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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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Friday, July 18, 1941
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WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
Washington, D. C.
MEDITERRANEAN MIX-UP
IT HELI'S SOME
(“The Aga Khan has been
compelled to cut his racing
stable down io one horse."—
News item)
Inside story on General Wavell'a
transfer to India, as told in diplo­
matic dispatches, is that Wavell had
been quarreling with Churchill and
had opposed political-military moves
If you've been hard hit by the war—
such as the campaign in Greece and
If you have felt its frightful touch—
Crete and the expedition to Solum.
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
If you are getting more and more
More important from the Amer­ (Consolidated Features WNU Servies.I
To feel your lot is not so much;
ican point of view, Wavell had fa­
If you're enveloped in the blues—
XTEW YORK.—A few years ago,
vored the evacuation of all British
If daily by some blow you're hit.
’ Anita Loos' maid used to de­
forces from the entire Mediter­
Here is some rather soothing new
liver
to
her
every
day
a
dash
of
ranean area. And U. S. military ex­
The Aga Khan is feeling it!
We
perts agreed with him—in fact, gopher dust from Harlem.
II
haven't
urged it.
Strung Manutcript heard wheth­ If you are prone to knit your brows
So although in a sense General
And worry over what's ahead-
Wavell is being demoted, yet in oth­ Across Continent ; er this still
If
you've a tendency to grouse
on' but
er respects he will be in a position Her Net, $600,000
About the way that you've been
’
the charm
to command British forces from an
bled;
area to which he had urged that seems to be still working All goes
If you're complaining of the mess—
well
as
"Blossoms
in
the
Dust"
gets
British forces retreat.
If every broadcast makes you
For some time General Wavell warm, almost fulsome from the crit­
blue.
ics.
Miss
Loos
did
the
screen
had contended that Britain's posi­
This thought will help a bit, I
tion in the Mediterranean was in­ play for Ralph Wheelwright's story.
guess—
It taps deep founts of tears and
defensible. The British force of only
The Aga Khan is scrimping, too!
ranges
far
from
Miss
Loos
’
“
Gen
­
400,000 men in the Near East faced
III
a combined Axis total twice as tlemen Prefer Blondes." and its
strong—400,000 Germans and Italians Lorelei Lee. the alluring and un­ If Europe's war has burdened you
And made you go a.little slow
in Libya, plus 600.000 Nazis in abashed golddigger of 1925. It's one
of those “where are they now?" In making any outlays new
With communiques giving varlvd repurts on the progress of the
Greece. Bulgaria and Rumania.
stories, with Miss Loos sitting
Or being careless with your dough;
Russo-German war comes this radio photo from Berlin which purports to
The latter figure has been partially
pretty, literally and figuratively, as If you have felt war's bitter sting
show Nasi heavy tanks rolling through the White Russian capital of
diminished by transfers to Russia;
a deft, swift, workmanlike story
And think that you've been put Minsk. It was not definitely known the Nazis had pushed this far—but
but Wavell argued that the Nazi-
adapter, scenarist and remodeler in
upon.
this would seem to be “proof,” says Berlin.
Fascist armies could concentrate
This item may be comforting —
Hollywood—one of the best.
attack in one place while British
All’s not so well with Aga Khan.
troops had to spread out over a far-
The pint-size girl with bangs—
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flung line from Libya to Syria and
weight 87 pounds, height four
If your life isn't what it was—
Iraq Therefore he disagreed with
feet, eleven inches—was riding
I
If you must count your sheckels
Churchill on all military moves
on the train from California to
now—
which had a political motive.
New York in 1925. considerably
If day by day the conflict does
U. 8. Worried Over Atlantic.
bored. She started writing up
Its best to sink you by the bow;
U. S. military and naval strate­
this golddigger Lorelei, with a
If you are cutting down on gas
gists sided with Wavell. were strong
soft-stub pencil, in big. round
To make each dime the limit go.
for the idea of a complete British
letters. The manuscript strung
This ought to help you let it pass—
withdrawal from the Mediterranean.
along clear through Kansas and
The Aga Khan is low on dough.
The strategy behind this was two-
Indiana and on to New York,
V
fold:
and was almost as big as Miss
If you can't live the way you did
Loos, what with those big rope­
1. The British have lost 40 per
And must add water to the setup;
trick letters, when she landed
cent of their original Mediterranean
If it's been months since you were
here.
fleet,
The losses at Crete were
rid
much worse than officially admitted,
It brought her something over
Of all the cares that 'round you
and even in the Syrian campaign $600.000. It was translated into vir­
swoop;
naval losses were considerable. tually every language except Es­ If you must now economize—
Therefore, American naval men. kimo and pigeon-talk, and in Eng­
If you've cut out the fresh meat
facing the probability of having to land its sales passed those of any
course,
help the British fleet in the Atlantic, other American book.
