WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON EW YORK.—In the village of Woodbury, Ky., the son of a Czecho-Slovakian immigrant was commended by his teachers for his excellent draw- Churned Butter ings of ships at And Latin; Now sea. He had Churns Oceans Pe€Ver seen any big ships, but liked them and had a good idea of what they looked like. Today, tool- ing the United States fleet of around 300 ships down into the Pacific, Ad- miral Claude Charles Bloch has con- verted his youthful artistic urge into a vast and precise knowledge of ships and their behavior—particu- larly fighting ships. Erect, ruddy and vigorous, quietly emphatic, the 60-year-old commander-in-chief of the fleet is a rarely spotlighted personage of tremendous responsibilities— technical, naval and administra- tive—as he quietly moves from Norfolk, not only his vast array of battle wagons, but 60,000 offi- cers and men, nearly 1,000 planes and all the gear neces- sary for maintenance, operation, communications and fighting re- quirements, Annapolis, he was an ensign on the Jowa when Cervera's squadron of Spanish warships made its historic dash from Santiago harber and was destroyed by Admiral Sampson's blocking forces. He was cited for “meritorious service” Spaniards from burning ships of Ad- miral Cervera’s squadron. In the World war, he commanded the transport Plattsburg and won the navy cross for distinguished service. During his 42 years’ service on land and sea, he has held many high posts in the navy. As a boy, the churning was his household chore, His broth- ex3, now Louisville physicians, recall that he tised to study his Latin book while churning and that he paced the “amo, amas, amat” to the beat of the plung- er. They teased him about that and always found him ready for a fight if the provocation was sufficient. At any rate, studious, reticent and artistic, he followed his boyhood dream over far seas. alm * TEE title of this particular article may well be the effective slogan of the modern world and the end of war if the words of Dr. Robert A. Millikan are to Not Too Proud, phe taken at But Too Scared their face val- To Go to War ue. Addressing a dinner of the Merchants association in New York recently, the famous physicist said: “It was the fear of the bomb- ing of London and Paris that prevented the beginning of an- other World war last September. The peoples of all countries, in- cluding the dictatorships, are coming more and more to the realization that such another war can only bring death and destruction to everybody — the end of civilization, not the world domination which the demagog- ic leader promises.” All Greek mathematicians to the about caught up with human stupid- ity, in spite of the latter’s long head- start, and, with its command of new energies will romp on by into the “world of tomorrow,” where there will be no war or rumors of war. Dr. Millikan is possibly the world’s most persistent cham- pion of the social salvation in- herent in scientific advance, and believes that his runner will break the tape ahead of “‘inter- national wickedness, stupidity and folly,” He believes that ma- thines make jobs, rather than destroy them, and that the only way out is straight ahead. Every once in a while he para- chutes down from the stratosphere companionship of Einstein, Planck, Heisenberg et al, to bring a message to the market place—always hope- ful, and usually a roundhouse swing at the demagogues and meddlers who cramp the scientists’ style. He leaves wide open a zone of Di- vine intervention if anything goes wrong in the laboratories. A Nobel prize winner, chairman of the executive council of the Cali- fornia Institute of Technology, Dr. Millikan is an active liaison between the lay and scientific worlds, assur- ing both that everything will come out all right. Garnering many med- als and prizes, enjoying world fame, he would have a lot to lese in a world crack-up. But his optimism is doubtless no mere ‘‘wishful think- ing.” Released by Consolidated News Features. | |) EDICATED to pretti- ness, to womanly | charm, to romance, to the | poetry of life are the fash. | ions that hold forth this season. It would almost | seem as if the new hats {| and gowns had entered in- | to a conspiracy to see how | adorable they can make woman- | kind look in distractingly lovely | frills and furbelows, in fashion whim- | sies that beguile, in colors radiant | and gay together with all the vain- | glorious little details that bring to full bloom the endearing charms of | the wearer. | Fashions this spring and for sum- | mer are of the pretty-pretty sort | that men delight in seeing their | ladies wear. | orings, the daintiness of frail ruf- | les and immaculate touches that | flutter about throat and wrist, the | flattery and mystery of whimsical | veils that half conceal, half reveal | the witchery of her eyes, the glamor | of her jewels and amusing costume gadgets, the loveliness of the flowers she wears—beaux and bachelors be- ware, there's danger in them there | trends of fashion! { If there is one costume more than | another that is essential to the “pic- ture'’ this season it is the gown of winsome, ever-flattering silk print to which a hat that rates high in glamor plays dramatic accompani- ment. See a trio of just such por- trayed in the illustration. They and charm-full in the current fash- fon scene. Paris