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THE SUN. NEWBERRY, S. (X, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1940 By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) VIEW YORK. — Most airplane ^ ' makers who expressed an opin ion about Henry Ford’s offer to make 1,000 planes a day were doubt- o ll about Mr. Industry Can Do Ford’s ability Anything? in Our to deliver. Defense Effort Young and energetic Sherman M. Fairchild, president of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane corporation, thought “anything would be possible” provided suf ficient money, materials and person nel were available. He was re assuring as to the industry’s capaci ties in tooling, plants and other re quirements for a quick shift to mass production. Mr. Fairchild is, himself, re assuring in exemplifying the tradition of Yankee inventive ness. His father, the late George Winthrop Fairchild, once chairman of the International Business Machines corporation, was the inventor of the dial tele phone, the computing machine and finally the adding machine, to keep track of his mounting millions—about 10 of which went to his son. He had begun his business career at $8 a week. “Anything is possible” seems to have been a sort of family slogan. As a youth, Sherman M. Fairchild was mainly interested in cameras. His father had tapped him for junior executive of his company. When the young man stuck to cameras, this interest later shading into airplanes, his family was indul gent. They thought the boy was just having a “wanderjahr” and would round up at a desk when the time came. But the camera obses sion wasn’t just monkey business. At 21, he had invented an unique flashlight camera and several years later brought through a radial aerial camera, organized the Fairchild Aerial Surveys and caught attention with a trail-blazing aerial survey of New York. This led to plane-build ing. In 1927, he corralled several companies, set Igor Sigorsky build ing planes and turned out the first cabin monoplane in the United States. Red Cross Chief Lauds Response Given to Appeal CINCE chivalry is not inseparable ^ from patriotism, this writer asked Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, to send to this col umn a few paragraph s about the work of the Red Cross in its greatest endeavor. He responded as follows: “Anyone attempting to bring ma terial assistance to the millions of homeless and miserable war refu gees is inevitably seized with a sense of futility. There is so much that needs doing immediately, and there are so many obstacles to over come that the burden of responsibil ity becomes almost overwhelming. “These moods of futility I can dispel by concentrating my thoughts on the splendid sup port received by the American Red Cross from all over the country. When I think of the 354,000 volunteers sewing band ages and knitting garments, or of the millions of Americans in every walk of life who are con tributing to the Red Cross war- relief fund, my spirits are im mediately buoyed. Pride in the generous and patriotic response of the public gives each Red Cross worker new courage to carry out his tasks. “The war-relief funds are going to work for humanity almost as fast as they come in. Relief supplies are being distributed, hospital supplies are on the way and ambulances have been ordered. Clothing and surgical dressings are being shipped to the stricken areas, in huge quantities. Our activities are rapidly being geared to greatly increased needs as the toll of invasion continues to mount. I have an abiding faith that the people of this country will help the Red Cross keep pace with its increasing obligations. Mr. Davis is a Southerner by birth, and therefore fundamen tally humane; as a successful business man and financier, he is effective, and as a European ambassador at large under five Presidents, he is discreet. In the dark depths of the rear seat of his town car, one night two years ago, I had a talk with him about power politics in Europe. He was, indeed, discreet, but I gained an impression of his shrewd awareness of the deeper realities of the Euro pean impasse, as now tragically re vealed. When, later, he was ap pointed chairman of the Red Cross, it seemed to me that our greatest humane tradition had been fortu nately personalized, in a man with both a touch of homespun and the sophistication of one accustomed to getting things done. