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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940 By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) tions assembly was in session, on a sunny afternoob, with every garde nia in place on the lapel Popular Candidate Tor Free Albania ot its mom- Modem Jeremiah mg “oal.with decorous murmurs mingling with the bird song and the hum of the bees, heard through the open windows. The im peccable and somewhat desiccated Sir Eric Drummond, who played closer to his immaculate white vest than any living man, was presiding watchfully against any untoward procedure, any solecism, any break in syntax or punctilio, or move to ward any overt suggestion or act. There arose among the dele gates a great, shaggy bearded man who started the windows ratUing with his booming voice. He said: “Ton are just blowing bubbles. Your talk is hot air. You have done and will do noth ing for peace. You know that the Dawes plan is doomed. You know that all treaties are des tined for the waste basket.’* It was a long, masterful and pun ishing philippic, delivered in a fin ished Harvard accent. Sir Eric was almost a hospital case. The Jeremiah was Bishop Fan Stylian Noli, of the Albanian Ortho dox church, and it is Bishop Noli, now supposedly living in Boston, who is named in a London cable to the New York Sun, as the popu lar candidate for a liberated Alba nia. With the aid of .the Greeks, the hope of Albanian liberation is warming up daily, here and abroad. The huge, ruddy warrior-bishop, a ’ medieval man with modem ideas, 1 never has been caught in the feudal tensions and confusion of Balkan i politics. He is a genuine libertarian and democrat, recruiting Moslems as well as Christians in his long running fight for modern free state hood for his country. His League of Nations speech was shushed in Europe, but all of it finally filtered through to American newspapers. It was the voice of a major prophet, as startling as the little flickering cinema spot on the walls of Belshaz zar’s palace. If the bishop should reclaim and redeem Albania, America would get an assist, if not a put-out. He was educated at Harvard university, en tering in 1908 and finishing in 1912. In the former year, the peaceful re ligious revolution by which the mod em Orthodox Albanian church was established was just getting under way, and it was in that year, that he was invested with the robes of its priesthood. I got a glimpse of the bishop in the Commodore hotel in 1931, • a keen-eyed, black-bearded gi ant, purposeful, alert and power ful in every aspect of his face and person. He had arrived just a jump ahead of certain dissi dent Albanian gunmen. On this and many other occasions, he blasted Albania’s dude monarch, Ahmed Zog much as he had blasted the tit-tat-toe assembly of the league. But he changed hotels frequently and mysteri ously, as for many yehrs he has had death close on his heels. And it was in 1931 that he said that Premier Mussolini would snatch Albania when he got ready, and that Zog’s govern ment was ail make-believe. Om PHILIP B. JOUBERT DE L* ^ FERTE, British air marshal, has had a long and distinguished ca reer in the army, and in all these m. r%i «»« t ci* years he has Sir Philip'* Slip been a model Get* Approved of of discretion V. S. Newshounds » nd ble official be havior. Hence it was a most ex traordinary slip when he broadcast to the world details of where Ger man bombs had fallen. The min istry of information, of which Sir Philip is a member, had been clamping down the censorship lid and British papers were printing German communiques, as the only news available. American newspa per men, sharply at odds with the censorship about getting news from Germany, are acclaiming Sir Philip for a fumble which they think was in the public interest. It seems to be his first fumble. As a flier in the World war, he gathered both British and Italian decorations and was mentioned in dispatches six times. He joined the royal flelcf artillery in 1907 and transferred to the royal flying corps in 1913. He was in France in first two years of the war and in Egypt in 1916 and 1917. After the war he was R. A. F. instructor at the imperial defense college and commanded the R. A. F. staff college in 1930 and 1934. He was given command of the R. A. F. in 1937. He was educated at Harrow and Woolwich. They Seek 12,000 Flying Students Off to Caribbean Lieut. W. Wittie Jr., assistant recruiting officer for the Philadelphia flying cadets, is shown (left) going over plans for the procurement of applicants with Lieut. Lawrence Semans, of the U. S. army air corps. Lieut. Semans is advance agent in a drive to get 200 Philadelphians to make up part of 12,000 flying cadets needed in the expansion program. President Roosevelt waves from the deck of cruiser Tuscaloosa at Miami, Fla., as he starts on his cruise to the Caribbean to inspect new military bases. He said the voyage was strictly for business. 23rd Recipient of Donor’s Blood Here From Britain Mrs. Leslie Watts cheers her mother, Mrs. Hazel Farmer, victim of staphylococcus septicemia, who will be the twenty-third recipient of the blood of Mrs. Rose McMullin, of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Farmer, whose home is in Oklahoma City, was brought to Chicago to await the arrival of Mrs. McMullin, whose blood has saved the lives of 22 persons. Sir Frederick Philips, undersecre tary of the British treasury, shown on his arrival in New York. He came to America to straighten out dollar exchange ’’technicalities.” Select America’s Champion Liar I - Rail Prexy Number 1 Liar of America will be proclaimed December 31 by the Burlington Liar’s club, of Burlington, Wis. Lower left: President O. C. Hulett at his desk reading some of the 17,000 lies entered in the contest. Several club members seem a bit dubious as he