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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F„ PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
■^EW YORK.—Back in the caln
untroubled days of February,
1939, with one more spring not far
behind, a famous economist, return
ing from Eu
rope, told
the ship
n • cl j news men
Peering Skyward that this
They Also Serve
Who Only Stand,
war scare was all paper talk. Re
sponsible statesmen of Europe had
things well in hand.
On this same day, there was a
little item, back in the dustbin of
the newspaper, reporting that, in
certain minor changes in the army,
the President was putting the “ac
cent on youth.” One Brig. Gen.
Delos C. Emmons, a youth of 51,
was upped to the post of chief of
the army’s mobile general head
quarters air force. Five or six other
youngsters were similarly elevated.
The other day, the quietly ef
fective General Emmons was
given direction of a new organi
sation of possibly 500,000 or
600,000 civilian air raid spotters.
Four brigadier generals will as
sist him in recruiting and train
ing his volunteer observers.
Back in 1916, we thought of air
planes as primarily useful for ob
servation, and it was the signal
corps, our only flying service, that
the then Captain Emmons entered.
He adapted himself quickly to the
fighting as well as observing uses of
planes, became a keen technician
in the art of plane development and
flying, and, in 1920 and 1921 taught
flying at Harvard university. He is
a native of Huntington, W. Va., and
graduated from West Point in 1909.
A/TISS MABEL BOARDMAN, tall,
regal, tireless and alert, is a
born co-operator and commander.
Her 40 years with the Red Cross is
. An Accident Cave f ‘ imely ci :
tation, not
Disaster Victims only in the
Catwe to Rejoice ^“edy
of London, but in her current Wash
ington announcement that the Red
Cross is geared for swift emergency
action. In this connection, she men
tions the fact that it sent more than
$23,000,000 to Europe last year, and
gives other details of its expanding
and intensifying organization.
Miss Boardman is secretary
of the American Red Cross.
During her service, its member- .
ship has grown from 300 to
15,000,000, with much of the
credit for this increase assigned
to her. Born and reared in
Cleveland, with abundant means
and distinguished family ante
cedents, she was a Washington
society bud. In 1900, a friend
made an unauthorized use of her 1
name as one of-the incorpora
tors of the new Red Cross.
Miss Boardman accepted the call
and has helped guide and build the
vast organization with unflagging
energy and administrative and or
ganizing ability. She is straight as
a ramrod, serene and at ease, but
with a touch of military alertness,
—an ever watchful evangel against
all the plagues of the litany.
T AST October, Major Edward
Bowes, of radio fame, gave his
Westchester estate to the Lutheran
church. Then, in November, he
Maj. Bowes Gives ? ave his 6 U 2 ;
* ton yacht
With Freedom of and his 29-
One From Frisco
navy. Previously he had given to
St. Patrick’s cathedral four huge
English elms and eight Schwedleri
maples. And now he is giving to
St. Patrick’s an Andrea del Sarto
painting, masterpiece of the Floren
tine painter, done in 1515. It is
“The Holy Family With St. John
and Ste. Elizabeth.”
The major started on a grand
garrison finish, along in his fif
ties. This writer remembers
him as a genial evangel of real
estate, and a crusader against
crime in San Francisco, many
years ago. Even in that day he
had imposed on a grammar
school education the smoothest
diction in those parts.
It was in San Francisco, a mosi
theatrical town, that he moved into
the theater. It was in 1917 that he
built the Capitol theater in New
York and thereafter his career was
a pleasant upbound ride on a gold-
plated escalator.
Off and on, he has been radio’s
best magnet for fan-mail and his
“take” has been put down at around
$25,000 a week. He started his
amateur hour in 1934 and it quickly
blazed into a four-eleven conflagra
tion. He lives abstemiously, as to
food and drink, but sports a $38,000
car, with Venetian blinds, a refrig
erator and gold-rimmed dishes ; and
he provides plenty of Lucullan trim
mings for the entertainment of his
guests. He gives things away on
the slightest provocation and
couldn’t possibly have come from
anywhere but San Francisco.
