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THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C-. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1940.
Britain Buying 10,000 Combat
Planes in U. S. . . . Hope Psycho*
logical Effect on German People
May Hasten Peace.
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT ALLEN
WASHINGTON.—Few knew that
Lord Riverdale, co-ordinator of Brit
ish air defense, was in Washington
several days ago.
What Riverdale reported was that
the French and British now have
patched up their argument over
strategy, and the British have ac
cepted the French thesis that in the
last analysis this war must be
fought out in the air.
The factor which finally influenced
this policy was the now recognized
failure of the British blockade. More
and more German merchant ships
have been slipping through.
As a result of all this, Lord River
dale flew to Canada and the United
States to arrange for the largest air
plane manufacturing campaign in
the history of the world. In the
United States alone, Britain will buy
10,000 combat planes.
Simultaneously the British are
stepping up their own airplane pro
duction, now 1,000 a month, so that
by March or April they will be
turning out 2,000 planes monthly.
One reason the British are partic
ularly banking upon the American
planes is because of their effect
upon German psychology. So far
the German people have discounted
any air offensive from the Allies.
However, British government lead
ers believe that not even the most
efficient Nazi censors can keep from
the German people the impact of
what the purchase of 10,000 Ameri
can planes will mean.
* • •
THERE’S GOLD IN THEM GALS
Mrs. Jock Ethel du Pont Doris Duke
Whitney Roosevelt Cromwell
Most interesting table at the Jack-
son day dinner was No. 4, immedi
ately under President Roosevelt’s
nose, and occupied by three of the
wealthiest women in America. They
were:
Doris Duke Cromwell, wife of the
new minister to Canada and heiress
of the vast Duke tobacco millions.
She is a contributor to the Roosevelt
campaign fund.
Ethel duPont Roosevelt, daughter-
in-law of the President. Her family
owns the biggest munitions and
chemical industry in the world, and
controls the biggest automobile in
dustry—General Motors.
Mrs. Jock Whitney, whose family
owns part of Pan-American airways
and is one of the oldest of the “First
Sixty Families of America.”
None over 30 years old, together
they have a finger in a sizeable
amount of American wealth. Yet
they are great favorites with Roose
velt.
And while Speaker Bankhead
opined on the many liberal, if not
radical reforms of the New Deal,
these three looked very bored, but
very, very beautiful.
* • •
Florida Ship Canal.
Dynamic Senator Pepper of Flor
ida once again will bring the Florida
ship canal before
congress, asking
for action at this
session.
Its proponents
have a new argu
ment and a new
money plan. Their
money plan has
two alternatives.
One would be for
the federal gov
ernment to under
write bonds of the
Florida ship canal
authority. The
other plan—which is preferred—
would be for RFC to buy the bonds
of the authority. This could be done
under existing powers of the RFC.
Disclosed for the first time is the
fact that last year, a syndicate of
British banks, including the giant
Midland bank, offered to buy bonds
of the canal to the total sum of $190,-
000,000 sufficient to cover the entire
cost of construction.
* • •
Democratic Convention.
The Democratic national commit
tee meets on February 5, which is
before the Republican national com
mittee meets. That doesn’t mean
the Democrats have abandoned
their determination to hold their
convention after the Republicans.
However, the Democratic strategy
is not only to nominate after the
G. O. P. but, even more important,
to force a Republican convention as
late in the summer as possible.
The Democratic theory is the
shorter the campaign, the better.
Senator Pepper
World’s Smallest Republic Observes 200th Anniversary
San Marino, oldest and smallest republic in Europe, celebrates the 200th anniversary of its inde
pendence in February. Perched on a rock in the heart of Italy, (see map and picture at lower left) San M»
rino is governed by a great council of 60 members, two of whom exercise executive powers for a term of
six months. Free of debt, the country has postage stamps and coinage of its own. It maintains a military
force of 39 officers and 900 men (upper left), Abraham Lincoln was an honorary citizen of San Marino.
King Leopold Inspects Belgian Defense Measures
Leopold, soldier king of Belgium, walks past a tank as he inspects Belgian defenses along the border
fronting Germany. Similar scenes are being enacted in the Netherlands, another lowland country, where
troops also have been massed to fight the threat of Nazi invasion. In case of invasion both Belgium
and the Netherlands can be partially flooded by means of dikes.
Former Champ Shows ’Em How He Did It
Jim Braddock, former world’s heavyweight champion, dropped in on
friends in the house of representatives in Washington recently, and while
the legislators were discussing a bill for amateur boxing in the District
of Columbia, Jim gave them some pointers on the manly art. Left to
right: Rep. Pat Boland of Pennsylvania, Braddock, Rep. Fred Hartley
of New Jersey and Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts.
Dobbin Decides to Use Plain Horse Sense
No Hurry to Quit
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
Wallace as he appeared before the
house ways and means committee
to testify in defense of extension of
the reciprocal trade agreements
act. At the hearing Secretary Wal
lace admitted that he would “like to
keep on being secretary of agricul
ture.”
Still Life Study
Dobbin isn’t too enthusiastic about these New York winters. Here
he pops his head inside the window of a heated taxicab while his driver
wraps cloth around his feet to keep him from slipping on snowy streets.
