I QUESTION
LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
BY WM. S. GREENE
AMERICA? Each week, I propose |
to concoct something nice about our I
country that does not exist in other
parts of the globe. In a trip to Fort
(s Mill the other day (not for refresh
ments), I passed the sign which states
and marks the border of North ,and
South Carolina. The car whizzed by
the sign. There was no one in uni
form to stop me; no one to ask me
for a passport; no one to charge me
a fee for the privilege Of entering
„ our sister state; no one to search my
r baggage for silk shirts on which to
charge me duty; no oaths to take;
no time to waste hanging around
while some pompous official stamps
an O. K.’s your character. That
is how it might be, if it were hot
for our smart forefathers who adopt
ed our Constitution, making Inter
state travel the same, practically, re
gardless of what. State you were in.
This is one case where States Rights
would bfe individuals losses. Try
whizzing by the Belgium border into
Germany; or the French border into
Spain; or the Italian border into
France. The same Freedom of move
ment is almost the same in entering
or leaving Canada or Mexico, from
our country. Such Freedom is our
greatest guarantee of Peace in the
Americas.
HORTICULTURIST? My back
yard has roses in bloom, along with
a variety of flowers whose names
give me a headache to try to spell, or
even remember. But the reason 1
mention the roses is because I wanted
to put one in my lapel on last election
day, but was afraid by doing so,
everyone in the street would stop me
and ask me the office for which I
was running. As you know, before,
in this column I have announced I
will run for nothing but dog catcher.
And I promise to catch 20 dogs, the
same dogs, each day, at a dollar a
head. Let them go each night, and
feed- them the next morning. And
I didn’t wear my rose.
The editor has never seen one of
these roses.
INTERNATIONAL? My next
door neighbor argued with me, that
sending the German navy towards
Gibraltar was bad for the British.
I am happy to state, that Whirligig
once more agreed with me, in my
argument, that this was good insur
ance that war would not start until
the boats got back into Heligoland.
I remember the last war. He wasn’t
old enough to remember what hap
pened to the German navy during
that war. After all maybe life does
begin at 40.
REMINISCENCE? Just re-read
the book ‘Raiders of the Deep' by
Lowell Thomas. The book has to do
with the adventures of the submarine
captains in the German navy during
the war and contains actual inter
views of Mr. Thomas’s with the men
who participated in that campaign.
Those columninsts who advise non
preparation and non-interest in Euro
pean affairs had better read this
book. It shows clearly by sub-cap
tains own statetments, that Germany
did start the war in 1914, did invade
France and Belgium, and that the
navy was out with instruction for
war, before war had begun. And that
is not propaganda. It is facts. And
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and repaint gut
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(7) Repaint porch
floors and doorways;
(8) Redecorate one
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Refinish floors; (10)
Clean and paint
basement walls and
ceiling.
WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT ?
Many people in this community who aro
loo proud to ask for charity ara in a des
perate plight through no fault of their own.
You have perhaps been helping beyond
your capacity to help.
There is one thing that you can do, how
ever, that will actually cost you nothing
and will contribute more to the stability of
this community than any nominal sums you
might give for charily.
When you improve and beautify your
property you strike right at the root of all
the trouble. In addition to the small di
rect aid to the man who works for you,
a dollar spent for needed repairs may cre
sts |7 worth of purchasing in the cycle of
- business.
And, at the same time, an expenditure
for improving your property will prove o
wise investment in protecting it against un
due depreciation.
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I this book also shows that we an
I not protected very well by the oceans
on both sides of us, if anyone will
take the trouble to read it. In 1918,
the raiders gott ships on our own
shore lines. We would have been in
more trouble, if the British navy had
not kept the German navy battle
wagons in their coups, while we wen
transporting millions of men to
France. Also these columnists should
also remember that millions of the
same red blooded men, who fought
Germany then, are not altogether
back numbers now. They were not
such dupes as some young columnists
would make up. They might almost
have had as much intelligence as the
columnists. Maybe, a. few anyway.
And I know the average age of the
veteran of the World War. Thou
sands upon thousands of German reg
ular army troops in 1917-18 were over
l that age, and made excellent soldiers.
COMMETATORS? All last Fri
day we listened over the air to com
mentators give their version of the
Hitler speech, and its portent, as far
as war is concerned. The veteran of
the war that defeated Mr. Hitler in
1918, as to think we had licked Ger
many, in the mistaken opinion we
were saving the Democracies at that
time. It is this writer’s opinion that
the politicians of the U. S. are re
sponsible for throwing away that vic
tory, for victory it was, as we took
over the Rhine for a while in 1919,
by not supporting the League of Na
tions.
ing led.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Beautiful china and glassware
largely imported until a few years
ago and available only to the rela
tively well-to-do, can now be had by
all classes due to the development of
fast ceramic colors.
It has been estimated that areduc
tion of 65 per cent in working hours
has been made from 1914 to 1936 for
a factory laborer to earn a year’s
supply of clothing for a family of 4
plus an auto and four representative
items for the home.
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L Creamed Chicken
for Eight
—By Frances Lea Barton
EIGHT at the table! A Teddy
" Roosevelt family or one of the
1939 type with guests as ‘‘fillera.”
