News Review of Current Events
F. D. R. IN PRIMARIES
President Boosts Favorites in Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Elsewhere in His Trip to the West Coast
President Boosevelt addressing Louisville citizens from the platform
of his special train, urging them to support Senator Barkley for renomina
tion. The senator is at the President’s left and Mayor Scholtz of Louis
ville at his right.
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President en Tour
MARIETTA, Ohio, was the first
stop in President Roosevelt’s
transcontinental tour. There he ded
icated a memorial to “the start
westward of the na
tion,” in his address
paying tribute to the
pioneers and, rather
incidentally, to Sen
ator Robert J. Bulk
ley, who seeks re
nomination and is
opposed by George
White.
With this off his
mind, the President
assumed ms otner
Sen. Barkley roie 0f head of the
Democratic party and jumped into
the primary campaign with both
feet. His avowed purpose was to
further the election of members of
congress, especially senators, whom
he terms liberals. Beyond this he
was undertaking to maintain his
control of the party up to and
through the presidential campaign
of 1940.
Crossing from Ohio into Kentucky,
where Senator Barkley, staunch
New Deal supporter, is engaged in
a hot fight with Gov. A. B. Chandler
for his senate seat, Mr. Roosevelt
found it advisable not to utterly
squelch the ambition of “Happy”
• as the governor is known. In a
speech at the Latonia race track in
Covington he said he had no doubt
Chandler would make a good sena
tor, but added: “But I think he
would be the first to acknowledge
that as a very junior member of
the senate, it would take him many,
many years to match the national
knowledge, the experience, and the
acknowledged leadership in the af
fairs of your nation of that son of
Kentucky, of whom the whole nation
is proud, Alben Barkley.”
At Bowling Green and at Louis
ville Mr. Roosevelt made platform
speeches in which he urged the
renomination of Barkley.
The special train raced through
Tennessee in the night without a stop
and this was taken as inferential
disapproval of Senator George Ber
ry, whose marble claims caused
the TVA so much trouble.
Oklahoma City came next, and
there Mr. Roosevelt told an enor
mous crowd what a help Senator
Elmer Thomas had been to him
and how much the senator had done
for the state. His commendation of
Thomas was called lukewarm, how
ever, and much of his speech was
devoted to criticizing the senator’s
rivals, Representative Gomer Smith
and Gov. E. W. Marland. Smith
had the support of the Townsendites
and many conservatives. Marland
has at times been too conservative
to please the White House.
McAlester and Wister heard the
President from the back platform,
and then at Booneville, Ark., he
found time to speak kind words
about Senator Hattie Caraway, who
seeks another term.
The Chief Executive spent the
week-end - resting at the ranch of
his son Elliot 17 miles from Fort
Worth, Texas. Then his special
rolled northward to Amarillo, where
he stopped long enough to make an
auto trip about the city. Next day
he arrived in Pueblo, Colo., on his
way to San Francisco, San Diego
and the cruiser Houston which was
to carry him through the Panama
canal.
During a brief stop at Wichita
Falls, Texas, the President an
nounced that he was appointing
Gov. James V. Allred to a vacancy
in the federal court for the southern
district of Texas. This was a com
plete surprise to Senators Tom Con
nally and Morris Sheppard.
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TVA Inquiry Opens
INVESTIGATION of the activities
* of the TVA by a congressional
joint committee was opened in
Knoxville, Tenn., with Chairman
Vic Donahey presiding. After an
executive session the investigators
started on an inspection tour of the
projects involved. Public hearings
in Knoxville were next on the pro
gram, and Donahey said these
would continue “until we run out of
money.”
It was indicated that former
Chairman A. E. Morgan would be
the first witness called. He was
granted permission to go into TVA
files to prepare his testimony.
Shortly before the inquiry began,
Dr. Morgan filed a mandamus suit
in a Knoxville court asking that he
be reinstated as member and chair
man of the TVA and be paid back
salary. He never has recognized
the President’s right to remove him
from the chairmanship.
Hughes Flies the Atlantic
U OWARD HUGHES, wealthy
-*■ young sportsman and aviator,
with four companions made success
fully the first non-stop flight from
New York to Pans
since Lindbergh’s
epochal feat in 1927.
His time was 16
hours and 38 min
utes, less than half
the time made by
Lindbergh.
The big plane,
named “New York
World’s Fair 1939,"
appeared over Le
-tJourget neid long
Howard before it was expect
Hughes e(ji but Ambassador
Bullitt and a big crowd were wait
ing to greet the daring aviators.
