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WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
Boost Baruch for
Driver of U. S.
Defense Machine
EW YORK.—When he made his
first million at the age of 30,
Bernard M. Baruch said he would
indulge himself from then on by be
ing a sort of
doctor or di
agnostician
of politics,
government
and finance, rather than a self-
interested participant. Although he
did gather a few more millions, as a
speculator, as he has frankly said,
it was in the same mood of detach
ment with which he has appraised
the social scene, and it is in this
mood that he has been the adviser
of every President since Taft.
* Each day in the news brings
some new demand that the tall,
pleasant, snowy-haired Mr. Ba
ruch, surely our elder statesman
of such bottleneck urgency as
that of today, be given a free
hand, in the chartroom, or per
haps the wheel-house, to steer
our emergency defense course.
Some of these nominations come
from the established school of
Baruch men, such as Gen. Hugh
S. Johnson, Herbert Bayard
Swope and George N. Peek;
others from those who remem
ber Mr. Baruch’s achievements
as head of the War Industries
board, and his alert, specula
tor’s awareness of what has
been going on in Europe for the
last few years.
As to this business of being a spec
ulator, Mr. Baruch says, “I make no
apologies. I am a, speculator. The
word comes from the Latin word
‘speculari,’ meaning to observe. I
observe.”
Like all seasoned speculators, he
never pounds his desk or runs a tem
perature or inclines to high blood-
pressure, although he is 70. He
keeps fit by his own system nf calis
thenics, pragmatically arrived at,
like his financial operations.
As head of the War Industries
board, he tooled the 20-mule team of
labor, industry, raw-materials and
government deftly through many a
narrow defile and hazardous pas
sage, and a large section of his pub
lic would like to see him again in
the driver’s seat.
Naturally a skeptic as to the
grand solution, like most specu-,
lators, he has stood at few, if
any false dawns. He was a
prophet of doom for the Dawes
plan, from the first. In 1927, he
predicted that it would be
scrapped within two years. “A
demand might be morally rea
sonable as a business proposi
tion,” he said.
As a foe of paternalism in Jbusi-
ess and a stanch states’ rights
lemocrat, ‘he has insisted that a
leans must be found to mobilize
n national
Pragmatic, Never
Emotional, as the
Good Speculator
en
ergies with
out taking on
the crushing
overhead of
crippling and self-destroying bu-
eaucracy. He has expounded these
nd kindred subjects in many eco-
omic treaties in dry-as-dust jour-
als, for here is a Wall Street specu-
itor who also wears the golden key
f Phi Beta Kappa. He is an able
vangelist of the school of prag-
latism in government and busi-
ess—again the speculator, whose
idgments, if he is a good specula-
>r, are never emotional.
yri« early definition of his atti
tude as that of a diagnostician
might have denoted a sympa
thetic identification with his dis
tinguished father, Dr. Simon Ba
ruch of South Carolina, a widely
known surgeon and health author
ity who took a leading part in
developing the Saratoga spa.
Born in South Carolina, Bernard
M. Baruch took an earned de
gree at the College of the City of
New York in 1889 and subse
quently six honorary degrees
from various other colleges.
For the last few years he has been
calmly, but earnestly prescribing
preparedness. Returning from Eu
rope in 1937, he said, ‘‘Europe is
hopeless.” In January, 1939, he
offered to supply from his own funds
$3,300,000 which the army lacked for
certain equipment. An adjustment
of an appropriation bill made this
unnecessary* He has been friendly
to the New Deal, but has chided and
warned it on many occasions.
T HIS reporter, on occasional trips
to Washington, has noted that
some of the heaviest hitters there
are the least publicized. Here
today is the amiable Harold N.
Graves in charge of the new defense
loan drive, which will start May 1.
Mr. Graves, in his 33 years in the
government service, has showed
singular ability in getting things
done without a lot of fuss and feath
ers. He is assistant to the secre
tary of the treasury, 54 years old,
educated at Knox college and George
Washington university.
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941
New Might for the U. S. Navy
Arrive in U. S.’
A striking photo of two powerful arms which go far towards making
our navy the world’s greatest. The submarine Triton, sister ship of the
Squalus, and one of the navy’s newest underseas craft, is seen from the
navy Blimp, G-l, off Barnegat, N. J., light. One of the blimp’s motors
covers the upper part of picture.
The East Indies situation is be
coming more tense each day. Above
is Eelco Van Kleffens, foreign min
ister of the Netherlands in exile,
shown on arrival in New York with
his wife. He is on his way to dis
cuss East Indian problems with
President Roosevelt.
Foreign Propaganda Fed to Furnace
‘Tummy’ Victim
This is a scene at the Roncon Annex post office in San Francisco,
Calif., as postal employees burn a big load of foreign propaganda con
sisting of magazines, pamphlets and books. Officials have been watching
incoming propaganda for many months and thought it about time to
consign it to the flames.
Gail Grochowski, 6K’-pound girl,
of Worcester, Mass., youngest vic
tim of the “upside-down” stomach
malady on record. She is now re
covering, following an operation.
