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WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK ' By LEMUEL F. PARTON. ' ^ (Consolidated Features?WNU Service.) MEW YORK.?Just as we were ' thinking we ought to get the Hound of the Baskervilles on our side in this war along comes the news that Nation's Dogs tor this is being Defonse; 'Sick 'Em' attended to. Is Thsir Battlecry being mobilized, the dogs are being trained for sentry duty and guard work for the army quartermaster corps, the navy and war industries? mostly sizable dogs so far, with de ferred ratings for pekes and toys. They're good night-workers and the only slogan they need is "Sick 'em!" It's a dream come true for Harry I. Caesar, the dog-fancy ing banker who for many years has been the four-sqnare friend of the four-footers and who is now president of Dogs for De fense, Inc. More than 15* dog conscious delegates from many states attended the organization meeting in New York recently, with Mr. Caesar presiding, and laid out plans for the elite guard of dogdom, with the kennel clubs and the American Theatre wring co-operating. Col. Clifford Smith of the quartermaster corps told the meeting that "One well trained dog is the equivalent of six guards." The dogs also will serve in their traditional role as the lonely soldier's pal. Mr. Caesar stems from a long line of Indian-fighting colonial an cestors, going back to around 1650 and dogs have always figured ro mantically in his family ante cedents. His financial operations head up in New York, and he is a public-spirited citizen of Rumson, N. J., former councilman of that town and active in welfare and phil-1 anthropic enterprise. From Brooklyn he went to Hill school, Princeton and Wall Street, landing in the latter narrow thor oughfare in 1913 and soon thereafter becoming a director of the banking house of H. I. Caesar & Co. In World War I, he served as a cap tain in France, prospered in busi ness in the post-war years, and had plenty of time for dogs, friends, clubs, golf, tennis and amateur was strategy. ? A REPORTER once asked the late Clarence Darrow to ex plain the basic success principle of his career. "Getting out of hard , . work," said Digging Education DarAw "I Proved Antidote didn^ like For Ditch-Digging P"fhin? hay and looked (round to see who made the most money with the least work. Natural ly, I became a lawyer." J. H. Kindelberger, president of North American Aviation, Inc., re acted similarly, and successfully, from digging ditches. He heads one of the biggest aviation plants in the world and is now uniquely in the news as he hands back to the gov ernment $14,000,000 rather than take it as a profit. He says increased ef ficiency has cut plane costs 33per cent, and the government, consider ing its present urgent needs, ought to get a cut in this technological ? x_ gam. It was a six-months' stretch of ditch-digging on a fortification project at Norfolk, Va., which made young "Dutch" Kindel berger decide to forswear for ever a pick-and-shovel career. Be quit the army engineering corps and qualified for special engineering studies at the Car negie Institute of Technology, In Mil and 1917. Then be got a Job as an apprentice engineer with the National Tube company at Wheeling. Be became a draftsman and Inspector, with, however, plenty af hard work, and that, of coarse, disposes of any cynical Implications in his and Mr. Barrow's success story. At 30, he was a draftsman with the Glenn L. Martin Airplane com pany, when Donald Douglas with drew from that firm and founded his own company. Mr. Kindeiberger went along as chief engineer of the Douglas Aircraft company?on his1 way up. He engineered some high ly effective new planes and caught on in administration and finance, as well as in technical operations. He has been president of North Ameri can since 1934, with his home and business office at Los Angeles. Born in Wheeling, W. Va., in 1895, he was a second lieutenant in the aviation corps in World War I. In 1919, he married Miss Thelma Knarr, at Wheeling. They have two children. He backslides a bit, dig ging in his flower garden. The gov ernment is no doubt happy to know that be quit ditch-digging. He has been frank about his run-out on ditch-digging, but his career shows that he doesn't mind work. And sharing the profits with the govern ment is s sharp standout against the capitalization writeups of boom years. k Filling the Coffee Clips of America A half a billion pounds of the golden bean?coffee?come up from Latin America each year to the port of New Orleans, there to be ground, roasted and blended to make America's favorite "brew." Recognized at a morale builder, coffee is in great favor with military men, and our boys on land, tea and in the air look forward to that steaming cup. These photos take you to Coffee