says “horizontals” as shown in the pretty-pretty | ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS y Elmo Scott Watson ‘Old Put’ OST Americans think of Israel Putnam as the New England hero of two thrilling escapes. One was during the French and Indian war when a providential rainstorm | put out the fire which the savages had kindled to torture him. The the Revolution he avoided capture by the i But these were only a adventures. During his busy life he saw ac- tion on many fronts—from Montreal in the north to Havana in the south They began in| clustered over the hair, altogether a picture that bespeaks the very es- sence of youth and beauty in fashion. Color and charm from a Victorian flower garden are recaptured in the purple and green silk print that fashions the dress centered in the picture. Shirred detail gives a soft- ly flattering line to the bodice and sunburst pleating in the skirt. The two-tone grosgrain girdle is accent ing the theme of the silk print. Speaking of millinery that has gone sweetly feminine, take a look at the demure velvet-tied bonnet which the young modern to the left in the group'is wearing. You can tell at a glance that this quaint model is inspired by the lines of the Which goes to show that old fashions are repeating in new fashions this sea- son, which is really a striking char- acteristic of trends running through- out the entire gamut of present modes. As to the charming dress she wears it is made of a ‘‘sani- tized" silk print as are also each of the other frocks shown, this being a deodorizes and keeps your materials antiseptic (germ free and germ repellent). The print glorifies a fuchsia color theme. Pleating at the top of the sleeves is released to puff the shoul- ders and the skirt is cut with a be- coming swing flare. The printed silks fashionable for evening wear are simply gorgeous, the wallpaper-design flower motifs are in some instances almost over- whelmingly enormous, achieving an effect of imposing elegance. Another important trend is toward rustling © Western Newspaper Union, In Lapel Gadgets The new collections of lapel jewelry include amusing themes as well as flower effects that are real- ly beautiful. In the former cate- gory one cites bees, birds, animals, butterflies, grotesque figurettes and gadgets many of which trace their ancestry to characters that appear in Alice in Wonderland stories. The new flower sprays done in jewels in porcelain and various com- positions are veritable works of art. These are really conspicuously beautiful and elaborate, created as they are of colorful sparkling jewels to represent flowers of every de- scription. A jewel flower piece will prove a joy the entire season through as it “dresses up” a cos- tume at a moment's notice. Rick-Rack Is Used To Trim Organdy If you are working with organdy try trimming it with rick-rack braid. You'll be delighted with results. White on white is lovely. Colored rick-rack on cloque printed organdy is effective also. Dark linen day- time frocks are given color-dash via rick-rack that is used in several hues, such as for instance a border effect of red, yellow, green, blue and white braid sewed together, trim- ming a navy linen, With Navy Green With navy green an important fac- tor in the spring picture, several in- teresting new color combinations wili be possible. Hand Crocheted Just right for the pig-tail crowd— this cunning suspender skirt, hand. crocheted in sturdy pearl cotton. Fashion-right in every detail, it has such a grown-up air any little girl will be thrilled with it. It is that practical mother will be more than repaid for the time and effort given to crocheting it. In fact, it will prove a real joy and blessing in your child's wardrobe—washes out in a jiffy as spic and span as new and no ironing required, is stylish as can be, and with a fresh blouse each tured by the Indians, sent to Canada | as a prisoner and freed by exchange | the next year. | Then he accompanied a British naval expedition against France's allies, the Spanish, in Cuba, where he was in the thick of the fight when the English stormed Morro Castle. He had hardly returned home when Pontiac's war broke out in 1763 and he accompanied Colonel Bradstreet on the expedition to] raise the Indian siege of Detroit. | In 1772 he was a member of the | Company of Military Adventurers who visited the Lower Mississippi and West Florida to look over lands] promised the Colonials who had served in the French and Indian war. Nothing came of this so Put. nam returned home in time to be-| come one of the heroes of the Battle | of Bunker Hill, | * * » Navajo Bill THE Navajoes were holding a fire dance. White men were not wel. come at this important ceremonial so there were hostile mutterings among the young braves when they saw a ‘“‘pale-face’ looking on. Sud- denly a young buck, his face dis- torted with a frenzy of hate, dashed | out of the circle of dancers and,| brandishing a long knife, bounded | toward the white man. But before he had time to strike, a lariat shot out from a group of Indians near by, settled over the young brave's shoulders and jerked him to the ground where he was soon trussed up so tight that he could not move. The lariat had been thrown by the great chief, Manueli- to, and he had thus saved the life of | his good friend, Dr. W. N. Wallace, otherwise known as “Navajo Bill.” Wallace