WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
' By LEMUEL P. PARTON '
(ConaoUdaUd F?atur#??WNU Scrvlca.)
XTEW YORK.?Judging from past
?1-^ performances, any spot where
Baron Manfred Von Killinger is op
erating is a good place to watch
F.toi*,?
And Swinging at oftrained dice
Everybody Elte and a buried
ace. Such
have been the diplomatic parapher
nalia of the eminent Nazi statesman
who, it is now reported in Europe,
will be the new gauleiter, or Hitler
straw-boss in Rumania. Lately, for
eign correspondence has converged
on the idea that Herr Goebbels is
faking a possible run-in with Rus
sia and letting word leak out in the
Balkans that the Nazis are sending
troops to menace Russia, while in
reality, he is dealing under the ta
ble with Stalin, as usual.
That would be a grand way to
dampen American war ardor?this
country getting into the war on the
side of red Russia. Anything as
elaborate and devious as this would
be right on Baron Von Killinger's
target. With his genius for duplicity
and complicated intrigue he would
be tr marvelous advance agent for
just such a grand razzle-dazzle as
that.
When Baron Von Killinger
was German consul-general at
San Francisco, from August,
1937, to January, 1939, Rep.
Samnel Dickstein denounced
him on the floor of congress as
a "Nasi adventurer." On No
vember 6, 1937, the Americani
zation committee of the Ameri
can Legion demanded his sum
mary rejection from this coun
try as a spy delivering secrets
of the American fleet to his gov
ernment. He stayed on the job .
until the Nasis saw fit te recall
him, as the war loomed, for
more immediately urgent in
trigue over there.
He spent nine months in jail, in
1922, on charges of complicity in
the murder of the conciliatory Ma
thias Erzberger. Bullets like those
used by the murderers, Schulz and
Tillesen, had been found in his pos
session. He was acquitted and
moved through the turbulent years
of the Nazi ascendency to a spot at
the right hand of Der Fuehrer. His
gift for intrigue was such at some
times he ran the ball the wrong
way, and during the blood purge of
1934, Hitler put him in a concen
tration camp and fired him as pre
mier of Saxony.'
However, they could find no sub
stitute for his legerdemain and let
him out to pick up his old line of
mystagogy.
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IN 1933, a young man from Potts
ville, planting his typewriter on
hi* bed in a New York hall bed
room, rounded out 25,000 words of a
When the Utterly "55
Improbable Doee was down to
Happen, lf? New, thr"
dollars. He
sent unfinished manuscripts to three
publishers, with a take-it-or-leave-it,
first-come-first-served letter, telling
them he would finish the book under
a contract which would allow him
to live decently while he was work
ing. The next day came three ac
ceptances. Harcourt, Brace was
first in line and got the book, "Ap
pointment in Samarra." The author
got $50 a week for the three months
and delivered the finished book with
in four days of the dead-line.
8oeh was the literary get-way
of Yetmg John (PHara, anther
of the earreat hit musical show
In New York eity, "Pal Joey,"
the same being one of the most
poisonous portraits of a "heel"
ever etched with the steel-point
of contempt. The book clicked
and in the years between there
was the routine stretch at Holly
wood, and a series of magasine
stories from which the unlovely
portrait of "Pal Joey" gradual
ly emerged.
"Pal Joey" isn't a show to which
you would want to take your Aunt
Tabitha, but there is a moral in
the story of how young John O'Hara
began to rise and shine. When he
decided to become an author, he
swore off liquor, cut smoking down
to a minimum, went on a diet and
worked a punishing shift, seven
days a week. He is tall, person
able and gathers his garlands and
his royalties at the age of 35.
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IP HE can't buck a blizzard of an
avalanche, a Grade A war would
do nicely for big, bucko William
F. Carey, New York commissioner
of sanitation, on leave with the de
fense commission to shove through
army cantonment construction. He
says the building needs bucking up j
a lot, but it will all come through.
We saw him w\n the Culebra cut
steam-shovel record for dirt remov
al when he was helping to build the
Panama canal. He has built rail
roads, dams, canals, roads, bridges
and what not, pretty nearly all over.
Glittering Neckwear Will Adapt
Basic Dress to All Occasions
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By CHERIE NICHOLAS
v?.-- 7
Y OUR simple "basic dress"?the
1 dress that invites glamorous ac
cessory touches?will scarcely know
itself when it gets all "dolled up"
with the new and "scrumptious"
neckwear that makes glitter its
theme.
One of the most flattering fashions
tljpt was ever developed has de
scended in a very deluge of sparkle
and gleam and radiant loveliness.
Collars and cuffs and bibs and plas
trons and countless other delec
table items are made resplendent
with glittering bead embroidery and
jewel-work and other magic touches
that lend a festive air.