Town. Heavy bags of green coffee hang poised over the heads of the car riers in the great dockside coffee sheds in New Orleans, and then are dropped upon the head by four huskies. Preparations are here being made for "cupping," in a New Orleans coffee firm, one of the steps in the grading and testing of coffee. These coffee tasters sit at a circu lar table which revolves to bring them cup after cup of different va rieties. A coffee maker prepares a big pot of the age-old brew that has cheered savant and common man alike from time immemorial. In an old French quarter coffee kitchen, coffee it poured tcith one hand uhile milk is poured with the other. A young "car hop" gaily ruin ft out to the rotes of parked cars with coffee for two brewed in the inim itable Coffee Town way. Head of Ground Forces a Hero Lieut. Gen. McN&ir Credited As Trigger Man' of Modern Army. WASHINGTON.?Lieut. Gen. Les lie J. McNair, a quiet, 58-year-old Minnesotan about whom the public knows little, has taken over com mand of the ground forces of the U. S. army. He was chosen for the job when President Roosevelt recently stream lined the army's archaic adminis trative setup into three compact, co-ordinated divisions?ground force, air force and supply service. Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold and Maj. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell have taken of fice as chiefs of the latter two units. Designation of the sandy-haired McNair as head of the ground force under the new setup was regarded generally as a reward for the job he did as chief of staff of the army general headquarters which was set up after the outbreak of the Euro pean war to supervise building of the nation's land forces into a mod ern fighting organization. 'Trigger Man' in Program. McNair is generally credited with being the "trigger man" in the army's modernization program. It was his duty to see that the record expansion program, including train ing and organization, was carried out; that selectees were fitted into the army, and that our overseas bases were properly equipped and manned. Using his quiet, homespun and "few words" doctrine, he got the job done with a minimum of fan fare, to the great satisfaction of his superiors. ? __1 4.1 ?1 2.1 uikiiau caul lews uie cupiiai suciai whirl and is a firm believer in plain living. This belief has contributed to a doctrine he has set up for all troops under his command?that they must have "iron in their blood" to withstand the rigors of modern warfare. He intensely dislikes grandstand and self-promoting tac tics, and contends the individual must subordinate all to the service of his country. A few days ago, McNair told a graduating class at the army's com mand and general staff school, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., that U. S. sol diers still need more training to be properly classed as "first line troops." Need More Effectiveness. "They are capable of fighting creditably, but with excessive losses, and with less than full ef fectiveness," he concluded. This was regarded as a tip off that he means business in stressing his "iron in your^blood" program for the 3,600,000 men who will be in the army by the end of 1942. McNair was born in Vemdale, Minn., and graduated from West Point. He served with the Funston expedition to Vera Cruz in 1914, and later in the border campaign against Pancho Villa. He is a field artillery officer. During the First World war, he went to France with the A.E.F. and reached the temporary rank of brig adier general at the age of 35. He headed the command and general staff school until 1940, when he was made GHQ chief of staff. He was promoted to major general, and to lieutenant general in June, 1941. McNair is married. He has one son, Maj. Douglas McNair, a field artillery officer like his dad, now at : Killeen, Texas. Say* Synthetic Rubber Will Be Ready in 1944 < CHICAGO.?John D. Bee be of the B. F. Goodrich company predicts that the manufacture of synthetic 1 and reclaimed rubber will enable 1 the industry to supply both defense I and non-defense needs by 1944. He told transit members at a for- ] urn of the American Transit associ ation that within two years increases in the production of reclaimed and synthetic rubber should provide a i supply of 850,000 long tons. 1 Beebe gave statistics 'of plane, i truck and other defense production i as an illustration of where most rub- i ber supplies would be going and said that his company considered i the transit industry's present rub- ( ber quota too low and was making every effort to have it raised. < 1 Britain Plans to Reduce ' Clothing Ration June 1 ] LONDON.?A reduction of about one-fourth in Britain's clothes ra tion starting June 1?from 66 cou pons a year to a rate slightly over I 51?was announced. < The reduced ration would affect 1 persons mainly in sedentary occu- 1 pations and those living at home. I An order was expected prohlb- 1 iting double-breasted suits and trouser cuffs and limiting the num- 1 ber of pockets in garments. 