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> / McCOkMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. O, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941 By LEMUEL WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) 'NJEW YORK.—In Goldfield, Nev., when the camp was going strong we staged a “battle royal,” with 10 men slugging each other, the Denny Must Have g °l?st Studied Decorum man to stay In Code Duello ™ his feet. The referee was an old desert rat, who didn’t like to stay out of, a good fight. Somehow he got mixed up in the milling and flattened the three re maining contenders. One wonders at th* self-control of George V. Denny Jr., under similar provocation. With no holds barred and no punches polled, America’s Town Meeting of the Air is getting more like . the battle royal and less and less like its antecedent chantanqna meeting. In the melee over aid to Britain, in which Verne Marshall was the storm center,, it looked as though Mr. Denny might be palled in any minute. Bat he wasn’t, and with rising popular blood pressure and tensing vocal chords, he gives a marvelous weekly exhibition of keeping cool and watchful, and giving everybody a break. That was the main idea of the town meeting, which he organized, and now directs. He began his New York career as an actor in Paul Green’s “Pu litzer prize-winning” play, “In Abra ham’s bosom.” In the University of North Carolina, he became a mem ber of the “Carolina Playmakers.” After his graduation, he was instruc tor for dramatic productions at Chapel hill, which experience may have contributed to the uniformly good showmanship of the town meet ing. Mr. Denny was worried about the rising power of pressure groups, in dustrial strife, intolerance and other such matters, and these concerns directed him to an association with the League for Political Education, of which he later became director. The Town Hall of the Air was a nat ural extension of the work of /the league, founded by Dr. Denny in 1935. I T MAY sound far-fetched to link the Monday morning hangover with Britain’s chances for victory, but such things can be, the way one thing leads to Perhaps tigs ano ther these May Be Gathered days. In the From Thistles waning days of the prohibi tion era. Dr. Norman Jolliffe, ah up- and-coming young New York med ico, made a timely study of the bod ily and psychological aftermath of bathtub gin. In translating “hang over” into “polyneuritis,” he discov ered that he was studying not nec essarily alcoholism, but imperfect diet which lessened a man’s capacity to stand up to his liquor. These imperfections or inade quacies of modern diet led to studies of vitamins as possible correctives, with Dr. Jolliffe’s later conclusion that plenty of B-l would restore caloric unbalance caused by alcohol. He urged liquor manufacturers to slip a small jolt of crystaline B-l in every bottle. It wasn’t that he was trying to help citfcens keep up with their drinking. He was just taking homo sapiens as he is and trying to give him a hand. Moving on with their vitamin studies, Dr. Jolliffe and his col leagues find Mars just as dura ble as barleycorn, and an even tougher antagonist, with vita mins, again useful to buttress resistance. So here’s the “Vita mins for Britain” committee, With Dr. Jolliffe participating in its effort to get “millions of vita min tablets” over there to bol ster the “Sceptered Isle” against the effects of narrowed and un diversified diet, nervous tension and heebie-jeebies. Is it possible that prohibition was a labora tory to turn up a trick to save democracy? Dr. Jolliffe, a New Yorker, was graduated from the New York uni versity medical college in 1926. His vitamin researches gained him membership in learned societies and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is chief of medical service of the psy chiatric division of Bellevue hospi tal, and associate professor of medi cine at New York university. W HEN John D. Biggers was ap pointed to organize and man age the unemployment census in ^1937, he invited criticism. “The more stones thrown the better,” he said. He now has a job both more important and more vulnerable, as director of the production division in the new national defense office of production management. Mr. Big gers thinks the critical impulse is a sign of healthful public interest. Since 1930, he has been president of the Libby-Owens-Ford Glass com pany. $10,000,000 Cruise Ship Strikes Reef ' ’ i ■* * M View of the $10,000,000 luxury liner, Manhattan, fast in the grip of a sand bar or uncharted coral reef, 250 yards off West Palm Beach, Fla. The ship’s 250 passengers were removed safely to shore. Inset: Having come through a thrilling experience, passengers of the Manhattan wave gaily to the cameraman while being taken ashore. Something for Nazis to Ponder Over At the left Winston Churchill inspects the American mechanized squadron in London. The squadron, is com posed of Americans from the United States. Right: A demonstration of the various methods of getting troops and vehicles across a river is given by the British royal engineers. The troops are making the crossing in col lapsible boats. For bringing heavy equipment across, the boats are used as pontoons for a plank bridge. Their Country Lost, They Fight With British Mascot Their homeland gone, these Polish troops joined with the British forces and are now undergoing training somewhere in Scotland. Above they are seen with tanks in battle formation during maneuvers. The tanks, incidentally, are French ones, and were taken to England when the Nazi hordes over-ran France. Mother Goose, mascot of the Mae- mere stables in Miami, Fla., super vises the electric treatment of Puro Oro, three-year-old filly, whose ex pensive legs are learning what’s watt. The goose likes the Maemere horses and the bangtails reciprocate. Old Subs to Guard Harbor Entrances No Hard Feelings Old submarines of the World war “O” and “R” types are shown at rest in back channel at the Philadelphia navy yard, where they have been gathering sea moss and barnacles. Twenty of these or similar craft are expected to join the Atlantic fleet for duty as guardians of harbor entrances along the eastern seaboard. Rep. A. J. May hoped to have the hearings on the lease-loan bill made before his military affairs committee, but Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of house foreign affairs committee, “won the toss.” Photo shows Representative May (left) shaking hands with Representative Bloom. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) J WALTER RUBEN, Metro • producer, took all of two weeks off recently; with three pictures ready to be released he’d earned it! The three are “Bad Man,” with Wallace Beery, “Maisie Was a Lady,” and “Flight Command,” a navy picture, with Robert Taylor and the talented and beautiful Ruth Hussey. It was a busman’s holiday, in a way, as Mr. Ruben had to see all the new plays. Mrs. Ruben (Vir ginia Bruce) was with 'him, but wasn’t on exhibition as so many Hollywood stars are when they visit New York. He was enthusiastic about the co operation given him by the navy during the making of “Flight Com mand,” and also about Robert Tay lor and the tremendous handicap he had to overcome because he was launched as a handsome and ro mantic lad who bowled women over on sight. When somebody mentioned the possible effect on Hollywood of this country’s entering the war he predicted that men would join up in droves. Ruben himself formerly held a reserve commission in the army, and has been offered one in the navy. *— Just as Cary Grant seems to bob up in practically every picture late ly, so James Hilton seems to be the au thor of the moment. Columbia will film his “And Now Good bye,” co - starring Joan Fontaine and Brian Aherne for the first time; it is her first screen ap pearance since “Re- becca.” And Metro is doiqg his “Rage in Heaven,” with Ingrid Berman and Robert Montgomery. This is said to be one of the most exciting “perfect crime” stories to be brought to the screen. So Miss Berman is in for a lot of horror; she has “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” as her next assign ment, with Spencer Tracy. * George Raft, poker-faced as usual, almost lost his aloofness when he saw “Pal Joey” recently. “Pal Jo ey” is a musical show with a real plot, and is currently one of the hits of the New York theatrical sea son. The hero is a master of cere monies who dances superbly, and the role is right up Raft’s alley. It’s said that the next day he im plored Warner Brothers to buy the screen rights’ for him. Certainly it seems a natural. The only difficulty is that, to get by the Hays office, the plot and the hit songs would have to be discarded; in fact, there wouldn’t be much left hut the title. & Remember Billy Lee, the appeal ing boy actor who scored such a hit in “The Biscuit Eat er”? You’ll see him in “Power Dive,” an aviation picture; Jean Parker and Richard Arlen star in it, supported by Roger Pryor and Don Castle, a young Paramount contract player who’s on his way up fast. Para mount gives its younger players fea tured roles as step ping stones to stardom, so Castle I was given the second lead, playing i Arlen’s younger brother, in “Power Dive.” X Vivian Leigh and Laurence Oliv ier finally set off for England, and possibly for more movies; Para mount would like to have them as stars of J. M. Barrie’s famous play, “The Admirable Crichton,” screened many years ago with Gloria Swan son and Thomas Meighan. * Billy Lee Joan Fontaine New Frock for ’Round the House TLJ ERE’S a pretty new home A A frock that looks well on every body from slim size 12’s to stately size 4Q’s. Made up in bright per cale or calico prints, or in checked gingham, with ric-rac outlining the neckline and points of interest, it looks fresh and gay as a morn ing-glory. And this is a thoroughly comfortable dress, too. The sash belt, tied in the back, enables you to adjust the waistline to exactly the snugness or slimness you like.! The armholes are easy. The skirt has sufficient width for, walking comfort. A glance at the little diagram drawing, showing pattern No. 1305- B cut out and ready to assemble, shows you how simply made it isr* Merely straight, long seams, a few darts and gathers—that’s all. Any body can make it, quickly and easily. • • • Pattern No. 1305-B Is designed for sizes 12. 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 14 (32) requires 5% yards of 35- inch material; 1 yard trimming. Detailed sew chart included. Send order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 211 W. Wacher Dr. Chicago Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pattern No Size Name Address Check COLD DISCOMFORTS AT the first sign of a cold, make up your mind to avoid as much of the sniffling, sneezing, soreness and stuffy condition of your nostrils as possible. Insert Mentholatum In each nostril. Also rub it vigorously on your chest. You’ll be delighted with the way Mentholatum combats cold mis ery and helps restore comfort. MENTHOLATUM ^ Civc* COMFOR.T Daily Sorrows and Joy Sorrows remembered sweeten present joy.—Pollok. John MacCormick is the quiet voiced, dignified young man who an nounces the numbers each Sunday afternoon on Columbia network’s “Design for Happiness” — hearing him, or even seeing him, you’d nev er suspect that he once was a speed demon. At 17 he designed and built a racing car that would hit better than 100 miles an hour, and was a regular participant in the dirt-track classics at Robey’s Speedway near Chicago. At the same time he be gan studying aviation, and now holds a full transport pilot’s license. Now, at 26, he’s overcome his de sire for speed, and is quite content to earn his living just by talking. *— ODDS AND ENDS C. Warner Brothers will give “Flight From Destiny,” a typical Hollywood open* ing in Buenos Aires, with Mona Maris presiding. C. Rudy Vallee makes his debut as a ven triloquist in Bathe's “Picture People” C. Parents’ Magazine chose Virginia Weid- ler as 1940’s outstanding screen juvenile— Mickey Rooney was the winner for 1939. C. Clocked for laughs at a “sneak” pre view, Preston Sturges’ latest for Para mount, “The Lady Eve,” recorded an aver age of two laughs a minute . . . It co-start Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. AT 6000 DKUO STORES BAkasy^^^BCessedRetcei. RHEUMATISM Si SPECIAL BARGAINS HEN you see the specials of our merchants announced he columns of this paper can depend on them. They a bargains for you. icy are offered by merchants are not afraid to announce r prices or the quality | he merchandise they offer. II \ /