See for yourself what a treat the
various neckwear displays about
town hold in store for you. The
grandest thing about these sparkling
eye-catchers is the practical solu
tion they offer to this bugaboo of a
midseason problem that always bobs
up this time of the year?that of
"keeping up appearance" with a
wardrobe of winter leftovers until
spring comes along with its quota
of "new clothes." The answer is
found in the basic dress glorified
with glittery neckwear and acces
sory "fixings" which will freshen up
and prettify even the most prosaic
garb.
For a touch of elegance on an aft
ernoon dress nothing could be love
lier than a beautiful Venise lace
plaitron gleaming with pearls (to
the left above in the illustration).
The stems and flowers of the floral
patterned lace are delicately out
lined with tiny pearls. A new and
exquisite accessory for your simple
basic dress! You will And it par
ticularly flattering with pearl ear
rings and bracelet.
Before you tour the neckwear sec
tions, note the new vogue for deli
cately tinted pink lace. The acces
sory items made of it look as if they
had been created in fairyland. They
are exquisitely lovely, sprinkled
over with wee beads that seem to
dance all over the lace in a very
ecstasy of glitter.
You really should have jet-em
broidered neckwear down on your
memorandum. A little bengaline
collar for a dress with high round
neck, using jet beads in floral mo
tifs in delicate tracery as pictured
to the right will give your after
noon dress just enough of a festive
look to tune to a "don't dress up"
bid to luncheon or bridge party.
You'll love this bit of delightsome
feminine frippery with jet embroid
ered on flesh pink, new champagne
or white bengaline. It is a small
item to be sure yet it will give a
touch of elegance to any basic
dress. Try it and see! And jet is
"the rage" you know.
Girls of teen-age or more or less,
here's a very special message for
you?see it pictured in the inset be
low. Your tailored pinafore dress
(ever so smart this season) can be
changed into a dressy afternoon
frock just like that! And it's a
charming lace guimpe that "turns
the trick." It's made of fine Alen
con type lace with a double lace
edging on the short sleeves and little
pointed collar. Venise lace motifs
are used for contrasts in the collar
and little front inset. Pearl earrings
and a three-strand necklace and
bracelet are charming accessories
to this dressed-up pinafore?makes
it an adorable "date" dress!
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lace Trims Vejvet
That quaint and lovely custom of
trimming with black lace has been
revived. Our grandmamas and an
cestral aunts used to glory in black
lace edging to finish off most every
thing, especially their "stand-alone"
silks and their velvets. Young girls
looked bewitching in full-skirted
plaid silks with wasp-waisted bod
ices all furbelowed with lace ruf
flings headed with bands of narrow
black velvet ribbon. And now mod
ern fashion is reviving that quaint
custom. To such an extent has the
edged-with-black-lace vogue been
revived, that not only formal eve
ning gowns but smart daytime black
crepe frocks have their necklines,
sleeves and pockets edged with nar
row lace. A most fascinating adap
tation of the lace-trim theme is
shown in the black velvet evening
gown pictured. You will find touches
of black lace ever so flattering and
well worth trying out.
Multiple Colors
A costume with two if not more
colors is the rule this season. Skirts,
blouses and jackets in different tones
are shown together, while a two
color dress will be topped with ?
contrasting coat.
Air Travelers Go
In Flying Colors
Air-minded to the finger tips is the
forecast by leading designers for the
chic American of 1941. She'll wear
flagship red on her finger tips, a
shade that keeps pilots "on the
beam" in any weather, or she will
flaunt the new skyhigh which is a
high-styled pink with enlivening vio
let undertones.
These colors will also be translat
ed in fabrics and accessories, for as
all fashion-wise women know pres
ent vogue calls for accessories and
finger tips to "match up" in color.
And here's something that's
"news," the chic American air-trav
eler who takes along a formal
costume for party wear in cities she
visits is including a most intriguing
and decidedly original item, namely,
evening slippers, made of a new
transparent plastic that shows off
highly colored toe tips.
Tucked away for the nights she
"lands" is a collapsible flagship red
hat having a mesh-scarf crown that
can be worn separately or with
a high-flung brim that is detachable
and tollable so that it won't take up
much space in packing.
Basqued Bodices
Continue Popular
Because of their almost univer
sal becomingness basque bodices,
pointed in front and usually longer
than waist length, remain a favor
ite season-after-season style. For
daytime or evening they top skirts
that are flounced or gathered, or at
least carry a suggestion of fullness.
For evening, the peasant effect is
frequently emphasized. For exam
ple, a dress of pale pink mousseline,
shown by a West coast designer, has
a pink and silver corselet laced
about the waist. The corselet is
curved into a poiht at the front to
match the outline of the basque bod
ice top.
