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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
XTEW YORK.—As Japan stakes
out Oceania for her own, Gen.
George Grunert, commanding the
•Philippine department of the Amer-
Gen. Grunert at ‘ c ?. n arr " y 'J=
following his
Philippine* Calmly usual proce-
i dure of res0 '
;dfc« on the Lid i u t e iy sitting
yon the lid. He tells the American
fcommunity there, organizing for de
fense, not to get steamed up and
warns against “spreading excite
ment or stirring up alarm.”
The general knows island soldier
ing, from whacking his way through
.the jungle with a machete, which he
;did as a private, to running the army
there, which he does as a general
•He is known as a soldier’s' soldier,
rnever involved in politics or army
.controversy, a skilled specialist in
'military techniques, of which he has
;been both a diligent student and
;teacher in the s^-my schools.
His home town is White Ha
ven, Pa., and he works hard to
make Manila seem like home,
in spite of threats, challenge and
tension in the Far East. He was
one of those small-town boys
who fell in step with the village
band music in 1898 and marched
off to the Spanish-Amerfcan war
to the tune of “There’ll Be a Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight,”
and kept right on marching, in
the Philippine campaign and
every other major and minor
excitement in which we were in
volved. He was on the Mexican
border in 1914, with the A.E.F.
in France and with the army of
occupation in Germany, gather
ing chevrons and medals on the
way up.
In between these exercises, he
was teaching military science at the
4Shattuck school in Fairbanks, Minn.,
iserving as instructor and later com-
mander of the Army War college
and commanding the general staff
school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Whatever we may think of our his
toric little crow-hops in the direc
tion of manifest destiny, they have
trained some good men if we ever
jhave manifest destiny thrust upon
us.
R EPORTS about many of the Nazi
leaders, including Herr Hitler,
'consulting seers and astrologers,
carrying talismans and reading
it Seems a Dual dream books
came over
Talisman Might here back in
Defeat the Nazis the daysmen
many of our
citizens thought they were nice peo
ple, and were amused by their little
.human failings. Hence the dossier
on Gen. Friedrich Christiansen,
when he flew the Do-X to this coun
try nearly a decade ago, was not
inspired by ill-will or propaganda
when it recorded his various devices
to exorcise the demons of ill-luck.
After the blitzkrieg, the general be
came runner-up for Dr. Seyss-
inquart, in the ball-and-chain depart-
;ment in Holland, and just now, as
military commander for that area,
is dealing plenty of bad luck to the
^natives. He says he is “taking
‘(stops.” That meant executions a
•few days ago.
When the Do-X landed here in
1931, one young woman report
er was quite lyrical about the
“handsome and gallant com
mander, with his mischievous
blue eyes, bushy brows, and
warm, ingratiating smile.” He
told about his good-luck horse
shoe nailed in the cabin of the
huge flying boat, and as neces
sary to its operation as a com
pass. It was an English horse
shoe which he had picked up on
the battlefield of Mons, in the
World war. Many times, it had
saved him from disaster, he
said, and he could expect trou
ble if he ever let it lose its shine,
and it doesn’t work well unless
he does the polishing.
His adventures with the horseshoe
led him to a great discovery. When
ihe was the squadron leader at Zee-
brugge, Germany’s first naval act,
he was shot down by an English
plane. That day, he had received
a four-leaf clover, in a letter from a
friend. When he was downed, he
knew what had happened. The pos
session of more than one talisman
by the same person spells trouble.
He put the four-leaf clover in a cigar
box weighted with iron and sank it.
There’s no copyright on the
Idea if the Hollanders want to
slip a rabbit’s foot or a four-leaf
clover in his pocket when he
isn’t looking.
Ernst Ud»t, famous World war
ace and contriver of their parachute
attack, is as full of superstitions
as Frazer’s golden bough. Flying a
: plane for the first time, he carves
? the initials of his best girl on the
!back seat. He, and many other Ger-
iman fliers will not wear a pair of
! gloves on a flight unless they have
been flown in another plane. It all
sounds a bit jittery for super-man.
Making Gas Masks for Our Fighting Forces
Although poison gas has not yet been used in the war, government, officials are assuming that some day
we may be called upon to defend ourselves against gas. So, down at the Edgewood, Md., arsenal men and
women are working swiftly to outfit our armed forces with protection against gas. These photos show gas
masks in various stages of completion, and a soldier wearing a finished mask.
Iraq Oil—Goal of Nazi Spring Drive?
Left: An Iraq native gazes across at the Mosul wells of British-controlled Iraq, which some experts say
will be one of three goals Adolf Hitler will attempt to reach this spring. Right: British troops guarding
oil lines which pipe oil from the Mosul wells. Insert: Iraq’s position on the map.
Yankee Sailors Take Over in Bermuda
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Yankee sailors arrive ashore at Hamilton, Bermuda, landing from the
IT. S. Destroyer Belknap. This scene reflects the nautical atmosphere of
the Bermudas, where the government has secured one twentieth of the
land for new air and naval bases. An American cargo-passenger ship
is in the background.