Fire Demon Takes Heavy Toll in East
Damage estimated at about $2,000,000 was caused in the Ocean Bluffs,
Mass., area as the result of a fire that destroyed a church and leveled
more than 450 cottages. Only a timely shift in wind saved hundreds of
other houses. The above photo shows a row of cottages burning fiercely
when the fire was at its height.
Mexican Army Doctors Study U. S. Methods
Mexican army medical officers visit a Chicago draft induction station
to study V. S. army methods. From left, Capt. L. Johnson of the draft
center. Mexican army men, Majors Salas, Vera and Sanchez; Lieu
tenant Colonel Ramos and Major Gomez. Captain C. Buczynski, of the
draft center. Major Zapata of Mexico. Seated: R. Forsythe, a selectee.
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More Might for Uncle Sam’s Navy
Two powerful fighting ships will be commissioned on May 15, when
the 253-foot submarine Mackerel (upper left), and the 35,000-ton super-
dreadnaught Washington (below), are placed in service. The Washington
will join her sister ship, the North Carolina, which was commissioned
last month. Four other battleships will be launched within a year.
Women Bowlers Hold Tournament
These champion bowlers will defend their titles when the Women’s
International Bowling Congress opens its annual tournament in Los
Angeles on May 15. Mrs. Tess Morris (left) is all-events champion and
shares the doubles crown with Mrs. Dorothy B. Miller (center), while
Mrs. Sally Twyford (right), is national singles titleholder.
U. S. Loan to China
Signing of a stabilization agree
ment involving the purchase of Chi
nese yuan by the U. S. stabilization
fund to the amount of $50,000,000
was another important step in the
monetary co-operation between the
United States and China. Photo
shows (seated) Henry Morgenthau
Jr., secretary of the treasury, and
T. V. Soong, representing China.
Standing: Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese am.
bassador.
Wins Safety Award
Gov. R. A. Hurley of Connecticut
(left) receiving the National Safety
Council’s 1940 grand award for
states from Col. John Stilwell, presi
dent of the Council, whose traffic
contest is conducted in 1,281 cities
in the 48 states.
Cotton Royalty
Five days of festivities will be
ruled over by their majesties, R. L.
Mallory Jr. and Miss Nancy Donel-
son, at the Cotton carnival to be
held in Memphis, Tenn., May 13-17.
There will be a “float” for nearly
every state.
Tulip Time
Almost 3,000,000 tulips surround
this little fellow as Holland, MicH.,
prepares for Tulip Time on May 17-
24. Wooden shoes and the costumes
of old Holland will prevail.
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.
T WO April weddings in the
Hollywood movie colony are
still topics for conversation, one
because it was so conventional,
for Hollywood, the other be
cause it was so unusual for that
colony and just the accepted
thing anywhere else.
The Yuma marriage of Constance
Bennett and Gilbert Roland was Hol
ly woodian. It was Miss Bennett’s
fourth marriage, they drove to
Yuma by themselves and the clergy
man had to supply witnesses. The
other, Deanna Durbin’s marriage to
Vaughn Paul, was a big church wed
ding, very beautiful, and motion pic
ture stars who were friends of the
^ride and groom were invited but
not featured as part of the perform
ance. An achievement, in Holly
wood!
—as—
Rudy Vallee is ready to chuck his
career and undertake a new one at
■ ^ the drop of a mega-
ijfcrSL. 1 phone. Now appear-
ESi&rasL ; j n g ^ Columbia’s
musical picture,
I ? “Time Out for
Rhythm,” with Ann
I I Miller, Ttosemary
Lane and Allen Jen
kins, he’s ready to
drop acting and
singing if he can
get a chance to di
rect pictures. He’s
even bought a home
in Beverly Hills to
be near the center of the movie busi
ness.
&
Rudy Vallee
During the next few months there
will be a virtual parade of film play
ers to the Latin-American countries.
Spencer Tracy and Eleanor Powell
are slated for good-will visits; Doug
las Fairbanks Jr. will be a sort of
good-will ambassador, and Marsha
Hunt plans on spending six weeks in
South America after she’s finished
“Blossoms in the Dust.”