P/ie~4MGW4'
United States to Observe Army Day
Gymnasts
1863 (wion, 2,128,948
1918 (NOV. 1918) 3,673,888
I
1939 187,886
1HH.
1941 (mar> 1,003,500
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The rapidly growing armed forces of the U. S. will be on review on
Army day, April 7, when troops will hold open house to visiting citizens.
Upper left: Gen. George S. Marshall, army chief of staff. Upper right:
A recruiting poster of World war days, which is again being widely used.
Lower right: H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air corps.
Collegiate gymnasts will compete
at the National Collegiate Athletic
association championship at the Uni
versity of Chicago April 12. Co-cap
tains Delver Daly (top) and Bob
Hanning of Minnesota are favored
for top positions.
A 6 Big Shot’ for Uncle Sam
Chemist
U. S. NAVY
Built Building
15
Battleships
17
6 Aircraft Carriers
12
37
Cruisers
48
159
Destroyers
166
104
Submarines
81
The North Carolina, (above) first new battleship of the U. S. navy
in 20 years, is to be commissioned April 11, five months ahead of
schedule, has nine 16-inch guns, which can fire a broadside of 20,000
pounds for 20 miles. Its displacement is 35,000 tons, the biggest in the
U. S. navy. It was launched June 13 at New York.
W. L. Evans (above) will preside
when some 3,500 chemists gather in
St. Louis, April 7, for the Ameri
can Chemical society convention.
Subject, chemistry and defense.
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
M arcel henri reb-
IERE, a Frenchman and
a cameraman for the March of
Time, has recently come to this
country, to focus his cameras
on interesting subjects in the
Western Hemisphere. Although
he speaks no English, he has an
uncanny sense of what the
American public likes — he
has filmed many outstanding
March of Time subjects during the
past few years, including “The
Vatican,” “The Maginot Line,” and
Finland.
Born in Paris 45 years ago, Reb-
iere took up photography before he
enlisted in the French army in 1914.
After being wounded in battle he was
shifted to the Army Cinematograph
ic service; after the war he made
documentary films for the French
government in Siberia, French West
Africa and the Near East; in 1925
he became chief cameraman for the
Compagnie Universelle Cinemato-
graphique of Paris, for whom he
made instructional, sociological and
MARCEL HENRI REBIERE
experimental films until 1934, when
he went to work for the March of
Time, becoming their chief Euro
pean cameraman. His tact and ex
perience in working with diplortfats
and important government leaders
and his amazing news sense make
him a notable figure in his line of
work.
*
The other day Claudette Colbert
ran over to the “Pioneer Woman”
set between scenes of her own pic
ture, “Skylark,” being made on a
neighboring stage at Paramount^
She wanted to deliver well-wishes to
her friend, Barbara Stanwyck. She
passed right by a little old lady sit
ting in front of a portable dressing
room, but the little old lady said
“Hello, Claudette”—it was Barbara,
all made up for her characterization
of a one hundred year old woman.
*
Almost every set at Metro at pres
ent has a dog of its own who’s a
member of the cast. The ritziest is
Buttons, a member of the “Lady Be
Good’'troupe; half beagle, half fox
terrier, he’s very important—he
does a tap dance with Eleanor Pow
ell. So he rates a portable dress
ing room.
On the “Billy the Kid” set there’s
an old farm collie who is supposed
to follow Ian Hunter around; he just
gets a rug to lie on between shots.
The two little terriers in “Blossoms
in the Dust” have to be taken while
walking when they’re not working—
they’re true camera hounds; want
to be playing on the set whether
they’re scheduled to or not. •
*
With more aspirants than tried to
play “Scarlett.** the coveted role of
“Marge” in the popular CBS radio
serial, “Myrt and Marge,” has final
ly been filled. It was given to Helen
Mack, whom you’ve seen in many
a film and heard on evening radio
shows. She had just returned from
Hollywood, where she played impor
tant roles in Columbia’s “His Girl
Friday” and Paramount’s “Power
Dive.” She takes the place of Mrs.
Donna Flick, who died recently, who
had for years been “Marge,” her
mother playing “Myrt.”
*
After playing dramatic roles in 61
pictures, Robert Young will become
a song and dance man in “Lady Be
Good,” the Metro musical in which
he’ll star with Ann Sothern and
Eleanor Powell. It will be the first
time that he has sung on the screen;
he’ll do a duet with Ann and a dance
with Eleanor.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Fibber McGee and
Molly's RKO picture costarring Edgar
Bergen and Charlie McCarthy will have
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as its roman
tic leads ... IFarner Bros, will co-star
Errol Flynn and Joan Leslie in "The Con
stant Nymph" . .. Baby Sandy, who is now
three years old, begins her third year in
films with a new Universal contract . . .
Shirley Temple's long-awaited return to
the screen gets under way soon, when she
begins work in Metro's "Babes on Broad
way" . . . RKO will co-star Lupe Velez, the
fiery Latin, in three major films, with Leon
Errol of the rubber knees . . . Ben Bernie's
son, Jason, volunteered for the U. S. signal
corps and is nnw in training.
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