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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14. 1940
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THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
WHEN Cornwallis* troops marched out of York-
town to surrender to the besieging Americans
their bands played a tune called "The World Turn-
ed Upside Down."
So it must have seemed to these veteran British
regulars laying down their arms to the rabble of
rebels that they had held in such contempt.
But if the world seemed upside down on that
October day of 1781 let us think a moment of how
upside down it is today as compared with early
August only 26 years ago. War had just broken out
in Europe. Beyond a feeling that this was Big Stuff
Americans cared little knew less of what lay behind
that war.
On Aug. 8. the Literary Digest had rallied
enough to make its first survey of newspaper opinion
on the European war. They led off the week’s issue
thus:
"Our isolated position and freedom from en-
tangling alliances inspire our press with the
cheering assurance that we are in no peril of be-
ing drawn into the European quarrel. But the
closing of our stock exchanges the exportation
of gold to Europe the rise in wheat and corn
the failure of business firms help to remind our
editors that a war which involved all Europe
could not but have its effects among us."
That was August 1914. Now it is August 1940.
"Our isolat°d position" is now freely challenged.
Our "freedom from entangling alliances" no long-
er means what it did then. Those 1914 editors
meant formal military alliances like those which
drew the French in after the Russians the Germans
in after the Austrians.
Today there are no "cheering assurances" that
we are "in no peril of being drawn into the European
quarrel.*’ Today our stock exchanges are not closed
but open—and listless. Today gold is not being ex-
ported to Europe byt accumulates here—to suffoca-
tion. There is no rise in wheat and corn no wave of
business failures. Only that vague premonition that
"a war which involved all Europe could not but have
its effects among us" remains as a truth magnified.
Today even the definition of "being drawn into’’
Europe’s war has changed. In those simple days
one was "in" or "not in." But today with Ger-
many claiming influence in every country and tryng
to exercise it many countries which are certainly
not "in" the war can scarcely claim that they are
"not in" either. For in today’s war the military
pha«e is only the active phase of war in which every
• country is being compelled to participate if only to
resist "effects among us’* which strike deeply at our
chosen and accustomed way of life.
TAKE AIM BEFORE FIRING
THE man who fires a shotgun into a thicket often
hits something or other. But not always what
he thought he was shooting at.
Because passing laws is sometimes a little like
that closest attention should be given to the Voorhis
bill now pending in the Senate. It provides drastic
regulation for every organization subject to foreign
* control which engages in military or poltical activity
or which seeks to gain control of the government by
force.
The game at which this shotgun is aimed should
be brought down right enough. But the aim wants
to be steady and dead on the bull’s-eye. As pre-
sented there seems a chance that this bill might be
used against labor unions long-established military
organizations or groups while leaving scot-free Nazi
groups whose connection with parent organizations
at home could not be shown at all.
It is hard to aim shotguns like this with complete
assurance that the shot won’t scatter off the target.
That’s no reason for not having the shotgun or for
not firing it. What’s needed is the most careful
bead that can be drawn.
% V ^ S 0 ^ ^
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Views of Other Papers
ARMOR AGAIN?
Now it is said that despite what
has been described a progress in
the technique of malting war there
is possibility that modem military
leaders may go back to the prac-
tice of providing armor for their
lighters. British military author-
ities are reported to be considering
Adopting an armor devised by a
New York man United States of-
ficials are also studving the outfit
which is said to resemble an elab-
orate baseball chest protector.
An improvement on the bullet-
proof vest the armor protects the
back and sides as well as the front.
In tc-tc it 5 said to have stopped
bullet* fro:*- a Thompson subma-
chine gun .and from a German
Hauser pistol at a distance of
i 25 yards. It Is composed of thin
layers of secret formula steel sep-
arated by narrow strips of thin
rubber and the whole covered with
khaki canvas
Major nations have been experi-
menting wtth armor for years. They
have been balked however by th"
lact that no outfits resistant to
high-power rifle bullets could be
devised weighing less than an im-
practical 35 or 40 pounds This new
jacket is said to weigh 15 pounds.
