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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. JANUARY 9, 1942 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) EW YORK.—In his new novel, ^ ~ “Storm,” nominated by some reviewers for the Pulitzer prize, George Stewart notes that man is 24-Hour Alert in ^dn^ Weather Building, a land ani- Washington, D.C. have com _ monly supposed. We live at the bottom of an ocean of air but that doesn’t make us a land animal, any more than a crab is a land animal because it lives at the bottom of a body of water. Dramatizing a storm which gath ered up north of Japan, and clock ing it down this way, and record ing the resulting inter-play of hu man nature and meteorology, Mr. Stewart’s book is an incidental, per haps not intended, reminder that the politicos have been far behind the meteorologists in grasping the full implications of man adding wings to his breathing apparatus. Francis W. Reichelderfer, the lean, baldish, chief of the U. S. weather bureau, seems to have had something like that in mind for many years, and that’s all to the good just now, as our fight ers, on, under and above the sea have the best weather serv ice in the world. It was in the aerological service of the navy that Commander Reichelderfer carried through his “air mass” analysis which revolutionized weather forecasting. Bringing meteorology into focus with modern communications, avia tion and revised military science was a little heeded but supreme ly important assignment, and Commander Reichelderfer made good. He isn’t dealing bulletins the way he used to. The most authentic weather news now is low-down, deep from Sibyl’s Cave of the Winds, slipped out quietly to the armed forces and a touchy job it is, with the seven seas to cover. The com mander is putting on forced draught the full 24 hours in the old red brick weather building in Washington. In' 1918, the youth from Harlan, Ind., two years out of Northwestern university, newly commissioned en sign in the navy, was sent to Lisbon to dig weather reports for the wob bly crow-hop of the NC-4 across the ocean. Thereafter, joining the aero- logical service, he was the weather consultant of polar fliers, gave Lind bergh the gun for his historic flight to Paris, cleared or held Dr. Ecke- ner’s blimps, served from 1922 to 1928 as head of the aerological serv ice, and became head of the weath er bureau on January 16, 1939. I N ANOTHER, and possibly more enjoyable, century. Cadet Charles M. Wesson, known as “The Bull,” was a famous line-bucker at West Ordnance Chief Comes Up With the ordnance _ . „ . department 5 Billion m Hand arln y ( he has been bucking congress, try ing to break through the line for an appropriation touchdown, and al most always thrown for a loss. But now, as Major General Wesson, chief of ordnance since 1938, he finds his appropriation upped about 1,600 per cent to around $5,000,000,000. General Wesson, bulky, mus cular and appropriately beetle- browed at 63, has been a glutton for punishment, trying to get goods and gear for the armed forces. But he stands up well under it, with no come-back oth er than an occasional wry wise crack. Away hack in 1920, he made an earnest plea for anti aircraft guns, insisting that the bombing effectiveness of planes was increasing rapidly and we would be in a bad way if we didn’t keep ahead of it. The general might just as well have asked for caviar and champagne for the daily army ration. It was pretty much that way for the next 20 yeafs. And now, all at once the man who blew in Brew ster’s Millions as a skin-flint, compared to the general. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., and was graduated from West Point in 1900. In 1907, he joined the ordnance department, made good on his job as a hard-working and competent technician and passed quite a few miracles in keeping the U. S. arse nal at Watertown, Mass., kicking out fighting equipment during the World war, with or without congressional appropriations. As commandant of the Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland, he spent much time ex plaining to congress why the army found it difficult to patch up old Springfield rifles, or get its shoes half-soled. In some manner or othei he gets along with congress. iE<$CREI (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) By VIRGINIA VALE H edy lamarr’s going to have that long bob done in little pig-tails for a scene in “Tortilla Flat,” ac- f cording to an official announce- | ment from M-G-M. She’s also, i in that picture, going to have | another opportunity to show that she really can act when she is given a chance “H. M. Pulham, Esq.,” her cur rent picture, does all right by her in that respect, though the picture itself is rather disappointing—some how, not quite so good as it should have been. . The Mexican Spitfire comedy se ries rolls right along, with Lupe Velez and Leon Errol; the fifth one LUPE VELEZ is “Mexican Spitfire at Sea”; evi dently the combination of the rub ber-legged comedian and the fiery Lupe is a