She later This fact may help your spirits
did not want the fleet further weak­ wrote "But Gentlemen Marry Bru­
rise—
ened.
nettes."
The Aga Khan's on his last horse!
2. The United States is more in­
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Her talent tor humor may
terested in what happens on the
have been inherited from her
HOME-GROWN STUFF
bulge of Africa around Dakar (op­
father, a country newspaper
“U. S. Searches for Substitute for
posite Brazil) than it is in the Medi­
publisher and humorist of the
Rubber."—headline.
Diflh ullies with the A. F. of I.. International Teamsters* union forced
terranean.
Bill Nye school, of Sissons,
“Has any chemist ever gone deep­ milk producers such as these (above), in the Los Angeles area to pour
To this end, both General Wavell
Calif., where Miss Loos was
ly into New England clam chowder 28.000 quarts of milk a day down the drains. This was asserted by
and U. S. strategists favored the idea
born. She was a shy. quaint
for the solution?” asks J. L. Collins.
Clarence Smith, co-operative dairy head. His firm was the sixth dairy to
of withdrawing British forces from
little thing, hanging around the
be picketed, and their milk listed as "hot cargo.”
the Mediterranean entirely and es­
newspaper shop, helping polish
“The bandits wounded the police-
tablishing a new line of defense
up a gag or feed the flatbed.
man in the left hand. A checkup re-
across the very center of Africa—
When she was 14. she sent a
vealed that a few of the policeman's
from Port Sudan on the Red sea to
story to the New York Morning
bullets had gone wild, shattering
Freetown on the Atlantic ocean.
Telegraph. They printed It. A
eight bottles of liquor, fortunately ot
This line of defense meant that
year later David Griffith sent for
an inexpensive brand.”—New York
about 1,500 miles of the hottest des- I a girl who had sent a scenario
Herald Tribune.
ert in the world would be between
which had set his assistants to
There you go being a stern ma­
the Nazis and the British lines. 1
whooping Joyously.
terialist again!
Over such a desert it is difficult for |
• • •
tanks to operate without heating up; .
"What can I do for you, my
FAIR QUESTION
also it is difficult for the average child?” he asked when the tiny girl
bomber to carry a load over such with bangs and pigtails came in. Sometimes I think my fate is far.
Far worse than I deserve:
distances. So it was expected thatj The Loos girl showed him her sum­
the Nazis would exhaust themselves mons to Hollywood. There she was Why must I meet THAT other car
On every single curve?
in the deep, hot deserts of Africa.
and is. In the years between she
Avery Giles.
Part of the plan contemplated a had become a pretty good actress,
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and
oth-
appearing
in
San
Francisco
highway straight across equatorial
From the sound of the names of
Africa from Freetown and later er California cities.
those cities and towns taken in Af-
from Dakar to Port Sudan.
rica this looks more and more like
Churchill Says No.
UST a year ago. Roger L. Put­
a
war to make the world unsafe
nam. go-getting
eo-eetting mayor of
o Spring­
However, Churchill was flatly op­
for proofreaders.
posed. So were many other British field, Mass., was much in the news
• • •
leaders. They felt that the shock with the Putnam plan to break bot-
THERE'S
A LIMIT
_
tlcnecks
in
of withdrawal from the Mediterran­
Management,
Over
,
n
dustry.
He
Tho
thoroughbreds
race neck and
ean. traditional sphere of British in­
neck.
the
fluence, and from Suez which had Finance, Rapidly caught
And storm-tossed ships are cast
been identified with the British em­ Forging Into Lead natlon’« at-
aground;
tention
by
pire for years, would be too much
his success in achieving co-opera­ Tho cars collide in tangled wreck
for the British public.
And bombs explode with fearful
This debate occurred before the tion among the city, industry and
sound;
labor,
the
most
important
detail
of
Nazi attack on Russia and before
Tho bathing beauties strut their
the British march into Syria. But his formula being the training of la­
charms
after the slowness of Wavell's suc­ bor by the city, to fit specific needs.
And boxers battle, toe to toe;
cess in Syria, all these factors cul­ He’s in the news as Springfield’s
defense director with some snappy Tho firemen race to three alarms
minated in his transfer to India.
And workers shovel record snow,
suggestions about the swift and ef­
There Wavell can concentrate on
fective integration of civilians and I yawn, I fidget and I sigh—
defense of the most important part
’ft» me it's all an utter bore;
officials, and private and public
of the empire—if the Nazis creep
facilities.
His successful battles I say to blazes with it, and why? . .
up on the Indian border in South
I've seen THIS newsreel twice
with two floods and a hurricane give
Russia. Also, he will not be in the
before!
weight to his words.