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) E ACH year Hollywood makes a “sleeper” — a picture that, during the mak ing, created no excitement, but during the preview show ing had all the earmarks of being one of the best of the year. “It Happened One Night” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” are two of the better known sleepers. This year’s, according to some of the people who have seen it, may be “Down Went Mc- Ginty.” Written and directed by Preston Sturgis, with a cast including Muriel Angelus, Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff, it is the “saga of a bum.” It may be the making of a new star, Muriel Angelus. In England she is one of the foremost musical MURIEL ANGELUS comedy stars; she played the lead in “Balalaika” on the stage there— you’ll recall that Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey did the picture ver sion. She has been in this country for two years; last year, while sing ing on the New York stage in “The Boys From Syracuse,” she was signed up by Paramount, and “The Light That Failed,” with Ronald Colman, was her first picture. Then she did “Safari” and “The Way of All Flesh,” followed them with “Down Went McGinty.” * When John Barrymore seemed to be unavailable for the role of John Barrymore in “The Great Profile,” at Twentieth Centnry-Fox, Adolphe Menjou was engaged for it. Then Barrymore’s plans changed, he took the part, and Menjou took his sal ary, as the studio had no other pic ture ready for him. Rod Cameron, a young, six-foot Canadian, went to Los Angeles a year ago to learn the dime store business. That didn’t work out very well, so he quit, took up little theater work, and now finds himself acting for Paramount. Death brought him his first role, that of “Corporal Underhill” in Cecil B. DeMille’s “Northwest Mounted Police.” Earl Askam, a former stage star and war I ero, was to have played it, but he died recent ly of a heart attack, and young Cameron (whose real name is Rod Cox) was summoned for it. By a grisly coincidence, the role includes a death scene, but he’s so elated over getting the part that he can’t afford to be superstitious. Now that they need passports to sail for a tour of South America, it has been discovered that many of Toscanini’s NBC Symphony musi cians are men without a country. It seems that there was a general impression among them that all they had to do to become American citizens was to file their intentions of doing so; now they’re not Amer icans, and, as they renounced their native lands, they don’t legally be long anywhere. George Brent, working in Warner Brothers’ “The Sentence,” offers to put up $10,000 at 10 to 1 odds that he won’t marry for another three years. “That’s no reflection on Ann,” he says, meaning Ann Sheri dan, whom gossips have him wed ding soon. “It’s just that I’m going to wind up my picture contract then, and I’m not making any mar riage plans until I do.” Miss Sheridan (working in “They Drive by Night,” same studio) is equally vehement. “George and I haven’t even discussed getting mar ried,” says she. But—it’s the kind of buildup that so often leads to an elopement, in Hollywood! Carl Hoff, on the CBS A1 Pearce show, drew an impressive crowd the other day and wished he hadn’t. He parked his new coupe and then tried to get out of it, and couldn’t. He went through assorted acrobatic convulsions, thrusting his feet and arms out of the windows in all pos sible combinations, while the crowd offered advice hilariously. The new coupe has patent thief-locks on its doors. Only after he had struggled till he was limp did it occur to Hoff to pass the key to one of the amused bystanders. Cottons Go to Top of the List In Fabric Aristocracy Class By CHERIE NICHOLAS When it TT comes to fabric aristoc racy cottons are tops this season. It’s not only that ging- h a m s and piques and gabardines and sharkskin, dimities, voiles, chintz, percale, swisses and organdies are smart for daytime it is the style prestige that is accorded them for dine, dance and evening wear, no matter how formal the occasion, that is the news that is big news. Speaking of smart cottons for par ty, wedding, and graduate wear, the new Swiss organdies are simply breathtaking in their loveliness. As a convincing argument behold the enchanting evening frock pictured in the foreground of the accompanying illustration. With its yards and yards of full-flouriced skirt it is rem iniscent of the old South. By the way, most stylish cottons this sum mer are of the romantic type, and this lovely model is no exception to the rule. The fine Swiss cloque organdy which fashions this lovable gown has a June-garden patterning of rose, blue, lavender and white flowers that is simply entrancing. Tiny rose and blue velvet bows pret tify the skirt flounces catching also the front draping of the flattering bodice. Soft shirring adds interest to the brief puffed sleeves. Formal bands of fine embroidery and cutout are lavishly applied to sheer crystal-clear Swiss organdy for the graceful summer party frock shown above to the left. Under the demure collared bolero the