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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK.—More varied in this country than in England are repercussions to the things John Cudahy, United States ambassador t w ~ J L to Belgium, is John Cudahy quoted as Criticized for having said in Talk on Belgium ? n ipterview ® in England* that aid would be required next win ter to save 8,000,000 Belgians from famine. His defense of King Leo pold HI, is regarded as, to say the least, undiplomatic. Whether Secre tary of State Cordell Hull will take cognizance of a further statement alleging the correct behavior of Ger man troops in Belgium—criticized in England as wholly out of order—re mains to be seen. Son of an Irish immigrant who went to Milwaukee and made an immense fortune as a meat packer, Cudahy’s diplo matic career began in 1933 with his selection by President Roose velt as ambassador to Poland. In May, 1937, he became minis ter to the Irish Free State and was appointed to the post at Brussels in 1939, succeeding Joseph E. Davies when the lat ter was assigned as a special assistant to the secretary of state. Cudahy was the first to advise President Roosevelt—via telephone —of the German invasion of Bel gium where he remained at his post of duty, narrowly escaping death or injury from bombs, until he, togeth er with all other foreign represen tatives were requested to leave the country. Later, in Germany, he spent two hours with Leopold of Bel gium in the castle assigned to the monarch by the German army and obtained from him a personal letter, presumably divulging the inside story of Belgian capitulation, for Mr. Roosevelt. The ambassador is a Harvard man, class of 1910, holding de grees of bachelor of law, Wis consin^ 1913, and doctor of laws, Carroll university. Admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1913, he practiced until 1917 when he be came a captain in the United States army. Later he ranched in New Mexico, and from 1923 until 1933, when appointed to Po land, he engaged in real estate. /^\NE of the outspoken critics in congress of most, if not all, of President Roosevelt’s policies, Sen. Rush D. Holt (Dem., W. Va.) finds v the. current Young Senator debgte ^ the Strong Critic senate over Of Roosevelt the selective service and National Guard bills peculiarly his dish. Punctuated by daily clashes between him arid Sen. Sherman' Minton of Indiana, the colloquys of the two lawmakers have not been regarded by their colleagues as en hancing the dignity of the sen ate. At all events. Holt’s reputa tion as a senator, who has spoken to more empty seats than any other member of the upper house, past or present, has not been main tained in recent sessions, nor do legislative correspondents note the days the smiles of amused toler ance which used to mark his bludgeoning oratory. With the exception of Henry Clay, the youngest man ever ' elected to the United States sen ate, Holt landed in office in 1935 without benefit of the Democrat ic machine of his state, though wearing the Democratic label. When he defeated Sen. Henry O. Hatfield, a Republican warhorse, for the senatorial toga, he was .29 years old, too young to as sume his seat. The voters of his state knew this, but it made no difference. They just cast their ballots for him anyway. He had to wait six months be fore the legal office-taking age arrived. Having been at one time an athletic director, at St. Patrick’s school in West Virginia, the in stincts of this flushed, exalted stripling were all for the old college try from the minute he was sworn in, a manifestation of youthful ebullience violating an unwritten senate rule calling for silence on the part of a new member. One of the first things he did was to visit the White House to make it clear that he was in line with New Deal policies, but later it was made equally clear he was a hold out so far as machine politics, state or national, were concerned. As for the New Deal, he fought the court reorganization bill. He repeatedly accused the WPA of political im plementation. He opposed the cash and carry neutrality plan. When his present term in the sen ate ends he will not return, having been defeated in the primary elec tion in his state last May. Newly Formed ‘Green Guards of America’ « * * >■ 1 I 8 c * fm w* f §. t ’ f ff if * f < $ # t If the “blitz” strikes this country the women of Washington will be prepared to do their bit in the way of defense. Several hundred have already been enrolled in Camp No. I of the “Green Guards of America,” an organization which will take up first aid and ambulance corps duties in time of war—duties for which they have started training. Members of the newly formed “Guards” are shown here in their dark green uniforms and over-seas caps. 175,000 Hear Willkie’s Acceptance Speech *• <1 m 1 m m ph mr m wmm m m m m m&i 1 iL*/ pn^ m m ■ i Wendell L. Willkie, El wood, Indiana’s most famous son, (indicated by arrow) comes home to accept the Republican presidential nomination. A crowd estimated at more than 175,000 heard his speech of acceptance at the notification ceremonies in Callaway park. Formal notification of his nomination was made by National Chairman Joseph Martin of Massachusetts. Running Mates in Shirt Sleeves ‘Blitzkrieg Bob’ > ■ S:>y. •* m mm m >1 • -I Mi: m Wm A picture of informality, President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agri culture Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice presidential nominee, greet ing women Democratic party workers assembled at Mrs. Roosevelt’s Val-Kill cottage in Hyde Park, N. Y. The President drove over from the family home to introduce Wallace as