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181 WHOS
NEWS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
'pOEW YORK.—In the village of
Woodbury, Ky., the son of a
Czecho-Slovakian immigrant was
commended by his teachers for his
excellent draw-
Churned Butter ings of ships at
And Latin; Now sea. He had
Churns Oceans "f ver s . een ar, y
big ships, but
liked them and had a good idea of
what they looked like. Today, tool
ing the United States fleet of around
300 ships down into the Pacific, Ad
miral Claude Charles Bloch has con
verted his youthful artistic urge into
a vast and precise knowledge of
ships and their behavior—particu
larly fighting ships.
Erect, ruddy and vigorous,
quietly emphatic, the 60-year-old
commander-in-chief of the fleet
is a rarely spotlighted personage
of tremendous responsibilities—
technical, naval and administra
tive—as he quietly moves from
Norfolk, not only his vast array
of battle wagons, but 60,000 offi
cers and men, nearly 1,000
planes and all the gear neces
sary for maintenance, operation,
communications and fighting re
quirements.
On July 3, 1898, not long out of
Annapolis, he was an ensign on the
lowa when Cervera’s squadron of
Spanish warships made its historic
dash from Santiago harbor and was
destroyed by Admiral Sampson’s
blocking forces. He was cited for
"meritorious service” in rescuing
Spaniards from burning ships of Ad
miral Cervera’s squadron. In the
World war, he commanded the
transport Plattsburg and won the
navy cross for distinguished service.
During his 42 years’ service on land
and sea, he has held many high
posts in the navy.
As a hoy, the churning was
his household chore. Ilis broth
ers, now Louisville physicians,
recall that he used to study his
Latin book while churning and
that he paced the “amo, amas,
am at” to the beat of the plung
er. They teased him about that
and always found him ready for
a light if the provocation was
sufficient. At any rate, studious,
reticent and artistic, he followed
his boyhood dream over far
seas.
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'“pHE title of this particular article
may well be the effective slogan
of the modern world and the end of
war if the words of Dr. Robert A.
Millikan are to
Not Too Proud, be taken at
But Too Scared their face val-
To Go to War ue. Addressing
a dinner of the
Merchants association in New York
recently, the famous physicist said:
“It was the fear of t£e bomb
ing of London and Paris that
prevented the beginning of an
other World war last September.
The peoples of all countries, in
cluding the dictatorships, are
coming more and more to the
realization that such another
war can only bring death and
destruction to everybody the
end of civilization, not the world
domination which the demagog
ic leader promises.”
All Greek mathematicians to the
contrary, Dr. Millikan believes that
Achilles will overtake the turtle.
That is, fleet-footed science has just
•bout caught up with human stupid
ity, in spite of the latter’s long head
start, and, with its command of new
energies will romp on by into the
“world of tomorrow,” where there
will be no war or rumors of war.
Dr. Millikan is possibly the
world’s most persistent cham
pion of the social salvation in
herent in scientific advance,
and believes that his runner will
break the tape ahead of “inter
national wickedness, stupidity
and folly.” He believes that ma
chines make jobs, rather than
destroy them, and that the only
way out is straight ahead.
Every once in a while he para
chutes down from the stratosphere
companionship of Einstein, Planck,
Heisenberg et al, to bring a message
to the market place—always hope
ful, and usually a roundhouse swing
at the demagogues and meddlers
who cramp the scientists’ style.
He leaves wide open a zone of Di
vine intervention if anything goes
wrong in the laboratories.
A Nobel prize winner, chairman
of the executive council of the Cali
fornia Institute of Technology, Dr.
Millikan is an active liaison between
the lay and scientific worlds, assur
ing both that everything will come
out all right. Garnering many med
als and prizes, enjoying world fame,
he would have a lot to lose in a
world crack-up. But his optimism
is doubtless no mere “wishful think
ing.”
Rtleased by Consolidated News Feature*,
WNU Service.
