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# McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) VTEW YORK.—Adam Smith de- scribed economics as a science and then added, “Science is an anti dote to the poison of enthusiasm.’* FDR’, Economist « “ An Antidote to dent Roose- f Poison of ZeaV v ? Ws Person al economist. rarely heard or seen, serves as such an antidote when impulsive action is indicated. He is the somewhat dimly outlined Dr. Lauchlin Currie, graying at 37, clothed in gray, as though in protective coloring, a shadow-shape in the Washington fogs of doubt and uncertainty. Dr, Carrie not only delves into mountains of detail, as did Hay and Nieolay for Lincoln, in an- * other critical hour in March, 1860, but he is a deep fount of economic doctrine. He has not been credited with the inspira tion for the lease-lend bill for aid to Britain, but it is interest ing to note that in April, 1938, he put forward a plan to solve railroad troubles by a leasing lending procedure in which the roads would get equipment much in the manner in which Britain would get war goods un der the new bill. As the “last of the brain-trust ers,” he is an advocate of the full utilization of technical resources by clearing them of financial entan- glements and commitments, so far as possible. The late Thorstein Veb- len foreshadowed these techniques. Dr. Currie is a native of Nova Scotia who became an American citizen in 1934. He joined the New Deal in that year, three years after takbig his doctorate at Harvard, as an assistant economist under Jacob Viner of the treasury department. Later he was taken over by Mar- riner Eccles of the Federal Reserve board as an assistant in the di vision of research. He is not only the President’s personal economist, but his liai son man in economic matters, appointed as one of those six White House assistants, “with a passion for anonymity,” which passion seems fairly authentic in his case. He was a teacher at Harvard and an industrial consultant in Boston before go-, ing to Washington. All of which is a reminder that the average man’s wife is his per sonal economist and that she fre quently is an “antidote to the poison of enthusiasm.” I F ADAM SMITH were alive, he would note that Mile. Eve Curie’s scientific antecedents had not dimmed any of her enthusiasms. Science Ha, Not Curbed Emotion rie arrives on Of Mile. Curie the S. S. Ex- cambion boil ing with enthusiasm for free France and for democracy and civilization in general, science or no science. Her previous trips over here had made her a favorite in this country and her charm, intelligence and beauty have been eloquently ex tolled. Her burning black eyes might be called “an antidote to the poison of indifference.” She qualified in science, at the Sor- bonne, but turned to music in 1926, a gifted pianist, praised by her friend Paderewski. With all her other gifts, she is an ath lete and a first-rate bowler. And with all that, women rave about her clothes. Writing has sup planted music as her chief interest and she has been highly praised for her biography of her mother, pub lished in 1938. Her proficiency in higher mathematics rounds out a perfect score for one of the most highly esteemed of our gang-plank celebrities. t' RICA MORINI, whose recent concert drew an overflow crowd to the Town Hall, frequently has been called “The greatest woman violinist.” She doesn’t like it. While she notes that there have been, in nearly three centuries, only 73 dis tinguished women. violinists, as against thousands of men, she in sists that the lag is due only to the fact that women have been too busy with homes and children to bring through their talents. She thinks the above accolade is patronizing to her sex. When Adolf Hitler’s tanks rolled into her native Vienna, the comely young violinist moved out, with her $45,000 Stradivarius. It was in 1921 that she first came to New York, a child prodigy in pig-tails, making her American debut with the New York Philharmonic in a recital which one critic termed “the great est violin sensation since Kreisler.” Her father was Italian, one of a long line of musicians, but none so gifted as she. She defies snobs and highbrows by playing Victor Her bert and Stephen Foster along with the violin classics. Testify in ‘Lease-Lend’ Bill No. 1776 Earnestness, sincerity and patriotism are revealed in these candid camera “shots” of four national figures as they testified on the “lease- lend” bill. They are: upper left, J. P. Kennedy, retiring ambassador to Britain. Lower left: Hugh Johnson, columnist. Upper right, Norman Thomas, socialist leader, and William Knudsen, defense production chief. Back to Texas ^ Former Vice President John Nance Garner packs his bags and leaves Washington for his home in Uvalde, Texas, a few hours after the inauguration of President Roose velt and Vice President Wallace, winding up a 36-year political career in the nation’s capital. Rations for the Channel ‘Watchdogs’ Wins D. S. A. There is no let-down in Britain’s preparations to meet invasion, if, and when, it comes. Every hour defense works about the coast of Britain are being more and more strengthened. This photo, taken somewhere in England, shows gun crews checking and storing a new supply of am munition for the 9.2 “watchdog” in the background. Robert A. Boyer, winner of the 1940 Distinguished Service Award, presented by the U. S. Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Boyer, as head of Ford Research department, has developed a process to make plastic automobile bodies. Illiliiiiiiligl Wild West Rodeo Dog Show Expert cowpunchers will compete at Phoenix, Ariz., on February 13 to 16 in a “world’s championship rodeo.” Cowboys are shown matching their skills against untamed animals in bone-crushing events of last year’s contest. Other rodeos will be held throughout the West and are expected to draw great-crowds. The Westminster dog show, larg est of its kind, will be held February 11 in New York. Last year’s “best dog,” a cocker spaniel, is shown with its owner, H. E. Mellenthin. Above: his trophies, and Tanyah Sahib, champion afghan Jiound. AAU Holds Bobsled Meet Tests Coins America’s foremost bobsled racers will be paced by Paul Dupree and Tuffield A. Latour, holders of the A. A. U. Junior and Senior and North American titles, (upper left) when they compete for the National A. A. U. Senior two-man one-mile championship February 9-10 at Lake Placid, N. Y. Miss Katharin Dewey (upper right) last year’s victor. Under supervision of Miss Nellie Ross, director of the U. S. mint, sample coins struck during 1940 will be examined February 12 for ac curate weight and fineness. Two of every 10,000 coins made are put aside for close inspection. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T HE baton Judy Garland carried fourteen years ago in an act which she did with her sisters at a Lancaster theater has been rejuvenated for her starring role in “Ziegfeld Girl.” Four - year - old Judy kept the “stick” among her souvenirs of “The Gumm Sis ters” era. During “Pigskin Parade,” in which she first won screen recogni- i tion, she carried it ' again. Now as the drum jnajorette in the M-G-M musi- cale finale number, it once again comes out ’ of hiding—but with a difference. Judy Garland Like Judy, it’s been glamourized. Painted in silver, it has 100 spar kling rhinestones studding the head. “I’m sure if it had been as impres sive 14 years ago as it is now, we would have received more than 50 cents apiece for our ‘Gumm Sisters’ i act,” chuckled the young star. | * It’s pretty Ellen Drew who gets the feminine lead in “The Night of January 16th” when it finally goes before the cameras. Patricia Morrison was to have had it. Cast ing difficulties for the picture began last February, when Don Ameche refused to have anything to do with it; Robert Preston is now slated for the Ameche role. ' * Frank Capra’s “Meet John Doe” will be more than just a good pic ture; its release celebrates his 20 years of picture making. He’s made 26 pictures and is one of Holly wood’s few directors who can be de pended on to turn out top-notch ones. * Rise Stevens, young American mezzo-soprano of the Metropolitan Opera company, who made her first appearance at the White House when she participated in the Inaugural con cert this year, has been signed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer. Her first picture will be a Technicolor musi cal; she’ll leave for Hollywood at the end of April, after the completion of her . concert and radio season, and begin work in May. She made her debut with the Metropolitan in 1938 (she’d shattered a 55-year-old record, when she was 19, by informing Metropolitan of ficials that she was “not yet ready to accept the greatest opportunity opened to a young artist”). Still in her mid-twenties, she is one of the company’s leading mezzo-sopranos, and lovely looking to boot. She’s going to offer very,'very keen com petition for Jeanette MacDonald. *— It was aching arms, not art, that lent a new and more sinister note to Humphrey Bogart’s performance in Warner Brothers’ “High Sierra.” Visitors to the set noticed a new and sinister alertness, produced by Bo gart’s carrying his arms out from his body as if ready for a quick draw. But—“When you have a holster strapped tight under each arm all day, you get tired of the contact and involuntarily hold your arms away from your body,” Bogart explained. “But I may as well confess; when I found that it gave a sinister ef fect, I kept 1 doing it, even without guns.” —* Boris Karloff is appearing on the New York stage in a goofy and hilarious murder mystery entitled, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” He’s cast as a man who terrifies people be cause he looks so much like Boris Karloff of the movies. And even highly sophisticated members of the audience are audibly delighted when they recognize him. Mr. Karloff, incidentally, gives an excellent per formance as the man who resembles him. * Turhan Selahettin Shultavy Bey is a new name in American motion pictures; its owner is a young man of distinguished lineage in Turkey. But when 24-year-old Turham came to this country to seek his fortune he left his dignified and aristocratic past behind him. Which was just as well, for when the cast and crew of “Murder on the Second Floor” had difficulty pronouncing his name they just dubbed him “Bay Rum.’* * ODDS AND ENDS—Doris Dudley dyed her blonde hair midnight blue for a rele in the Miriam Hopkins stage play “Battle of the Angels”; now the play hnt been called off, and Doris must turn blonde again, fast, for a role in another play, “The Bo Tree” ... Since the hectic days of July, 1939, Raymond Gram Swing has been broad casting almost every day without missing a single program because of illness; recently he look a three weeks’ vacation, and spent most of it in bed, sick ... It’s reported that Dick Rowell, who recently left that coffee program, is forming his own orchc* tra for another radio program. Rise Stevens Smiles In Realm of Fancy Sergeant after war game)—Pri vate Bjones, didn’t you realize you were exposing yourself to an imaginary enemy only 250 yards away? Private Bjones—That’s all right, sergeant, I was standing behind an imaginary rock 25 feet high. ,« Said the office boy: “Boy, if 1 was boss and I asked me for a raise! Would I give myself one!” Ammunition Supply Mother—Bobbie, you seem very fond of the druggist’s little boy. Why is it? Bobbie—He can get all the pills he wants for our new air guns. Distant Relative “Yes, Simpson, your daughter is one in a thousand. She’s extreme ly good-looking and a fine dancer. 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