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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941 By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK.—United States army men feared, when Maj.. Gen. Allen W. Gullion was passed by in favor of Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Hersey ** r* n- cm as adminis- Gen. Gullion Stays trator of the In Army; Fellow selective Soldier. Are Glad denf Roosevelt in all likelihood had him in mind for some important civilian duty. Not that such a compliment would not have been appreciat ed by General Gullion’s fellow soldiers. It was merely that his legal services as judge advo cate-general, to which office he was appointed in 1937, were so valuable as to cause wonder as to just what officer could in pre cise degree fill the place of a man who, in addition to the Dis tinguished Service medal—for administrative brilliancy as . chief of the mobilization division in the provost marshal's office in the first World war—holds a bachelor of law degree as a graduate of the University of Kentucky law school. But the army keeps him, after all, by virtue of his appointment as head of the re-created office of provost marshal-general with duties includ ing the training and command of military police, supervision of in ternment camps for aliens and re lated activities. It will perhaps be recalled that this office was held in 1917-18 by Maj. Gen. Enoch Crow der. General Gullion, now 61 years old, having been born in Carrol- ton, Ky., in 1880, was graduated from Centre college in 1901 and from West Point in 1905. While on duty as professor of military science and tactics at the Uni versity of Kentucky in 1914 he took the law course, being grad- N uated with an LL.B. During 1929 he was the war de partment representative at an inter national conference of 47 nations at Geneva to formulate a code for the handling of prisoners of war and to revise the Geneva convention of 1906. A graduate of the school of command and general staff at Fort Leavenworth, his experience as a student of arms was broadened by a course of study at the naval war college, Newport, R. I., from which he was graduated in 1932, having the previous year completed his courses in the army war college. T> USY at the moment fixing up headquarters in Philadelphia, John B. Kelly, new federal director of health ' training for the men Health Chief Oat na- To Make Us Step tion, retires Into Sound Bodies a ? chairman of the Dem ocratic city committee, a post he has held for eight years, in order that politics, or any suspicion of the same, shall be divorced from his duties. Kelly places physique above politics at all times and he rejoices as heartily at sight of a physically puissant Republican as a herculean Democrat and always has. Since the Civil war the tortu- •us waters of the Schuylkill riv er have been dotted on pleasant afternoons of the spring and summer with the fragile shells of single sculls oarsmen. The stream is the national home of sculling and many a champion has been sent forth from those placid waters. Kelly—Handsome Jack, as he was, and is, fondly known—was one of these scull ers. He took to the water as soon as he could handle a pair of oars and his fame was estab lished in 1920 when he won the Olympic championship in sculls, a feat he repeated in 1924. Always an enthusiast for a sound body—he is willing to let the sane mind develop as an inevitable corol lary—Kelly has been preaching the virtues of trained physique with all the ardor of an evangelist in the years since his retirement from competitive rowing. A successful brick contractor, his political life has been characterized by wide ex perience and rugged battling in the Republican party of which he was once a member, as well as in his present affiliation, the Democratic party. M RS. JOHN L. WHITEHURST, president of the General Fed eration of Women’s Clubs, protests against the exclusion of women in the national home defense program, alleging discrimination against her sex. She also inveighs against the civil aeronautics board for its ac tion in closing civilian pilot training programs to women. She will ask the General Federation to take steps in both matters. The wife of a Baltimore business man, she has been active in women’s club af fairs for 25 years. Strike Stops Warship Building While work on some $373,000,000 worth of warships and merchantmen remained at a standstill, these members of the C.LO. industrial union of America picketed