As the twin-motored machine rolled
to a stop, Bullitt ran forward,
opened the door and shouted: “Con
gratulations, did you have a good
trip?”
Hughes and his fellow adventur
ers, Ed Lund, Harry Connor, T.
L. Thurlow and Richard Stoddart,
weary and cramped, climbed out
of the cockpit and were eagerly
taken in hand by the enthusiastic
French.
After resting and refueling their
plane, the fliers took off on the
second leg of their projected flight
around the world, reaching Moscow
in less than eight hours. Their hope
was to beat the record made in 1933
by Wiley Post.
Hughes’ big plane, specially re
built and equipped with a multitude
of gadgets, carried a gross weight
of 25,000 pounds. It had three radios
and was in communication with
the ground practically all the time.
The only worry the fliers had was
the danger of running out of fuel
before Paris was reached.
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Justice Cardozo Dies
DENJAMIN N. CARDOZO, asso
ciate justice of the United States
Supreme court, died at Port Ches
ter, N. Y., of a chronic heart ail
ment that had kept
him from work on
the bench since last
December. He was
sixty - eight years
old. Descended from
Spanish Jews who
came to America in
1750, he was born in
New York city and
educated at Colum
bia university. He
whs appointed to tne
Supreme court by ®en- Wagner
President Hoover in 1932 and lined
up with ,the liberal minority. His
scholarship and hard work won the
highest respect. Chief Justice
Hughes, informed of Cardozo’s death
in Italy, said: “It is an irreparable
loss to the court and the nation. He
was a jurist of the highest rank and
noble spirit.”
Probably President Roosevelt will
not appoint Cardozo’s successor be
fore fall, for the court is in recess
until October. But speculation as
to his choice began immediately.
The name most frequently heard in
the discussions in Washington was
that of Sen. Robert Wagner of New
York, one of the President’s chief
lieutenants in the field of social leg
islation. Other New Yorkers men
tioned are Ferdinand Pecora and
Samuel Rosenman, state Supreme
court justices, and Solicitor General
Robert H. Jackson. The Far West
is not now represented on the court
Huge Wheat Crop
TN ITS first general crop estimate
* of the year the department of ag
riculture predicted the second larg
est wheat crop in American history.
The forecast was for 967,412,000
bushels. A sharp slash in acreage
to be planted to wheat must be
called for by the Agricultural Ad
justment administration as a result.
Acreage cuts, plus wheat loans, are
now automatic and mandatory un
der the new farm act.
The department predicted a corn
crop of 2,482,102,000 bushels, an oats
production of 1,093,829,000 bushels, a
barley crop of 239,375,000 bushels,
and a rye crop of 51,327,000 bushels.
Tobacco production was forecast at
1,496,000,000 pounds and rice produc
tion at 53,330,000 bushels.
Japan Warns of Bombings
Representatives of the unit
ed States and other foreign
powers at Shanghai were handed
notes by the Japanese urging them
to evacuate their citizens from half
a dozen Yangtze valley cities listed
as probable targets for further wide
spread bombings.
Two previous notes urged that all
foreign vessels and foreigners along
the Yangtze river in the path of the
Japanese advance on Hankow be
removed.
The United States gunboat Mon
ocacy and the British gunboat Cock
chafer were reported to have moved
three miles up the Yangtze from
Kiukiang as Japanese warships
shelled Chinese defenses of the city.
Disorders in Palestine
PALESTINE was in turmoil over
* a recrudescence of the anti-Jew
ish riots, and the police and British
troops were having a hard time sup
pressing the bloody-minded Arabs.
Fights, bombings and fires resulted
in numerous deaths. Near Mount
Tabor a patrol of British soldiers
and Jewish constables was am
bushed and suffered heavy casual
• ties.
Chaco Arbitration
BOLIVIA and Paraguay have final
ly agreed to let their dispute
over the Chaco territory be settled
by arbitration.
Spruille Braden, young American
business man, is given most of the
credit for this settlement of the long
and bloody quarrel, and it is said
in Washington that he will be re
warded by appointment as minister
to Colombia.