The ne plus ultra OT light yet
serviceable armor -as considered
to have been reached about the 1
time the English were driven out
of France in 1453. It was forged of
thin steel to fit the body and limbs
but it weighed 80 to 70 pounds —
I Reno Evening Gazette. I
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\Y7ASHINGTON — The British
** think they have discovered
the secret of the whole well-or-
dered scheme of Naei invasion be-
hind the air forways of the past
few days. They reckon Hitler will
throw gradually increasing num-
bers of bombers at them for the
next few weeks not primarily to
cripple harbors convoys and land
defenses but to crush the fighting
power of the British air force. This
is the dunder to clear the British
skies. The blitaen will fall around
September 1 to 6th. they figure.“*
Their reckoning has been deter-
mined both by information and
analysis. Moons and tides will be
most favorable for Invasion for a
period of C to 7 days beginning
September 1. All night long on
these dates there will be no moon
rlong the coast to aid the defend-
ers in detecting and countering an
invading force. At that very time
also highest tides are expected at
points where the invaders might
logically strike. Portsmouth will
have a high of 14l» feet at mid-
night September 4. Tides ranging
from thirteen to twenty feet will
be recorded at Dover Harwich.
Leith and Aberdeen around or af-
ter midnight September 4 and 5.
Increasing high water leading up
to these top marks will enable the
Germans to get their shallow draft
boats more securely upon the
British beaches.
Unless the Germans take ad-
vantage of this favorable period
they will miss their last golden
chance before spring. Fogs soon
after October 1 will prevent re-
occurence during the winter of the
advantages of this apparently
single remaining opportunity.
IF HITLER lets Britain go through
1 the winter he will find a strong-
er foe in the spring. British plane
production has been stepped up
rapidly. Before the Ice thaws again
there is every prospect the British
will be able to come near match-
ing the Nazis aloft «Our plan-s
also will be ready of them tn great
quantises before then*.
But the odds are against them
for the present. Their own offi-
cially censored claims in the Sun-
day air battle were twenty-six of
their own planes shot down against
sixty German*. If this most fa-
vorable British concent ion of the
result Is accepted (and It can be
accepted onlv with heavy doubts* |
the ratio of loss Is too great to
encourage hopes for British suc-
cess at this time The German air
force has a superiority of more
than two and a half to on* In
numbers. It can trade two planes
for one until the last British plane
is gone and then have enough left
to win.
The British have shown thev
know the game German newspa-
pers are already squealing that
their adversaries are not sending
up as manv ships fr* fight as for-
merly. but are coaserving the
single weapon in which all their ;
hopes lie.
—
VIR ROOSEVELT has offered
the secretaryship of labor to
Mayor Fiorello la Guard la of New
York and don't let anyone tell
you different. Mr La Oaurdn has
hemmed and haw"d in a declin-
ing mood
While the acquisition of the lit-
tle flower in the New Deal garden
would contribute a striking hor-
ticultural specimen for the cam-
paign it now looks like the deal
is off La Guardia mav des.re more
definite assurance* as to his fu-
ture than a cabinet term which
will run only until January 1 un-
less Mr. Roosevelt Is rejected.
ANNOUNCEMENT of the new
trad* agreement with Russia
was a little vague on details vou
may have noticed Worst detail is
the provision enab’mg Russia to
cancel her promts* to buy I40.noo-
000 worth of good* here In a year
if she deciles this country Im-
poses any ‘obstacles'* to trade. An
embargo on any material presum-
ably would enable th* reds to
withdraw from the contract. This
places the whole authority over
the continuance of the agreement
in her hands.
So They Say
I do not favor changing the pres-
ent farm program unless a better
one is gradually evolved.
—G. O. P. Presidential Candidate
Wendell Willkie.