outside the yards of the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock company at Kearney, N. J. The strike was called over the failure of the company ^nd the union to agree in a dispute over the classification of some 1,500 workers. ' / New and Old Governors of Puerto Rico Rexford Guy Tugwell, left, who has been nominated by President Roosevelt Jto be governor of Puerto Rico, shakes hands with Guy J. Swope, right, the retiring governor. In the center is Luis Monozmarin, president of the Puerto Rican senate. The meeting took place on the liner S. S. Coamo, when Tugwell greeted the newly arrived retiring governor. Maneuvers in Poison Gas In the first demonstration of its kind, the second armored division at Fort Henning, Ga., shows how it plans to minimize effects of poison gas. Armored Vehicles were gas bombed, then 4< minute men” sprang into action and established a decontamination unit. Real gas was not used. Top: plane drops 4< gas” bombs. Below: a decontam ination squad removes traces of gas from a tank. D. C. Inaugurates Gas Saving Campaign Continuing the campaign for gas-conservation. District of Columbia park police warned drivers to keep their automobiles in economical run ning condition. Motorists driving smoky vehicles are warned to make necessary adjustments immediately. Those ignoring the warnings are subject to arrest under a nuisance statute. Prices Going Up Air Support Chief Col. Wm. E. Lynd, appointed chief the air support command, former- air officer of general headquar- rs in the war department. There e now five air support commands. Nazis in Action Radiophoto showing German ma- hine gunners in action protecting a •ridge against attack from the touses in the background. Appar- mtly Russian snipers were hiding n the buildings. No hint is given >y German censor as to the location f the scene. Pitching Star ‘Passes’ ob Feller, Cleveland Indian hing sensation, having teeth in- cted during draft board examina- . He passed in fine style, so ians will be short one good pitch- loon. ASK ME ? ANOWEK! ? A quiz with answers offering ? information on various subjects ? i The Questions ft- fv. ft* (*>. ft* fV, (V. (V. fc. fV. (V, fV. JV. (V, <V. fv. (V. £V. fu (V, (V. (V. ? _ _ _ ^ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? » - - — ^ — ? O-O-O-P-<'-0-C'-C v -('-C'-0-C'-C v *P-<'-C^*C'-C k -C'-O-O-C'-(VCV.<V.CV.(V.(V.{V.(^.(V. 9. According to the last census. 11,012,734. 10. Nine (Hattie Caraway, Ar kansas; Jeannette Rankin, Mon tana; Mary T. Norton, New Jer sey; Edith Nourse Rogers, Mas sachusetts; Caroline O’Day, New York; Jessie Sumner, Illinois; Frances P. Bolton, Ohio; Margar et Smith, Maine; and Katharine Byron, Maryland). “Sail on, O Ship of State! on, O Union, strong and Leon Henderson, chief of Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, told congress that there soon will be a tremendous increase in the cost of living. He appeared before the house banking and currency committee to urge passage of the price-fixing bill. Photo shows Hen derson pointing to 10-foot chart show ing changes in commodity prices of present war period. 1. Sail great!” is a quotation from what American poet? 2. Over what country did the Incas reign? 3. Approximately how many miles of railroad are there in the United States? 4. How many vestigial organs has man? 5. Is sunburn caused by the heat of the sun? 6. Where was the Tower of Babel? 7. How many railway tunnels are there in the United States and what is their total length? 8. Phillips Brooks, Henry Ward Beecher, and Lyman Abbott were noted chiefly as what — poets, statesmen or preachers? 9. What is the population of the Dominion of Canada? 10. How many women hold places in the Seventy-seventh con gress? The Answers 1. Henry W. Longfellow (“The Building of the Ship”). 2. Peru. 3. Approximately 236,000 miles. 4. Man possesses no less than 180 vestigial organs that, although probably once of vital importance, are now of little use to him. 5. No, sunburn is caused by the ultraviolet rays of the sun. 6. Babylon. 7. There are 1,539 railway tun nels in the United States totaling 320 miles. 8. Preachers. Considerate Tom—Hi, what’s the idea of Wearing my raincoat? Tim—Well, you wouldn’t like your new suit to get wet, would you? Boss Here Defense Plant Foreman—Now, then, hurry up. Worker—All right, boss. But Rome wasn’t built in a day. Defense Plant Foreman—Maybe not. But I wasn’t foreman on that job. 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