money-making one. * Like many other women the coun try over, Rosalind Russell wanted to do something useful in the pres ent emergency; she’d taken a Red Cross course, but felt that she could do more than roll bandages and make splints. So she’s Private Ros alind Brisson now (the new hus band’s name being Brisson, remem ber), of the Beverly Hills Women’s Emergency Corps, and is spending two evenings a week learning to take an ambulance apart and put it together again. When she finishes “Take a Letter, Darling,” she’ll en roll in the radio course. * When the Armistice was signed, 23 years ago, Wesley Barry was a boy actor, and A1 Green was an assistant director. They were work ing together in a Mary Pickford film called “Daddy Long Legs.” On the day when America entered the present war they were again work ing together—this time at the RKO Radio studio, in “The Mayor of 44th Street,” the film musical star ring Anne Shirley and George Mur phy. This time Barry’s assistant director. Green’s director. * It’ll be a new version of “Down to the Sea in Ships” for Jean Cabin, the talented French actor, if 20th Century-Fox sticks to present plans. Gabin is now working in “Moon- tide.” The other story was prepared two years ago for Tyrone Power, but never went into production. The studio’s lucky; sea stuff, for back ground, was shot last summer off the Mexican coast; couldn’t be done now. -ad just for the record: “Two-Faced Woman,” the new Garbo picture, has been revised, and the Legion of Decency has rated it “B,” instead of “C,” which stands for “con demned.” Joan Davis, the film comedienne, has become a permanent member of Rudy Vallee’s Thursday evening radio show. She’d been in vaude ville before she struck gold in Hol lywood; Vallee saw her radio possi bilities, gave her a single guest ap pearance, and now she’s headed for the top, if she follows in the foot steps of other Vallee discoveries. Francia White, the soprano star of the Monday evening telephone hour concerts, is an air raid warden. Her instructions are, in case of an alarm, to warn people not to use the telephone! For five years Ted Straeter has been vocal director of the Kate Smith program. Three years ago he organized a band, and he’s been making a reputation for himself through his engagements at one of New York’s smartest night clubs. Now his music will be featured on a new series of radio programs, over the Mutual network. ODDS AND ENDS—Listeners who send in the questions used in the quiz portion of the “What’s On Your Mind? broadcasts are being given defense saving bonds and stamps . . . Shortly after the first black out struck the Pacific coast Paramount be gan to get “Pacific Blackout” ready for re lease—it stars Robert Preston and Martha O’Driscoll . . . Joan Crawford’s building an outdoor gymnasium at her home for her adopted son . . . Lou Costello is train ing his young daughter, Patricia, for a small role in his next picture . . . Fred Astaire won’t pose for still photographs of himself kissing his leading ladies. Bad News—For Axis Prime minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, is shown here chatting with President Roosevelt, upon his arrival at the White House. At the right is Capt. John Beardall, White House naval aid. Churchill came to the U. S. for a series of conferences regarding the creation of a unified allied command. American Troops in Alaska ligif m | This soundphoto, which was taken somewhere in the bleak wilds of Alaska, shows United States troops landing at an Alaskan post to man our most northern frontier. These troops have received special training for duty in this bleak outpost, and can be expected to give a good account of themselves against all comers. First Meet of Inter-Allied War Council President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill called the first meeting of the U. S.-British war council at the White House, to draft a “unity of action” grand strategy jirogram for all anti-Axis nations. The U. S. contingent is shown here. Left to right: Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of army air corps; Secretary of War Stimson; Adm. H. R. Stark, chief of naval operations; Secretary of Navy Knox; Gen. Geo. C. Marshall, U. S. army chief of staff. Pan-American Belles Hail Bell Beauty Queens from four of our good neighbors to the south are pictured here, gathered round the Liberty Bell in Independence hall, Philadelphia. They are, left to right: Elene Quinonez, of San Salvador; Mercedes Lucy Sanez Da villa, of Colombia; Florence Perez Cisneros of Cuba, and Marie Souza Dantas of Brazil. Defends Canal Newly appointed deputy com mander of the Panama canal de partment, Maj. Gen. Karl Truesdell (right) pictured upon his arrival at Balboa, Canal Zone. On the left is Brig. Gen. Wallace Philoon, chief of staff, Caribbean defense command. Heads U. S. Fleet Admiral Earnest J. King, com mander in chief of the United States fleet and in supreme command of all naval operating forces in Atlan. tic, Pacific and Asiatic waters. Back to Berlin Hans Thomsen, German minister and acting ambassador to the U. S., is shown surrounded by luggage as he was moved from the German embassy in Washington tp White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., pending departure of enemy diplomats from the U. S. To Avenge Son “They got my boy and now they can take a crack at me,” said Louis Tyler of Los Angeles (left), as he enlisted to avenge is son, George, who was killed in action at Pearl Harbor. He is showro wit* Lieut. Comdr. George M. Howe. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) New Club Is a WOW A DD to the list of unusual Amen- can clubs a new one that’s def initely a WOW! It’s the Wheelers of the World club and it’s made up of people named Wheeler—that is, those Wheelers who are “agin’ Burton K. and for ‘Fighting Joe.’ ” Its purpose, say its sponsors, is “to revive the spirit of Fighting Joe and save the faces of all present-day Wheelers” (at least, those who don’t approve of the Montana senator’s isolationism), and its aim is “to raise enough money to buy a bomber for Britain and name it the ‘Fighting Joe’ Wheeler.” The man whom they thus pro pose to honor was one of the most colorful characters in American mil itary history. Graduated from West Point in 1859, Wheeler was appointed a lieu tenant in the United States army but resigned his commission when Georgia seceded from the Union. When he entered the Confederate army he was first made colonel of an infantry regiment and command ed a brigade at the Battle of Shiloh. ‘FIGHTING JOE’ WHEELER But the next year he was trans ferred to the cavalry and made a brigadier general. Promoted to major-general when he was only 26 years old, Wheeler was given command of the cavalry attached to the Army of Tennessee and in that position rendered invalu able service to its inept and inde cisive commander, Braxton Bragg. One of Wheeler’s political opponents later said of him that he “had never won a battle.” More important is the fact that he often saved the Army of Tennessee from defeat. For Wheeler proved that he under stood the true function of the cav alry, that of being the “eyes of the army,” and his right to fame rests upon the fact that he was an “army cavalryman,” not an “independent cavalryman.” Other Southern lead ers like Forrest, Stuart and Mor gan might perform spectacular feats as raiders, but all too often they were away on some dashing foray when they were most needed as the “eyes of the army” and it is doubtful if they were ever as valu able to their commanding generals as was “Fighting Joe.” That was the affectionate nick name his men gave him soon after he was transferred to the cavalry and he proved his right to it during the remainder of the war. By the time it was over, he had taken part in 400 engagements, been wounded three times and had 16 horses shot under him. “The gamest little banty I ever knew” was the tribute one of his friends paid him—he was only five feet five inches in height and weighed only 120 pounds. After the war he quickly adjusted himself to peace-time pursuits, studied law and was repeatedly elected to congress. At the outbreak of the Spanish- American war, although 62 years old, he immediately applied for a commission and was made a ma jor-general of volunteers. Thus he became the only corps commander to wear both the gray and the blue. In Cuba the little “Georgia Gamecock” defied his commanding officer. General Shatter, who was as huge as Wheeler-was small, and led 1,000 men in a wholly unauthorized but successful fight at Guasimas, the first battle of the Santiago cam paign. It was in the fury of this engagement that “Fighting Joe” is said to have forgotten that he wasn’t wearing a gray uniform and to have shouted “Come on, boys, give the Yankees hell!” He died in 1906 and was buried in Arlington. The prime mover in the organiza tion of the new club to “revive the spirit of ‘Fighting Joe’ Wheeler” is Elmer (“Sizzle”) Wheeler of Dal las, Texas, a nationally known sales consultant and author of the book “Tested Sentences That Sell.” He is also president of the Tested Selling Institute of New York, founded 12 years ago to test words and phrases for their relative value in making people buy things. He tells sales men “Don’t ask if—ask which.” It was his famous slogan “Don’t sell the steak—sell the sizzle” that gave him his nickname. *£* 5 if'* "S' J Ua s •*****************///*¥, Put on Pressure “But surely you didn’t tell him straight out that you love him?” “No fear—he had to squeeze it out of me.” What About It? “I see that historians claim that women were using cosmetics dur ing the Middle ages.” “Well, women ; ~i the middle ages are still doing it.” She’s At It “How long will it be before your wife makes her appearance?” “She’s upstairs making it now.” He’s Different “Your husband has a new suit.” “No, he hasn’t.” “Well, something’s different.” “Yes; it’s a new husband.” He Was Behind It Zimpir—How did you get that swollen jaw? Playfoot — A girl cracked a smile. Zimpir—Well? Playfoot—It was my smile. 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