• • •
There will be no blackout of jus-
tice in this country._
■ —fcdgar J. Hoover FBI director.
I ...
* If you gentlement think the
(European* continent is a howling
hell now. what do you think it will
’ be this winter?
—John Cudahy U. S. ambassador
to Belgium.
• • •
The untrained policeman Is as !n-
i effective as the untrained soldier
* The amateur soon becomes a fussy
i and malignant busybody.
i President Roosevelt on curbing
Fifth Column activities.
. I • • •
r j lam not accustomed to dealing
* with ruffians.
I | —Prof. Jesus Sihra Herrog. resign-
! i ing a* head of the Mexican gov-
ernment oil administration.
ONIONS FIND GOLD
t First discovery of gold in Califor-
I nia was through a man's desire for
* I a birthday dinner of wild onions
t Francisco Lopez of San Francls-
r quito Ranch pulled up some onions
and* found gold on March 9. 1842.
- six years before James Marshall
' lound it at Sutter's Land.
THE SPHINXES
ju*e
JULY
AUGUST
Answers to Your Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HASK1N
A reader can get the answer to
any quesMon of fact by arm-
ing The Brownsville Herald In-
formation Bureau. Frederic J.
Hasktn. Director. Washington.
D. C P!ea«e -ncloaa three (3)
eenu for reply.
Q Please give aome artistic color
combination for painting the ex-
terior of a house. D.G.
A. A recent exhibition in New
York. “The House of OuLside Col-
or” after tallying the preferences
of 50.000 home owners from 46
States discovered that the most |
♦ovored combination of exterior
house colors was chalk white for
rails a pepper red front door and
a hlue-blac* aspha't shingled roof.
The second most favored ensemble
nad lettuce green walls and win-
dow trim a dark wine-red door
and « green-blue blended roof.
Third choice had pale yellow-or-
ange walls an apricot colored door
and tobacco brown roof shingles j
Q. What la the widest river? H.
E.P.
A. The Amazon River la the
widest river in the world having
a width of 200 miles at its mouth.
Q. What was the first educa-
tional endowment in America?
R.C.H.
A The bequeathing of 250 acres
of land an adjacent salt marsh
and eight cows comprised the first j
educational endowment in Ameri- i
ca. This was left by Benjamin
fiymipes to found a free school in
Elizabeth County. Virginia. Mr.
i>\ mrr.es died In 1634.
Q. What Is meant bv Up service?
M.T.H.
A It means subscribing vocally
to an Idea but having very dif-
ferent intentions secretly in oth-
er words pretending to follow a
cause without actually doing so. i
Q. How much money was ob-
tained from the Jackson Day din-
ners In IMS? R.B.F.
A. In 1939 the proceeds from
the Jackson Day dinners amount-
ed to *221.545 00. The proceeds of
the dinner in Washington. D. C..
amounted to *52.000. Th's was the
largest amount from any one lo-
cality.
Q. Does the ermine rhange col-
or? L.K.
A. The fur of the ermine a
species of weasel. Is reddish brown
above and white beneath in the
summer It change* in the ninf*r
ef northern latitudes to snowy
whiteness except at the tip of the
tail which at all seasons is black
Q What Is the theme «sng of
Wayne King's orchestra? J.B.
A It is “The Waltz You Saved
For Me."
Q. When was the first patent
granted for a typewriter? L.T.W.
A. The first known typewriter
patent was granted by Queen Anne
of England on January .7 1714 It
was Lssued to Henry Mill an Eng-
lish engineer. No record or de- i
scription of his invention has sur- |
vived.
Q. How manv tvurfst camps and
cottages are there in the I'nited
States * L.I..K.
A. There are more than 16 400
tourist camps operating a total of
166.000 cottages.
Q—Why Is the Jerusalem arti-
choke so railed? E. K. S.
A—The name Jerusalem is a cor-
ruption of the Italian girasole.
meaning sunflower.
