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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1940
THE^l
By PaulMalion Jy
VTTASHINGTON-A tendency to-
VV ward apoplexy was reported in
the Union League club of New York
after William Allen White dropped
a few off-the-record remarks about
more decisive action to aid Britain.
Report* are barred from those
hallowed halls so there may have
been some minor misunderstand-
ings among the solid citizens there
assembled as to Mr. White's precise
purpose But the mildest version
relayed to official quarters in Wash-!
tngton was that Mr. White thought
it “time to take sides in this war."
The head of the Committee to!
Defend America by Aiding the Al-
lies apparently now wanted to have |
a joint resolution proposed in con-
gress which would legally place the
people on record as he saw it. for
stronger steps. These vague words!
nssumed an added bellicose nature
m the ears of some of his hearers
who believed that the utmost “short ’
of war" was now being done in the
British cause.
Further ramifications were fur-
bished by the fact that Mr White
had been at the White House the i
day before. Important coming j
c.ents have been forecast by Mr I
White before.
"THE GOVERNMENT lender Je«se
Jones' decision to finance de-
fense plant expansion at the rad-
ical Interest rate of 14 per cent
was accepted coldly in Uhe New
York financial marts as a new gov-
ernment “easy money" policy.
If you will ask the federal re-
serve board ar.d the national de- ]
fense commission cautiously and
privately you will get the impres-
sion It was really only a personal
Jones time bomb a sort of Jones
♦..read basket which has been go-
'ng off like firecrackers in these
and another government depart- 1
ments ever since.
Thetr surprise was doubled be-
cause they were even then at work
in their kitchens cooking up ar-
rangements whereby much of the
plant expansion money could be
jaised through private banks The
Nelson-Draper program which had
already progressed to the appoint-
ment of one man from each federal
-eserve district on a committee had
this as one of its main purposes. |
The Henderson group in the na-
tional defense commission likewise
was working on perfecting bank-
able contracts to draw in private
savings.
Thus Mr Jones the mossy con-
servative of the New Deal became
the /laming radical crusader against
the so-called radicals who conser-
vatively were seeking to promote
small private banking enterprise.
There is at least one hitch in this
confusing switch of positions maybe
more. Larg^ banks will be able to
meet government competition with
14 pet cent loam on quasi-govern-
ment endorsed paper; only the
small banks will suffer from Mr.
Jones’ competition.
MO DOUBT the Jones policy would
1 blow up the financial plans of
the reserve board and the defense
commission if he energetically pur- 1
sued them but there are reasons to
believe he will not. The first flush
of excitement wore off in federal
i eserve and the defense commission
after a study of the Jones letter
Indicated It was criss-crossed with
legal hairs One such provision
seemed to restrict Mr Jones’ activ-
ity to ‘‘cases where both sides
agree."
The two disappointed government
rgendes Intend to pursue their
plans regardless of Mr. Jones.
DUZZLINO ASPECT of the ad-
1 ministration defeat on adjourn-
ment was that Speaker Rayburn
r.nd Leader McCormack let It go to
a vote when they knew thev would
be defeated by such a decisive mar- j
kin. The downtown new deal crowd
has been grumbling about this.
There Is reason to believe the few
stra‘egists at the top decided to
force the vote primarily to get an
authentic post-election list of sheep
and goats. You cannot always tell
from talking with a congress man j
how he stands. The vote forced all
♦hose present to take a position.
WORTH LOOKING INTO
i " " " . . . ‘" i
Walter Winchell .
On Broadway rap ■
CTrad* Mark RcflMarad. C»rvri»t»t. !•«#. Dally Mirr«r» V
^— ———JB •*
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A C l B REPORTER
Two scenarists. author* of one of the recent Hop show* which tried
to belittle Hollywood got worried about their job# after they wrote the
play. They called on their film bona and explained they were just joshing.
That they meant no harm to the cinema industry....The typcoon told
them to take it easy that Hollywood would survive their ridicule....
