Illinois Valley News, Thursday, January 23, 1941
Page Two
U. S. Army J Men Sail for Newfoundland
Accenting the Width
Of a Narrow Room
For Britain
By RL'TH WYETH SPEARS
N A Thursday afternoon the
south end of a certain dining
room was as shown here in the
upper sketch. The following Mon
day it appeared as shown below.
Cupboards had been added to dis
play china and give storage space,
yet the room actually seemed wid
er and more spacious than before.
The transformation was made
by the handy man with no tools
O
NOTES OF AN INNOCENT
8TETTINIU8 STOPS DENYING
BYSTANDER
SHORTAGE OF STEEL
The Wireless: There’s no type in
WASHINGTON —Edward R. Stet-
tinius Jr., handsome raw materials the composing rooms that can pack
chief of the Defense commission, the sting FDR gets into his radio
Frinstance this excerpt
apparently has become gun-shy. delivery.
Having seen his denials of short from his message to Congress: “We
ages in strategic materials blow up must especially beware of that small
in his face, he is resorting to a new group of selfish men who would clip
the wings of the American eagle to
technique in the case of steel.
It took only a few days for his feather their own nests” . . . Ellin
solemn statement that there was no Mackay Berlin was ladylike in her
aluminum shortage to be refuted by comments about Mrs. Chas. Lind
Sen. Joe O'Mahoneyr chairman of bergh. She called her "a sensitive
the monopoly investigating commit and gentle woman, bewildered
tee.
Even less time elapsed be and frightened by skillful German
tween his denial of a zinc and brass propaganda” . . . The Film Critics’
deficiency and the issuance of a broadcast made us uncomfortable.
presidential order barring their ex They praised, honored and gave
excerpts from their prize picture.
port.
The hotly controversial steel is “Grapes of Wrath”—a dramatic tale
sue has been a Stettinius worry for of starving Americans—while the
months. As far back as last sum broadcast emanated from the lush,
mer he was warned by experts that silky Wainbow Woom! . . . Town
the nation’s vast defense program, Meeting of the Air was a bore when
to say nothing of frantic British or the often-booed Verne Marshall was
ders. required an immediate expan flopping. Dean Acheson was mere
sion of steel plant capacity. It was ly wonderful.
pointed out that present U. S. ingot
The Front Pages: The Washing
capacity is approximately 83,000.000
These L'nited States army men, specially equipped for cold weather
tons, of which normal consumer ton papers showed a photo of Rush
conditions, are having their equipment inspected on board the S. S.
needs for 1941 would be around Holt taking down his Senator's shin
Edmund B. Alexander upon sailing from New York for new army bases
60,000.000 tons, leaving only 23,000,- gle after being defeated for re-elec
in Newfoundland. The Alexander is the old S. S. America, which was
tion. The photo should go in the
000 tons for armament.
used as a troop transport in the World war days of 1917.
from
schoolrooms,
like
Washington
cross
This obviously was far
enough.
The British alone will ing the Delaware, to illustrate an
have to get at least 18,000,000 tons historical cause for rejoicing . . .
of American steel this year to keep A licking does things to the imagina
tion of Fascist editors. The defend-
their war industries supplied.
With several notable exceptions, ers of Bardia were cheered for the
the steel industry balked at build “undying glory of delaying the en-
ing new plants, It insisted it could emy,” while the Britons had to take
take care of all requirements with- what satisfaction they could get out
Dale Har-
out the 15 or 20 per cent expansion of winning the battle . .
that was urged, In this stand it was rison, once an AP columnist, will
vigorously supported by Walter S. contribute paragraphs to Newsweek
Tower, president of the American . . . John T. McManus offers a good
Iron A Steel Institute, also a dollar- way to keep score on how well the
a-year adviser on Stettinius' staff. Ratzis are doing in South America.
But the pooh-poohing of Tower, Where “The Great Dictator” finds
salaried official of the steel indus it tough to get bookings, you can find
try, was sharply challenged by Prof. the busy Berliners.
Melvin G d'Chazeau of the Univer
sity of Virginia, another Stettinius
The Story Tellers: The mag illus
steel
adviser.
An
outstanding trations aren't a bad barometer of!
authority without any industrial tie- America's war sentiments. You be
ups, D'Chazeau urged immediate gin to see the swastika in fiction
plant enlargement.
illustrations.
It wasn’t long ago.
This inner battle raged for weeks, either, that the Satevepost was ap
with Stettinius sitting blinking in the peasing enough to skip all mention [
middle while deliveries continued to of Germany in the serialization of
fall further and further behind.