Q—Where Is the Argentine Pass
in this country? M. C. T.
A—Tills Is a mountain pass In
Colorado not far from Denver. It
attains an altitude of more than
13000 feet and Is one of the high-
est roads of the Rocky Mountains
and in the world.
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Q. Please give the oath of al-
legiance to the United States which
is taken by aliens. M.M.
A. I hereby declare on oath
that I absolutely and entirely re-
pounce and abjure all allegiance
and fidelity to any foreign prince
potentate state or sovereignty;
that I v ill support and defend the
Constitution and laws of the
United States of America against
all enemies foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and al-
legiance to the same and that I
take this obligation freely with-
out any mental reservation or
purpose of evasion so help me
God."
Q What I* the battle month of
Che United States? T.H.S.
A. April has been so called be-
cause the major wars of the United
States have begun in that month.
The Revolutionary War began on
April 19. 1775; war with Mexico.
April 2*. 1848; Civil War. Apnl 15
1861; war with Spain. April 21.
1898. and World War. April 6. 1917.
p. Of what nationality is Jack
Sharkey the priie fighter? R.D.
A. The Everlast Boxing Record
given the nationality of Jack
Sharkey as Lithuanian-Amerlcan.
Q—When were the first rules
made for the game of Whist? H. I*
R.
A—Edmund Hoyle's "Short Treat-
ise on the Game of Whist" entered
at Stationer s Hall In London No-
vember 17. 1742. Is probably the
first A group of gentlement play-
ed the game at the Crown Coffee
House. They laid down the prin-
ciples of the game as being "to play
from the strong suit; to study the
partner's hand: never to force
partner unnecessarily; and to at-
tend to the score" Hoyle was
probably influenced by this group
Q—How long after her marriage
to George Washington did Martha
Custis' children die? M L. C.
A—Mrs. Custis married Gebrrc
Washington in 1759. The daughter
Martha who was called Patty died
in 1781. at the age of 28. He had
married and had four children. Two
of them were adopted by General
and Mrs. Washington.
Q—Plrase explain how sea level
is determined. S. L. F.
A—It is determined by rareful
observations made by specially pre-
pared instruments over a period of
time. Eince the level of the sea
changes constantly a period of IP
years is taken to constitute a full
tidal cycle therefore observations
over this period may be taken to
give accurately mean sea level at
any plate. In some instances how-
ever. by careful calculation obser-
vations for a lesser period of years
are sufficiently accurate.
Q—How ran wenrr? and bang-
ings be fireproofed for an amateur
production? R- R . L .
A—A good flame-proofmg prep-
aration for theatrical scenery and
hangings is a solution of borax and
boric acid in water in the propor-
tion of 6 parts borax. 5; parts arid
and 100 parts water bv weight. Tlfts
solution may be applied by brush-
ing. or better by dipping the fab-
rics and allowing them to dry. This
will prevent spread of fire from
such sources as small flames or
sparks.
Q—When were needles first made?
a. t. r.
A—Stone needles have been found
among the relics of the Stone Age.
It is believed that the Chinese were
tne first to use steel needles and
that knowledge of this practice was
carried into Etirope bv the Moors.
By 1370 a needle making industry
had become established at Nurem-
berg The manufacture of needles
in England began much later. It
developed during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth and became an important
industry.
Q. How I'»ng 'hocld a wedding
ring he worn after the husband
has died? J.C.B.
A. A widow continues to wear
the wedding ring during her life-
time unless she becomes engaged
to marry a second time. Following
the announcement of her engage-
ment. she cAases to wear the wed-
oing ring.