300% Production at This Cow Foundry
Since everybody seems to be stepping up production these days,
Maisie gave birth to triplet calves at the Lindenhurst, L. I., milk foundry,
where she works. This is believed to be the first time bovine triplets
have fnrvived in the East. Maisie is shown satisfying the hunger of
her binod whito she nonchalantly tongues some food.
Inspect Defenses
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Members of the house military af
fairs committee have been inspect
ing Uncle Sam’s new war weapons
at the Aberdeen, Md., proving
grounds. Here they are, with war
department officials, inspecting a
90 mm. anti-aircraft gun.
Channel Watch
A stormy sky over the English
channel forms the background for
this German sentry on the French
channel coast, where anothtr “Sieg
fried line” ir Mildinss
ESCRE
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
P ARAMOUNT’S “The Lady
Eve” is certainly one of the
best pictures that has come out
of Hollywood in years and years;
it’s the third excellent picture
in a row for Preston Sturges,
who wrote and directed it. Henry
Fonda acquires new laurels as
a comedian, Barbara Stanwyck
is completely delightful, * the
rest of the cast (which includes
Charles Cobum, Eric Blore’and Wil
liam Demarest) couldn’t be im
proved on.
The company launched the picture
in New York with something differ
ent in the way of a cocktail party.
A night club was turned—more o?
less—into a Garden of Eden, and
five pretty girls were engaged to act
as Eves. Since there’s a snake that
plays a prominent part in the pic
ture, one was provided. Dr. Ray
mond L. Ditmars, .curator of rep
tiles at the Bronx zoo, was present;
he felt that the party would do much
to dissipate the popular phobia
against snakes. A consultant psy
chologist theorized on perfect wom
en in general and the five Eves in
particular. Then Emma, the snake,
departed for the zoo, and the wom
en guests breathed easier.
—*—
Whether you’re an “Andy Hardy”
fan or not you mustn’t miss “Andy
Hardy’s Private Secretary,” if you
want to see the debut of one of film-
dom’s best bets. She’s Kathryn
Kathryn Grayson Mickey Rooney
In “Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary.**
Grayson, who’s not quite eighteen,
and is being hailed as a real dis
covery.
Eighteen months ago, when she
sang at a Los Angeles musical, she
attracted the attention of Metro ex
ecutives. Before the afternoon was
over she had an appointment with
Louis B. Mayer—the next day she
had a contract. After that she
checked in at the studio school—
took a regular high school course,
had lessons in music, diction, make
up, dramatic training.
She has a magnificent coloratura
voice, can sing C above high C, and
it is predicted that she may become
one of the greatest coloraturas the
world has ever known. She’s de
lighted over being in pictures—but
in another two years she’s going to
tackle the Metropolitan opera.
*
Hortense Monath, who recently
appeared as soloist with the NBC
Symphony orchestra, has made a
name for herself as a concert pianist
in both Europe and America, play
ing with many of the most famous
orchestras.
She really has a second career;
she browses in the musical litera
ture of the ages and brings forth
each year a series of programs for
the New Friends of Music, one of
New York’s more important musi
cal organizations. She thinks there’s
too much sameness about most mu
sical programs — she also dis
approves of intermissions, encores,
stage seats and prima donna-dom.
—*—
There’s no telling how many of
our future radio stars will succeed
because Fritz Blocki, producer of
“Your Dream Has Come True,”
gave them a start. Auditioning for
the program is no ordinary affair.
The entire week preceding a broad
cast is spent in listening to the many
people who want to appear on the
program; when it’s difficult to make
a choice between actors, a record
ing of the voice in question is made
and the radio department makes a
decision.
As big name actors and actresses
have no meaning on this program,
the unknowns have a wonderful op
portunity—and under Blocki’s skill
ful tutelage, they are sure of getting
excellent training.
*
ODDS AND ENDS—Frank Capra paid
$4,000 for an opinion during production
of “Meet John Doe"—hired 350 extras to
secure their reactions to two versions of a
speech by Gary Cooper . . . When radio’s
“Henry Aldrich” reached the screen
Jackie Cooper played “Henry” in the first
two episodes; now that he’s outgrown the
role, Jimmy Lydon takes over . . . Mean-
while Ezra Stone goes right on being
“Henty” on the air .. . “This is England,”
the short brought over by Harry Hopkins,
is being released by Columbia Pictures
. . . Lima Turner tried eight different
coiffures before she found the right one
*Dr,
for her role in
Hyde.**
JekyU and Mr
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world is honesty and moral truth:
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and true proportions the beauty of;
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When constipation brings orr add in
digestion, stomach upset, bloating, dizzy
spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste and
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many Doctors have given pepsin prepa
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Senna wakes up lazy nerves and muscles
in your intestines to bring welcome relief
from constipation. And the good old
Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so com
fortable and easy on your stomach. Even
finicky children love the taste of this
pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Cald
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today. Try one laxative combined with
Syrup Pepsin for ease to your stomach, too.
Stagnation Is Corruption
Better that we should err in ac
tion than wholly refuse to perform.
The storm is so much better than
the calm, as it declares the pres
ence of a living principle. Stag
nation is something worse than;
death. It is corruption also.—
Simms.
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Come what may, time and the;
hour runs through the roughest
day.—Shakespeare.
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Joy, temperance, and repose,
slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
—Longfellow.
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