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WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK Mexican Minister Dr. Padilla Looms As World Citizen ' By LEMUEL F. PARTON ' (Consolidated Features?WNU Service.) "NJEW YORK. ? Young Ezequiel A ' PadiUa ol Mexico prepared for his country's revolt against Diaz by a course at the Sorbonne. He was back noma in time for much prac tical and ap yii cru tuvuir ing and hard riding with Pancho Villa and other non-academic revo lutionists. He not only helped bring his country through, from the feudal Diaz regime, into the modem world, but at the Rio conference scored heavily in tooling the Latin-Ameri can republics into the world politi cal orbit of the United Nations. Padilla is Mexico's foreign min ister, in Washington in the interest of closer co-operation and better un derstanding between the two coun tries. Meeting the tall, handsome and engaging Dr. Padilla for the first time at a recent press luncheon, this reporter put him down as something new among political or diplomatic envoys. This impression of unique ness is perhaps due to the fact that his mind is at once luminous and poetic, and shrewd, muscular and combative. He seems to vision a world in which it will be safe to be civilized?providing you are also wary. Dr. Padilla's talk was "off the record," but with his permis sion we are allowed to report its main outline. The world can not and will not be reorganized on any basis of traditional im perialism. The alternative is co operation, on the basis of a just and ration-allotment of world re sources. This co-operation, Dr. Padilla Is calmly assured, will come. It will mean a steadily rising standard of living, for all the peoples of the earth, au tomatically a safeguard against the glutting of trade channels and the rise of feverish national ism whleh lead to war. There will be a genuine "culture and science" of living. Dr. Padilla grew up in a remote mountain village in Guerrero, won \ a scholarship at the University of Mexico, and later one which took him to the Sorbonne. He continued his studies at Columbia. Returning to Mexico, as a deputy from his na tive state, he became secretary of public education, minister plenipo tentiary to Hungary and Italy, and in 1940,' minister of foreign affairs. * '"TALK of national defense in Wash *? ington is highly personalized and is apt to center on this or that spark-plug of the army or navy, i who touches off action and gets ef _ . , _ , fective re CenialCen.Jarman suits. Pre Defutet All Drags cisely in Of Disorganization point " big, genial Maj. Gen. Sanderford Jarman, command ing the vitally important eastern area anti-aircraft artillery. His showing of achievement both before and after Pearl Harbor ought to be a good prescription for insomnia, if any considerable portion of the pop ulace is worrying about bombs. When General Jarman was sent to Panama in June, 1940, less than one fifth of the guns there could be fired, because of the lack of ammunition and personnel. By November of that year he had brought the artillery defense up to 100 per cent efficiency. When he began the organisa tion of defense in the Canal Zone region he was warned that jan gle workers would suffer dis astrous mortality from malaria and that the operations should be preceded by a survey of means to combat the scourge. Bo called in the best available medical advisors, demanded a workable formula for immunisa tion, got one, in a hurry?con sisting mostly of quinine?and started building his posts deep in the Jungle, including largo scale housing units for his men. The general's whirlwind prog ress broagbt him s call to the Mates and upped him to the anti-aircraft command, under Gen. Hugh A. Drum, eommand ar of the First army. He is tireless in exploring the ur gent requirements of his job and nothing is ever finished, so far as he Is concerned. Morale is one of General Jarman's specialties and his communications with his men are entirely colloquial He likes to stroll through a mess hall and ask the boys how they like the food. If one of them replies that the chow is getting pretty achmalsk, or words to that effect, he listens, investigates, decides and acts, if need be, or, if he finds that the soldier is just grousing on gen eral principles, he tells the soldier to take what he gets and like It. It works. The men regard him as their friend and emulate him as a self-starter. ? ' Chinese Train Here to Crack Japs Chinese air students ore now given the tame flight training that it given to American aviation cadets, at Phoenix, Aris. The only phase of training which differs from the 35-week American course is the in struction in military drill. Upon completion of their course, the fliers will be commissioned as lieutenants in the Chinese air forces and as signed to service in the