'Purge* Is Hard Hit
npWO long distance messages
-*■ came from Manila, from Paul
V. McNutt, governor general of the
Philippines and reputed boss of the
Democrats of Indi
ana. Thereupon the
New Dealers of the
Hoosier state decid
ed they could not
win in November
unless they renomi
n a t e d Frederick
Van Nuys for the
senate. That gentle
man had been
marked for elimi
- nation oy lommy
Senator Corcoran and his
Van Nuys fellow managers of
the proposed “purge” of those who
had opposed any major New Deal
policies and Governor Townsend
had publicly announced Van Nuys
could not be renominated. The sen
ator was planning to run as an in
dependent. After hearing from
McNutt, the governor invited the
senator to present his candidacy to
the state convention, and Van Nuys
accepted in the interests of party
harmony.
Corcoran’s purge appears to have
bogged down elsewhere, too. Sena
tor George of Georgia and Senator
E. D. Smith of South Carolina seem
likely to win renomination. In New
York city Tammany decided to sup
port Congressman John J. O’Con
nor, who led the fight against the re
organization bill, and several other
New York members of the lower
house whom Corcoran had listed for
defeat.
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Problem of the South
Re-establishing a balanced
economic system in the south
ern states Is considered by Presi
dent Roosevelt the No. 1 problem
of the nation and he says it must
and can be done. He appealed to
25 southern leaders, assembled in
Washington at his request, to draft
plans for the economic restoration
of their section of the country. Lew
is Mellett, director of the National
Emergency council, presided over
the conference and read Mr. Roose
velt’s letter.
Though he did not comment on
the effect that the new wages and
hours law may have on southern
industry, he did say that one of the
great problems in the South is that
of labor and employment He spoke
also of problems “growing out of
the new industrial era and, again,
of absentee ownership of the new
industries."
“It is my conviction," the Presi
dent wrote to Mellett, “that the
South presents right now the na
tion’s number one economic prob
lem—the nation’s problem, not
merely the South’s. For we have
an economic unbalance in the nation
as a whole, due to this very condi
tion of the South.
“The purpose of your conference
is to produce a restatement of the
economic conditions of the South
and their relation to the rest of the
country that we may do something
about it"
Improved
Uniform
International
1 SUNDAY
1 SCHOOL
LESSON -:*
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for July 24
GIDEON: FOLLOWING GOD’S
PLAN
LESSON TEXT—Judges 7:4-7, 15-23.
GOLDEN TEXT—Have not I com
manded thee? Be strong and of a good
courage. Joshua 1:9.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Why Gideon Won.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Gideon’s Band.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC—The Lord’s Three Hundred.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC—A Wise General.
Who is he? What are his connec
tions? How large an organization
does he represent? These are the
measures of the greatness of a man
which are common in the world.
Even in religious circles there is a
seeking for the men with “big
names” when something is to be
done. Our lesson for today reit
erates the principle which we all
know but which we practice so little,
namely, that whatever is accom
plished that is really worth while is
done by God and that He uses only
humble instruments—the “foolish
things,” the “weak things,” the
“base things,” and "things which
are despised” (I Cor. 1:26-29). No
flesh is to have ahy opportunity to
glory in His presence. If men who
are accounted great by this world
are useful to God it is only because
they are themselves humble in spir
it and service.
Gideon came from an obscure
family in a small tribe in Israel—
and was astonished when God called
him (Judges 6:15). He asked God for
several signs to assure him that he
was the chosen instrument of the
Lord (read Judges 6), but once he
was certain he went forward, noth
ing doubting.
I. An Insignificant Army (w. 4-7).
At first thought it seems almost
foolish to comment on this story of
repeated reductions in the size of
Gideon’s army in these hectic days
when the nations of the earth are
living for but one objective—to cre
ate a fighting machine bigger and
more fully manned than that of any
other nation.
But on second thought it is just
the time for such comment, be
cause what the nations are doing is
a perfect example of the hopeless
philosophy of men, while what Gide
on did is a presentation of God’s
way. These notes are being pre
pared in a city distant from the
writer’s home, where he is attend
ing a conference of national leaders
in a field of great and international
importance. A long session just con
cluded was addressed by a number
of brilliant and capable men and
women—and the conclusion they
reached was that America was a
badly befuddled nation, lost without
a sense of direction in a wilderness
of incoherent and inherently con
tradictory theories and about to lose
its dearly bought freedom, unless
someone points the way out. The
only solutions offered were bigger
and better human programs, and
when a suggestion was made that
our need might be spiritual the dis
cussion was promptly directed in
another direction.
We need the lesson today that it
Is by the seemingly insignificant
Gideon’s band that victory is to be
obtained. Take courage, ye 300, rid
yourselves of the 22,000 fearful ones,
let God sift out the 9,700 who are
not alert to the danger of the enemy,
and then, under some Gideon who
is obedient to the command of God,
go forward to victory. You are the
hope, and the only hope of our
nation. Do not fail God in this
crucial hour.