low-cut camisole bodice is finely tucked be low a wide edging of embroidery which is repeated as shoulder straps. The endlessly swirling skirt is caught at the waist by a wide pastel taffeta girdle finished with a miniature corsage in delicate shades. It adds to the zest of the new summer fashions that they are that versatile in their styling. You can choose any silhouette you please and be “in style” whether your choice be mermaid slimness or “Gone With the Wind” southern belle types that register picturesque bouffancy. One of the fascinating vagaries of the present mode is the tiered silhouette as pictured to the right in the group. An adorable multi-colored floral printed cloque organdy fashions this tiered frock which, we are quite sure you will agree, bespeaks a n c w high in summer prettiness. Speaking of the now-so-fashionable cloque sheers, an exquisite tissue like matelasse seersucker has been brought out this season that is tak ing the world of fashion by storm. This exquisite sheer in dark colors makes up beautifully for day wear as well as for night and it is ever so lovely in pastel colorings. For the woman who sews, these diapha nous seersuckers are a veritable find in that the simpler you make them up the more effective is the gown, since the material is so all-sufficient within itself. Another sheer enjoying a maxi mum of style prestige is dotted Swiss, especially red dots on white, for white with red accents is all the rage just now. You will find, like wise, that cotton sheers that are spectacularly patterned with gor geous red flowers or other motif in red are ever so good style this sea son. With these red and white cot tons wear a red hat with matching gloves and for a fine finesse climax the ensemble with red shoes such as were so successfully launched for Southern resort wear earlier in the year. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Hoods Everywhere . Everything that can be consistent ly styled with a hood is being styled with a hood. Most of the hoods are detachable which makes them emi nently practical. When you go mo toring or stroll on the beach with a snappy wind blowing off the water, when you go to midsummer night dance parties a short coat with de tachable hood made of camel’s hair and lined with red Scotch plaid as here illustrated will serve you well. A coat of this type with its cunning hood is likewise lovely if carried out in pastels. Off-Face Berets Control Hairdress Much is being said lately in re gard to the relation of hairdress and hat. The recent trend toward big off-face berets worn far back on the head may, so fashion experts declare, bring about a revival of the pompadour since most hats of this type are even now posed behind a mass of curls atop the forehead. Fancy Is Turning To Pink Accents If you will look about in the neck wear departments you will note a surprising showing of dainty pink collars and cuffs, jabots and other accessory items. Go to the jewel ry section and it is possible you will think you are “seeing through rose- colored glasses” for many of the clips, brooches, earrings, bracelets and necklaces register pink tones and tints. The same may be said of gloves of flowers and down in Southland during the resort period the accent on pink expressed itself in dainty flannel coats such as many a fashionable wore. Which all goes to show that the flair for pink accessory touches is very much in evidence this season and all through the summer fash ions one will see the new black or navy sheers so popular for after noon wear, made lovely and appeal ingly feminine with flattering ac cents of pink! All-White Fashion Gaining Momentum The all-white movement is gain ing momentum. The fashionable thing to do is to carry it out from head to foot. The young smart set are thrilled with the idea of all-white so much so they dance in white, play in white, in fact take keen de light in ensembling dress, hat, bag, gloves, shoes, to which they add jew elry and flowers all in white. Quilted Velvet Is Popular for Wraps Little jackets and capes of pastel colored velvet that is prettily quilt ed make charming evening wraps to wear over dainty lingerie frocks MOVIES-IN-THE-SLOT Are the movies going “back where they came from”: the nickelodian, the nicolet and the peepshow? • • • News from Hollywood so indi cates. Dozens of promoters are get ting in on a gold rush they think will come with the introduction of movies by slot machines in taverns, barrooms, luncheonettes, ice-cream parlors and poolrooms sill over the country. • • • You drop a nickel in the slot and get a movie show with music. The idea is to flood the country with “movie cabinets” through which a customer may get a movie with his beer, cake, strawberry sundae, three-decker sandwich