THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. Finally Name Was O. K. Though Not ‘O,” but ‘K’ A gentleman had completed his purchases, and the clerk, in filling out the sales slip, asked: “What is the name, please?” “Jepson,” replied our hero, "Siz. een twenty-one West..." “Your first initial, please. “Oh, K."” “0. K. Jepson.” “1 said ‘Oh. “0. Jepson.” “No. Rub out the 0.” The clerk began to look hag ard. cay Your initials again, please?” Bruckart’s Washington Digest ‘Swing Style’ Reading Not New; The Greeks Had a Word for It Every now and then, the news- | papers report a ‘brand new’ idea { or a ‘brand new’ discovery. | Take, for instance, the report { about “swing reading.” Accord- | ing to recent headlines, *‘‘swing reading’’ is the latest thing imag- inable—the invention of two smart | eye doctors in Los Angeles. As the papers say, the doctors disclosed their “idea' a short time ago at a national convention of the American Optometric association. Star Dust %* Real Star Starters * What a ‘Stand-In’ Is % Jon Hall May Go Native By Virginia Vale T THE studios of Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer there is | renewed interest in the film- | ing of *‘Pocahontas’’—if they | do, they predict that early | | American history will come | President Hits Top in Precedent Breaking in Thanksgiving Change along the next, and so on. Well, we don’t like to make our- selves seem scholarly, but the doc- tors have unwittingly dug up something pretty old, As a mat- ter of fact, the ancient Greeks had a word for it, used the system and gave it up. They called it boustrophedon, and you can find the word in a good dictionary even to this day. Pronounced boo-stro- fee-don, with the accent on the third syllable, it means literally » "” ‘ Stirs Up More Comment Than Any Statement Ever Emanating From a Chief Executive; Element of Un- certainty Injected Is What Makes It Harmful. By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.—President Roose- velt’s ability to keep things stirred up has been demonstrated numer- ous times since his accession to the White House. He seems to have a highly developed penchant for doing the unexpected. He calls it ‘‘prece- dent breaking.” The results have been varied, although it strikes me that more of the ‘*breaks’’ have been against him in recent months than when he first began to break prece- dents as President in 1933. It appears, however, that Mr. Roosevelt reached a new peak in precedent breaking when he changed the date of our annual Thanksgiving day. Probably no statement ever forthcoming from a Chief Executive stirred up as much comment—un- less perhaps it was the famous statement by Calvin Coolidge that “I do not choose to run.” True, Mr. Roosevelt moved the date only one week, making this year's Thanks- giving day, Thursday, November 23, instead of November 30. The effect was the same, however, whether the change was one week or one month. Next year, he proposes that the date should be moved forward an- other week so that thereafter the date upon which we pay homage to God, as a nation, will be the second Thursday in November, instead of the last Thursday of the month. In announcing his plan, the Presi- dent said he was desirous of rear- ranging the November holiday so that “‘holidays will be more evenly spaced.” There is Labor day on the first Monday in September; there are no national holidays in October; Thanksgiving day in November and Christmas day near the end of De- cember. So, Mr. Roosevelt said it seemed better to move Thanksgiv- ing day a bit forward. he explained, was taken after many business men had urged it as a means of giving more time for Christmas shopping. It well known that shoppers do not really get going in their Christmas buy- ing until after Thanksgiving day, gnd Mr. Roosevelt said the change might spread out the usual rush. 18 Thanksgiving Day Change Stirs Up Unusual Comment Whatever the reason for the change, the announcement broke out all pent up. Business interests here united front. But that was impos- sible because retailers disagreed as to its possible benefits. There was no disclosure by the President of ests he had consulted. Some lines of trade felt that terrific damage had been done them and their shouts were angry. Religious groups have remained silent, as organizations, but their individual members have had unpleasant things to say about the change. Altogether, the picture seems to show a bad reaction throughout the nation. Let us look at the thing, how- ever, from a practical standpoint: Mr. Roosevelt made his announce- ment without consulting the state department. If he had sought ad- vice there, he would have learned that a presidential proclamation can be enforced only in the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States. No state needs pay any attention to a White House proc- lamation unless it desires to do so. Hence, the declaration that Thanks- giving day shall be November 23, 1639, is binding only upon us folks here in Washington, and those in Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. There are 11 states that have laws fixing Thanksgiving day for the last Thursday in November of each year. Their legislatures are not in ses- sion. They will not be called into session again before the forthcom- ing Thanksgiving day. Which day will they celebrate and praise God for the blessings He has given them? There is no national statute fix- ing the date. It is a traditional ceremonial day, a day which, to Americans, means actually the con- nection between our economic life and the Almighty Power that guided our nation from its inception, the link between material things and religion. For the reasons of its establish- ment, it strikes me that there ought not be a national law on the sub- ject. It is a sacred thing. But my guess is there will be a law and that law will say that the last Thurs- day in November shall be set aside as a national holiday for expression of our gratitude. I think such a law will be passed at the next ses- sion of congress, Arouses Fear That All Our People Are Being Regimented Mr. Roosevelt surely could not have guessed the repercussions, the backfire, that has greeted his an- nouncement and that has continued in unabated fury. The politicians seized upon it for some of the dirti- est wisecracks I ever have heard. I heard one that really warrants repetition here. called that King George, on his re- cent visit to North America, reset his birthday so that it could be cel- and emperor. The question was