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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C- FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938 !’ W- t I * V 1 Speediest ship in our navy, the destroyer McCall, was commissioned at the Mare Island navy yard in California. The McCall, first privately built navy vessel since 1921, has a specified speed of 38)4 knots, but in recent tests was reported to have averaged 42 knots. It carries four 5-inch guns and four quadruple torpedo tdbes and is especially fitted for quick attacks on capital ships. -^j&Lnuui W. ftldcaJul •S ^ STTMMART7.T33 TWR WORT.TV SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK C Western Newspaper Union. Signs of Compromise 'T'HERE are distinct indications of -*■ compromise and co-operation in the American picture, and hopes for restored prosperity are somewhat revived. The stock market has be come unusually active, and private enterprise is awakening. Unfreezing of three billions in stored-up credit is expected to result from new bank ing regulations ordered by the Pres ident. Thousands of contracts for approved projects to cost almost $500,000,000 have been sent to all parts of the country by the Public Works administration. Mr. Roosevelt, in his latest radio address to the nation, said: “In simple frankness and in simple hon esty, I need all the help I can get,” and it seems that the people are ready to give that help if the administration will do its part. Notable in the President’s talk was the admission that mistakes have been made not only by his op ponents and by industry and labor, but also by government leaders. He sharply attacked reactionaries in business, blaming them for much of the current depression. Asserting his continued belief in individual enterprise and the profit motive, he criticized the recent con gress for failing to enact his pro gram for government reorganiza tion and legislation to aid the finan cially depressed railroad industry. At the same time, however, he said the legislators “achieved more for the future good of the country than any congress between the end of the World war and the spring of 1933.” good, for information reached the British government that Franco had ordered his aviators to stop bomb ing British merchant vessels. However, this news was followed immediately by dispatches saying two more British ships had been bombed in the ports of Valencia and Alicante, several seamen being killed or wounded. —*— Swedes Celebrate A MERICANS of Swedish descent by the thousand and many from Sweden gathered at Wilming ton, Del., for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing in Amer ica of the first Swedes and Finns. From the old coun try came Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf with a large party, but he was confined to his suite on the liner Kungsholm by illness. His place was taken by his Prince Bertil Prince Bertil. Wants Liberals Elected AA OST of the President’s radio speech was frankly political. He declared himself the leader of | the liberals and held that, as such, it was his privilege to intervene in state primary and election cam paigns for the purpose of insuring the defeat of those whom he char acterized as conservatives, the op ponents of his policies. This aroused the indignation of many Democratic statesmen like Senators Burke of Nebraska and King of Utah. “I believe the people in the dis tricts and states will resent the President’s interference,” Burke said, “If we were to follow the course he has suggested, we would all be goosestepping behind a leader no matter how beneficent that leader may be. I do not approve of that course.” Senator King asserted the Presi dent should not use the great advan tage he has in controlling the purse strings of the huge spending pro gram. “People who have fought for the Democratic party for a great many years do not like interference in their state affairs by outsiders,” he said. "I do not believe the President should meddle in the pri mary elections of the Democratic party or any other party.” General opinion was that Mr. Roosevelt had widened the split in the Democratic party and by his words had placed the stamp of his approval on the attempted “purge” directed by Corcoran, Cohen and others of his advisers. —*— Latest War Scare ID OMBING of loyalist Spanish cities and of British ships in Spanish ports by Generalissimo Franco’s insurgent planes led di rectly to the most recent war scare in Europe. It was reported in Lon don that the loyalists had threat ened to bomb Italian and German cities if Franco did not call off his airmen, and in Italy it was assert ed that this probably would be re garded as an act of war and would be the cause for appropriate action. The rumors were denied, but their dissemination may have done some The principal event of the opening ceremony was the presentation of a monument erected by Sweden on the landing site. The presentation was made by Prince Bertil and ac cepted by President Roosevelt. Then the President presented the monument to Gov. Richard McMul len for tlie state of Delaware. After the monument ceremony there was a lawn party attended by Crown Princess Louise. The celebration was continued for four days in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, parts of which states were embraced in the New Sweden founded in 1638 by a com pany of 150 Swedes and Finns sent to An. irica by Gustafus Adolphus. * Mustn’t Seize Hainan 'X'HE British and French envoys in Tokyo warned Japan that any occupation of Hainan, Chinese island off the south coast of China, would be met by joint Franco-British ac tion. The island, which lies near French and British trade routes, was bombed by Japanese flyers. Germany is recalling the Germans who have been acting as advisers to the Chinese army, and diplomats be lieve Germany may now give active aid to Japan. *— Ireland