1 Firemen Laugh at Sight Of Others Eating Smoke LAWRENCE, KAN.?Firemen an swered an alarm and found smoke billowing from a building in the business district. But they just held onto their hats and laughed and laughed. The wind was blowing so hard smoke was being forced back down the chimney and through the heat ing system into two beauty shops, a hat shop and a hemstitching estab lishment. Milk Is Favorite Drink of Children Youngsters Seem Interested In War Activities. CHICAGO.?The average Amerlr can boy and girl believe it will take th$ U. S. more than three yeara to win the war. They own defense savings stamps and bonds. They spend most of their money in dime stores?and most of it for candy. Their favorite drink is milk. Of all foreign countries, they'd like most to visit England when the war is over. The girls, however, have equal preference for Hawaii and Switzerland. These are the results of the fourth national Reed poll of America's chil dren, taken in schools, Sunday schools and in Y.&f.C.A.'s the last week in January. Asked how long it would take to win the war, children were more conservative than many adults. Thirty-one per cent of the boys and 33 per cent of the girls said "more than three years." Twenty-nine per cent said two years and 21 per cent said three years. Only 14 per cent said less than two years. Sixty-three per cent of boys and 54 per cent of girls polled owned savings stamps or bonds. More girls than boys spend most of their money in dime stores?57 per cent compared to 44 per cent. Grocery stores came next. Candy headed, their list of pur chases?36 per cent of boys and 34 per cent of girls spending their mon ey for sweets. However, 25 per cent of girls spend their money on sundries, such as jewelry, while boys reported no purchases in this field. Asked to name their favorite drink, 40 per eent of boys and 33 per cent of girls said milk. Neither group expressed much liking for just plain water. Marine Corps Eases Rule On Enlisting Collegians NEW YORK.?College freshmen and sophomores may now enlists in the marine corps officers' training corps, the marine recruiting office announced. Heretofore only college juniors and seniors were eligible. The training course, of three months' duration, fits the men for commissions as second lieutenants. Completion of the four-year college course is allowed. The maximum age limit for fresh men and sophomores is 22 years. Ex-Soldier Wins Job Back as Army Beckons YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. ? Ex Soldier Clarence Wire had $648 and his old job again, but he expected to return to the army within a month. Wire was assistant manager of a Youngstown theater when drafted a year ago. He was released in No- 1 vember because he was 29. Wire's employer didn't want him back. Fed eral Attorney Don Miller threatened to sue the theater under the draft act provisions. Wire recovered his job and $646 back pay. Money in Circulation Is Up $20 Per Capita WASHINGTON.?Do you have $20 more in your pocket than you had a year ago? You would if all the money in cir culation in the United States were divided equally among the nation's 134,000,000 men, women and chil dren. The treasury reported that $11, 184,091,310?$85.67 per person?was in circulation February 28 com pared with $8,780,888,377?$66.13 a person?a year ago. Norse Woman Tells of Struggle to Get Food LONDON. ? A grim struggle against starvation is described by a Norwegian woman, Mrs. Gerde Han sen, who recently escaped from Va iggo island with her husband and tour children. The family had an income of $80 a week, but even then was unable a buy sufficient food. "A typical meal was usually dried :od, a potato each and thin fruit lelly," she said. "This cost 75 cents ir more." Hawaiian Secrets Nestle In Blue Ridge Mountains MT. AIRY, N. C.-A Hawaiian aotanist has sent a loose-leaf copy 1 >f his life work to the public library lere for safekeeping. The name of 1 lis work is "Flora Hawaiiensis, or he Newly Illustrated Flora of the 1 Hawaiian Islands." ' The librarian is puzzled why this 1 ittle town of the Blue Ridge moun- 1 a ins was selected. 1 i Granddad in Army; He'U Make It Career ! FORT MONMOUTH, N. J.? 1 Pvt. Edward D. Martin is 59 j years old and a grandfather, but , today he was disclosed as proba- j bly the oldest army volunteer. I Martin, a World War I veteran, ! was allowed to enlist because of ' previous service. "I think I'll make the army a ' career," Martin said. j (Released by Wcatcrn Newspaper Union.) THE March of Time has done much to give us good pic tures?and just now not only tak ing good news pictures, but get ting them home is quite a feat. But they have done something else; Producer Louis de Roche mont instituted the School of Pic torial Journalism, to train enlisted men of the United Nations' forces in the elements of motion picture pho tography. Three classes have al ready been graduated, and the men are engaged in gathering material in the various fighting zones?mak ing a complete and graphic picture of the war. ?