For street wear, this basque style
is usually shown in materials that
drape well, such as velvet, cordu
roy, or wool challis.
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Sores That Do
Not Heal Will
Bear Watching
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
A FEW years ago I came
across three cases, two
men and one woman, with a
sore on the lower lip that failed
to heal under the i????|
usual treatment. TOMrS i
Fortunately I read uFaiTu
an article in one MMIIH
of the medical COLUMN
journals stating l_??1
that these "persistent" sores
were often due to the rays of the
sun. By having the woman wear
a wide-brimmed hat and use
heavy rouge on the lower lip,
the sore healed rapidly. With
the two men, keeping out of the'
sun's rays cleared up the sore
in a few days.
I am mentioning these cases be
cause there may be some who
4U1W imuuoiijr wwi
ry over a sore on
the lip that does not
heal rapidly because
a persistent sore on
the lip in the middle
aged is often cancer.
The history of can
cer of the lip is the
appearance of an ul
cer which is thought
to be a cold sore and
is sometimes cov
ered with a scab.
"More commonly
mere is a tumor or lump m tne lower
lip with a tendency to have a raw or
bleeding surface. The sore and lump
increase in size and never heal of
themselves."
Dr. H. B. Hunt, Omaha, in the
Nebraska State Medical Journal
states that any persistent "sore,"
"fever blister," "crack," or "lump"
on the lower lip which does not heal
in three weeks must be considered
cancer until an examination of a
small piece of the growth under the
microscope proves that it is not can
cer. Sunburn should be avoided, as
shown by the large number of cases
of cancer of the face found in the
I farming population. Aside from sun
burn, other cases of cancer of the
lower lip are due to repeated burns
from short cigarettes, short
stemmed pipes, hot foods, overhang
ing, irregular or very sharp upper
teeth, and frequently chapping or
cracking by wind or sun.
Dr. Hunt states that the use of
radium or X-rays, correctly admin
| istered by an expert, are as ef
fective as surgery in the early treat
: ment of cancer of lip and leave a
better appearance.
Remember the advice. A sore on
the lower lip that does not heal in
three weeks should be suspected of
being cancer.
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Goiter Yielding
To Surgical Skill
IT IS but a short time ago since
1 patients with the severe type of
goiter had to travel hundreds of
miles to undergo operation by some
famous surgeon. Even under this
skilled surgeon, the chances of com
ing through the operation safely
were only even, the death rate being
| as high as SO per cent. This high
death rate was due in many cases
to waiting too long before under
going operation. Today, physicians
do not wait so long before advising
operation.
When the death rate from opera
tion reached as low as S per cent,
that is only one in 20 died, it was
believed that the very height of sur
gical skill had been reached. It is
interesting to read in Hygeia, how
ever, how improvements in operat
ing skill have reduced even further
the death rate in goiter operations.
Getter Death Bate.
In the Lahey clinic, Boston, the
death rate from operation on goi
ter, where the thyroid gland reached
below the neck line into the chest,
was 4.4 per cent before July, 1933,
whereas today it is only l.T.
This deep-seated form of goiter is
more difficult to reach than when
the goiter lies up in its usual place
in the front part of the neck. It
lies low in the neck and grows
down behind the breast bone so that
it is actually in the chest. It can
readily be seen how an enlarged
thyroid gland lying in front of the
tube carrying air to the lungs could
press on this tube and interfere
with breathing.
The lesson here is that surgical
skill has continued to improve as
shown by the above figures in this
hazardous operation.
Remember, early goiter can be
treated successfully by rest and
medicine, and certain cases by
X-rays.
Dr. Barton
QUESTION BOX
Q.?What are the various causes
of falling hair? Suggest a remedy,
please.
A.?There are many causes of
early less of hair. Here are a few of
the principal causes: (a) family ten
dency (h) following a fever or sick
ness <c> anaemia <d) syphilis. Un
less there Is a family tendency to
early less of hair, hair returns un
der treatment. Consult year physi
cian >he may mahe seme testa.
By VIRGINIA VALE
OUImm* by WtititB N?wap?p*r Union.)
SOME years ago when Joseph
P. Kennedy, until recently
our ambassador to the Court of
St. James's, was associated in
the financial management of
Paramount, he was rather skep
tical about the valuation that
Hollywood places upon its stars.
In fact, he remarked that prac
tically anybody able to "make
faces" was a potential movie
actor.
Now Paramount is screening "One
Night in Lisbon." withered Mac
Murray and Madeleine Carroll co
starred. It's a story of the current
European war, with the opening se
quences laid in beleaguered Lon
don. There is a role that fits Mr.
Kennedy perfectly. Producer-direc
tor Edward H. Griffith offered the
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JOSEPH P. KENNEDY
role to our friend Kennedy, who
dared to accept this chance to try
his own ability to mate faces.