"Escape.” You didn’t have to be
He finally did move after the Pres bright to know where the cruelties ¡
At the house foreign affairs committee hearing on President Roose
ident took an indirect poke at the took place. Of course, maybe the | velt’s “lease-lend" bill, chairman Sol Bloom and Rep. Hamilton Fish,
steel barons in his message to con omissions were the author's . . • both of New York, bandy words as Fish calls the bill “a dictator’s
gress, and the "Big Four” defense Klaus Mann's first issue of Decision ' bill.” This soundphoto shows, left to right, Representative Bloom, Repre
chiefs followed him up with their is out. S. Maugham, V. Sheean and sentative Fish and Representative George E. Tlnkham of Massachusetts.
demand that "industry must subor R. Sherwood are on the editorial 1
dinate its concern over possible fu board
. Hitler is caught smiling |
ture effects of tremendous expan in a photo in Look. No wonder:
sion.”
He's got his hands around the throat'
Stettinius acted by passing the of a helpless little girl . . . Mar- j
buck. He designated Gano Dunn, garet Case Harriman, who is put
head of the J. G White Engineering ting Clare Boothe through the wring- I
company, and a dollar-a-year man er for a gossip weekly, was a staff I
on his staff, as a "neutral arbiter" sister of her victim on the old Vanity
to decide between Tower and Fair ... La Boothe's career can’t [
D'Chazeau.
be very interesting. She's scheduled
Dunn is the "impartial" expert for only two articles!
who last year slashed a proposed
TVA power expansion for defense
Typewriter Ribbons:
Olin Mill
purposes nearly 75 per cent, and
er's:
The Italians venied, vidied
was overruled by direct order of
and vamoosed . .
P. Wilson's: A
Roosevelt on the insistence of other
man may have no bad habits and
defense heads.
have worse . . . Rob Wagner's: He
Some insiders are betting that it has no more sense of direction than
won’t be long before steel is put on a string of firecrackers . . . Virginia
the priorities list and consumer use Faulkner's: Her parents cut her off
sharply curtailed
They base this without a sentiment . . . Anon's:
on the fact that even if new plants Dictatorship is always an aria—nev
are ordered, it will take a year be er an opera
Q Reynolds': A
fore they get into production.
long thin line of red tape finally
• •
strangled France ... I Hoffman's:
BUY BRITISH MOVEMENT
He had that derelicked look about
Behind the flood of “Help Britain him . . Oscar Wilde s: I always like
Buy Something British" window to know ' everything about my new
posters, which
1
have sprung up all friends i and nothing about my old
over the 1 country, is an
un amazing ones
Words Fly at ‘Lease-Lend* Bill Hearing
Warriors Hailed by Greeks
story of a nation-wide movement
started singlehanded by a young
Portland, Ore., advertising man only
two months ago.
Ills name is Robert Smith and the
idea came to him when he took out
his wallet for a bill to donate to the
British relief fund
He noticed that
his wallet was tattered, and it struck
him that by buying a new one of
British make he would be making a
definite contribution to England's
war resources
Young Smith figured there must
be thousands of others who felt the
same way. and decided then and
there to call it to their attention.
The first thing he did was to team
up with a close friend. David Rob
inson, an attorney and leader in
Portland
welfare
organizations
With Robinson handling organization
and Smith promotion the move
ment gathered strength like a roll
ing snowball.
In the two months the movement
has been under way it has prairie-
tired to 28 states with more than 150
local branches
Dazed by the phe
nomenal success of his idea, young
Smith attributes it entirely to the
strong feelings of the "average man
in the street."
•
THINGS DIPLOMATIC
A career in the U. S. Foreign
Service begins at 12.500. plus an av
erage of $1.000 for rent. Top pay
Is $10.(MX) and rent
While there
is no requirement that candidates
be college graduates, one third of
the U. S. foreign service officers
are graduates of Harvard, Yale and
Princeton
About 500 young
hopefuls try to get into the service
each year; about 30 are chosen
A total of 155 foreign service officers
are listed in Who's Who. In the for
eign service there are but 2 wonifti
NOTES OF A REPORTER
TO HIS EDITOR
Verne Marshall, who ottered to
take on all comers at Town Hall,
had two bodyguards with him.
Watch for invite to speak from Joe
McNazi's mob . .
Eve Curie due
shortly for another lecture tour . . .
Wm. P. Lear of Dayton, whose plane
was forced down near Jacksonville,
Wild with joy over their country's successes against the Italians, the
is .it St Vincent's hosp there, minus
eight teeth plus broken jaw . . . populace of Athens, Greece, gives a rousing reception to Greek and
Slapsie Maxie's, in Miami, an over British soldiers home from the hatllcfront. The British lighters have
night smash success.