Harrison
Hollywood
-MB— ^
By PAUL HARRISON
KEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD — One of the lew !
things that the movlo colony finds
gratifying these days Is the return
to prominence of Irving Plchel. Ac- 1
tuaily. he Is more Important than '
ever though the public won't see
him any more. Once a writer then <
an actor Plchel now is a top-notch
director. I
Beginning at Harvard as one of 1
George Pierce Bakers fair-haired i
proteges. Plchel did well In the the-
ater and became a member of the l
Theater Guild's advisory board
Then Metro brought him here on a <
writing contract. For six months 1
he chafed under cinematic restric- i
tlons and enforced idleness then
began peddling his well-known dra- i
matte talents.
A big man with a big voice that 1
was fine for tossing robust Shake- 1
spearean speeches Into the second
balcony he never was able to ad-
just himself to the sensitive micro-
phone and the vocal mildness of 1
I other film players. When Pichei
said *‘I love you" to a leading lady
i in a tone which seemed to him a 1
mere murmur the gal would jump ’
with alarm and the man in the
sound booth would have to replace
blowout audio tubes.
So Plchel drifted Into declama-
| tory roles. Mostly he was a law- '
ver. haranguing Juries. To get bet- >
ter parts he had to go to the Quick-
ie studios. Two years ago he play- <
ed the heavy In "Exil* Express.”
starring Anna Sten. at shortlived
| Grand National. *'A swell actor.”
agreed Hollywood. -But what can
mo;les do with a voice like that?"
I'p from the Minors
By this time he had directed a
few minor pictures. Most of Holly-
wood. Individually knew Pichel was
better qualified by experience than
many famous directors yet the stu-
dio* continued to regard him as an
actor who was about washed up. He
wouldn't play Industry politics. He
wouldn't even go to Kenneth Mar-
Gowan. a friend and Broadway
manager brought here by RKO in
1932 on Plchel's recommendation
MacGowan Is now an important
producer at 20th-Fox.
Last year Plchel's friends were de-
pressed by news that he had jotn-
cd an obscure enterprise called Ca-
thedral Films to direct a low-bud-
get religious Item called: "The
Great Commandment " It turned
out to be truly fine. MacGowan saw
it and persuaded Darryl Zannuck to
tak» a look. Zanuck so admired it
that he bought the film paying the
makers a handsome profit and
planning to remake the picture
with star names and an extra mil-
lion dollars worth of scenery. Ro-
man soldiers and pretty girls in the
DeHllle manner.
Success Comes At Last
He hired Pichel to direct the
colossal version. When delays oc-*
curred in lining up a cast Zanuck
told him to try his hand on "I Mar-
ried a Nasi." Released as "The
Man I Married." it is the best-sell-
ing film bearing on the war and is
the clearest example since Rrnst
Lubitsch's "Shop Around the Cor-
ner’ of what directorial skill can
contribute to a picture.
Considering his years of discour-
agement. Irving Pichel Justly migit
have adopted an U's-about-time at-
titude. Instead he seems as pledg-
ed and bewildered as Cinderella. In
the middle of production he ex-
claimed to a friend: "I can hardly
believe it. A year ago I was won-
dering how I was going to eat. Now
I've already paid all my debts and
I've got »400 in the bank! Imagine!"
It's easy to Imagine that a year
from now he'll be three figures in
front of that 4C0. He is to direct
"Hudson Bay Company’’ and that's
a sure enough super-dooper.
Tn Flanders for many years It
was the custom to throw cats from
the top of a lofty tower on one day
each year. The animals were
1 thought to harbor evil spirits.
■ —t
• CATTON'S
WASHINGTON
COLUMN
By BRICE CATTON
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON — If trouble
hould arise on or near any of the
Caribbean islands owned by r.^
Jons which have been conquered
>y Germany the United States haa
vtthin handy range striking forces
rhich are believed to be substare
rally laiger than any they might
‘xpect to encounter.
Although the bulk of the U S.
leet is concentrated in the Pacific
he force on duty in the Atlantic—
ind hence available for action us
he Caribbean on short notice —
tas formidable hitting power
The Atlantic squadron normally
■onslsts of three battlejhipa— tH§
'few York. .Arkansas and Texas -4
he aircraft earner Ranger and tnb
rieavy cruisers Wichita. Quincy.
