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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1940
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
Bv LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
EW YORK.—“Gentle Breeze” is
a loose translation of the name
P ar aguay’s new dictator, Jose Fe
lix Estigarribia. On September 13,
‘Gentle Breeze’I, 1935 ’ this de -
New Iron Man
For Paraguay
partment ob
served, “It is
possible that
a new iron
tnan is checking in, in Paraguay,
with the emergence of the shrewd,
resolute General Estigarribia.” It
appeared to be a wrong guess, until
recently, when the genernl an
nounced his dictatorship, having as
sumed the presidency last August.
Graying, handsome austere, just
turning 50, he is the smallest of dic
tators—130 pounds, five feet, six
inches tall. He was a Napoleon ad
dict in his youth, but is said to
have abandoned such attitudes and
interests in later years. Of remote
basque ancestry, he is the descend
ant of a wealthy Paraguayan fam
ily, educated for the army at home
and in Paris, He entered the Gran
Chaco war as a lieutenant colonel,
gained a generalcy in a year and
emerged as a national hero.
The C. S. A. has a stake in
his new dictatorship. When he
entered his brief turn as minis
ter to Washington, be lunched at
the White House and was ex
tended generous credits for the
“re-building” of Paraguay.
“Extrasensory perception” has
been fading rapidly after its sudden
burgeoning of two years ago, but
here it is again, with Professor J.
B. Rhine, its
Expert Studies
Mental Powers
Of Girl Marvel
high priest of
Duke univer
sity, making
a study of
Faith Hope Charity Harding, the lit
tle Pennsylvania girl who has been
calling the future the way a pool-
player calls his shots. Now 4% years
old, she has been making bull’s-eye
prophecies since she was 18 months
old; so naturally they get Professor
Rhine on the job.
He has kept right on running
his parapsychological^ laboratory
l^atJJuke, since his 2,5*00,000 tests
-"of University students there con
vinced him of the reality of men
tal telepathy, and the possibili
ty of our peeping into the fu
ture, as well as into the minds
of our neighbors. He said it
would take 1,600 digits to ex
press the mathematical degree
of improbability in his tests.
Professor and Mrs. Rhine began
exploring the spook world when they
were getting the doctor’s degree at
the University of Chicago. Among
other such phenomena they exam
ined the feats of “Margery,” the
Boston medium and reported that
the “whole game was base and bra
zen trickery.” They repeatedly have
assailed fake occultism. As to men
tal telepathy, they lay it on the line,
but they’re still working on the
prophecy business. They started the
latter inquiry in April last year.
For the last year, knowing ob
servers of European war and poli
tics have warned the world to keep
a sharp eye on Col. Gen. Walther
von Brauch-
itsch, com
mander in
chief of the
German
army. His tracks usually lead in
the direction of the next German
lunge, and, controlling the army, he
makes as well as executes decisions.
Army General
Gets Credit for
Nazi-Russ Deal
General Von Brauchitsch is a
member of an old east Prussian
feudal family, a conservative by in
stinct, education and tradition, but
politically malleable. A distin
guished officer in the World war, he
hated the republic, but went along
with it, alienating his stiff-necked
Junker colleagues, and became head
of its armed forces. From 1922 to
1932, he delivered many scholarly
denunciations of bolshevism, but,
perhaps more than any other one
man, put through the interchange of
officers, technicians, fabricated
goods, munitions and raw materials
between Germany and Russia dur
ing this decade.
Weighty opinion from the oth
er side is that General Von
Branchitsch, rather than Hitler,
Goering or Rosenberg, schemed
the Russo-German deal and
forced it to a conclusion through
his unquestioned hold on the
army.
To him is also attributed the plan,
the decision, the timing and the
start of the drive into Poland. In
several instances there have been
indications of hostility between the
general and Goering, with the bet
ting on the former, if it ever comes
to an open break. The general was
born in Berlin in 1881 and has been
in the army since his early youth.
He is handsome, imposing and bril
liantly educated, within the limits of
the old army caste, and has em
ployed power in a manner to make
him an ace exhibit in Dr. Rausch-
ning’s “revolution of nihilism."
Swedish Troops Practice Arctic Circle Maneuvers
Swedish troops who guard their country’s northern frontier pictured at training manenvers within the Arc
tic circle. It was in this area that Soviet warplanes bombed the Swedish village of Pajala. Left: Soldiers
operate a mortar, similar to the Stokes machine. Right: Nature made this emplacement, used by an anti-tank
gun crew near the border north of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Cubs’ Pitchers (Minus Dizzy) Begin Spring Training
Members of the Chicago Cubs pitching staff pictured limbering up in an early-season workout on Cata
lina island, Avalon, Calif. Left to right are Larry French, Bill Lee, Claude Passeau, Charley Root, Clay Bry
ant and Vance Page. Rain interfered with opening days of spring training. Dizzy Dean, No. 1 holdout, was
conspicuous .by his absence.
Finn Troops View ‘Gift’ From Invaders
Dalai Lama
White-clad Finnish soldiers give a “stolen” machine gun a thorough
examination before putting it back in commission against its former
owners. A foreign military observer estimated that 100,000 Russian sol
diers lost their lives in bending the Mannerheim line far enough to
threaten the city of Viborg. Finnish newspapers report that Russian ma
terial losses so far have amounted to 476 planes, 1,193 tanks, 302 field
guns, 399 guns, 630 motor tractors, 117 field kitchens, 1,560 horses and
much other miscellaneous equipment.
