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Dropped in to the book-and
author luncheon at a Time* Square
hotel and heard Inspector Henry
Thompson of Scotland Yard tell a
story about his boss, Winston
Churchill. This Britisher Thomp
son is the personal guard of the
prime minister and said that back
just after World War II, when
Winnie was kicked out of office by
the voters, he was offered the Or
der of the Garter by King George.
That would have made him "Sir
Winston" then, instead of receiv
ing it much later. Turning to the
King, Churchill said, "But how
can I accept the Garter from you,
when your subjects have just given
me the boot?"
Mrs. Joseph Brock of Queens,
a native of Wisconsin, told me of
an experience she and her late,
heroic FBI husband had when
they wanted to borrow a car and
almost ended up in jail. It seems
the Brocks liked to go suburbing
on week-ends, but had no auto
mobile. One Sunday, another FBI (
agent-friend offered to lend them
his car. They hesitated, hating to |
do it, but when he Insisted, saying
to take it, that it was parked down
by the nearby Chinese laundry,
they accepted the keys and did.
Upon their return from a nice
drive in the country, an Irate
stranger stood beside the laundry,
and when they got out, demanded
the car. Argument followed, the
friend was called ? and it did
turn out that the car belonged to
the stranger. How the mix-up oc
curred. how the key fit, etc. has j
never been solved. Anyway, Mrs.
Brock says, still with relief, the
magic badges of the FBI Impressed
the real owner, so that he offered
to pay for the additional gas and
oil they had put in.
In the big public library, I came
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upon a wholesome book which re
minded me of a pleasant summer
I spent in Indiana, years ago. It
was "The Girl of the Limberlost"
by Gene Stratton Porter and I
read it then with great devotion, as
doubtless have many of you. Now
a report comes that girls in and a
round Berne, Indiana compete to
see who is selected "Girl of the
Limberlost" each year, a worthy
contest conducted by the Lions
Club.
Frank Luther, the singer of
children's songs, was a Kansas
evangelist for years. Then he got
to singing and went on a tour with
Will Rogers. Frank is a genial guy
whom I've known here for some
time. lie and his recorded music
are popular with children, and he
even speaks to Parent-Teacher
groups. Usually he opens his
speech this way: "By the time a
child first says 'good morning' to
his teacher on his first day to
school, his education is largely
complete."
I guess every real columnist
here has studied the life of the
late Oscar Odd Miintyre, original
reporter of the Gotham scene for
folks back home. Certainly I have.
That is one reason it was so sad
the other day when a plank fell off
* local skyscraper and struck and
killed the chaufTeur of Odd's widow,
as he sat in the old Rolls Royce
which the columnist cherished and
wrote about so much. An eerie ac
cident. But that Rolls Royce re
minds one of the "glorious" twen
ties in this town. Odd had always
wanted such a car. To him it
spelled success, and when he be
came successful, he bought one.
Gotliain Gatherings: there is
no doubt that spring has arrived
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LONG ARM OF ATOMIC RESEARCH
FOURTEEN FEET of water ahleld a University of Michigan technician, I
at Ann Arbor, from the Intense radiation of a Cobalt 60 source at the
Memorial-Phoenix project This Is the nation's flrst non-govern
mental research program on the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
When the-unit (the dark Image in lower center) is raised by remote
control above the surface. It pasteurizes and preserves foods, pro
motes chemical reactions and sterilizes drugs and other materials.
here now, (or New York has 94
elephants to prove it. They belong
to the circus, just arrived ...
"cookie-less days" are observed
weekly in the Bronx by the Camp
Fire Girls whose organization is
Just 49 years old. Proceeds of
money saved goes to needy Indians
in our West . . . Carol Taylor,
ace reporter for the World-Tele
gram, beats many a man to local
stories. She is a graduate of Louisi
ana State University at Baton
Rouge . . . Snookly Lanson, former
Tennessean and Hit Parade star,
leads his church choir in a suburb
here . . . Gordon Jenkins once
played the guitar under the name
Wide Awake Tenants? ..
HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) ? Clas
sified ad: For rent, apartment.
