ing table—so if his orchestra is play ing in your town, and you know any one who smokes a pipe, you might drop in and get some. * Deems Taylor, the music critic and composer who acts as master of ceremonies on “Musical Ameri cana,” has a maid who delights in taking part in contests of all kinds. She was greatly excited recently when she was notified that she had qualified among the winners in a national contest, and couldn’t wait to receive her prize. When it came it turned out to be an autographed copy of Taylor’s latest book on music! —*— Bob Trout maintains that during those first few days after war really broke loose he averaged only two and one-half hours’ sleep out of each 24, and could have floated a battle ship on the amount of coffee lie drank to keep awake. Newscasting isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. * Republic has arranged to produce a picture starring Gene Autrey; the title will be “Melody Ranch”—same as his radio program—and several members of the radio cast will ap pear in the picture. He Put the Words Right In Her Mouth to Win Bet T WO fellows who had been din ing rather well were in the mood for a ridiculous wager. “I’ll bet you,” said one solemn- * ly, “that the first words my wife says, when I get home tonight are ‘My dear.’ ” “And I’ll bet you a fiver,” said the other, “that she won’t say, ‘My dear.’ ” They proceeded towards the first man’s home. He knocked at the door and a head appeared at the window above. “My dear—” began the man. His long-suffering wife interrupt ed with: “ ‘My dear’ be hanged. Wait till you come inside.” Pull the Trigger on Constipation, and Pepsin-izeAcidStomachToo When constipation brings on add indi gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your stomach is probably loaded up with cer tain undigested food and your bowelsdon’t move. So you need both Pepsin to help break up fast that rich undigested food in your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be sure your laxative also contains Pepsin. Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, because its Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won derful stomach comfort, while the Laxative Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumps of undigested protein food which may linger in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin- izing your stomach hdps relieve it of such distress. At the same time this medicine wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your bowels to relieve your constipation. 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