New spiritual and temporal ruler
of Tibet, the world’s only theocracy,
is a six-year-old Chinese peasant
boy. Ling-erg La-Mu-Tan-Chu,
whose elaborate enthronement re
cently took place. He is accepted
as the reincarnation of the thirteenth
Dalai Lama, who died in 1933. Until
Ling-erg is 18, a regent will per*
form administrative duties.
As Byrd Expedition Crosses the Equator
Southward bound for the wastes of Antarctica, the Byrd expedition
held appropriate ceremonies while the S. S. North Star was crossing the
equator. Under the guidance of Dr. Alfred B. Geyer, a “southern cross”
is clipped on the chest of Murray Wiener, assistant physicist of the expe
dition. Jack Gambole assists by washing Wiener’s mouth.
Televisionist
Pictured at work in the office oi
his Fort Wayne, Ind., laboratory is
Philo T. Farnsworth, who was re
cently designated one of the “ten
outstanding young men of 1939.”
Farnsworth, who is now 34, had filed
a patent application on a complete
television system before he was 21.
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released bs Western Newspaper Union.)
B ETTE DAVIS has always
made it very clear that she
had the courage of her convic
tions. She’s prepared to back
one of her pet theories with coin
of the realm right now, and
John Garfield, James Cagney
and Pat O’Brien are ready to
string along with her.
She believes that Hollywood
could be made a theatrical cen
ter, since there is all sorts of
talent on the coast, and she and
her partners are prepared to
form an organization for pro
ducing plays—and also to act in
them. Plays that succeed will
be sent along to Broadway.
—*—
Olivia De Haviland hadn’t much
more than settled her differences
with Warner Brothers than she got
into hot water again by refusing to
work in “Flight 8,” and was sus
pended again. Virginia Bruce was
free, after cancellation of her Met-
OLIVIA DE HAVILAND
ro contract, so you’ll see her as the
heroine, opposite Ralph Bellamy.
The lovely Olivia seems to know
v/hat she wants—the difficulty lies in
getting it.
*
Metro is prepared to shoot the
works and give the public a treat
in “Boom Town”; Clark Gable,
Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert
and Hedy Lamarr will have the lead
ing roles, Jack Conway will direct,
and John Lee Mahin adapted the
story for the screen.
*
If you’ve tried to get “Swiss Fam
ily Robinson” at your local library
lately you’ve probably been out of
luck. Translated from the Swiss in
1820, the book is said still to be a
best-seller, ranking second only to
the Bible in gross sales. It had
never been screened until RKO of
fered it to the public, and the pic
ture has made the book more popu
lar than ever.
*
Small boys—and their fathers as
well—are likely to want to camp
out in the theaters showing RKO’s
Pathe’s Sportscope reel on baseball.
It features the tactics and tech
nique of such experts as Gabby
Hartnett, Dizzy Dean, Joe Moore,
Merrill May, Joe Medwick, Arky
Vaughan and Paul Derringer. It’s
called “Pennant Chasers.”
*
It’s reunion on “Big Sister” for
Alice Frost and Za-
su Pitts. Alice broke
into radio years ago
by doing imperson
ations of Zasu, as
taught her by Miss
Pitts, a friend of
the famUy.
Erin O’B r ien
Moore will appear
as Empress Carlot-
ta, the role created
by Bette Davis on
the screen, when
she is heard on the
Star Theater in “Juarez and Max-
imillian” on March 13. Aherne will
play Maximillian, as he did in the
picture.
—*—
Anyone who says a magpie bit
him, in explanation of a gash under
the eye, can’t expect to be believed
—A1 Pearce can swear to that. He
has an aviary in his yard, and
among the birds is a magpie. Pearce
was holding the bird—which he caUs
Arlene Harris—and it snapped at
him. That’s his story, and he’s
sticking to it; but his gang, how
ever, is enthusiastically giving him
“the bird!”
Zasu Pitts
*
ODDS AND ENDS . . . An eastern
syndicate is negotiating with Lum and
Abner for the right to portray their ad
ventures in a newspaper cartoon series
. . . Don Wilson is now plugging eleven
different products on the air—and never
getting them mixed! . . . Bill Powell was
so determined not to do “Cyrano de
Bergerac"—which Metro bought for him
—that he refused to sign his new contract
unlil a clause was inserted that protected
him against it .. . Spencer Tracy accepted
it without protest . . . “Pinocchio" is so
good that it’s hard to see how Walt Dis
ney and his talented crew can ever do
anything better.
Princess Frock Is
Simple, Charming
/’"’HARMING and changeable are
the words for this very sim
ple princess frock (1898-B).
Charming, because it is so slim-
waisted and flare-skirted, with
wide shoulders gathered at the
top. Changeable, because you can
make the neckline two ways—ei
ther with the round tailored col
lar, or with the collarless square
neckline. As a matter of fact, if
you once get it on, and see what
nice things it does to your figure,
you’ll want it both ways, and
make it up time and again, in
street materials as well as in day
time cottons. It’s a very adapta
ble style, too, becoming to misses’
and women’s sizes alike.
For home wear, choose crisp
cottons like gingham, percale or
calico. For street or office wear,
faille, flat crepe or gay silk print
will be pretty, with collar and
cuffs of pique, linen or sharkskin.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1898-B
is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20;
40 and 42. Corresponding bust
measurements 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
and 42. Size 16 (34) requires 4%
yards of 39-inch material without
nap; % yard contrast.
Send order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
Room 1324
211 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago
Enclose 15 cents in coins for
Pattern No Size
Name
Address
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