3an Francisco Tuscaloosa and
Vincennes. It also includes nine
11 visions of destroyers. or a total
>f 36 In addition. 12 submarine*
ire stationed at the New London
:ase and half a dozen more are
lormally on duty at the Coco Sola
jese in the Canal Zone
It is believed that several ship*
lave been added to this force re-
cently. although its exact romposl-
ion Is a navy secret.
ilir r m cm v* mini nani*
Substantial air forces are also
rithln range
The aircraft carrier Ranger ha*
i complement of 81 planes. Thirtv-
six of the navy* long-range patrol
jombers are stationed at Coco Soio
ind a number of fighting planes *ro
ilso available at Pensacola.
The army also has strong air
forces within easy reach.
Approximately 40 bombing plane*
alus 50 observation and reconnais-
iance plane* are stationed at to*
Atlantic end of the Panama Canar
At the Pacific entrance are eight
squadrons. mostly pursuit planes;
these run 25 planes to a squadron
A squadron of 13 bombing plane*
I* also stationed at Bnriquen Iiel^
Puerto Rico and an equal num-
ber at Miami.
Situation Ticklish At Martinique
The capital's attention l* focused
on these force* at the moment be-
cause of the extraordinary ticklish
nature of the situation in the Car-
ibbean—high-lighted by the rase of
the French island of Martinque.
where certain French warships ara
either under observation or block-
ade (depending on your interpreta-
tion of the news dispatches! by
British warships.
Shortly after the outbreak of
war. the new world nations declar-
ed a ‘neutrality rone1 skirting botn
American continents ard ass-rt-d
no art* of war therein would 4
tolerated. Martinque lies well with-
in the rone and a Franco-British
navel battle would hand this gov-
ernment a very tough problem
In addition the Monroe Doctrine
—recently reaffirmed both bv t r#
administration end bv Congress *
sets th* United States firmly
against the transfer of liMe to Fu-
ropean possessions In the N^w
World. The Caribbean Is filled with
British French and Dutch po.se*-
siona.
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ANSWER: Madagascar.
NEXT: Is the Rock of Gibraltar a single rock? .
Doneed Sickness Awoy
In St. Willibrord Fete
/"\NE of the most curious procefa
^ ?;on* in ecclesiastical history
is the annual dancing parade of
Echternach Luxemburg whe*-*
hundreds dance through the street/
in honor of St. Willibrord.
The procession was inaugurated
according to legend in 1347 when
a pestilence swept the cattle herds
of the country. The people though^
that by imitating the symptoms of
the disease—a nervous shaking—
and appealing to Echternach’* pa-
tron saint the scourge might be
checked. The pestilence abated
and the dancing procession to St.
Willibrord’s tomb became an an-
nual event.
No newcomer to philately St
Willibrord is pictured above on
one of the Netherlands’ 1939 issue
of two values. Luxemburg hon-
ored him with a series of six
stamps in 1938 Both sets com-
memorate the 12th centenary ol
hia death.
FOUND FROM FIGURING*
When perturbations were dis-
played in the orbit of the planet
Uranus two astronomers working
without each other s knowledge ar-
med at the conclusion that an
unknown planet was causing the
disturbance. They figured thia
planet could be found at a certain
location and a telescope proved
their calculation- to be correct
Thus was discovered the piar^l
Neptune.
RUBBER SEALS HOLTS
Modern highways use rubber aa
Idler between the Joints of a con-
crete road The older method of
using asphalt gradually is growing
obsolete because the asphalt doe*
not recede into a hole after it hag
expended and forms a ridge on
he road.
The crust of the earth Is madw
up largely of granite ranging up
o 20 miles in thickness geologists
ay.
Ninety-Nine Per Cent Of The Story Of Man-Or Of Any Form Of Life Can Be Told With Two Words; Self-Preservation
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By Willlair Ferguson
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