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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941
Family of Skipper of Robin Moor
Family of Capt. Edward Myers, skipper of the S. S. Robin Moor,
sank in the South Atlantic by a German U-boat, view his picture at the
Myers home in Baltimore, Md. Picture taken before the rescue of the
second boatload of survivors, which included Capt. Myers. Shown are,
Edward Jr., 16; Marie, 13; Florence, 10; and Mrs. Josephine Myers.
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Speakers Address Housing Committee
More Power to U. S.
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
T HE motion picture industry
turned out recently to do
honor to Harry Carey in cele
bration of his completing a year
of making motion pictures—
“The Shepherd of the Hills, ,,
his latest, is his 305th. He’s
long been one of the most be
loved men in Hollywood, be
cause he’s one of the most
human. Not many people at the
celebration knew of one of the nicest
things he ever did. The Indians who
work on his ranch (he homesteaded
it himself) had never seen the sea;
when he learned that, some years
ago, he and his wife piled them all
1 into trucks and drove miles to show
it to them!
High government officials led the discussion in a “National Housing.
Inventory” at the convention of the national committee on the housing
emergency. Principal speakers at the opening session were, 1. to r.,
William S. Knudsen, production chief; Mrs. Dorothy Rosenman, com
mittee chairman; and C. F. Palmer, co-ordinator of defense housing.
Now You See It—and Now You Don’t
Two new destroyers, the U. S. S.
Fitch and the U. S. S. Forrest, were
launched within a few minutes of
each other at Boston navy yard. Im
mediately after the launching, keels
for two new ships were laid on the
ways just vacated. The Fitch, shown
above, was sponsored by Mrs. H.
Walter Thomas of Salt Lake City,
Utah, and was named in memory of
her grand-uncle, commander Leroy
Fitch.
Honored
Brig. Gen. Robert Eichelberger,
West Point head, presents trophy to
Cadet William G. Gillis, of Cameron,
Texas, for rendering the most valu
able service to athletics.
Interviewed Adolf
Here is a striking example of tbe ability of Uncle Sam’s forces to
camouflage cannon in the field. Battery E, 115th field artillery of the
Blue army, can be* seen easily from the working end of the field gun,
but from above where soar the “enemy” scouting planes (see lower pic
ture) it looks just like a field of grain.
George Washington Tied His Horse Here
Back in the days when Americans were fighting the British instead
of helping them, George Washington «ame to Lexington, rallied the forces
of t-ie Revolution, and tied his horse to the elm tree outside the Munroe
tavern. The tree flourished for over a century and a half, but today it
is gone, blown down by a big wind. It is shown above.
Joseph Cudahy, former U. S. am
bassador to Belgium, shown on ar
rival in Jersey City from Europe.
Cudahy, who had an hour and a
half interview with Hitler at Berch-
tesgaden, said the Nazi leader ap
peared decidedly unfriendly to him.
Canine Midget
Deserted by his mother, this Bos
ton bull was raised on a doll nursing
bottle in San Francisco. He is 2
months old, 6!4 inches tall, and
weighs 1V& pounds.
Red Skelton
Red Skelton was so eager to play
one of the three sailors in Metro’s
“Panama Hattie”
thathe campaigned;
went around with
his pockets full of
cigars, and when
ever he met one of
the executives in
volved he’d hand
out a cigar and say
“Vote for me for
‘Panama Hattie.’ ”
Then they pre
viewed “Lady Be
Good,’’ in which
Skelton’s a sensa
tion. “Panama Hattie’s” producer,
Arthur Freed, sent Skelton a box of
cigars and a note saying, “Red,
you’re elected. After ‘Lady Be
Good’ you’re the one who deserves
the cigars.”
&
The producer of the air’s “Step
mother” serial auditioned dozens of
aspirants for the role of a two-year
old. Then he happened to catch
Alice Sherrie Goodkin’s baby imita
tions on the Uncle Ezra program—
and she got the part.
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Ray Milland and Brian Aheme
are starring with Claudette Colbert
in “Skylark.” Mil-
land was a boy so
prano when a child
in Wales—but in 12
years of acting in
pictures he’s never
sung a note. Aheme
never would sing as
a child, or even a
youth—and he’s al
ways having to sing
before the camera.
In “Skylark” he has
to sing the sea chan- BriaIJ Aherne
tey, “Blow the Man
Down,” for five minutes—and it’s
during a storm at sea. Well, that’s
Hollywood for you!
Here’s RKO Radio’s list of 14 new
players whom they believe you’ll
want to keep seeing on the screen;
they’ll appear in 1941-42 produc
tions: Signe Hasso, Dorothy Com-
mingore, Ruth Warrick, Anne Hunt
er, Michel Morgan, Frances Neal,
Ginny Simms, Joan Carroll, James
Craig, Edmond O’Brien, Joseph Cot
ton, Dennis O’Keefe, Paul Ham
mond, Philip Reed. Keep track of
them, if you’re interested in seeing
how stellar material is developed;
some may hit the heights, others
won’t. You’ll be the real judges!
—m—
Some of these players might be
called stars now, of course; James
Craig, who clicked as the young doc
tor in “Kitty Foyle,” is to become
a star in “Unexpected Uncle”; Ed
mond O’Brien had one of the four
stellar roles in “Parachute Battal
ion.” But it’s the public, not the
studio, that has the final word in
these things; fortunes have been lost
in attempts to cram “stars” down
the public’s throat, when the public
stayed away from the resulting
pictures in droves. Let’s hope
RKO’s choice is a good one!
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After you girls see Paramount’s
“The Parson of Panamint” you may
all be wearing your hair “a la El-
Drew”; that’s the name the ac
tresses in the picture gave the hair
do which Ellen Drew adapted from
the one the studio found was au
thentic for the year 1892, in which
the picture is laid. Ellen agreed
to the necessary pompadour, but
added a small curl right in the cen
ter of her forehead, and the style
was made official for the film.
Charlie Ruggles stars in the picture.
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Connie Boswell, of the Bing Cros
by program, has invented a new
game. It’s called polo tennis. Con
nie, who is unable to walk, worked
out the idea of having the players
ride large tricycles, and everybody
who’s played is enthusiastic about it.
ODDS AND ENDS—Bess Johnson, of
radio's “The Story of Bess Johnson," has
abandoned the ivheel chair she's used since
she broke her ankle some tvecks ago . . .
Rosalind Russell's relieved that the title
| of her new co-starring picture with CAark
1 Cable has been changed to "They Met in
Bombay"—formerly it was "Unholy Ban
ners" . . . Soldiers from the nearby army
base turned out in force for the "sneak"
pre-view of Ronald Colman's latest, "My
Life if ith Caroline," at Riverside, Calif.
. . . J. Carrol Naish tacked that "J"'onto
his name because fans had a uxiy of think
ing he was a woman—thanks to all that
make-up and costumes that he usually
has to wear.
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Defeats Justice
Justice tempered with too much
mercy becomes injustice.
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Honesty Gains
When rogues fall out, honest
men come by their own.
“You can’t be courteous
if you don’t feel right ,,
says JEANNE HESS,
Switchboard Operator
“That’s why I like the
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Our Existence
Rome endured as long as there
Were Romans. America will en
dure as long as we remain Amer
ican in spirit and in thought.—Da
vid Starr Jordan.
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