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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 Duke of Windsor Becomes Governor of Bahamas “We deeply appreciate the honor and distinction which his majesty, the king:, has conferred upon the fa appointing your royal to be governor of this ancient and loyal colony,” says W. K. Moore, president of the Bahaman legislative council, as he welcomes the doke of Windsor on behalf of the islanders. The scene is the tiny legislative ehamber in Nassau, Bahamas. The duchess of Windsor is on the duke’s left. Wild West Glamour Revived at Pendleton Roundup Covered wagon days and the glamour of the old West will be revived at Pendleton, Ore., in # the annual four-day Roundup beginning September 11. The Far West’s most celebrated rodeo will attract the most famous steer wranglers, lariat artists and stunt riders in America as well as thousands of Indians participat ing in parades and pageantry. Above are shown typical scenes in connection with the Roundup. Police Chiefs Hold 47th Convention Sextuplet at 77 Police executives from all sections of the nation have gathered in Milwaukee for the forty-seventh annual congress of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Principal speakers shown above are J. Edgar Hoover, center, director of the FBI; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, Washington, D. C., upper right, president of the association; Lieut. F. M. Kreml, upper left, Northwestern University Traffic Institute; Mayor Carl F. Zeidler, Milwaukee, lower left; Congressman Martin Dies, lower right. Mrs. Alincia Bushnell Parker, one * of the sextuplets bora to Mrs. lames Bushnell of Chicago in 1863—before the days of ballyhoo and press agentry. Today that event would blot out war headlines, but something misfired in 1863, and the world knew little of that authentic, amazing event. Fame and fortune passed them up, and today Mrs. Parker, a white-haired woman of 77, lives on a me'ager pension at Silver Lake, N. Y. She is a widow and the mother of seven children/Mrs. Alice Hughes of Phoenix, Ariz., is the other sux* viving sextuplet. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) I T SEEMS that those year- old twins, Beverly and Bar bara Quintanilla, are to play just one baby instead of two in Warner Brothers" “Four Moth ers,” and all because William Keighley used his head. The script called for Pris cilla Lane to be the mother of a one-year-old child. One of the laws that give directors gray hair is that an infant can’t be kept under the lights for more than 20 minutes, and can’t work more than two hours a day. So Keighley did some arithmetic and engaged twins for the role. He claims that the scheme has two ad vantages—it doubles the shooting time, and though one baby isn’t in the right mood at the big moment, her sister may be full of ambition. * Members of the company of “Vir ginia” were sitting around on loca tion, waiting for the shooting to start; off at one side, a young lady MADELEINE CARROLL was crocheting. She seemed to be so expert that one of the extras, a local girl, asked if she’d teach her. The pretty crocheter was most af fable about it; when the director, Edward H. Griffith, called the play ers together at last the pupil thanked her. “By the way,” she said, “What’s your name?” The crocheter replied “Call me Madeleine—Made leine Carroll.” —*— Maybe this is bribery—but Direc tor Mitchell Leisen has told Ray Mil- land and Claudette Colbert, co-stars of his picture, “Arise My Lo|ve,” that if they complete their roles ahead of schedule he will buy each of them a tailored suit. Director Sam Wood also became clothes-conscious and sent little Betty Brewer two sweaters and a plaid skirt for being such a good girl when Claudette’s husband, Dr. Joel J. Pressman, tpok her tonsils out. Not to be outdone by all this generosity, Claudette is' working between scenes on a blanket, which will be a gift for the' Ray Milland heir, little David Daniel. * ; Paulette Goddard danced three numbers with Fred Astaire for scenes in ‘ Paramount’s “Second Chorus” and set a record that prob ably won’t be broken in Hollywood for many years to come. Though she has never danced fbr films be fore, she did it so well that every dance photographed perfectly in one take, thanks to working like a dog at rehearsals. —*— Frank Capra seeks realism in his pictures. When Gary Cooper had to protest a decision to a baseball um pire in “Meet John Doe,” Capra asked Pat Flaherty, former major league pitcher, what players usually say in such a case. “You’ve never seen. It printed, have you?” asked Flaherty. Capra shook his head. “Then you wouldn’t want to use it In the picture, would you?” So the protest will just sound like an angry speech by Donald Duck. —*— Nazis ‘Wash Hands’ of Ship’s Safety- Happy Birthday! The American army transport, American Legion, which sailed from Petsamo, Finland, recently, with 897 refugees aboard. The German gov ernment declined responsibility for the vessel’s security because her scheduled course lay “dangerously near the field of military operations around Ensland.” A boy king and the aged head of a far-flung financial empire will ob serve their birthdays this week. The king is youthful Peter of war-threat- ened Jugoslavia, whose seventeenth birthday falls on September 6. The financial tycoon is John Pierpont Morgan, head of the world’s largest private bank, who will celebrate his 73rd birthday on September 7. “The one, the only, the original Professor Quiz,” who recently cele brated his 200th consecutive week on the air, has been broadcasting for four years—during that time he’s received almost 2,000,000 letters, con taining more than 12,000,000 ques tions—and has paid out more than $25,000 in prize money. He’s not superstitious, but he refuses to go on the air without the battered old felt hat from which the questions are selected at the broadcast—it was borrowed years ago from a station manager in Charlotte, N. C., and is looked upon as the good luck charm of the show. • - Dontaa Woods’ fine soprano voice was going to waste in a mediocre girl trio, and the “Collegians” were a male trio that wasn’t getting the breaks, not so long ago. But when they joined talents and became the “Smarties” things began to happen —they auditioned successfully on a Boston station, won several shows, then Horace Heidt heard them, hired them—and now they’re known as “Donna and Her Don Juans,” and featured with the Musical Knights on the Pot o’ Gold and Treasure Chest programs. \ EPARTM ENT \X7ITH her big roll-brim hat and new patent leathers, she’ll look charming as a spring morn ing, when she steps forth in a breezy little day frock made over pattern No. 1942-B. It’s very sim ple, very smart, with pretty neck line and short sleeves outlined by two rows of braid, and with braid and buttons to trim the front and back panel. The waistline is fitted and small, as princess waistlines are, and a big fluttery sash bow calls attention to the factl This dress is particularly pretty In plaid gingham because the front and back panels are cut bias. But It’s also sweet in percale printed with red cherries or pink flowers, or in white pick, with bright rie- rac braid. Certainly your daugh ter will want it in more than one material, when she sees how nice she looks in it! The simple dia gram design is so easy that lofs of girls can make it for them selves. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1942-B Is (to- signed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 yean. Size 6 requires 2 1 A yards of 35-inch ma terial; 6 yards of ric-rac. Send order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1334 211 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago Enclose 15 cents In coins for Pattern No ••••••.. Size....••••• Name ...... Address Aim at Something An old thinker once said; “If you aim at nothing you will hit it!” If we are to live successfully we must live for something. That something must be the magnet which will draw us to. it irresis tibly. Such striving to reach the goal requires all the strength that is in us. 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