"After allM he said "what's one mouse in a steel skyscraper?’* _
_ —- -- -- IJ
A reader who says he can’t recall
the source forwards this safety
slogan: “A woman should hold on
to her youth. But not when he*
driving.**
In 1*32 FDR's popular rote was
23 *21 *57 In 193* It was 27.476 673
<a plurality over Landon of between
10 and 11 million votes)...In 1940
FDR s plurality was about 44 mil-
lion. but he actually lost only
about a million. He still rec’d 34
million more than in 1932...In
sum: The people behind him then-
are still behind him. The huge G. {
O. P. vote represents a vast part
of the sleepy population who never
before were interested in voting.
On Election Day a lively La*
Angeles paper ran this imaginary
bit of dialogue on its front page:
Hitler: "Those dumb Americans!
Wasting a whole working day just
to vote!'*
Mussolini: “That’s not the worst
of it They have to count each bal-
lot to find out who's elected!"
A die-hard Willkie booster was
brooding over at the Hurricane
She said she was thinking serious-
ly of "getting away from Roosevelt's
influence and moving to .Canada”
.. 'That won’t make any differ-
ence.” Lucy Monroe told her ‘ he’s
carried Canada too."
The Scoop of the Week: Harrv
Bridges the West Coast C I. 6.
leader was Interviewed by the
World-Telegram upon his arrival
here the other day. When he was
askfd about his status. Bridges said: I
"I don't know about that Ask the
inside men Ask John Edgar Hoover
or Winchell."
Don't be impatient. You'll be on
: the Inside soon.
Neal O’Hara's rolyum reports: **A
Pulitzer Prize or at least a laurel
wreath to the cony desk man on the
Champagne News who over a story
telling of British planes bombing
the Nazi capital wrote his head-
line: Grapes of RAF in Berlin”*
...Just a minute... If Mr. O Hara is
giving away any prises for that
nifty—why doesn t he first consider
the 50th Street newsboy who said
it first as quoted in a Manhattan
Mural here long ago?
Charlie Wertenbaker. the Foreign
News Editor Tor Time describes
an Atlantic hop In a Clipper this
way: “It's like being stuck in an
elevator between floors for 24
hours!" ... Tavern-keeper Charlev
Adler s definition of a philanthro-
pist: “A guy who gives it back' ...
A pontnbs thumbnail description
of Joe. Adolf and Benito: “Jack-
Axis'*...The wickedest rib on Italy's
stumbiebum army in Greece come#
from Berlin via the Times boy m
Istanbul .. Musso # secret weapon
report the sarcastic Nazi*. Is a
German regiment! ... Overheard:
He was blackmailed with facts"...
Lile Is ironical Stephen Foster
spent a lifetime hankering to get
the seventh deal our original win-
ner triumphs rgain with a whop-
ping 8* enough for game Making
^ame win* him a bonus of an extra
i 100 But opponent also is rewarded
first guy. He gets a bonus of 75;
for having won more hands than the
**so of course whatever score he
has piled up.
The bonus scheme rewards con-
sistent play so it’s potable for the
nominal loser of a game to have
•'he highest score
Anyway that’s gin rummy. I still
like cribbage.
... .....
w
back to Dixie and where does ha
land? In the Hall ol Fame
The rumor-mongers are at It
aaa.n in London accord mg to Noel
Madison recently returned from
there- Noe! says one of them **
blabbed: I hear America is making
bombs Tor Germany no* '... Yes."
snapped back one of those brave
RAFuers. “and the Royal Air Forca
is deiivrrmg them!"