*? That shampoo you'll see Frank Morgan receiving at the hands of Spencer Tracy, John Garfield and others in "Tortilla Flat" was done with a mixture of melted soap flakes and flour. The scene had to be filmed four times, because when they'd get the stuff spread over Morgan's head and into his ears, eyes and mouth somebody would be gin to laugh. And Morgan'd been told it was a dignified role I * "Tarzan's New Adventure" has been chosen as the title for the new Tarzan film, with Johnny Weismul JOHNNY WEISMULLER I ler and Maureen O'Sullivan. In It Tarzan buys himself a wardrobe and has exciting adventures away from his jungle home. *? Tom McGuire is now selling news papers inside Grand Central station, for good pay. Forty-eight years ago he sold them outside the statical, for pennies. The reason is that then he was a newsboy, just over from Ire land?now he's an actor, in "The Major and the Minor." * When Les Newkirk, manager of the West theater at Trinidad, Colo., opened an air-mail package from Hollywood he was sort of stamped. It contained a record of greetings from Hollywood to the town, to be reproduced through the theater's load speaker when "Two Tanks in Trinidad" was first shown?and It was in little pieces. Newkirk called Hollywood, the picture's star, on lo cation with the "He's My Old Man" troupe, and O'Brien talked direct]; to the audience. ?*? Which scenes do you remember best from "Gone With the Wind"? A survey reveals that most people recall (1) Atlanta burning; (2) the thousands of wounded soldiers lying at the depot; (3) Scarlett's fall down stairs; (4) Scarlett shooting the Yan kee soldier; (4) Rhett Butler's say ing "I don't give a damn." It's drawing crowds for the third time in New York; seems as if it will go on forever. ?5*? Kate Smith has begun her fifth year of broadcasting "Kate Smith Speaks," her daily commentator program. It's originated from ho tels, theaters, restaurants, railroad whistle stops, wherever she hap pened to be?once, lately, from her mother's living room. ?*? Sbep Fields and his new orches tra have jnst completed a musical short sgbject for Columbia Pictures; titled "Lightning Strikes Twiee," it traces his rise as a bandleader, and his switch to a brassless band and new snccess. His wife and his baby danghter, two-year-old Jo Ana, have prominent roles in the film, which will be released nationally soon. ?*? Soldiers and sailors are sure to have a chance to win that $64 on the "Take It or Leave It" broadcasts; Quizmaster Phil Baker has added a third glass bowl of numbers to the one for men and the one for wom en, just for them, and contestants' numbers are drawn from each in turn. This was one of the first ma jor programs to set aside a block of seats for service men. * ODDS AND ENDS?"Flying Blonde," he star, of m woman test pilot, is sched uled for Lena Turner . . , Marjorie Main mil wear a pink satin dancing costume, ?omplete with sequins, in the Wallace Seer, "Jackass MaiT ... Edward AnsolsTs ifand-in, William Hoover, has joined the Hermes; he's lost 45 pounds and doesn't ook so much like Arnold an, mora . . . shirley Temple's Crossle, rating milk 'Junior Mia" far March is mora than sace at high as the average rating scored by newcomers to the air during the pea tsce rears . . . And by the same rating lack Benny scored first place, for the same month: has staking a habit of is. Gay and New. D UG cotton makes the gayest " new crocheted slippers?soles and all. Get started now. They're grand for play shoes, too. They're effective in two colors and make them bright as can be! ? ? ? Pattern 7226 contains -Instructions for making slippers in a small, medium and large size; illustrations of them and stitches; materials needed. Send your or der to; Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eight* Ave. New York Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No Name Address ; Insects on Trial Probably the longest and costli est of the many lawsuits brought against animals in France was started in St. Julian in 1445, when this town sought to convict a cer tain species of insects as a pest and have them banished from the community, says Collier's. The trial was abandoned after 42 years because the insects ignored every summons to appear in court, and the fees paid to the counsel for them had put the town in bank ruptcy. So You're "ALL ? 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