A familiar figure on the desert
near Phoenix, Ariz., is Bob Zuppke,
veteran University of Illinois foot
ball coach, who spends much of
his time reproducing desert scenes
on canvas.
Star Dust
★ All Is Not Welles
★ Ingrid Has Promised
★ A Musician’s Needs
By Virginia Vale
(Released by Western Newspaper Union)
P LENTY of bets were won in
Hollywood when RKO de
cided to shelve the first Orson
Welles film, “Heart of Dark
ness.” People in Hollywood
were against Welles before he
arrived there; they didn’t like
him in advance, and lost few
chances to prove it. It was too
much for the film colony to
have a man demand the world
with a pink ribbon tied around
it, and get it.
That was practically what Welles
did. He insisted on producing, writ
ing, directing and acting in what
ever picture he decided to make.
RKO agreed.
And after some weeks of trying to
get started, and finally postponing
the first picture while a second,
“Smiler With a Knife,” got under
way, it was announced that all bets
were off, so far as “Heart of Dark
ness” was concerned. The reason
ORSON WELLES
given was that the budget for the
picture—well over a million dollars
—was so high. It cost the company
$160,000 to settle things up with
Welles and the cast that he had as
sembled for the filming of the Con
rad classic.
And various Hollywoodites are col
lecting bets made with friends who
were sure that the picture would
reach the screen.
*
When Ingrid Bergman arrived re
cently in New York on her way back
to Hollywood to make “Joan of Arc”
she made two definite statements to
the press. (1) If she becomes fa
mous she will not forget her hus
band, back in Stockholm. (2) Dur
ing this stay in the United States
she absolutely will not lose her head
over American ice cream, as she
did the last time she was here.
As a matter of fact, she has al
ready become famous. Contrary to
custom, she was introduced to the
public in her first American picture,
“Intermezzo,” without the usual bal
lyhoo. She saved the picture, de
spite the fact that Leslie Howard,
Edna Best, and two enchanting chil
dren were also in the cast—and an
enchanting child can give the most
experienced actress the toughest
kind of opposition.
Miss Bergman should be perfect
for “Joan of Arc”; her beauty,
talent and sincerity make it fitting
that the role should be hers.
*
ODDS AND ENDS—The boys in Johnny
Green’s “Johnny Presents” orchestra have
discovered a new way of relaxing after re
hearsals; they hold a jam session on toy
instruments . . . Robert Taylor got the
coveted role of the hero of “Waterloo
Bridge” opposite Vivian Leigh; it was
rumored that Laurence Olivier, the hero
of her private life, might get it . . . Greer
Carson, instead of Norma Shearer, will
do “Pride and Prejudice” ... So Joan
Crawford gels the lead in “Susan and
God,” for which Miss Carson was sched
uled . . . And Miss Shearer will do the
film version of the Broadway success,
“The World We Make” . . . Three cheers!
Walt Disney has finished camera work on
“Pinocchio" after two years; it will prob
ably be released late in February.
*
The aim of many a student musi
cian is to land a job in radio, pref
erably on a network staff orchestra.
It’s a 52-week a year job, at a sub
stantial salary, offering a degree of
security difficult to find anywhere
else in music.
Frankie Masters, who has been
conducting dance music on the air
for more than a decade, offers his
advice to those trying to do it.
“Don’t expect to get anywhere just
on your ability to play one type of
music well on one instrument,” he
says. “A staff musician’s daily
work covers a range from swing
to symphony, and the musician who
can’t encompass that range hasn’t
a chance. And there’s a constant
demand for men who can play two
or more instruments.”
*
Joan Bennett seems to have been
the very well dressed bride when
she married Walter Wanger, the pro
ducer, in Phoenix, Ariz. She wore
a beige jersey sports dress and a
beaver hat and coat. And for the
i third time she selected a groom a
good bit older than she was.
Until almost the last minute it
was generally supposed that she
would marry one of New York’s
young men about town. But that
would have meant giving up her
career—and when you have young
children, it’s nice to have a career.
Here’s New Dignity
For Old Chair Set
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
A NY dining room may be made
1 *■ fresh and smart with built-in
cupboards, a little paint and in
expensive curtains. But what
may be done to bring a set of
outmoded chairs up-to-date? The
one sketched at the upper right
is typical of many that are sub
stantial and sturdy though scarred
by long use. All that they need
is an up-to-date frock to make
them perfectly at home in that
modern dining room.
If your chairs do not have the
supports shown at the sides of the
seat they will be even easier to
slip-cover. This cover is of me
dium blue cotton rep with darker
blue for the bias binding and the
cotton fringe around the bottom.
Large button moulds are covered
with the slip cover material for
the button-up-the-back opening. If
you are not expert at making
bound buttonholes, snaps may be
used under the buttons. The
narrow ties sewn to the corners of
the inside of the seat covfer hold
it neatly in place.
• • •
NOTE: Mrs. Spears’ Sewing
Book No. 3 contains six other in
teresting ways to use slip covers,
with step-by-step directions. There
are 32 pages of fascinating ideas.
Spool shelves; braided rugs;
crazypatch quilts; many em
broidery designs with numerous
stitches illustrated. Ask for Book
3 and enclose 10 cents coin to
cover cost. Address: Mrs. Spears,
Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, New
York.
Use of Time
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