II. Obedience to God’s Command
(w. 15-23).
After the Lord had encouraged the
heart of Gideon by the account of
the dream of the Midianite (vv. fi
ll), he and his band are sent for
ward with strange weapons and even
stranger instructions.
It is not ours to question “Why?"
when God tells us to move forward.
When will we learn that He knows
more than we do, and that obedience
is all we need to render unto Him?
“Behold, to obey is better than to
sacrifice, and to hearken than the
fat of rams" (I Sam. 15:22).
III. The Sword of the Lord and of
Gideon (w. 18, 20).
While some folk err in counting
the Lord out and making everything
depend on man, there are a few
who make the opposite error and
become fatalistic in spirit and rela
tively useless to both God and man
—because they hold an improper
view of the manner in which the
Lord works through human agen
cies.
A man who objected to soul
winning efforts, and especially per
sonal work, said that he believed
“God could save a man if he were
alone on the top of the Alps.” Of
course He could, but God does not
ordinarily work that way. It is the
“sword of the Lord”—yes, but do
not forget that it is “the sword of
the Lord and of Gideon." God has
graciously condescended to do His
work on earth through human agen
cies. Let us be ready and subservi
ent instruments for His use, but let
us at the same time be alert and
active in His service. The two are
not at all inconsistent, in fact the
one whom God chooses to use is
usually the one who is already busy
about His work.
WHAT to EAT and WHY
4jou±ton (foudill Qfjjjell
Practical Advice on How to
Keep Cool With Food
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
6 East 39th Street. New York City.
FROM the standpoint of health, the summer months consti
tute the most important period of the entire year. They
should be used to build stamina and vitality that will fortify
your body against disease. But to many people, the warm
weather means merely a succession of exhausting days and
restless nights. And hardly a week passes without reports
ol neat prostrations.
Meeting the Challenge of Hot
Weather
While abnormal heat or hu
midity may be a secondary cause,
the real reason behind much
warm-weather suffering is a fail
ure to meet the challenge, of sum
mer with a judicious diet.
Automobile owners know that
no car is better than its engine,
and in warm
weather, careruJ
drivers watch the
gauge on the dash
board to be sure
the engine does not
become overheat
ed. But most peo
ple give little
thought to that
most remarkable
of all engines—the
human digestive
macninery.
Compared to the engine in your
body, the one in your chr is a
crude, rough affair that can stand
no end of punishment. Moreover,
the automobile is driven for a cer
tain length of time and then per
mitted to rest. But the marvelous
mechanism which transforms
your food into blood, bone, mus
cle, and your capacity for thought
and action is never wholly at
rest.
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Importance of the Right Food
If the automobile engine re
quires special attention, how
much more important to stoke
your body engine with food suited
to the weather!
No one would think of going
about in midsummer wearing the
same garments that were worn all
winter. Yet many women continue
to serve the same type of meals
which were required to keep the
body warm in winter. Such a
practice is sure to make you mis
erable. But more than that, it
lowers resistance and may, there
fore, lead to illness.
Beating the Heat
There are several factors to
bear in mind when planning the
hot-weather diet. The first secret
of keeping cool is to supply the
body machinery with food fuel
that can be utilized with the least
expenditure of energy.
Warm weather is responsible
for muscular relaxation in the di
gestive tract, as well as other
parts of the body. And you run
the risk of digestive upsets, with
their discomfort and health haz
ards, unless you make every ef
fort to lessen the work of your
digestive system.
Eat lightly of rich fatty meats,
pastries, rich cakes, sauces and
gravies. At all times, choose eas
ily digestible foods.
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Overeating Saps Vitality
Don’t overeat. The task of han
dling excess food is a burden to
the body at any season. In hot
weather, it will cause the body
temperature to mount along with
the thermometer, and may result
in a serious upset. It is also ad
visable to cut down somewhat on
the quantity of heat and energy
producing foods consumed—that
is the carbohydrates and fats.
—★—
Need for Body-Building Foods
The protein requirement re
mains the same summer and win
ter. Some people think that meat
should not be eaten in summer, or
should be reduced to a minimum.
But there is no closed season for
growth in children, and moreover,
they play so constantly and in
dulge in such strenuous exercise
that they break down body tissue
very rapidly. Adults also have a
constant need for protein to re
build the millions of cells that are
worn out daily.
