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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1941 WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK Seen From the U. S. Atlantic Patrol By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) XJEW YORK.—When Parks John- 1 ^ son and Wally Butterworth brought their pioneer quiz broad cast to New York city back in 1934, . - . , , took them QaizzersEnriched j us t about In Plumbing the eight weeks Minde of Demos 0 * diligent quizzing to get an answer to the question, “Where is Singapore?” The other day the ninth anni versary of their Vox Pop pro gram, the first outbreak of the growing quiz craze, now ramp ant on all networks, was cele brated. In an age of deepen ing uncertainty, people find great felicity if they happen to know how many toothpicks there are in a cord of birchwood —and sustenance for an ailing ego. Messrs. Johnson and But terworth cash in in a big way. Parks Johnson is the son of a Methodist minister. He had been a captain in the World war, a news paper reporter, a cotton broker, and in 1932 was running a one-man ad vertising agency in Houston, Texas. ▲ client wanted a radio idea. Mr. Johnson quizzed himself at length and got the right answer. He set up a microphone in the lobby of a Houston theater and be gan his quiz. At first he had to hand out one-dollar bills to lure par ticipants, but the “mike-fright” soon passed and Vox Pop quickly be came a successful program. Mr. Butterworth, former pho- , nograph salesman, radio singer and announcer, came in later. Soon after they were estab lished in New York their pro gram was on a big network. In 1940, they carried their micro phone more than 50,000 miles around the country, and to date, have asked about 300,000 ques tions. Newspapers were ahead of radio, however, in getting at the question- and-answer mother lode of interest in their own field. It was in 1920, that Miriam Tichenor, a reporter on the New York Daily Mail, sug gested to George T. Hughes, the city editor, the daily questioning of five or six citizens at random. Mr. Hughes started the feature and slugged it “The Inquiring Report er.” Under this and other titles it still carries on in many news papers. This, however, is an opin ion, rather than an information in quiry. A NEW YORK doctor, a friend of this writer, says physicians who have made a life-long study of diet, nutrition and mass condition- _ . - , , ing are won- Eminent Athletes dering why Toughen Us sWhy? physical Specialists Ask training for < defense is being organized by athletes, instead of specialists in physical fitness. Without disparagement to any of the persons mentioned, he cited Gene Tunney, Alice Marble and John B. Kelly, the last an undefeated oars man, as examples in which emi nence in athletics is substituted for precise knowledge of how to “tough- en-up” America. The discussion had to do with Mr. Kelly's current prescription of a “courage diet” for the na- ; tion, in which he says he has listed calory and vitamin com binations which will enable us to lick our weight in wildcats. Mr. Kelly, a former bricklayer and contractor, is chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic commit tee, and last August became direc tor of physical training for national defense. He was formerly a Re publican, and is veteran of much fast and intricate milling in both parties. The tall and athletic “Hand some Jack” Kelly, as he is called, quit the Philadelphia public schools at the age of 16 and got a job in a brickyard. He was an ambulance driver in the World war, came back with a capital of $40 and opened his own brickyard. Twelve ‘ years later, at the age of 31, he was the Olympic single sculls champion, winning for America at Amsterdam. In 1926, he re tired from rowing as the unde feated champion oarsman of the world. At the age of 52, he still rows five miles every morning. In September, 1940, President Roosevelt saw an article “hand some Jack” had written for a phys ical culture magazine and sum moned him to lead the national “physical preparedness” endeavor. He now officially and formally heads this department and is work ing up plans for national mass calis thenics. He is one of four eminent broth ers, George, a playwright; Walter, the famous “Virginia Judge” of the stage; Patrick H., deceased in 1937, who was the builder of the Free Public library in Philadelphia. if! mm m Mite*- m§mm V.V.V.