swears on a stack of dictionaries that the tall tales are true. A medal is awarded the champ prevaricator. William White, who succeeds John M. Davis as president of the Dela ware, Lackawana & Western rail road on January 1, will be the young est railroad president in the East, He is 43 years old. AdAmAn Club to Scale Pikes Peak Again Scientist To usher in the New Year properly 17 members of the AdAmAn club, which includes some of the nation’s best mountain climbers, will scale the 14,109-foot Colorado peak on December 31, to set off fireworks. The club has been making this trip for the past 17 years, adding a mem ber each trip (hence the name). Pictures show last year’s “hike” and fireworks. Dr. A. F. Blakeslee, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, who is pre siding at the annual meeting in Phil adelphia—from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T HE March of Time has come to the rescue of all of us who have an interest in some one affected by the new selec tive service law. In “Army and the Men—U. S. A.” we are tak en inside training camps and shown how the young men in the nation’s rapidly expanding citi zen army live, what they learn, what they do for amusement, and how they are being welded into a defensive fighting force. The film shows what has been done to provide comfortable living quarters for the young soldiers; it shows as well how the nation’s in dustry is concentrating on orders for the gigantic defense program. It’s a picture specially meant for all draft eligibles, their families and their friends. * When Howard Hughes finishes waving his magic wand over Jack Beutel we may have a new star on our movie screens. Beutel gets his chance as one of the leads in the new Hughes film, “The Outlaw.” He hails from Dallas, where he had little-theater experience, and wasn’t getting far in his ambition to suc ceed in Hollywood when he got the Hughes assignment. Eleanor Powell has finally com pletely recovered from that opera tion that kept her on the sidelines all this time, and will start work soon in “Lady Be Good,” which was ELEANOR POWELL a successful musical comedy years and years ago. It will co-star Ann Sothern (giving her a chance to get away from playing “Maisie” for awhile) and Tony Martin. Arthur Freed and Busby Berkeley, produ cer and director of “Strike Up the Band,” will produce and direct, and the George Gershwin music will be used. vy What old favorite do you suppose has been scheduled for a new ap pearance now? None other than “The Phantom of the Opera,” with Broderick Crawford playing the “Phantom.” But \the real surprise is the girl who’ll play opposite him— it’s none other than Deanna Durbin. She’s always done comedy, and sung a few songs, superbly. But when she finishes “Nice Girl” she’ll get away from all that temporarily, and appear in Universal’s famous thriller. & Something new in casting has bobbed up at Paramount. Book re viewers on newspapers and maga zines are to be polled for their nominations for players to appear in the screen version of the Heming way novel, “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Since book reviewers who know one motion actor from an other are scarcer than hen’s teeth it seems unlikely that their opinions will be of very great value. * Jill Esmond, a talented English actress whom you hear on the air as Emily Bronte, author and narra tor in “Wuthering Heights,” spent her last night before leaving England in a Liverpool air-raid shelter, re citing fairy tales for hours on end to keep a group of children enter tained. If you haven’t been listen ing to “Wuthering Heights” you’re missing something; it s*ts a new high mark in radio serial drama. * Loretta Young unintentionally stole the show from Santa Claus the other evening. On her way to a radio rehearsal, she parked her car in a lot near the theater just as a Santa Claus parade was passing. Hundreds of mothers were holding their children high enough to see Santa Claus; somebody shouted: “There’s Loretta Young!” and in stantly backs were turned on Santa Claus while everybody gazed at Loretta. ✓ 4' ODDS AND ENDS—That new Sunday afternoon radio program, which has start ed off so well, changed its name just be fore the first broadcast—it’s “77.e House That Refreshes,” not "Music That Re freshes” . . . Gene Alt trey, of the CBS "Melody Ranch'” and the movies, recently bought a number of antique music boxes, one for each guest room in his new ranch house ■ . . Bob Burns is vacationing right now, on a trip to New York which he and Mrs. Burns planned two years ago, but had to postpone because of an injury which she suffered. It is Bob's second trip to New York since he landed there jobless in 1935 and got a job on the air with Rudy Vallee. New Date Frock In Princess Style * afternoon frock, with many par ties coming on, and teas. A frock that will make your figure look particularly slim and supple, your face fresh and appealing! That’s just the kind of frock you can make for yourself with design No. 8826, in velveteen, chiffon-thin wool, spun rayon or flat crepe. See how beautifully the princess cut makes it melt into your waist line, in a most belittling fashion! that clever skirt detailing in front is a perfect way to achieve the smart “concealed fullness.” The draped bodice is not only an im portant fashion point, but also very becoming to slim figures, be cause it tends to round out the bosom. Make it of lace, or con trast or, as shown in the small sketch, of the frock fabric. Pattern No. 8826 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14 requires, with short sleeves, 4% yards of 39-ineh material without nap; long sleeves, 4Y a yards, Vz yard lace. Step-by-step sew chart comes with your pattern. Send or der to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 211 W. 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