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World’s Fair Dedication Covered by Television
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The dedication of the Radio Corporation of America building at the New York World’s fair was done by
radio and television. David Sarnoff, left, president of R. C. A., is shown before the microphones as he hailed
television as “a miracle of engineering skill which one day will bring the world to the home.” Right: the tele
vision image of Sarnoff as it appeared to an audience at Radio City eight miles away.
HIDDEN SOLDIER
The vegetation springing from this
British soldier’s helmet is for pro
tective, not nutritive, purposes. The
camouflaged helmet cover conceals
him as he watches for the “enemy”
during mimic warfare maneuvers.
This type of camouflage is unusual
ly effective, according to officers of
Ilis Majesty’s army.
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Student members of the University of Chicago youth committee against war are shown in a recent anti-war
demonstration on the university campus. A student strike against war was advertised on placards carried
by coeds. Sen. Gerald Nye of North Dakota addressed members of the organization. One sign, carried by a
student, advised the purchase of football players, not battleships. I
KING OF IRAQ
Here is one of the world’s young
est monarchs. His Majesty King
Faisal 11, three years old, succeeded
to the throne of Iraq on the death of
his father, King Ghazi, who was
killed in an automobile accident. Un
til the king comes of age, Emir Ab
dul Hah will act as regent.
Recruiting for Britain’s Territorials
Demonstrations and parades have been held throughout all of Britain
in the drive to double the strength of the Territorial army. Here an officer
of the army demonstrates the handling of a Bren gun to a group of
interested men and boys.
Chorus Girls Stage Unscheduled Battle
A press agent’s “gag” backfired recently when a brief, exciting and
wholly unscheduled battle took place at the Burbank (Calif.) Union Air
terminal. When 14 sophisticated show girls, imported from New York
for a show at the Golden Gate fair, stepped off the plane they mistook the
press agent’s picket line of local chorines for the real thing. Male by
standers and airline officials braved the fray and ended the battle. The
press agent escaped unscathed, at least for the present.
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Star Dust
★ Any More Eligibles?
★ Unnecessary Request
★ Good Screamer W'orks
By Virginia Vale
THERE’S no telling where
the current wave of matri
mony that is sweeping Holly
wood will stop. Practically all
of the movie colony’s famous
romances either have landed
their participants at the altar
or will do so soon.
Of course, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
rather startled the general public
with his selection of a bride; the
charming Mrs. Mary Hartford was
what would be called, in racing
circles, a dark horse.
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I When Kate Smith celebrated her
ninth anniversary as a radio star
she sang the four songs that she
presented on her initial broadcast:
"I Surrender, Dear,” “By the River
St. Marie,” “Dream a Little Dream
of Me,” and “Please Don’t Talk
About Me When I’m Gone.” When
making up her program for her first
broadcast she put in that last num
ber because she felt none too sure
that she’d be a success on the air,
i w |*k
♦ i-ff* ip?
KATE SMITH
Too bad a fortune teller couldn’t
have told her that she would lead
the popularity polls for years as the
possessor of the best voice in her
field.
i The next time that you hear your
favorite screen heroine let out a
piercing scream, the chances are
that it will be Sarah Schwartz who
; actually does the screaming.
| She is Hollywood’s prize scream
er, capable of curdling any audi
ence’s blood when she really puts
! her mind on it.
j The other day Director James
Whale was making a scene in “The
I Man in the Iron Mask” in which
[ Louis Hayward, as King Louis XIV,
was about to be attacked by assas
sins as he rode along in his coach.
A good screamer was needed, so
| Sarah Schwartz was sent for, joined
I the milling throngs, and screamed
I her head off when Director Whale
| gave the signal. She’s been doing
; that sort of thing for years, and
j works pretty regularly—earns more,
| in fact, than many a would-be singer
who tries to make musical sounds.