* ," Mm 'Vi m m iff jg mui m pis 11 mm Scores of ships in formation, headed across the Atlantic! What a convoy! In upper right is part of the wing of the U. S. Atlantic air patrol plane, from which the photo was made, (Inset) A seaplane tender of the U. S. Atlantic air patrol is shown with a number of patrol planes on her stern deck, and still another being hoisted aboard for an overhaul. Photo approved by U. S. navy. Prisoners of War Accept Their Sorry Lot By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) N OT content with having a very promising film ca reer, Susan Hayward has turned actors’ agent. Dining at a New Orleans hotel, she was impressed by the young singer and trumpet player with Chuck Foster’s band; he stopped the show at every performance. So when he was brought over to meet her she ques tioned him. Why wasn’t he in films? Nobody’d asked him to be. Where did he come from? Los An geles, but he’d never been able to get near a film studio there! So Susan placed him under con tract, and arranged for his Holly wood debut at a cafe there. His name? Ray Robbins, profession ally; in real life, it’s Foster. A new romantic duo makes its debut in RKO’s comedy, “Obliging Young Lady,” in the persons of Ed mond O’Brien and Ruth Warrick. RUTH WARRICK He recently scored in “A Girl, a Guy and a Gob” and “Parachute Battalion.” She made her film bow as Orson Welles’ first wife in “Citi zen Kane,” the picture that’s been a springboard to motion picture con tracts for so many actors and act resses. & Some of the several thousands of soldiers of the Chiang Kai-shek army captured by Japanese forces, are shown in picture at left carrying food for their breakfast. The baskets are quite large and only one is filled to the top. Right: Italian prisoners of war in England help build their own winter quarters. Other prisoners in England are used on farms. New President in Independent Syria .sHHS Cheikh Taggadine, the new president,of Syria, inspects a guard of honor of Free French troops outside the town hall at Damascus, Syria. Syria was granted her independence when Free French General Catrous formally handed the country over in a broadcast speech from Damascus. ‘Blitz Troops’ in the Making Old Man River Again A rescue party in a rowboat trav els down a city street which is un der five feet of water. The flood was caused by the Arkansas river, which broke out of its banks at Tulsa, leaving scores of families homeless and causing great damage. •: v:x : x<-:xTw:: v:x: sm; m m mms mm ^*0 MtIMm The second corps provisional anti-tank battalion, commanded by Maj. H. R. Johnson, Wadesboro, N. C., was organized as a weapon of opportu nity to combat hostile mechanized threats at any part of the front where the enemy might break through. Photo shows battery D returning fire on advancing “enemy” tanks, supported by machine guns. Prison Camp The first prison camp since World War I is now being completed near Patchogue, N. Y. It will accommo date some 700 aliens. The watch tower is shown above. Robert Taylor has an exception ally tough beard, and while he’s be ing shaved talks about show horses, like his Arabian stallion; Clark Gable chats about guns and fish and venison, under the same condi tions, and he also has a tough beard. Spencer Tracy yells wise cracks at everybody while he’s in the barber’s chair. Bob Young makes a few remarks about his rid ing horses. Jimmy Stewart sits and says nothing. All this informa tion from Jim Adamson, major domo of Metro’s barber shop, who began snipping locks and news from movie stars way back in the days of Inceville—he’s been at it for 2 1 /fe decades, and has his own Hollywood Who’s Who. * We’re told that Inez Cooper, a Hollywood new comer, looks so much like Hedy Lamarr that ex perts can’t tell them apart. Miss Cooper has worked in “Unholy Part ners” and “The Shadow of the Thin Man”; she’s now appearing in “Mr. and Mrs. North,” and is slated for a role in “I Married an Angel.” None of these pictures have yet been released, yet she’s already had a flourishing screen career. *— People whose memories go way, way back will remember Harold Lockwood, one of the big stars of his time. His widow died recently, after having been a member of Paramount’s make-up department for nine years. ’ Today’s movie stars are more foresighted financially than were those old-timers. For ex ample—Joel McCrea is listed by the government not as an actor (though he’s been making pictures for 11 years) but as a good producer, thanks to the annual profit of ap proximately $5,000 which he makes from his ranch. Madeline Lee, who’s “Genevieve Blue” on the “Amos and Andy” broadcasts, has found herself turn ing into a hat designer. She en tered a hat designing class on a dare, found that she not only liked it but was good at it; now she makes all her own hats, and her friends besiege her to turn out little num bers for them. Correction: Last week’s item about “The Chocolate Soldier” was partly wrong; Metro’s picture by that name includes only music from the operetta so known; the story is the one you’re familiar with un der the title of “The Guardsman.” ODDS AND ENDS—RKO has signed St. Brendan’s Boys’ choir of 20 boys for church sequences in "Joan of Baris,” which will star Michele Morgan, the new t rench star, and Raul Hcnreid .. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello will play the leading comedy roles, and Kathryn Grayson and John Car r oll will have the romantic singing leads in the new movie version of "Rio Rita" . . . Walter Pidgeon returns to his first ca reer, that of a singer, in "Design for Scan dal’’ which he has just completed with the newly wed Rosalind Russell . . . They sing "A Bicycle Built for Two” . . 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