The other eve Peggy Diggins told **
the silly about the two ghosts They *
were alone in a deserted house ona
midnight when suddenly they heard
a noise m the next room...One of •
the ghosts trembling turned to tha
other and queried: ‘Do you be-
lieve in people?*’ *i|
The inside dope on the break-
down of the Italian invasion of
Greece Is this: Etna nude Gram
the Italian Minister to Greece ap-
parently thought he had bought a
nice Fifth Colm all wrapped up
and ready for delivery. But it *
turned out to be loaded with stench
bombs and other bombs...The in-
vasion was to coincide with a re-
volution In Greece and the over-
throw of the Greek strong man
General Metaxas. as wel! as King m
George TT. who lx noted for his r*
pro-British sympathies... Metaxas
and the King were to be supplanted
by Constantine Comas. Governor
of Athens Hr is very pro-Italian a
lormer student at the Univ. of
Rome a fluent speaker of Italian. \
etc .. Cotzias a strong man with
Axis leanings was the bloke Grand
was dickering with to become Head
Man.
In The House of Murphv tha
other night a col mm evesdropper
overheard this • «*w*<et description of
love**.. Gene the hatcheck girl
was trying to explain her sudden
msrrisge—like this:
**Oh. I dunno It seeing like his
heart knocked on mine!"
0 0 0 0 k s4 % ^ ^
THE WATERS OF THE RIO GRANDE
*“i • HE imminent successful solution of the problem
1 of water on the Rio Grande has an important
bearing on solidarity in the western hemisphere.
I This is the point which Mr. James G. Bowie gen-
I eral manager of the San Benito-Pflrt Isabel Naviga-
| tion district emphasized last week in his address to
I the members of the Texas Editorial Association on
I the occasion of the luncheon given them by the Cen-
I tral Power & Light Company at Bayview.
I Every move made by the so-called "Colossus of
I the North" which has a bearing in one way or an-
I other on international relations between the United
I States and the countries of Latin America is closely
I watched by Latin American diplomats. Any action by
I this country which might seem to militate against
I the best interests of its neighbor on the south —
I Mexico—would have an immediate reaction in other
Latin-American nations.
Nations have been known to argue hotly because
of water and the use of the w aters of the Rio Grande
drawn on more and more each year has threatened to
be the cause of contention along this boundary. Un-
doubtedly President Roosevelt Secretary of State Cor-
dell Hull and Under Secretary Sumner Welles were
well aware of the possibility of such a menace some
time in the future because of Rio Grande water. That
possibility must have moved the President at the be-
hest of Uongressman Milton H. West to start the ball
rolling by asking the director of the budget to include
$5000000 in the next budget to initiate the work of
storage and distribution.
An ample supply of water for both the American
and Mexican sides goes down the river every year.
It is only a question of ways and means of conserving
the waste flood waters so that supplies may be avail-
able when needed.
Mr. Bowie is due the thanks of«rthe Valley for
bringing to the attention of the visiting editors the
fact that this is not only a Valley project; it is a pro-
ject that is important to the state and the nation as
a whole. It is a project that is another step in ce-
menting the "Good Neighbor" policy of the Roose-
velt administration.
In Texas outside the boundaries of the Valley
there is a disposition to regard any major undertaking
of the Valley as purely a local problem in the Valley.
This matter of water conservation on the Rio Grande
has international aspects important enough to justify
the sympathetic consideration of the press and public
of ail Texas.
We cannot leave this subject without drawing
attention to the enlightening description of the pro-
ject in its engineering phases as given to the editors
by Mapor J. L. Lytle of San Benito engineer in charge
of International Boundary Commission work on this
border. Major Lytle has the engineer's usual aversion
to talking publicly but he cast it aside for this oc-
casion.
LETS MAKE IT UNANIMOUS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT proclaimed the third
Thursday in November as the day for the
Thanksgiving observation.
The people of the United States on November 5
last re-elected Mr. Roosevelt.
We should assume then that in addition to the
other policies w hich he has instituted and which were
approved by the majority the people also approved
the new Thanksgiving Day.
Thirty-two governors of as many states this year
proclaimed November 21—the third Thursday—to be
Thanksgiving Day.
Governor W. Lee O’Daniel also proclaimed Nov-
ember 21—the third Thursday—to be Thanksgiving
Day.