"Carpeted, air conditioned. $90.
With bedroom, $115."
of Abe Snake . . . Rosemary Cloon
ey has two streets named after
her in her native Maysville, Ky.
. . . real name of Patti Page is
Clara Ann Fowler.
Japanese industries produced
$6,745,000 worth of armaments for
U. S. troops in Japan during 1954,
more than 99 per cent of it ammu
nition.
WASHINGTON REPORT
By BILL WHITLEY
ATTACKS. Within the past few
weeks. Democrats have opened a
barrage o" attacks on the Repub-,
lican Administration which may
lead to big issues in next year's
elections. Taxes, foreign policy and
farm policies have been the main
ines of attack.
NEW APPROACH. In the new
volley of attacks that have been
unleashed by the Democrats, there
is a sharp departure from what
has been a general hesitancy to in
clude President Eisenhower in
criticism of the Republican Ad
ministration. The democratic lead
ership until now has avoided mak
ing direct attacks on Eisenhower
for fear his popularity would cause
i political backfire.
As a result of his tremendous
nopularity, attacks have been lev
eled at his advisers and cabinet
officers instead of the President
himself.
SPOT. Recent developments in
foreign affairs, however, have
made it necessary for the Presi
dent to be criticized directly. This
is true because of the fact the
President himself formulates and
carries out the foreign policy of
'he Republican Administration.
When it comes to this phase of the
Administration, none of his subor
dinates can take the load off the
President.
FORMOSA. The heated con
troversy around the explosive For
mosa issue has opened a flood of
criticism of Eisenhower for his
indecisiveness, uncertainty and
shifting of position.
RESULT. So far, the attacks on
Eisenhower and his Formosan pol
icy have been damaging to the Re
publican Party. The Democrats'
deep concern over Formosa and
peace have shaken them into real
izing that the President's views are
not sacred. If the criticism sticks,
then the President will be open to
a whole new avalanche of criticism
in the field of domestic affairs. The
trigger is primed to turn the guns
in the face of Ike himself. The
groundwork for such strategy al
ready has been laid in the bitter
criticism of cabinet officers and
others for present tax and farm
policies. It would be a simple mat
ter to turn sour public opinion in
these matters directly toward Eis
enhower.
BACKFIRE? The barrier that the
President must hurdle is to keep
the United States out of war over
Formosa, and at the same time,
keep the islands from failing into
the hands of the Communists. If
this can be done, then the Presi
dent's popularity would soar to
even new heights and all future
Democratl ccriticism would prob
ably fall flat.
Rabbits On The Run
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) ?
Two rabbits have members of the
Virginia Beach Civitan club hop
ping like mad in a olub member
ship drive. The drive works like
this:
The names of members who
haven't brought new members in
to the club are drawn from a hat
two at a time. The two get custody
of the rabbits and must keep them
until two new Civitans are enroll
ed. Then the procedure is repeat
' ed.
Reason for the fast shuffling is
both rabbits are soon to be moth
ers.
Tells of Rescue
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CLAUDE HOLLISTER, S3, of New
York, is shown In Seattle as he
told newsmen of his experiences
In the water when a Pan-Ameri
can plane on which he was a
passenger, crash>-landed 30 miles
off the Oregon coast Holllster
and his wife were en route to In
donesia where he has a job as an -
aviation consultant. They were
among the 19 survivors of the
tragedy In which four persons
died. (International Soundphoto)
On The Record
LANSING. Mich. <AP> ? Re
publican Frank Andrews has giv
en up his four-year monopoly on
the role of the man who adjourns
the Michigan State Senate. At a
Republican caucus several sena
tors sai dthe only way they could
think of to get their names in the
Senate journal was to move to ad
journ.
Andrews agreed to let them in
on the act occasionally.
Too Man, Ew
C A P.BON DALE in
cause they are close ^
many Southern
themselves "F.gyptJ
Hendrix thinks it hai
done. He 0|)t>raled J*
Adjustment Bureau Z
But so n uch of his JL
ed with that ?f Ulh^
tirms tlmt he has h.
name to Hendrj,
Agency. '
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