It is desirable, however, to
avoid rich, fatty meats and to
select protein foods that are more
easily digestible, as chicken,
lamb, lean beef and lean fish. Spe
cial emphasis should be placed on
milk, cheese and eggs. These
splendid foods not only supply
Grade A protein, in an easily di
gested form, but also fortify the
diet with minerals and vitamins.
Liquids Essentia!
To help you keep cool, the sum
mer diet must include an abun
dance of liquids. These are neces
sary to make up for the large
amounts of moisture lost from the
body through increased perspira
tion.
Liquids may be taken in the
form of milk, fruit juices and cool
ing drinks made from pure water
and packaged beverage crystals
containing dextrose, fruit acid, fla
voring and coloring.
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Hot Weather and Vitamin C
Two European investigators re
cently found that exposure to high
temperatures causes a 50 per cent
loss in vitamin C from the body
tissues. And lowered vitamin C
reserves are partially responsible
for that tired feeling so often ex
perienced in warm weather. Their
research indicates that drinking
orange or lemon juice, which are
rich in vitamin C, actually helps
to mitigate the effect of the heat.
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Choose Cold Drinks Carefully
A cold drink is comforting on a
hot day. And in addition, sweet
ened beverages help to relieve fa
tigue, for their carbohydrate con
tent supplies available energy.
Sugar is the least heating of the
energy producing foods, for less
than one-sixteenth of the energy
to* a°°l
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With this Free
Bulletin on Planning
a Correct Summer Diet
SEND for the free bulletin on
"Keeping Cool with Food,"
offered by C. Houston Goudiss.
It outlines the principles of plan
ning a healthful summer diet,
lists "cooling" and "heating"
foods and is complete with
menu suggestions.
Just address C. Houston Goudiss,
6 East 39th Street, New York
City. A post card is all that is
necessary to carry your request.
it supplies to the body is con
verted into heat. The rest goes
into brain and muscle power.
Therefore, one good way to pre
vent needless fatigue in summer
is to take a cool, moderately
sweetened drink whenever you
feel tired during the day. This
will satisfy thirst and ward of?
exhaustion like a rest by the road1
after a long hard tramp.
Too highly sweetened bever
ages, however, may be heating to
the body, though they are cooling
to the palate. For this reason, it
is advisable for homemakers to
mix their own cool drinks so that
they can control the amount of
sweetening used. It is possible to
buy inexpensive packaged bever
age crystals in a variety of fla
vors, which make delicious, re
freshing and cooling drinks for
general family use. One of these
contains added vitamin D, and a3
the sugar is added by the home
maker, you can be the judge of
how much to use. This is an ex
cellent idea, especially in house
holds where-, there are children,
for the home-made drink satisfies
thirst, provides needed energy
and discourages them from buy
ing bottled beverages of doubtful
purity.
—★—
Cooling Food*
I offer free to readers of this
column a new bulletin containing
a list of cooling foods, plus prac
tical, specific advice in planning
the warm weather diet. There are
also menus showing how easily
you can KEEP COOL WITH
i FOOD.
1 ® WNU—C. Houston Goudlss—1938—30
Simple, Keep-Cool Cottons
1537
IF YOU wear 14 to 20 sizes and
* expect to be outdoors and in
sports clothes most of the sum
mer, then you’ll want the smart
frock with tucked skirt and tai
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52 range and want something cool
and good-looking for home wear,
the dress with straight skirt and
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The Sports Frock.
This is such a good-looking,
classic style that you can wear it
all day long during your vacation
travels, and always feel well
dressed! The radiating tucks give
a graceful flare to the skirt; the
tailored collar is deeply notched
in the smartest fashion. Shark
skin, spongy linen, pique and flat
crepe are good fabric choices.
The Home Frock.
This is a diagram design, that
you can finish in a few hours, and
oh my, how you’ll enjoy it! The
sleeves, cut in one with the shoul
ders, are so easy to work in, the
soft collar, with the little tab, is
so becoming. Best of all, this de
sign is cleverly darted at the
waistline in a way that makes you
look much, much slimmer than
you are. Make this of gingham,
percale, handkerchief lawn or
calico. In tub silk it will be ap
propriate for home afternoons,
too.
The Patterns.
1537 is designed for sizes 12, 14,
16, 18 and 20. Size 14 requires 3%
yards of 35 inch material with,
short sleeves.
1395 is designed for sizes 36, 38,
40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Siza
38 requires 3% yards of 35 inch
material; contrasting collar (i£
desired) takes % yard cut bias.
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