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It looks as if Bette would
be receiving another “Oscar” when
the Motion Picture Academy
Awards are handed out for this
year. “Dark Victory” is the pic-
I ture in which she turned in such a
| grand performance that even the
i people who never liked her work be
fore are now dancing in the streets
and telling all their friends about it.
—IK
Felix Knight, the young tenor who
has climbed so far and so fast as
a radio star, is so enthusiastic about
his vocal teacher that he has estab
lished two scholarships, enabling
two young singers to work for a
year with Mebane Beasely.
I “He took me,” says Knight, “with
almost no voice to speak of and
shortly increased my range more
I than an octave.” So now, each
year, two more young singers will
have the opportunities that Knight
had.
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If you listen to Jack Benny’s Sun
day night programs you’re acquaint
ed with “Rochester,” his Negro
servant. You can see him in “Gone
i With the Wind,” as “Uncle Peter”;
you probably saw him in “Jezebel”
and “In Old Kentucky.” His name
Is Eddie Anderson.
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You’ve seen Bill Robinson, the
great tap dancer, in pictures with
Shirley Temple, of course. But did
you know that they are good friends,
and that he telephones her several
times a week, no matter where he
may be. He called her from New
York recently, just before he went
on the air—he talked to her mother,
and asked if Shirley might be al
lowed to stay up late enough to hear
his performance. Let’s hope that
she did; it was a good one.
—*—
ODDS AND ENDS—Gabriel Heatter,
host of “We, the People" presented Kata
Smith with a gift in honor of her radio
anniversary—a charm bracelet with minia
ture gold microphones dangling from it
. . . Radio fans have been complimenting
Martha Raye on the improvement in her
vocal arrangements, not knowing that its
her new husband who does them . . .
They’re making a terrific effort to make
the public hail Bobby Breen at “Bob"
. . . “Information Please" will reach the
screen, as a series of RKO Pathe Newt
reels.
• Western Newspaper Union.
Something Different in
a Crocheted Chair Set
Pattern No. 1957
Capture spring with this nar
cissus chair set. It will freshen
up your chairs. Or if it’s a scarf
you need, use the chair back for
scarf ends. Pattern 1957 contains
charts and directions for making
set; materials required; illustra
tion of stitches.
Send 15 cents In coins for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle, Nee
dlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
l/ncle Phlia
It Drags Him Down
A man doesn’t improve his own
reputation by spoiling somebody
else’s.
If salesmanship sells you
something you don’t want, all
salesmanship suffers.
Don’t get angry and say things
—then your anger won’t be no
ticed.
A Limit to Tact
Be careful that the tact you
practice doesn’t develop into plain
deceit.
To be free from the maddening
crowd requires ingenuity and a
lot of money.
Experience is all very well,
but it robs us of many thrills.
Life Is a Parade
A procession should never get
boggled up and stand still. When
a parade isn’t moving, it isn’t a
parade.
The town saunterer may
saunter along to the age of 95,
while the hurrier gets to the
cemetery 30 years earlier.
People may be childish, but tha
Innocence of a child generally la
lacking.
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as well ? We believe you’ll agree
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Heroism in Privacy
The grandest of heroic deeds
are those which are performed
within four walls and in domestic
privacy.—Richter.
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Ml lil comforting. Fin* for
draa and grown-up*. Prse-
Steal. Economical.
Vain Assumption
All silencing of discussion I*
assumption of infallibility.—J- *■
Mill.
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Tear kidneys ere
smite matter from ths
kidneys sometimes leg In their work
not net as NstursinUnded-fail tor*
move Impurities that. If
poiaon ths system sad vpset the
body machinery. . , . .u-.i
Symptoms may b* nsgring Uck*«
persistent headache, attack* of dton<*
getting up nights, swelling, PJjj-JJJJ,
under ths eyes—a feeling
anxiety and lorn of pep
Other signs of kidney or bladder
order may be burning, scanty or
treatment is wiser then neglect,
Doan’s Pills. Doan’s have been
new friends for mors then
They have a cgtion-wide rep .
Art recommended by tbs
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