Installs Hyde IRELAND’S first president, in the person of Dr. Douglas Hyde, was installed in St. Patrick’s hall, Dub lin castle, where former viceroys held their social functions. The cere mony was conducted entirely in Gaelic and was witnessed by state and church officials, members of parliament and representatives of foreign countries. Among the last was American Minister John Cudahy. Dr. Hyde read and signed a declaration in which he promised to defend the constitution and dedicate himself to the service of the people of Ireland. Prime Minister De Valera made a speech in which he said: “You are now our president, free ly chosen under our own laws, in heriting authority and entitled to the respect which Gaels ever gave to rightful chiefs. Not all the territory of Ireland is at the moment under your sway, but the justice of our claim and the tenacity of the Gaels will set that right.” President Hyde has been a poet, historian and educator. He is the son of a protestant clergyman and it is hoped he will bring about a un ion of Roman Catholic Ireland and Protestant northern Ireland. For Naval Expansion I MPETUS was given the naval ex pansion program with PWA al lotments of $27,883,000 for the en largement, extension and remodel ing of existing plants and facilities of the navy department. With orders for full speed ahead the navy department said that 113 projects, approved by Mr. Roose velt, will be under way by August 15. Among the projects are power plant improvements, foundry build ing, high frequency radio station, fleet moorings, turret assembly fa cilities, improvements to ship build ing ways, structural assembly, elec tric and sheet metal shops, water storage, railroad tracks, noncom missioned officers’ quarters, storage buildings and other improvements. —*— Some for Every State N O SOONER had President Roosevelt signed the pump priming measure than the flood of federal money was released. The Public Works ad- m i n i s t r ation of h i c h Secretary Ickes is the head, made public two lists of grants and loans covering 590 projects in every state in the union with a total estimat ed cost of $148,795,- 895. Four more lists were ready, and Secretary these, PWA officials Iekes said, would complete the “first push” toward a $2,000,000,000 con struction program to provide work and stimulate industry. Officials fur ther estimated that these initial groups of projects may run as high as 1,500 or 2,000 with a cost of $600,000,000. Federal grants under the PWA procedure cover 45 per cent of the cost and, when a PWA loan is made, 55 per cent. The difference between the estimated overall cost of the projects and the sum of loans and grants made by PWA is sup plied by the various applicants. —*— Fish Attacks Hamilton TJT BATED discussion over imme- diate control of campaign funds among members of the Republican national executive committee, meet ing in Washington, gave Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York an opportunity to re new his fight on National Chairman John Hamilton, whose removal he demanded. With Hamilton out of power. Fish said, the Republicans _ . would win 10 senate Rep. Fish seats and 100 houge seats. With Hamilton at the helm, he warned, Republican gains would be reduced by half. Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts and Sen. John Townsend of Dela ware, chairmen, respectively, of the house and senate G. O. P. campaign committees, have demanded allot ment of funds from the national committee and exclusive control of their expenditure. Hamilton has re sisted these demands. Representative Bertrand Snell of New York, Republican leader in the house, told the committee that he intended to retire from public life and would not seek re-election this fall. —* Group for Labor Survey "VJINE men and women were ap- pointed by the President as members of a special commission that will study the workings of the British labor disputes law and Swed ish labor relations. Most of them already are in Europe ready to be gin their work. The group is composed of Lloyd K. Garrison, dean of the University of Wisconsin law school; Robert Watt, American Federation of La bor representative; Gerald Swope, president of the General Electric company; Henry I. Harriman, for mer president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; William H. Davis, chairman of the New York labor mediation board; Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, regional director of social security for New York; Charles R. Hook, president of the American Rolling Mills com pany; Miss Marion Dickerman, principal of Todhunter school, New York, and William Ellison Chal mers, assistant American labor commissioner in Geneva. Douglas Hyde Louis K.O.’s Schmeling T OE LOUIS of Detroit, the “Brown Bomber,” stands the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. His amazing victory ever Max Schmeling of Germany in the Yan kee stadium at New York gave him that status. In less than one round the challenger was hammered to the floor three times by the crashing blows of Louis, and his seconds threw the towel into the ring, for the German was quite helpless. The referee declared Louis the winner by a technical knockout. The loser said his defeat was caused by a b'low over the kidney. X-ray examination of the German after the battle showed a projection from a vertebra was broken. The blow was not a foul for it was not struck in a clinch. Eighty thousand persons wit nessed this epochal battle, the short est heavyweight championship bout in history. Louis got 40 per cent of the gate and 20 per cent went to Schmeling. West Pointers Learn About Army Bombers 'v. . • • — 1 : A group of cadets of the new first class at the United States Military academy inspecting one of the new Douglas bombers at Mitchell field, N. Y., where the class spent a week studying aviation methods as part of their regular summer training. 