served in an Indiana reg- iment in the Civil war, then went west. He landed in Portland, Ore., where he became a doctor and prac- ticed his profession until tubercu- losis forced him to go to Arizona. There he became acquainted with the Navajoes, One day a little Indian girl fell into a campfire and was badly | burned. The skill of the “white | medicine man" saved her from be-| coming a cripple and from that time | on his position among the Navajoes | was secure. They adopted him into! the tribe, gave him a Navajo name! and he became a close friend of the | great Manuelito. It was that friend. ship which saved his life at the fire dance. * » * The Mad Poet WO months before McDonald Clarke died he wrote this auto- biography: ‘““Begotten among the or- ange groves, on the wild mountains of Jamaica, West Indies. Born in! Bath on the Kennebec River, State of Maine, 18th. June, 1798. 1st. Love, Mary H. of New London; last Love, Mary G. of New York; intermediate No So much for the greatest Poet of If that sounds a bit “goofy” to you, it's no more so than much of the poetry he wrote. That's why he was called “The Mad Poet.” At the beginning of the Nineteenth century he was ‘‘constantly seen on Broad- way, his blue coat and military bearing, enhanced by his marked profile, making him a conspicuous and striking figure. It was his hob- by to fall in line with all the belles of the city and to commemorate their beauties and worth in verse. However well-meant these effusions on the part of the poet they were annoying. His poems helped to sup- port him, but the number of edi- tions and present scarcity show that he must have eked out the revenue necessary to supply his humble wants, by subscriptions or the char. ity of publishers and friends.” From 1820 to 1841 he issued eight books of poems. Then the “Mad Poet's’ adventure in living came to a tragic close on March 5, 1842. A policeman found him on the street in a destitute and apparently de- meted condition mas took him to jail for safekeeping. next morn- ing Se wii found drowned by wa. Star Dust % Any More Eligibles? % Unnecessary Request * Good Screamer Works te By Virginia Vale HERE'S no telling where | the current wave of matri- | mony that is sweeping Holly- | wood will stop. Practically all | of the movie colony's famous | romances either have landed | their participants at the altar | . i or will do so soon. Of course, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | rather startled the general public | with his selection of a bride; the | charming Mrs. Mary Hartford was what would be called, in racing | circles, a dark horse. | When Kate Smith celebrated her | ninth anniversary as a radio star | she sang the four songs that she | presented on her initial broadcast: | “I Surrender, Dear,’ “By the River | “Please Don’t Talk | When of Me,” and About Me When I'm Gone.” broadcast she put in that last num- ber because she felt none too sure -t - re hk LE EATE SMITH Too bad a fortune teller couldn't have told her that she would lead the popularity polls for years as the possessor of the best voice in her field. A The next time that you hear your favorite screen heroine let out a piercing scream, the chances are that it will be Sarah Schwartz who actually does the screaming. She is Hollywood's prize screams- er, capable of curdling any audi- ence's blood when she really puts her mind on it. The other day Director James Whale was making a scene in “The Man in the Iron Mask” in which Louis Hayward, as King Louis XIV, was about to be attacked by assas- sins as he rode along in his coach. A good screamer was needed, so Sarah Schwartz was sent for, joined the milling throngs, and screamed her head off when Director Whale gave the signal. She's been doing that sort of thing for years, and works pretty regularly—earns more, in fact, than many a would-be singer who tries to make musical sounds. aeons It looks as if Bette Davis would be receiving another ‘Oscar’ when the Motion Picture Academy Awards are handed out for this year. “Dark Victory" is the pic- ture in which she turned in such a fore are now dancing in the streets amma fn has climbed so far and so fast as enabling lished two scholarships, year with Mebane Beasely. almost no voice to speak of and than an octave.” So now, each year, two more young singers will had. If you listen to Jack Benny's Sun- ed with ‘“‘Rochester,”” his Negro servant. You can see him in “Gone With the Wind,” as “Uncle Peter”; you probably saw him in ‘‘Jezebel” and “In Old Kentucky.” His name is Eddie Anderson. senses You've seen Bill Robinson, the great tap dancer, in pictures with Shirley Temple, of course. But did you know that they are good friends, and that he telephones her several times a week, no matter where he may be. He called her from New York recently, just before he went on the air—he talked to her mother, and asked if Shirley might be al- lowed to stay up late enough to hear his performance. Let's hope that she did; it was.a good one. wefan ODDS AND ENDS—Gabriel Heatter, host of “We, the People,” presented Kate DE FT anniversary—a bracelet Wear 'Em Proudly easily and quickly make a graduation dress that’s as fresh and new as spring—the simple, in which your The bodice is softly gathered above the tiny waist, and a sash bow adds to its youthful prettiness. 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