Far East, Special Chinese officers have been as signed to accompany the students. In photo at top a group of Chinese cadets are singing the Chinese national anthem which is being recorded so it may be played in China. In the center of the group is Major C. J. Kanaga, V. S. A., and Capt. Tseng Ching Lan. In the bottom picture the Chinese cadets are flying in formation. Chinese cadets wearing full equipment march to their training planes. This Chinese cadet, Chou Li Sung, lathers his face as he pre pares to shave. Chanz Ya Kanz is shown in the link trainer. He has an exceptional aptitude for flying. CHOW ... a la mode. These good-looking Chinese cadets take time out for a little gathering at the festive hoard tcith wives and sweet hearts. (U. S. Army Signal Corps photos). Low-Grade Ores YieldChromium 99 Per Cent Pure Metal I* Obtained by Bureau of Mines New Process. WASHINGTON?A method of ob taining 90 per cent pure chromium metal from low-grade American ore* has been found by metallur gists of the United States bureau of mines after more than five years of research. This is one of the most vital of war metals. Its chief use is to form alloys with steel which are very strong and rust-proof. These alloys are best known in the form of auto mobile finishings and bathroom fix tures. America uses about 50,000 tons of the metal a year, but in the past has produced only about 3,000 tons. Most of the rest has come from South Africa and Turkey. The Turkish deposits, perhaps the larg est in the world, have been consid ered a major'reason why Germany, with no chromium of its own, might launch an invasion of that country. Large Deposits Available. There are deposits in Alaska, Cali fornia, Oregon, Montana, Washing ton and Wyoming, but for the most part they are of low grade and ex pensive to work. Broad surveys are under way to discover other de posits. In the past the metal used in in dustry has been in the form of ferro chromium?or about 60 to 70 per cent chromium mixed with iron. This is considered good enough for most industrial purposes. Its extraction, however, is not much less expensive than that of the pure metal?in some cases it may be 99.8 per cent pure?by the new process reported by C. G. Maier of the bu reau's staff. A "Pilot" plant is planned to be operated by the government in or der to determine the actual cost of large-scale production. The pure metal is obtained in pow dered form, most suitable for the formation of alloys. A major draw back in the present emergency is that the process requires large quan tities of the gas chlorine, one of the most essential of all war chemicals. A shortage of this for a score or more of civilian uses, from cleaning suits to preserving stored grain, al ready is being reported. Hitherto, Mr. Maier reports, there have been only minute amounts of pure chromium metal and these have been laboratory curiosities. Immediate benefits of the im proved form of chromium metal, according to Dr. R. R. Sayers, di rector of the bureau of mines, prob ably will be the development of new and important alloying processes. The practicability of the process, Dr. Sayers says, will depend for the present largely on the availability and cost of the essential chlorine. The chlorine and chromium are combined in a gas at high temper atures. This gas does not take up other impurities in the ore. Then the two chief constituents are sep arated, leaving the pure metal. Glider Training for U. S. Army Pilots Is Latest MOFFET FIELD, CALIF.?Uncle Sam's flying men who keep 'em i flying with motors are now learning how to keep 'fern flying without motors. At a little desert vacation spot in southern California gliding has now become the major business for the U. S. army airmen. At one time gliding was consid ered a "crazy hobby" and a sport. Now, the "crazy hobby" is a weapon of war of which the United States army corps is taking advantage. At Elmira, N. Y., last year, the air corps sent its best pilots to learn about the motorless flying. Elmira is a mecca for soaring addicts. The gliding course includes in struction in two-place, eight-place and 15-place gliders. After gradu ation the glider officers will train additional glider pilots. Town That Isn't There Snags Oil Well Test NEW BURNSIDE, ILL.?One of the strangest obstacles to delay drill ing of an oil test in Illinois was a town that wasn't there. Superior Oil company decided to drill on a tract of land between New Burnside and Marion in Williamson county. Then the company found its drill site was in the midst of a village long deserted, Canaville. Only a church and cemetery mark the site. However, Canaville remained on county records as a town which caused legal complications. No one could give a valid lease to streets and lots as they were laid out. Finally the county board declared the