You can't British and Greek Hags. The Greeks are grateful to the British for the
even get into the gambling room. aid they have given them in Albania, where II Duce is still in reverse.
That crowded . . . Singapore Sadie's,
backed by millionaires, paid off its
publicity agent with a check that
O
bounced
See page 35 Radio
Guide photo of Hal Kemp, inspect-
mg last recording he made: “Got a
Date With an Angel”!
SAME ROOM
WITH CURTAINS
OVER WALL
AND WINDOW
SPACE FRAMED
WITH CUPBOARDS
single
ivrvDOw
WITH
LONG
CURTAINS
MAKES
¡SMALL
ROOM
LOOK
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The new 35,000-ton “super-battle
ship," Duke of York, sliding down
the ways of Clydeside yard, Loncton,
after being christened by Queen
Elizabeth. The vessel will mount
ten 14-inch guns and have a speed
of over 30 knots.
\ isits White House
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INDIGESTION
may affect the Heart
C m trapped in the stomach or rullet may act like a
hair trigger on the heart. At the first sign of distresa
smart men and women depend on Hell-axis Tablets to
set gaa frse. No laxative but made of the fastest-
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FIRST DOSE doesn't prove Bell-ans better, return
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To Have Lived
Happy he, who secure within
can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst,
for I have lived today.—Dryden.
Joseph P. Kennedy, resigned V. 8.
ambassador to Great Britain, shown
as he talked with members of the
press shortly after visiting the White
House In “lend-lease" bill hearing.
To Puerto Rico
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitij
Go Forth Fearless
Go forth to meet the shadowy
Future without fear and with a
manly heart.—Longfellow.
Cap-Brush Applicator
OR SPREAD ON ROOSTS
Moving Nature
Nothing stands still in nature
but death.—Emerson.
Pictured here is Guy J. Swope,
auditor of Puerto Rico, who has
been nominated by President Roose
velt to succeed Admiral William D.
Leahy as governor of Puerto Rico.
The appointment is subject to con
firmation by the senate.
With British Embassy
Watch Your
Kidneys/
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Your kidneys are constantly filtering
waste matter from the blood stream. But
kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do
not act as Nature intended—fail to re
move impurities that, if retained, may
poison the system and upset the whole
body machinei^r.
Symptoms may be nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffin ewe
under the eyes—a feeling of nervous
anA*Jy and 1°° °f P*P and strength.
_ Other signs of kidney or bladder dia-
order are sometimes burning, scanty or
too frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment is wiser than neglect. Uss
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They have a nation-wide reputation.
Are recommended by grateful people the
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Factories everywhere are turning
out new and interesting products.
Assisted by Capt. J. J. Rroshek (left), Rear Admiral Clark II. Wood-
ward is shown selling in motion the machine that drove the first rivet in
the keel of the 45.000-ton battleship Missouri at the Brooklyn navy yard,
The Missouri, expected to be completed in 1944. will be a sister ship of
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<’• 8. foreign air travel will be
made parallel to the steamship pat
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Six great firms to place
Arne rican aviation in every quarter
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Have the Washington
boys check
i
Luise Rainer's new
heart, an attache at British Em-
bassy
The Windsors have definitely de
1 cided to visit New York City in
Sept After spendling Augui ist on his
Calgary ranch
. His s friend.
¡yachtsman Axel Wenner ■( Gren. is
bldg a huge harbo t at Nass »au large
enough to dock w<orld'g bigi igest bat
tieship
Also a landing 1 field for
! planes
About 3 00 men working
on both projects
While Biddle s
been mentioned tc* succeed Jackson
as Att'y-Gcn'l <wh on Jaekso >n moves
up to Fed bench) I hear F ed Att'y
jCahill of NY may get Jacks son's AG
but a hammer, saw and screw
driver plus the aid of his willing
helper with needle, thread and
paint brush. The new curtain
»treatment, shown in the sketch,
made the window seem wider and
the strong horizontal lines of the
cupboards also helped to create an
illusion of width. The cupboards
were eight inches deep and made
of one-inch lumber with doors of
plywood for the lower part.
Miss Craig McGeachy at her desk
in Washington. D. C.. the first worn-
an ever attached to the British em-
bassy here. She represents the min-
istry of economic warfare.
• And the place to find out about
these new things is right here in
thie newspaper Its columas are
filled with important mesaages
which you should read