then propounded whether our President contemplated a flexible schedule that would permit celebra- tion of events whenever the White low. just a laugh. it is not possible of attainment. It ple of Russia, through that very stage. ed as unimportant, en down, living a life of fear. Mr. Roosevelt's mind. I believe his action was taken because of his ever-present urge to make changes. There are many persons who hold that it was another move by the President designed to keep people from thinking of their troubles, to help them forget the terrible strug- gles through which we have been, and are, passing. | Take a Look at Practical Side of the Situation Again, as to the practical side and the results flowing from the breaking of another precedent: Let us consider first the litho- graphing and printing industry of the country. There are thousands upon thousands of other businesses that use the product of the lithog- rapher and the printer. Consider the calendar that hangs on your wall. It will show November 30 as | the Day of Thanksgiving. The an- nual bill for calendars, paid for by by each of us who buys a calendar, exceeds $100,000.- { 000. The calendars are not useless, of course, but the fact that the “cal- endar is wrong" has some inde- scribable effect upon me. Take the transportation industry. { Officials begin planning many | months ahead for tours, special rates, excursions. Public events and | ceremonies have been scheduled. | Each ties in with some other—sched- { uled for Thanksgiving day when { Thanksgiving day was to be Novem- ber 30. The printing industry has done its job for most of those things ahead even of today. What a mess that is going to be! Many editorials have been writ- ten, many interviews given out, con- cerning the effect of the new Thanksgiving date on the college football “industry,” for college foot. ball receipts run into millions of dol- lars every year. Through all of the years, traditional games—the big games—the peak of the season—has been the Thanksgiving day game for hundreds of colleges. But if Thurs- day, November 30, is just another Thursday, what about the ‘gate’ of those games? 4 des ys = A | industry and | Element of Uncertainty Is What Makes Change Harmful And that brings us to the crux of this situation. It is the element of uncertainty that Mr. Roosevelt in- jected into our national life by the change in one holiday date that is harmful. Instead of promoting a feeling of security, my hunch he never dreamed. sis will show that the change will millions of dollars in net losses. Our nation has grown up, not in working as the gears of your auto- mobile. When the engine turns over, it exerts pressure on the clutch, then on the drive shaft, then on the gears and then on the wheels, and the car moves. When any one unit of industry in America—any one phase of life—is changed suddenly, the clutch and the drive shaft and the gears and the wheels of others are affected. More than any other one thing that has happened in re- cent years, I believe, the President's announcement proves how closely knitted our lives are. It shows, too, that government can wreck national He as well as preserve and protect A (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) spotlight. Hedy LaMarr, to play the part HEDY LA MARR save him from death, and was beaten out. 8 push that started him or her on the road to fame and fortune. All too frequently those star-starters actual- ly had nothing to do with son's success. There are two men who can shin in reflected glory, if they want to, but they're so busy shining in their own glory that they can't be both- ered. One is a well-known tailor in Hollywood, Eddie Schmidt. Adolphe Menjou went to him when he first tackled Hollywood. He knew the value of good clothes, but he hadn't any money. He wanted to make a bargain. If Eddie Schmidt would make him six suits, and trust him for them, he'd tell everybody where he got the clothes. That wardrobe was the thing that turned the balance in Menjou's favor, star-maker Sardi, in The other is who owns the famous restaurant New York where screen and stage players eat every day in the week. Not so very long ago William Gar- gan was stoney broke. He hadn't had a stage engagement for ten months, his wife was in the hospital. But he had to be seen in Sardis, so that the theatrical world would know that he was still about, Sardi had noticed him, and had faith in him. He invited the young to him. about $800 altogether. Leslie How- in the stage version of “The Animal Kingdom,” Hollywood dangled a contract—and Gargan was set, backers’ bills the first moment that they had the money. Isabelle Sheridan, Mary Pick- ford's cousin, is in the movies yet not in them-—and she has no desire to step before a camera. She's a that she wears a star's costumes man figures what he wants. stood Eilers, other actresses. ter.” iin fii playing native of the South Seas for the rest of his screen career. ricane'’ started him, you may re- call, and Edward Small’s “South of sani who've never liked her on the screen before are now admitting that the girl can act. And Warner Brothers’ plans for screening ‘“The Miracle” have been speeded up and put into production, after three years of dis- cussion and preliminary work. Miss Davis will have the coveted role of the Nun. iff ODDS AND ENDS—Sol Lesser is allow ing Principal Productions employees an extra half hour for lunch, on condition that they'll play badminton during their i time, on the courts across the street from his offices at Selznick Interna. tional . . . After trying for a year, Charles Correll of “Amos and Andy” has taught a re ii,” waa ve t t you, the ie, “t her as the hard-boiled heroine of “From Page,” so the part is being rewritten, (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) said would help t " he eyes, In a rof “turning like oxen in plowing.” It is a compound of two Greek words—bous, meaning ox, and strephein, meaning to turn, P. 8. quoted above reads normally this way: ‘Many of the convention delegates yesterday shunned ses- sions for a day on the golf course, The weather was fine.” Anybody else got a new idea? Pathfinder, ] said 'K.’ “Pardon, you said ‘O. K.'"” “1 said ‘Oh’- “Just now you said ‘K.”” “1 said ‘Oh,’ because 1 didn’t understand what you were asking me. 1] didn't mean it was my ini tial. My name is Kirby Jepson.” “Oh. ““No. Not O, but K. Here, give me the pencil and I'll write it my- self. There, 1 guess it's O. K. now.” —Annapolis Log. 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