his 1940 running mate. Paints Call to Arms for Uncle Sam mi # ' Maj. Thomas B. Woodburn at Governors island. New York, with his latest poster for the U. S. army, completed with the collaboration of his wife, Margaret (shown) also a well known artist. The poster is entitled “Defend Your Country.” m-i Wm 'll Wm 10 Private William Hanyak of the Eleventh Infantry, takes time out from the “Battle of the St. Lawrence Valley,” at Ogdensburg, N. Y., to have his crowning glory pruned, Hanyak hails from Philadelphia. This Is ‘The Nuts’ •:V ; : V m Dressed for sultry weather, seven- month-old Carole Russell of Miami cools off on the inside with coco nut milk direct from the shell. A large nipple does the trick. lESCRE! HO S> By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) H erbert marshall’s first talking picture was “The Letter,” in which he played Jeanne Eagel’s lover, whom she killed. Now he’s playing in it again, but this time he’s the husband of the heroine, played by Bette Davis. He prefers his current role. “I’d rather be a betrayed, but live, husband, than a dead .lover! ” he commented.’ ' Incidentally, two of the most interesting photographs that have come this way re cently are of Bette Davis and her stand-in. They’re dressed alike, posed alike. If anything, the stand- in is a little prettier than the talent ed Bette, but she suffers sadly by contrast. Those photographs show the difference between an expert and an amateur, and they’re worthy of any girl’s careful study. * Twentieth Century-Fox finally got the screen rights to the play “To bacco Road,” which has been run ning in New York for years. RKO wanted it too—it’s rumored that the price was more than $100,000. Unless all censorship bars are let down, considerable rewriting will have to be done. Although the two girls have been on the same lot for more than a year, Dorothy Lamour and Mary Martin didn’t meet until recently, when they were rehearsing dance numbers with LeRoy Prinz. The Sarong Siren was brushing up on her rhumba for “Moon Over Bur ma,” and the “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” girl was rehearsing intri cate tap routines for “Love Thy Neighbor,” in which she appears with Jack Benny and Fred Allen. * According to Ray Milland, “The greatest gift an actor can get is a chance to play with Claudette Col bert.” Here’s the record that proves it One of Milland’s first pictures was y&eSgXftl CLAUDETTE COLBERT “The Gilded Lily,” made six years ago; it gave him a good start toward his presept success. A young man named Fred MacMurray got his start in that picture, too; he was so scared that he shook when he was making tests, and Miss Colbert kidded him out of his panic. Melvyn Douglas was a polite but sinister “heavy” until he worked opposite her in “She Married Her Boss” and surprised everybody but himself by proving to be an excel lent light comedian. “I Met Him in Paris” gave the public another light comedian, Robert Young, who until then had been a serious young man on the screen. Clark Gable had been slipping at the box office until he and the charming Claudette made the hilarious “It Happened ">ne Night.” * A giant gorilla has been worrying the executives of the zoo at Bristol, England; it costs $48 a day to feed him, and they feared that they’d have to destroy him to save his rations. A giant gorilla has also been wor rying Producer Jack Moss of Para mount—he needed one for “D. O. A.” (Dead on Arrival) a mystery thriller featuring Ellen Drew, Rod Cameron, and various others. He’s cabled to Bristol to ask how much he’d have to pay for Alfred, the gorilla, and what could be done about transporting him with a train er to this country. Seems that Hol lywood zoos can’t offer anything big and scary enough to suit his pur pose. X After finishing a picture most stars make a great to-do about es caping Hollywood and its crowds to get away to some quiet place. But after finishing “The Howards of Virginia,” Cary Grant rushed straight to. Broadway, and Martha Scott headed for a crowded and fashionable hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. Hats off to them! The stars who declare that they wish the pub lic would let them alone are likely to rage and storm if people don’t notice them—Garbo excepted, of course Strange Facts All One-Sided 400 Trees Apiece Bordering the U. S. C. One-sidedness in a person is shown not only in the use of the hand, but also in the use of the eye and the foot. In other words, a left-handed individual will nor mally use his left eye to look into a microscope and his left foot to kick an object out of the way. C. The quantity of wood that the average person utilizes during the course of his life—in house con struction, furniture, musical in-» struments, motorcars, sporting goods, pencils, magazines, news papers, books and other paper ar ticles—is equivalent to that of about 400 large trees. =sss= C. When the moon is a crescent, the light that makes the whole disk faintly visible is earthshine, or the sunlight that is reflected by the earth. At that time of the month,' earthshine on the moon is estimat ed to be 12 times as bright as the light of a full moon'bn the earth. =SSSS== • C Although the land area of Can ada is nearly 500,000 square miles larger than that of the United States, almost 90 per cent of its population live within 200 miles of the American border.—Collier’s. ¥ NERVES? Cranky? Restless? Can't sleep? Tire easily? Worried due to female functional disorders? Then try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound famous for over 60 years In helping such weak, rundown, nervous women. 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