town nonexistent and Superior's test is under way. Soldier Good-byi Were Same 23 Centuries Ago BOSTON.?A soldier's farewell to his family is little different today than it was 2,300 years ago, as evidenced by a red-figured Greek vase on exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Panels on the reconstructed vase show an Athenian draftee clasping his wife's hands. His mother stands nearby waiting for her son to say good-by to her, and his father looks on with affection and pride. War-Time Rackets . Begin to Flower Schemes, Neu> and Old, Used To Lu[e Your Dollar. MINNEAPOLIS.?When the ped dler at the door wants to sell you a supply of air-raid sand, specially tested for its effectiveness in ex tinguishing incendiary bombs ? or an impressive stranger offers to let you invest in a new scheme for solving the rubber shortage?get flshy-eyed and skeptical, because the crop of war-time rackets is just be ginning to flower. Many brand new schemes, and a lot of old ones dressed up in war clothes, are out to take your money away from sounder and more necessary uses, warns a report by Northwestern Na tional Life Insurance company. Among the major schemes now swinging into activity are phony war charities and refugee benefits, which solicit funds, or sell tickets and ad vertising space, on a basis which yields from zero to 10 per cent of the proceeds to actual charity, and delivers the remainder to the pro moters. Bootleggers offer retreaded tires which may be old, defective, and absolutely worthless. Fakers "in spect" and refill fire extinguishers with colored water for a modest fee. Fake doctors offer selective serv ice registrants advance physical ex aminations. The fake oil stock scheme has been all furbished up with news about the increasing shortage of oil and gasoline, which will make the shares still more valuable. Smooth-talking salesmen falsely claim that their insurance policies will cover military service. Still smoother-talking gentry, under the guise of readjusting your insurance to changed war-time conditions, would switch you out of policies now owned and into cheaper but less de sirable policies, for the sake of a sales commission or an advisory fee. These are only a few of the war time frauds and rackets now turning up all over the country. Lake Michigan Covers Old German Submarine CHICAGO.?Four hundred feet un der Lake Michigan's surface, 40 miles northwest of Chicago and 20 miles east of the Great Lakes Naval Training station, lies the 800-ton hulk of the UC-97, ohly German U-boat ever sunk in Lake Michigan. The United States navy, which sank her with 5-inch shells in 1921, would like to have her back today to provide- the war-geared Gary steel mills with much-needed scrap iron. But in accordance with terms of the Versailles treaty, the navy picked a spot so deep that salvage would be impractical. Captured in the last war by an American destroyer, the UC-97 was brought to this country for use in the Victory Loan drive, after which she served as a target for the U.S.S. Wilmette, naval reserve gunboat. Towed to her place of doom, the U-boat was hit by three out of five shots at a distance of three miles by the port bow gun of the Wilmette, which swung about in time for the starboard rifle to score seven out of a possible eight. The submarine sank in 30 seconds. Jap Toothbrushes Used To Clean Army Rifles CAMP ROBERTS, CALIF. ? A "Made in Japan" product is being put to good use at Camp Roberts. Soldiers here are cleaning their ri fles with new Jap-made tooth brushes. A San Francisco dentist, seeing a letter from a Camp Rob erts trainee asking for old tooth brushes, shipped dozens of brand new ones he had ordered several years ago from Japan. He said he couldn't think of any better use for the brushes than helping to keep spic and span the rifles that may be used against the Japs. Britain Is Recalling Refugees From America LONDON. ? Lieut. Col. John J. Llewellyn, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of transport, in formed the house of commons that British women and children who had been removed to the United States and Canada are returning. He said a small number of berths were be ing "specially allotted every month" to bring them back. Cats Save a House COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.-The plaintive meows of two cats saved the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hart man from destruction by fire. Neighbors who heard the distress calls found a kitchen wall blazing. Firemen put it out?and rescued the cats. Table* Are Turned; Now He Wait* for Her FORT SLOCUM, N. Y.