12-Year-Old Girl Makes Geese Pay Princess Beatrix Makes Her Bow Fay Jacques of Manchester, Maine, though only twelve years old is said to have the largest flock of geese in New England. She started six years ago with a small flock given her by her father, E. C. Jacques, and now hires a man to help her care for the 500 goslings she raises in a season. Her ambition is to educate herself, then buy a farm and go into business. She expects the money she makes from raising geese to pay the cost. Princess Juliana and her consort, Prince Bernhard, proudly display their infant daughter. Princess Beatrix, who may one day rule the Dutch empire, at a reception at Soestdjik palace in The Hague for aged persons residing in the surrounding district. Many of these had an opportunity to see the little princess. Jap Commanders in China War Gen. Hisaichi Terauchi (left, facing camera), commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces in North China and Gen. Shunroku Hata, commander- in-chief of the Japanese forces in central China, are shown at a meeting after the Nipponese had captured Suchow. BEACH QUEEN Esther Walker, eighteen-year-old beauty of Oceanside, Calif., won the title of “Miss Queen of the Beaches” at a contest at Oceanside in which more than 100 comely maidens from Southern California participated. Anti-Freckle Helmets Baffle Sun | ■ m m * - j i J , m i .. - - ■ •:••• •• : Prepared to repel the effects of too much sun are these five mermaids on the beach at Atlantic The oil-skin beach helmets are designed to protect them against freckles. From left to right the Betty Lewis, Peggy Murtland, Helen Rink, Helen Price and Jean Cowan. City, N. J. girls are: WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON XTEW YORK. — When Charles Maurras came out of the Sante prison last year, he was met by a committee of distinguished French- . ... men, who nomi- Leave* Jml nated ^ lor ^ To Get Bid Nobel peace prize To Academy said would mexe him a member of the Academy. They have just fulfilled the latter prom ise, and M. Maurras becomes an immortal by a majority of one vote. He had spent 250 days in jail on a charge of having urged the as sassination of 140 members of the chamber of deputies who had voted for sanctions against Italy; also on a charge of inciting the French peo ple to “sharpen up their kitchen knives” for use against certain pro scribed politicians. In the 250 days he had written five books, swelling his vast collec tion of books on biography, politics, economics, literary criticism, histo ry and what not to probably well over 100. I talked to him once in the Cafe des Lilas, a fragile, deaf, bearded old man with a contentious, blazing mind which makes one think of a sizzling battery running an au tomobile without any engine. In 1923, he was in jail for four months in a somewhat anti-climatic » r» adventure for one Showed Dace w h 0 was to be gar- Technique landed as an im- Ot Terror mortal. Three members of the chamber of deputies were kidnaped and fed castor oil—Mussolini is said to have got his broad prospectus of Fascism from Maurras—and the bald head of one of them was paint ed with violet ink and glue. In 1925, M. Maurras was sen tenced to two years in prison, the charge being that he had threat ened to kill the minister of the in terior. Among the causes of his incarceration in October, 1936, was conspiracy evidence in the assault on Premier Leon Blum, in which he was severely beaten, while attend ing the funeral of a friend. His books and virulent editorials against democracy in the Royalist, paper, translated into many lan guages, are the fount of Fascist' doctrine all over the world. His hatred of democracy is savage andi vitriolic. He is witty, learned, bril-! liant and he has the most excoriat ing and corrosive vocabulary in France. • • • - A FOOTNOTE to the main text of ** the world discussion on Japan bombing babies is the interchange between Avery Brundage, chairman . _ , of the American Jap Bomba Olympic commit- Cauae Rift tee, and William In Olympics £ Bingham (Bill the Plugger), Har vard athletic director. Mr. Brund age says it has nothing to do with sports, and Mr. Bingham says it has—with sportsmanship, at any rate—and he withdraws from the committee and the 1940 games. The sports writers are becoming almost metaphysical in weighing, and appraising the moral values of the argument. Bill the Plugger says, in effect, that he won’t play with baby-killers. He became Bill the Plugger by losing 19 races at Harvard and win ning the twentieth. Thereafter, he was Harvard’s crack miler. He started out plugging at the age of fourteen, leaving school to work in a mill and help support his five younger brothers and sisters. He saved $30, went to Exeter and worked his way through Exeter and Harvard. He came out of the war a captain with appropriate decorations, did a turn in the banking business in Texas and became Harvard gradu ate supervisor and track coach in 1921. On the side, he is president of a concern which imports rubber goods. • • • IF GERARD B. LAMBERT builds * a house, they’re likely to find a center-board and a skys’l yard on it. It’s hard to see how he can get a# r , . his mind off his Mr. Lambert yachting, but, at Keepe Mind any rate, he be- On Yachts comes special ad viser to Stuart Mc Donald, federal housing administra tor. The gargles and shaves of the multitudes built his chemical for tune at St. Louis. He was one of the original backers of Lindbergh and the originators of great adver tising slogans. Author of a spirited “Defense of Babbitts” in the .American Mer cury, commander of the Eastern Yacht club of Marblehead, Mass., he maintains a valhalla for gallant old yachts. e Consolidated News Features. WNU Service. Women Get First Vote In their first vote women of Uru guay recently helped choose a new parliament of 99 delegates and 30 senators. V