Incidentally, Madeleine Carroll
tried her best to get out at making
"One Night in Lisbon." Her lt-year
old sister was killed not long ago,
you'll remember, during a bombing
raid in London.
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Just being home from the hos
pital is a vacation that Mrs. Eddie :
Bracken is still on. She and her hus
band started off in their car for a ,
vacation trip East, as soon as he
finished his work in "Reaching for
the Sun." They were hardly well
on their way when they were in a
spectacular automobile accident, in
which she was seriously injured.
There's ao telling where this cus
tom of playing oneself on the screen
wiU end. Jack Benny and Fred
Allen take a whirl at It in "Love
Thy Neighbor"; Osear Levant, of
radio's "Information Please," was I
obviously Osear himself in "Rhythm
an the River"; Deems Taylor, mu
sic commentator of the air, steps
right o4t atf Deems Taylor in "The
Bard boiled-Canary," with Susanna
Foster,And also in "Fantasia."lAnd
of course hand leaders play them
selves; tare af the newest ho ton-wav
ing performances are those of Artie
Shaw In "Second Chores" nod 1
Orria Tucker in "Las Vegas Nights."
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Member* of the cast of that fame
"Las Vegas Nights" were slightly
slap-happy after a memorable day's
shooting in which practically ev
erybody slapped somebody else.
Virginia Dale slapped Francetta
Mallory, who slapped right back;
after that it continued, spreading to I
other actors, until Assistant Direc
tor Eddie Salvan had counted 0T
blows. Then he stopped counting
and sent for a studio nurse and some
aspirin ^
Jane Withers was borrowed by
Twentieth Ceatery-Fex from Colnm
Ma to play opposite Jackie Deeper
in "Bar First Bean," a tela tor
which both Edith Fellows and Bo- '
nita Granville had been mentioned.
She'll report for it la February,
when she's Iniabed "A Very Yeaag
Lady," also tor Fas.
Anna N eagle, the English screen
actress, is going to give us still an
other of those musical comedies of
yester-year. She's done "Irene" and
"No, No Nanette" so far, and now
we hear that the next one will be
"Sunny." There doesn't aeem to be
any very good reason for these en
deavors; neither "Irene" nor "No,
No Nanette" was very good?the
latter has just been released, and in
spite of an excellent cast it's not !
Orade A entertainment. And for 1
soma reason the music which made
tha musical a standout is now mere
ly incidental.
ODDS AND ENDS
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dtnt automobiles, suck ms Pope Toledo*
ami W in tona?they're twill far (he lis
ierbilt Cup rata Kama in Ihe remake of
"Back Street,"
< Clauinta Coiierl her aigttai far two
years mora with Paramount, making ana
picture a year. Har nest ana mil ba "Sky
lark" karri an s tuccauful ataga play.
which was hosed an a magazine aerial
which yaw probably rami.
C. Dorothy Thompaon, toiler and coot
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thirteen weeks over UBS.
PAntRNDlOfiT
ONE special beauty of this de
sign (No. 8834) is that you can
make it up in household cottons
for home wear, cutting the sleeves
off short, and in spun rayon or
thin wool for runabout, cutting the
sleeves long! And it's so easy to
make that you're certain to repeat
it many times.
Belted only in the back, with
lengthening bodice panels that ac
cent height, thus making you look
dKmmer, and gathers beneath the
yoke portions, this dress is clever
ly detailed to give exactly the ef
fect that women's sizes require.
The v-neckline is finished with a J
deeply notched collar, the sleeves
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SIMPLICITY |
C1MPLICITY, in truth, is less |
^ dependent upon external things
than we imagine. It can live in
broadcloth or homespun; it can
eat white bread or black. It is
not outward, but inward.
A certain openness of mind to
learn the daily lessons of the
school of life; a certain willing
ness of heart to give and to re
ceive that extra service, that gift
beyond the strict measure of debt
which makes friendship possible;
a certain clearness of spirit to per
ceive the best in things and
people, to love it without fear and
to cleave to it without mistrust;
a peaceable surenass of affection
and taste; a gentle straightfor
wardness of action; a kind sincer
ity of speech?these are the marks
of the simple life, which cometh
not with observation, for it is
within you.?Henry Van Dyke.
Largest Active Volcano
Mauna Loa, in the Hawaii Na
tional park, is the world's largest
active volcano. It soars 13,00
feet above sea level, and its sum
mit crater is three miles long and
a mile and a half wide. The vol
cano has erupted with consider
able violence about once every
four years; the last time was in
1836.
Mors frequently active is the
neighboring Kilauea, the summit
of which contains the pit known as
"the House of Everlasting Fire."
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sugar to the water in which they
are boiled. They will tasfe as good
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