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i McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. CU THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941 to ism? WHO^ NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) VT EW YORK.—From time to time there has been talk in Washing ton of a new department of eco nomic warfare. Such speculation .. „ . has centered Maxwell Warming i n the Office Up for Nazi Put- of Export Out in S. America headed °by Brig. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell. Machiavelli said the wise ' prince would deploy credit and raw materials with care and cunning equal to that employed in military strategy. The open and overt economic war hasn't been declared, but when and if it is General Maxwell will have gleaned much experience in the strategic utilization of both cred it and war materials. Currently, a new committee is be ing established to work with General Maxwell’s “service unit” to cut down red tape and deal South Amer ica needed goods, to fend off Nazi penetration. General Maxwell, it is understood, will be responsible for pegging the goods quickly to the South American first base, to score a Nazi put-out. He is a veteran of the ord nance department of the army, known as a genial all-around co- operator, but credited with a sa gacious realization of just what this country can't spare. A na tive of Illinois, now 51, solidly built, of deliberate and thought ful mien, the general takes a long view of war and peace and insists that , in outfitting every body on our side we mustn’t lose track of post-war exigen cies and that we must avoid wrecking foreign trade. / After his graduation from West Point, General Maxwell became an artillery lieutenant in 1912 and there after his career had to do mostly with ordnance. He was assistant to the executive secretary in the of-> fice of the secretary of war in 1938, later chief of the planning, equip ment and supply division of the army. He became administrator of export control last year and on Jan uary 1 of this year was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general. OEVERAL months ago, we talked ^ to a perky little English woman, a veteran of the militant suffrage days, who was indignant because » j l j j they would Ladybird Clad a* no t let the British t Atta-Cirls , British vol- Ci-en Full Wing, ?ly Spitfires and Hurricanes. We thought she might go home and put glue in the post boxes, or some thing like that, in protest. She did go home and probably is happy today to learn that the wom en, the “Atta-Girls,” as they call these ladybirds, can now fiy the above planes. There are about 45 of the women pilots, with hundreds of others crowding in for ground service and training, flying fighting planes from the factory to front line defense air stations and performing innumerable other services. Capt. Pauline Gowan is one of the foremost of this air trans port auxiliary, as it is called. She is a comely young woman in her early thirties, one of the designers and most successful modelers of the snappy, powder- blue uniform of their unique fly ing corps. The daughter of Sir Robert Gowan, member of par liament since 1929, she broke conventional ties by establishing a five-shilling air-taxi service and making it hum. She had more than 20,000 flying hours to her credit when the war started, and had carried more than 30,- 000 passengers in her air taxis, without a mishap. She is not a member of the R.A.F. and the “captain” was handed her by the old Imperial Airways sys tem. Merry and friendly, with a wide acquaintance among influen tial persons, she began several years ago campaigning and agitat ing for a women’s air arm in the national defense. This fervor found expression in her book, “Women With Wings,” published in 1936. The new ruling about the Spitfires and Hurricanes means that the “Atta- Girls” can now fly anything that gets off the ground in England. H ANNEN SWAFFER, the dead pan, road company hamlet of British intellectual controversy, says this “V for Victory” thing is just “baby business.” He says the V stands for “vacillation. What we really want is a minister of produc tion and a plan run by a mind.” Mr. Swaffer, distinguished dra matic critic, was over here in 1937. His contribution to a better under standing was a crack that “America is a place where they learn man ners out of a book and charm by mail order.” Doughty Little U. S. Scrappers in Singapore Shipped from New York to Singapore in crates, these Brewster fighting planes, built in the Long Island City plant of the Brewster Aircraft company, were assembled by Royal Air force experts in Singapore shops and re-named “Buffalo fighters.” They are now ready to receive “visitors” (presumably from Japan). Inset: The Brewsters being assembled in a Singapore shop after delivery from the U. S. v U. S. Fleet Reported Leaving Hawaii View of the U. S. fleet in Hawaii, our “Gibraltar of the Pacific,” which was reported to have saUed under sealed orders. Coincident with this report, President Roosevelt ordered all Philippine armed forces into the selective service of the United States. The move followed the freezing of Japanese credits in the United States and Great Britain. Here’s a Real Outfield Skyscraper Farm Three of the greatest outfielders of all time get together in Cleveland at an amateur day celebration—Tris Speaker, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb (L. to R.). Speaker is the former center fielder of the Cleveland Indians. Ruth is the great Yankee home-run hitter of old, and Cobb the former Detroit Tiger star who holds so many records. They’re in the U. S. Service Now President Roosevelt has ordered all armed forces of the Philippines into the U. S. service. The order placed some 150,000 trained and semi- trained Filipinos under the command of Maj. Gen. George Grunert. Here Philippine scouts of Battery E, Ninety-first artillery, are shown loading a 10-inch run during a coast defense drill on the island. The sky is the limit when it comes to raising vegetables. A. M. Van Den Hoek, horticultural director of Rockefeller Center, is shown on his eleventh-floor farm at RCA building New York. He raises enough vege* tables for a family of four. Didn’t Get Away Lord Halifax, British ambassador, took time out for a day’s deep-sea fishing while on tour of the U. S. He caught a 22-pound yellowtail, and this barracuda. His Dish Edward—Golf is pie for me. Irving—Yes, I see you just took another slice. The Line-Up “Is Mary your eldest sister?” “Yes.” “And who comes after her?” “You and two other fellows.” FLATTEN HIM Wife—What can a woman do when her husband is a rolling stone? Friend—Resort to the rolling-pin. With the Rest Tubby—After all, fools help to make life interesting. When all the fools are killed off, I don’t want to be here. Pete—Don’t worry; you won’t be. Truth That Hurts Tint Mother—Are you bothered much by your children telling fibs? Second Mother—IVot so much as by their telling the truth at very inappro priate times. Said one girl to another: “Let's cross over to the other side of the street, so that we’ll meet Jack. I want to ignore him!” Truth at Last “It was so long—I never saw such a fish!” “I believe you.” Hard to Say? Mother—What? A 20-page letter from that soldier friend of yours at camp. What did he say? Daughter—He says he loves me. Down and Out Johnny—So you are down here for a month? What I can’t understand is hose you girls afford such a long vacation. Gladys—Oh, that’s easy. We spend one month on the sands, and the other 11 we’re on the rocks. SNIFFLES I, IPENETR01 IlNHAJI Playing Is Ours Life is like a game of tables, the chances are not in our power, but the playing is.—Terence. 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