What could be
more appetising
this time of year
than creamed
chicken as the
h main course T
I Light enough (or
r the season, sub
stantial enough
(or health and
■ e c onomlcal
enougn ior me purse — a perfect
combination.
Flaky Chicken Shortcake
(Pie crust mixture)
t cups sifted cake flour; % tea*
spoon salt; H cup cold shortening;
hi to yt cup cold water. ,
Sift flour once, measure, add
salt, and sift again. Cut In short*
ening until pieces are about the
size of a small pea. Add water,
sprinkling a small amount over
portion of flour mixture and mixing
with fork only enough to make
flour hold together. Continue until
all flour is mixed. Wrap in waxed
paper and chilL Roll out on slight*
ly floured board H inch thick. Cut
with floured cutter into 3% inch
circles. Brush hi of circles with
melted butter and place remaining
ones on top ot them. Put 1 pair
of pastry circles in each section of
hot waffle iron. Bake 3 minutes,
turn off heat, and bake 1 minute
longer. Cover each circle with
0T6Ullftd FhiwVhw
one on top. Berras I (3 circles to
o serving).
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Jack Dempsey
To Referee Match
On Monday Night
Jack Dempsey, perhaps the most
glamorous and widely known sports
figure of all time, will referee the,
crack wrestling program Monday
night, May 8tn, at the Armory in
Charlotte.
Tommy O’Toole made such a fuss
with Promoter Jim Crockett over the
referees he has had for the last sev- j
eral matches he has fought in that Jim
obliged him by getting Dempsey, one
of the best. Three weeks ago Tom
my, disgruntled over the decisions of
Official Marvin Jones, waded into him
without mercy, bloodying his nose and
banging him up rather badly.
Monday night, while O’Toole was
protesting: to Referee June Thompson
for breaking his “figpire four” stran
gle hold, Zaharias slipped in and
pinned Tommy to win the match. Tom
my stood in the ring ten minutes chal
lenging the referee and Zacharias to
have it out with him. Promoter
Crockett has given the dissatisfied
Tommy a return match with his no
torious victor, Zacharias. If Tommy
tries to get rough with Jack, the Ma
nassa Mauler will probably show him
a thing or two about bloodying noses.
Just' when the former heavyweight
champion will arrive Promoter
Crockett isn’t sure, but he said that
he may come in Saturday. Extra
seats will be placed in the Armory to
take care of the crowd that will see
Dempsey and the return O’Toole
Zaharias match, main event on the
bill.
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3y Frances Lee Barton—
J/TWAS long after Christmas
J. and all through the house not
a pudding was stirring — not even
a uiuusae. i ua
cubes in the ice
box were chilled
with despair.
I’Twas twelve by
the time piece.
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‘bere. When all
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j there arose such
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By TOM FIZDALB
Happiest man In all radio these days is your
old friend Fibber McGee and the cause of that
happiness is the complete recovery of one of
radio’s favorite actresses—Molly McGee. In
private life they are Mr. and Mrs. James
Jordan. Molly, accompanied by Jim, Jr., ar
rived in Hollywood last week and her doctors
tell her that after a period of recuperation she ,
will be able to return to the air. Fans In all
■ walks «r me nave awaited mis news ior more
Molly McGee thaw a year and despite the fact that Fibber’s
■' Well Again Tuesday night program is one of the two most
y...!.. half-hours on the air, the absence of Molly has been felt by both
the nrr«r and the fans. Continued listener loyalty during her long
is one of the finest tributes ever tendered any air entertainer.
Joe tr.mi»r«nn, Hymns of All Churches soloist, is hack from a flying
trin to South Carolina enthusing over his farm. •'
He ha* planted two hundred additional apple
trees and added to his herd of Aberdeen Angus
cattle.
Betty Winkler, star of Girl Alone, and Tommy
Riggs, with his voicechUd, Betty Lou, will both
be heard from Chicago this week when Tommy
end company stop over there en route from Holly
wood to New York.
Rumors have It that the sponsor of Orson
Welles’ Friday Playhouse is considering a
switch to another spot on CBS, possibly to
Sunday evening..
Soon cameras will start grinding on the mm- r* w w».; ;
tag of “Happy Endtag”—the movie adaptation ^' *
of the dramatic iketch by that name heard ,v,c ,
some weeks ago on the Star Theatre. It will Hendon Valiant Lady
be the first time that the talkies have turned to " Groce Carton
radio drama for material—the procedure usually being the reverse.
I The Grouch Club, a variety show with a different twist, will make its
how to the national radio audience via both NBC and CBS on Sunday,
Arlene Francis
% It LoU Mitchell
o/ Big Sitter
April 10, after a sensational ran on a coast net
work. It win have the same sponsor as Betty
and Bob, Arnold Grimm’s Daughter, Valiant
Lady and other top-flight shows of that string.
Bob Hope’s crack producer, Carl Stanton,
is honeymooning in Palm Springs. He married
Denver* socialite Virginia Reynolds Ketchum.
Johnny Mercer’s option has been picked up by
Benny Goodman’s Caravan bosses, so you’ll be
hearing his swell lyrics and parodies for another
. thirteen weeks.
Tom Grimly has been added to the c^st of
Her Honor, Nancy James in the role cf
“James J. VanDyk.”
Tito Guisar’s fans have been so persistent *
the Mexican singer is back on the air via t..j
Mondays and Wednesdays.
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