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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
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Enclose 15 cents In coins for
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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. For, this life is an un
relenting master who does not
waste time with aimlessly wan
dering sluggards. Therefore, see
the. thing clearly which you are
pursuing and strive with all your,
might to reach it.
Calm Within
The height of human wisdom is
to bring our tempers down to our
circumstances, and to make a
calm within, under the weight of
the greatest storm without.—
Defoe.
PAIN WHERE IT HURTS
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All Equal
Before God we are all equally
wise—equally foolish.—Albert Ein
stein.
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