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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C-, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941 •!■•» ■ t WHO'S . • • \ NEWS t; THIS WEEK >- - ~«i« IvaCw .vy.v.v v!v>Ivi •V.V..Y. By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK.—There’s a nice al literation in “Cape Town Clip per,** and an invitation to rhyming which in other days might have in terested Tin * Clipper's Skipper: Pan Alley. He's a Topper; The tall, MU a Whopper! Capt. Harold E. Gray, who brings, the ship back from the Belgian Con go on a round trip of 19,961 miles, is smart and good looking and could walk on in a Jerome Kern musical, commemorating his exploit, but it is a safe bet that he never will. Just a glance at his work sheet for the last 15 years shows that he had to keep his mind on his work to at tain this eminence. There may never be a Casey Jones of the air, the bncko lad who will ride anything, any where, on the slightest provoca tion. Just a look at the dash board of a modern plane is enough to convince one of that. Even the Lindbergh saga might have been different if it had been paced to differential equa tions. Bat, of coarse, there will i he another Kipling with another “Night Mail,’*-who' will find in modern air transport an exalt ed theme—this time fully real ized. Just now there seems to be no master or Journeyman of poetry or prose who is quite up to it. As to being a Clipper skipper, any lad who starts to day-dream his way into the job had better make other arrangements. Here are a few but not all of the qualifications of 35-year-old Captain Gray: '^Theater of War Between U. S. and Japan .............v V.V.y.\*.\Y.\Y.V.V.Y.\^| /.y.^v/.v.yv.y.yav.v.v.v.v.v.y.vav.v-v/a PKv? I * .* .*.*».•Ay .*.*.* •*.*•*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.y»*•*; a MAYmY.Y.*.v • m' ....... .yAY.v.v.v.v.v.v.vAv.Y.v.v.v.v.Y.-.r^r cirff-Y-'-’Y-'-v. .••••V. ••- VVAVAV .V.V.V.V.V.V.Y.VAY - -.V.V.V.V.V.V.VM Poinsettias Need Water, Warmth To Retain Vigor HAWAIIAN IS PHILIPPINES n{la Aft. P **1AMA INGAPORE^ | )€ ^EASf INDIES •F CAROLINE IS/ (JAF) SAMOA IS. % TUTUILA^ SOCIETY IS. MARQUESAS (Fft) TUAMOTU IS. \v ! J(f*) LOYALTY IS. 'new CALEDONIA (FR^ P A C I F I c Here in graphic detail is shown the location of strategic points in the war between Japan and the United States. Distances between important points now in the headlines are also shown. Of particular interest are the following points: the Russian port of Vladivostok and its nearness to Japan, which would make it an ideal air base in a bombing raid campaign on the enemy; the Hawaiian islands where at Pearl Harbor the Japanese opened their war on the United States with a devastating aerial attack; the most vulnerable sector of the continental United States to Japan attack—the Pacific coast area. . How Navies of Warring Nations Compare taster mariner, a Heads Pacific Fleet He is a ms licensed engine mechanic, a li censed airplane mechanic, a graduate radio engineer, a li censed radio operator, a first class seaman and the holder of certificates in international law, maritime law and business ad ministration. That’s about par for the course on the ocean fair ways for the men who command / the big flying ships. / Mr. Gray was born in Guttei berg, Iowa, in 1906 and left the Uni versity of Iowa to take flight train ing at Brooks field in the army school. He later went to the Univer sity of Detroit and took a degree in aeronautical engineering. He flew first for the Ford Motor company, and then joined the Pan-American Airways for flights to the Canal Zone. In 1931 he took up studies for his master pilot rating pnd be came one of the youngest meq to attain the highest flying rank of “master of ocean flying boats.” '"pHIS department never has been A able to get it quite straight, as to women owning 70 per cent of the wealth of the country, and wield- ... ^ ing propor- Women Out to Get tionate influ- A Play for Their ence in pub- 70% of Wealth lie affairs. Some per sons informed in finance in politics say they do and some say they don’t. Miss Cathrine Curtis, the tall, Junoesque lady who organized women investors in America a few . aosbluld Edward Kimmel, 59, who years back, not only insists that took over command of the Pacific fleet and also of the entire U. S. fleet last February 1. / BATTLESHIPS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CRUISERS DESTROYERS SUBMARINES UNITED STATES mm? ■3/ ■■■■MO GREAT BRITAIN MB 16 ■4 ■■62 ■■■■■■■219 ■48 JAPAN ■MO • ■16 ■39 ■■■1119 ■66 GERMANY ■16 11 14 ■■20 *>50 ITALY ■5 ■20 ■■■■123 This chart shows the naval strength of the Axis and Allied navies. Latest figures available are shown. The American fleet in the Pacific is under the command of Admiral women do have all this money and say-so, but makes it a business to see that they get a play for it—a big new feminine pressure group if you want to put it that way. At Washington, Miss Curtis leads her embattled 70 per cent —if that’s what it is—into a fight against price control legislation. Her battle is one of many, on various public issues, which she . has centered at Washington. In her home town, Glen Falls, N. Y., where her father ran a hotel, the 18-year-old Miss Curtis saw Gus Thomas’ play, “Arizona.” She fol lowed it around the up-state circuit and became so saturated with it? romantic glamour that she kept right on going—to Arizona. There Harold Bell Wright saw her and put her in his moving picture, “Shep herd of the Hills.” This was her start in various moving picture and ranching enterprises. It was in 1935 that, in New York, her present home, she organized the women in vestors. It appears that nobody ever has figured out how much of that 70 per cent is merely something in the wife’s name for safe-keeping. I N 1840, the principality of Sara wak, in Borneo, was a safe re treat where one might hide out and let the world go by. James Brooke of England, and his descendants found it so, for 101 years, ruling 500,000 persons. There’s an end of that, with Lieut. Gen. A. E. Perci- val, flying from Singapore to Sara wak, 400 miles, to inspect and en large defense operations on the Bor neo northwest coast. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, white rajah, co-oper ates. Sarawak is important in em- pire survival, as an air base. In Asiatic Waters As President Asked War Declaration The beautiful poinsettia is a tem peramental plant. It must have the proper amount of sunshine, dark ness, water and warmth, or it will die. But the brilliantly colored flowers it has at Christmas time will more than repay the efforts needed to keep the plant alive. Strong, healthy plants and fine blooms will result if the flower is understood and pampered just a little. It is a tropical plant from Mexico that is accustomed to the conditions of its original home. Constant warmth is required by the poinsettia. The temperature President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing the joint session of con gress, when he asked congress to declare a state of war against Japan. Congress passed the declaration 33 minutes after FDR’s speech. U. S. Fleet Off Coast of Hawaii should be kept between 70 and 80 degrees during the day and about 65 degrees at night. Sudden temper ature changes and drafts will cause the plant to drop its leaves. Abundant water is important, but it should be applied only once each day so that the soil can become moderately dry between watering. This is necessary to permit needed oxygen to reach the roots. High humidity in the air surrounding the plant will also contribute to its vigor. When it is impossible td maintain a high humidity, a daily syringing of the foliage will be beneficial if applied during the fore noon. ^ It is best to give the plant the sunniest spot available. Occasion ally fertilize it with a good commer cial food tablet. ‘ » When flowering is over and the leaves are dropped, withhold water, until the soil becomes dry. Place the pot on its side on the floor of the basement where the tempera ture hovers around 50 degrees and let it remain there for the next three months. Early in May repot the plant in a mixture of good garden loam, coarse sand and leaf mold, and cut the stem about four to eight inches from the soil level so that two or three joints are retained. Place the plant in a sunny window after potting and water carefully un til there is new growth, when the quantity of water should be in creased. The plant may be placed outdoors when the temperature becomes balmy, but it should be taken in doors early in fall before the arrival of cool nights. The first colored bracts will appear late in Novem ber and the plant will bloom about Christmas. Admiral Thomas C. Hart, 64, who commands the U. S. Asiatic fleet. A splendid view of units of the United States fleet at anchor in Lahaina roads, Hawaii, near the scene of the unprovoked attack by Japanese bombers at a Sunday’s dawn. Pa cific Ocean- TOKIO In bombing raids on Japan, Russia’s port of Vladivostok would make an ideal air base for U. S. Toys for Children Should Be Selected To Fit Age Level Select a child’s Christmas toys as you select his clothes—to “fit” his age level, suggests Dr. Ella J. Day, head of the University of Tennessee child development department. “If the child is just learning to walk and climb, give him play ma terials to stimulate these activities. He needs his first picture books when he begins to talk, housekeeping toys at about three when he begins to want to help mother, and crayons and scissors when he can begin to handle them,” says Dr. Day. Parents, aunts, uncles and cousins should consider what the child is ready for as regards physical growth and mental and social de velopment in selecting toys, contin ues Dr. Day. “If toys are selected with some relation to the child’s growth and needs, they will be toys which stim ulate self-reliance. This is impor tant from the standpoint of building up habits of industry, concentration and stick-to-itiveness, and to foster creative and constructive activity.” Most children can fare better with fewer but carefully selected toys, it is believed. Dr. Day also recommends that parents consider the probable “life” of a toy before buying. Good Children Boys and girls, listen to this. Santa keeps careful tab on all of you. Ev ery time a little boy uses daddy’s razor for carving up the furniture, or a little girl spills the ink on mother’s best tablecloth, it is writ ten in red ink against the name of the little boy or girl. But if a boy carries out the ashes for dad, or if a little girl helps her mother with the dusting or the dishes, the report is written in green ink. And it’s the green ink reports that bring Santy down your chimney on Christmas O-* O* O* O** O- O* O" O- C*. cv* (V. ft* \ ASK ME * ? I ANOTHER J A General Quiz " \ fw ft* (t* cw <v« (v. cv* fw ft. (v« (s« (v* ft. (u ft* The Questions 1. In British history, what is meant by the star chamber? 2. What is a menage? 3. What name is given to ft poem in which the initial letters of the lines, when taken in order, form a word or words? 4. If London bridge should fall down, into what river would it land? 5. What is the plural of the word mongoose? 6. At what is a calligrapher adept? 7. One-fourth of a barrel is called what? 8. Who coached the “peint-a- minute” team famous in football history? 9. When was the first star measured? 10. Which country first intro* duced the lifeboat? The Answers 1. An ancient high court which fiat without a jury. 2. A household. 3. An acrostic. 4. The Thames. 5. Mongooses. 6. Handwriting. 7. A firkin. 8. Fielding H. Yost. 9. Although the stars have been scientifically studied for hundreds of years, not one was ever mqfts- ured until December 13, 1920, when the diameter of Betelgeuse was determined with the aid of a special type of interferometer at the Mount Wilson observatory in California. 10. The lifeboat was a British in troduction. The first was launched at South Shields in 1789. There were many wrecks and great loss of life in the stormy waters at the entrance to the Tyne, and South Shields residents offered a prize for the design of a boat capa ble of riding the rough seas. The best points in the various designs submitted were combined in the first boat. DON’T LET CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP • When bowels are sluggish and you feel irritable, headachy and everything you do is an effort, do as millions do — chew FEEN-A-MINT, the modern chewing gum laxative. 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