Mediterranean, for the defense of |
—Richard Armour.
A view of the funeral of Ignace Jan Paderewski, rennwned Polish
which he had no great enthusiasm.
He’s Harvard. 1915, did a P.G.
patriot
and pianist. The casket, draped with the national Hag of the
• • •
stretch at M.I.T., worked at
PEST NO. 1,607
Polish Republic, was borne on a gun carriage flag by an honor guard of
engineering and was In the navy
MERRY-GO-ROUND
A plague on him
the U. 8. army. L'ntil it can be taken to Poland, the body will real in
in the World war. In the navy
It was a breathless day in Wash­
Who always snatches
Arlington cemetery.
he learned to crochet cord belts,
ington. The only breeze was kicked i
My remaining
an art which he still practices,
up by the little subway car run­
Book of matches.
and Putnam-made belts are in
ning between the senate office build-,
—M. R. De Sena.
great
demand
among
his
ing and the Capitol. Passenger Hat-1
• • •
friends.
He is the father of
tie Caraway, senator from Arkan-:
Ed Wynn used to say that the
sas, clutched at her flying strands j
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world was going to the dogs but that
years old, stocky in build, but
ot hair.
the dogs wouldn't take it, and the
quick-moving both in person and
Curly-haired Sen. Berkeley Bunk- i
gag never sounded more convincing
speech. He is president of the
er of Nevada, who succeeded to the ;
than today.
Package Machinery Co.
• • •
seat of the late Key Pittman, never I
misses a senate session and is as-
A big man in the defense pro­
I
More and more management, as
siduously studying parliamentary
gram fell while skating and was in­
above,
is
coming
to
the
top,
as
procedure. Vice President Wallace
jured the other day. This proves
has called him to preside during his against finance. Note James Bum­ what we have always contended:
absence more than any other sen­ ham’s new book, “The Managerial There is no defense against an urge
Revolution,"—malign over there,
ator.
to cut a figure eight.
still benign over here.
• • •
United Service Organizations have
had some big gifts, but none more
CALL BY DICTATORS
WIZARD in electrometallurgy
touching than the savings brought
Join our gang and have some fun
is Dr. Francis C. Frary, who
in by one Harry Katz, who emptied
Double-crossing every one!
on the desk 512 pennies, 44 nickels, explains the exact uses to which
—S. H. Dewhurst.
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•
aluminum pots and pans may be
eight dimes, and one quarter.
Since
Displayed in the department of put in expediting defense.
The Most Terrible Nightmare:
agriculture lobby are four practical 1918 he has been director of the re­ Dreaming that Hitler is making one
pamphlets: “Cockroaches and Their search laboratories of the Aluminum of his typical speeches and that you
Control,” “Bedbugs: Causes and Company of America at Keystone, are in the front row where you can’t
Cures.” “House Ants," and “How to Pa. His work made possible over miss a word.
• • •
2,000 uses of aluminum.
Control Fleas.”
Mexican ambassador Dr. Don Francisco Najera (right) hands acting
He was schooled at the University
The President has on his desk a
Ima Dodo says that "Gone With
Secretary
of State Sumner Welles the Mexican government’s check for
of
Minnesota
and
the
University
of
new leather briefcase, fastened se­
the Wind" at 35 cents is almost as
curely at one end with a steel pad­ Berlin. He then taught for seven good as when it was being shown >1,000,000, in payment of the amount due on account of the claims of
American citizens whose lands in Mexico have been expropriated since
years and became an industrial re­ for $2.
lock.
August 30, 1927, under the Mexican agrarian program.
search worker In 1915.
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III Ills tirsi visit tu the While House
since July, 1939, Constantin Oilman-
sky, Soviet ambassador to the I'. S.,
laid Russia's problems before I'rcsl-
dent Roose veil In an hour's confer­
ence. He la shown leaving the Whllo
House.
Milk Trouble on West Coast
Sen. Carter Glass. 83-) rar-old Vir­
ginian, Is shown with ralsrd gavel
just after hr was unanimously cho­
sen president pro-tempore of thr
senate.
J
c
Kcp. Hamilton r Ish of New York,
leading house Isolationist, and a
colonel In the Specialist Reserve, Is
pictured in his uniform in his office
In Washington shortly before leaving
for a month's active duty at Fort
Hragg, N. C. Rep. Fish saw ac tive
service In World War I.
Mexico Makes Land Expropriation Payment New RFC Chairman
A
Charles B. Henderson, «8, of Elko,
Nev., appointed chairman of $10,-
000,009,000 Reconstruction Finance
corporation,
to
succeed
Emil
Hchram, new head of New York
Stock exchange.
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