-Truly it'a a topsy-turvy world. Rose Mary Hayden is lieutenant in the army nurse corps, at Fort Slo cum. She will serve with Uncle Sam for the duration of the war. After the war, well, Lieutenant Hayden has a fiance back home. And he has promised to wait for her until she gets out of the army. | (Released by WMkni Newspaper Vaiam.) A STUDIO stage hand stole the spotlight from Wil liam Powell and Hedy La marr when Wendell Willkie (who recently was elected chairman of the board of 20th Century-Fox) visited the stars. Willkie arrived just in time to watch them doing their first love scenes in "Crossroads," and offered to change places with Pow ell. The stage hand, Pinky Picciano, < had a brother who was a petty officer on the battleship Mississippi when Willkie's brother Ed was a di vision officer on the ship, and en tertained Willkie and the cast with anecdotes. Incidentally, in his new position Willkie will not "perform any executive duties or be actively connected with the operation of the company." *? Eleanor Powell's spun glass hula skirt is scheduled for a tour of the army camps; so are two other cos tumes?a pink satin tails and top hat and an abbreviated toreador out fit. She's bought the rest of the costumes she wore in "Ship Ahoy," and they'll go along. ?*? When Jack Benny takes his Sun day night radio show to army camps the member of the cast who has the most fun is Rochester; the soldiers tUDlt, ANDERSON-^S (Rochester.) always supply him with a "Jeep," and he has the time of his life rid ing all over camp. "No rougher than the Maxwell," says he. ?*? William Hold en was the first mar ried HoHywood man to Join the serv ices; quitting motion pictures at the top of his career, he became a pri vate in the army. You'll remember him as the small-time bookkeeper in "The Remarkable Andrew," for his speech for democratic ideals. He married Brenda Marshall last July; she is working at Warner Brothers' in "The Constant Nymph." ?* Virginia Dale went home to Char lotte, N. C., for a vacation, and re turned with a husband, one who's probably unique among. Hollywood husbands. He's 28, his name is Courtland Shephard, and his busi ness is, of all things, commercial shark fishing! ?*? There's no sound-effect trickery about it when you hear George or Gracie Allen running up and down stairs. A set of wooden steps?12 of them; count 'em, some time?is near the mike, and Ed Lutas, sound effect operator, does the skipping up and down. ?*? If it hadn't been for the red polish on her nails, three-year old Patsy Nash would have played a boy in "I Live on Danger." She was dis covered when she and her mother were waiting for a bus. Producers William Pine and William Thomas wanted a little boy for the picture, thought she'd do. Then they also discovered the red polish, learned that she was a girl?and rewrote the part for her. She was so good that they've optioned her for a fea tured role in the Richard Arlen "In terceptor Command." ?*? It begins to look as if the gentle men have it when correct answers have to be given. During 11 weeks of broadcasting, on Bob Hawk's Fri day CBS quiz, 14 men have won $4,474 in defense bonds; only 8 women have scored, winning $1,870. *? For the past three years Alan Bunce has been radio's popular "Young Doctor Malone"; during that time he's picked up many fine points of medicine, so many that he was chosen to play Dr. Wal ters" in "Chaplain Jim, U. S. A.," the new Monday through Friday dramatization which is being pre sented in co-operation with the ra i dio division of the war department ?*? ODDS AND ENDS?Dal Peary, tha mt't "Great Gildertleeve," hat tinned at RKO to appear with fibber McGoe and Molly in their next picture . .. And RKO hat cait Randolph Scott and Jackie Cooper in top relet with Pet O'Brien in "Battle Stations," a tuny of three V. S. navy gun nert . , . One of tcreendom't favorite ju venile teams, Mickey Roonay and Freddie Bartholomew, will be reunited in "Yank at Eton" ... Their lait appearance togeth er wai in "Lard leg," four yean ago . . . "Tith," adapted from Mary Roberts Ruse hart' ? delightful ttoriet, it being acre quad by Metro with Marforia Main at the erra tic apintter heroine. r AMOTHIKI f ' A General Quiz ~m j| The Questions 1. To what timepiece doe* this motto apply: "I count no horn but unclouded ones"? 2. What was the painter Rem brandt's last name? 3. What state changed its capi tal from one city to another ha 1911? 4. When a ship passes from salt to fresh water, is the draught of the ship increased or decreased? 5. What does a telegrapher mean by the number 95? 6. In what river in the United States are the fish totally bllndlj 7. What is a howdah? The Answers 1. A sun dial. 2. Van Rijn. 3. Oklahoma. Its former capi tal was Guthrie. 4. Increased. Salt water ie heavier. 5. Rush. 6. Echo river in Mammoth cave, Kentucky. 7. A seat erected on an ele phant's back, usually covered overhead. GAS ON STOMACH What hit Doctors do ins It One ounce makes six gallon* of ephis spray.'.. 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