or hotdog. Tyrone Power and Deanna Dur bin will be presented, with a short ale and an onion. Mae West, Eddie Cantor and E. G. Robinson may be obtainable with a cup of java and a plate of beans. Errol Flynn and Kay Francis through the mere de posit of a nickel will become insep arable from a cocktail and a hand of rummy. • • • You may even get Raymond Mas sey in a new Lincoln drama at the Seaside Grill. • • • The new device brings Radio City to Hogan’s Elite Cafe, transfers Roxy’s to Finnegan’s Bar and makes Greta Garbo, bock beer, Mickey Rooney, Gary Cooper, and a game of Kelly pool allied products. * • * It isn’t hard to imagine a fellow rolling into a tavern, pulling out a handful of change and demanding “The Garden of Allah,” a sardine sandwich, a rye highball and a cou ple of short newsreels with ginger- ale. • • • Jimmy Roosevelt is getting some of the blame. He was among the first to leap into the new idea -with both feet. Since that time scores of movie figures are aboard and it is reported that some of the major producers have money in it. • • • Tremendous returns are predict ed, especially if Will Hays doesn’t stop such screen revivals as “Fun in a Turkish Bath,” “The Bathing Beauties’ Ball,” “The Boudoir Bur glar” and “Parisian Nights” • • • The whole idea will cheapen pic tures, topple the movie industry from the penthouse level to the un derground rathskeller and probably throw another rock at the legitimate picture houses. But it’s coming. The pictures are to be limited to three minutes, which is the only good thing that can be said in their favor. Maybe “Gone With the Wind” is to blame. It may be just a nor mal reaction against four-hour films. • • • An armored bullet-proof baby carriage is now being manufac tured. And we call man higher than the animals! • • • RECIPE Early to bed, Early to rise. Leaving more to your heirs Than you would otherwise. • * • SECRETARY LA GUARDIA Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York has been mentioned as an as sistant secretary of war or for some other place in .Mr. Roosevelt’s emer gency cabinet. The very idea is staggering. Fiorello might or might not keep us out of this war, but he would start so many others that we would forget all about the pres ent crisis. We can see him. now, assistant secretary of the navy, at tired in fire helmet, rubber boots and naval blouse, carrying a fire hdse in one hand and a pair of binoculars in the other, ready for all comers. Mayor LaGuardia is the only man in America who could plan a naval battle, dedicate a viaduct, open a new school, issue an ultimatum to Germany, deliver a talk on kitchen economics, put through an aviation program, throw out a first base ball, 'denounce the press and lead a tank attack, all in one afternoon. » • • QUIZ LAUGH “What general who headed the American forces in 1776, crossed the Delaware in an open boat and chopped down the cherry tree is the George Washington bridge named after?” the quiz .nan asked Jimmy Durante in a recent radio burlesque of the question and answer craze. “How much time do I get on thal one?” demanded Jimmy. • • • NOW The headlines Are dreadlines. Warm Climate Slows Pulse, Aids Relaxation By DR. JAMES W. BARTON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) W HEN asked why he went south every winter for a few weeks, a busy physician answered: ‘‘At home I am busy, am tensed most of the time, and the cool weather stimulates fur ther activity. I know it is good for anyone to keep active mentally and physically, but I’m not as young as I was, and require relaxation. When I go south I am away from my work which, of course, gives some relaxation, but there is something about the weather in the South that makes me content to be idle, to just sit and read, or not even read. I find my pulse is slower and my blood pres sure lower in the warm climate.” The rate at which the body proc esses work would appear to be slow er in southern peo ple than in those who live in the North. In discussing the metabolic rate (rate at which body proc esses work), Dr. A. G. Eaton, New Or leans, in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, after examining 98 Dr. Barton . women and 62 men (apparently normal students and teachers of Louisiana State university. New Orleans), states that a new set of standards is necessary. He found that the metabolic rate was about 10 per cent slower in these normal individ uals living in the South than that given in textbooks for those living in temperate climates. As the weather is always “warm er” than in the North, there is a general or prolonged effect upon these individuals. Lessened desire for strenuous exertion and greater ability and desire for relaxation must be considered as probable fac tors in lowering