%
“Citizen Kane,” Orson Welles’
first RKO Radio production, aroused
plenty of controver
sy long before it
was released, and
will be one of those
pictures that people
will argue about
years after they’ve
seen it. It may not
be the best picture
ever made, but cer
tainly it is one of
the best—but there
are those who main
tain that it should
never have been
made at all. Welles himself scores
superbly as writer, actor and pro
ducer; the rest of the cast is so good
that you forget that they’re acting.
*
Orson Welles
The first day she appeared on the
“Manpower” set Marlene Dietrich
announced that she’d take whatever
punishment the script asked George
Raft to hand her. That included
his slapping her twice across the
face, knocking her down a flight of
stairs, then leaping after her and
hitting her across the mouth with
the back of his hand.
But George hit her harder than he
intended, Marlene tumbled down the
stairs (as per script), but wound up
by severely spraining her ankle
(which the script did not call for!).
*
Two more well known stage anc
screen players—Martha Sleeper anc
William Harrigan—have joined th(
cast of “We Are Always Young,’
Mutual chain’s star-studded serial
That cast probably includes more
“name” actors than any other se
rial on the air; among them are
Jessie Royce Landis, Linda Wat
kins, Margalo Gilmore, Joe Laurie
Jr., Horace Braham, Pert Kelton
George Coulouris, and William Jan-
ney, who’s starred.
Andy Hardy’s own, a squadron of
RAF fighters, will soon take to the
air. Mickey Rooney, the Hardy se
ries “Andy,” received a letter the
other day from a young RAF flier
who wrote “We’re all young fellows
in this squadron and we all think
you’re an o. k. sort of lad, so we’ve
nicknamed our squadron (soon to
see action) for you.”
Stirling Hayward lost Madeleine
Carroll in “Virginia,” but he*S slat
ed to win her in “Dildo Cay.” As
originally planned, it was Dorothy
Lamour whom he was to win, but
she will be unable to finish her
current assignment in “Aloma of the
South Seas” in time to appear in
the picture.
*
ODDS AND ENDS — Mutuals news
analyst, Wythe Williams, is sponsored on
more stations than any fellow analyst—
has 100 stations . . . Robert Donat has
leave from the British army to make “Rill
the Younger" in an English studio . . .
Warner Bros, have bought a story called
“Coffin for Dmitrios” and Columbia is
making one called “Obituary”—and trying
to think up a new title f t or it .. . As soon
as Abbott and Costello finish “In the
Navy" they'll begin “Ride 'em Cowboy”
. . . Shirley Temple will have a brand new
hair-do when she returns to the screen,
and her hair, growing darker as she's
grown older, is brown instead of golden.
Cruel Experience
Housewife—Have you been of
fered work?
Tramp—Only once, mum. Apart
from that I’ve had nothing but
kindness.
A reader asks if debt-collecting
is a profession. We would call it a
pursuit.
Horse Power
Marian—Mabel says she’s wildly
in love with her new car.
Martin—Just another case when
man is displaced by machinery.
SIMPLE ENOUGH
“I don’t understand dem ter-
mometers.”
“Well, you see, when it gets
durn cold the mercury sorter hud
dles down in der bottom of do
tube so’s to keep warm.”
On the Line
. Engaged girl, referring to her 9wee$-
heart'\ family—They claim to be con
nected with some of the best families. }
Rival—Yes—by telephone.
A Stumper
When the two business men met,
one said to the other: “I have
made an addition to my staff. I
have engaged a man at $5,000 a
year to do all the worrying for
me.”
“But how are you going to get
the $5,000 to pay him,?”
“Ah, that will be his first
worry I”
Depression is defined as a period
of time in which we have to do
without what our parents never
had.
Bright Hopes
Private Smith was brought be
fore his commanding officer and
charged with being disorderly in
the canteen the previous night.
“Now, Smith,” said the C. O.,
“this is the tenth time you have
appeared before me on this charge.
What have you to say?”
“Well, sir,” said Smith, “I hope
our acquaintance will ripen into
friendship.”
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