the metabolic rate. Whatever the cause may be, the lowered heat production lessens the strain on the body’s machinery for getting rid of heat and makes life more comfortable in a warm cli mate, especially hot moist nights when it is so difficult to get rid of heat from the body. TODAY'S HEALTH COLUMN Excitement Chief Cause of Insomnia TT WOULD seem that the matter of sleep and relaxation is now the subject of much thought and conver sation because, during the last few years and at present, more and more individuals are finding it diffi cult to get “sufficient” sleep. A study of the sleep habits of 50 women who had recovered from slight mental or behavior disturb ances and who did not complain of insomnia, were observed for three months in an observation hospital and reported by Dr. Louis J. Kar- nosh, Cleveland, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The period of sleep varied from 6V2 to 8 hours. Age, temperament and diet did not seem to influence the amount or degree of sleep. “On the other hand, excitement due to visits by relatives, arguments or disagreements with other patients or attendants, and holidays with the emotion or excitement which occurs at these times, were definitely to blame for breaking the regular rhythms of sleep.” Mentality ‘Can’t Take It.’ This shows uiat it is the nervous or mental side of us that “can’t take it” blows or disturbances and not so much the physical disturb ances that prevent us from sleeping. Another fact found, and this same fact has often been found before, is that lack of sleep will not cause se vere mental disturbances or insan ity. The knowledge that lack of sleep will not cause insanity or se rious body disturbances is reassur ing to those who fear the terrible consequences of sleeplessness. Fur ther, observations by nurses and physicians all agree that most of us sleep longer than we think, because sleepless hours pass so slowly. What is the best method of bring ing on sleep? A good bed, a quiet room, and muscular relaxation— keeping arms and legs in a half bent position—are most important. • * • QUESTION BOX Q.—What causes persistent diar rhea? A.—This is called colitis and it is believed to be due to nervousness or emotional disturbance. Q.—What would cause a pain that comes and goes in the region of the appendix? A.—This pain may be due to chronic appendicitis, gas pressure, kidney stone or other conditions. It would be best for you to see a phy sician. Favorite Star Quilts Are Prize Winners Pattern No. Z454 CTAR patchwork! Synonymous ^ with this are three quilts which have been its consistently popular representatives from early Ameri can times right up to the present. Lone Star, Broken Star, Stars Upon Stars—all are equally lovely whether made in bright golden shades of yellow and orange, or in the delicate colors of the rainbow. And in this grand pattern, Z454, 15 cents, you receive cutting guides, color arrangements and estimated yardages for all three. Let your scrap bag assist in the making of star quilts—prize win ning in design and beauty. Send order to: AUNT MARTHA Box 166-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose 19 cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No Name Address MINOR SKIN IRRITATIONS rs< AHO The Tale-Bearer Where no wood is, then the fire goeth out; so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife coaseth.— Proverb. r The Better Way to Correct Constipation A One way to treat constipation Is to endure it first and "cure" It afterward. The other way Is to avoid having it by getting at its cause. So why not save yourself those dull headachy days, plus the Inevitable trips to the medi cine chest, 11 you an do It by a simple common-sense “ounce of prevention”? If your trouble, like that of millions, Is due to lack of "bulk” In the diet, “the better way” Is to eat Kellogg's All-Bran. This crunchy, toasted, ready-to-eat cereal has just the "bulk” you need. If you eat it regularly—and drink plenty of water—you can not only get regular but keep regular, day after day and month after month! All-Bran is made by Kellogg’s In Battle Creek. If your condition is chronic. It Is wise to consult a physician. Even There “It’s funny the way my plane crashed. I got into an air pocket.” “Ah—and there was a hole in it?” LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE -NOSB DROPS checks MALARIA in 7 days and relieves COLDS symptoms first day Try **Rab-My-Tlsm’’-a Wonderful Uwlmet As He Figured It “Johnny, aunty will never want to kiss you with a dirty face.” “No, that’s what I thought.” WINGS OF COOLNESS FOR TIRED FEET THAT HURT WITH HEAT. DUST ON FAMOUS ( MEXICAN HEAT POWDER. i Precious Few Women, like princes, find few real friends. 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