But Valley schools. Valley business—except the
banks—chose November 28 the fourth Thursday.
Admitted that President Roosevelt has caused all
the confusion it's about tim^ that we forget it and
next year everybody in the Valley have a great
Thanksgiving Day celebration on the third Thursday
in November.
We are not obstinate.
We vote now for one Thanksgiving Day next year.
M M. M ^k Ik
Answers to Your Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN
A reader can get the answer to
any ques'ion of ‘act by writ-
ing Tne biownav.a* Herald In-
formation Bureau. Frederic J.
H ask in. Director Washington.
D. C. Float# encloae three t3t
tents for reply.
Q—Pleas* fit* Dorothy Thomp-
son's definition of Communism. T.
E. M.
A—Miss Thompson In her politi-
cal Guide' says: "Communism is a
very old faith held for centuries
from time to time by groups oi
people. Originally it meant any
form of social organization in
which all production was for com-
mon and equal distribution. But
in our modem political dictionary
it means that philosophy of history
that form of organization and
strategy held by Karl Marx who
wrote in the middle of the last
century and is the founder of mod-
em Communism. It is supposed to
have been put into practice in So-
viet Russia and the Communist In-
ternational. the so-called Comin-
tern which exists to further this
gospel throughout the world is
dominated by the political leaders
of Soviet Russia who lay down the
party line' or party policy which
all communists throughout the
world are supposed to follow with
strict discipline.'*
Itnoranr*
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He deals hands of 10 cards each
and one at a tune. The real of the
deck with top card turned over be-
side it is placed in the middle as
in any kind of rummy.
Dealers opponent doesn't have
to make the fim play. If he doesn't
want the exposed card or choose to
make a draw ha may pass the
turn.
As In any kind of rummy the
idea is to fill your hands with
threes or more of a kind or with
combinations of three or more cards
in suit-and-sequence. Aces are al-
ways low and may not be used to
top the queen-king combinations.
Instead of laving down groups of
cards during play each player holds
10 cards until the last. (This makes
it harder to figure what the other
guy is collecting ! When the values
of the disassociated cards in one
player's hand total 10 or less he
may rap the table or say i m out”
or exclaim. "I've got you this time
vou so-and-so!" (Example of such
h hand would be 9. 10. J. Q of
clu'c*. three 6s two deuces and a
5-spot. >
Apparent Loser May Win
So he puts down his hand. Oppo-
r.ent then may lay down whatever
groups or sequences he may hate
and he also may play on the other
persons hand if he has anything
thaHl fit. All the face cards count
10. aces 1. Game is 100. The scoring
is a bit complicated. If the winner
is stuck with cards totaling 9. and
if opponent s unplayed cards have a
count of 41. the winner of the hand
takes a score of 32 plus a bonus of
25. «These hand-winning bonuses
usually are applied at the end since
mast of them cancel out.)
Nowf let's assume that opponent
has a run of small luck and wins
five hands in succession without
leaching game score of 100. But on
Nine years ago Wili am Wyler
was directing a picture tsi Univer-
sal...One of the actresses there
w as sent to him to be screen-tested
for the feminine lead Wyler
promptly turned her down and. be-
cause the girl was wearing an ex-
tremely low-cut dress he caustic-
ally observed. ‘Some actresses have 4k
a funny way of displaying their
talent".. The lass was so miserable
over her humiliating flop she wish-
ed she could die...She was Berra
Dans and Wyler who has Just di-
rected the Screen * First Lady lit *
her latest click. “The Letter." #
humbly admitted to her recently
I ve eaten mv words many times
since I made that crack!**
John 9. Knight one of this eof-
yums employers In three different *
cities considered the various *vn- ^ *
dicated eolyumtsts in a long edit-
orial. It is his criticism that Mr.
Peeler use some kindlv words one*
in a while that Dorothv Thompson
General Johnson and the other*
pull themselves together and that *
"* *reat many people prefer Walter
Wincheir* chit-chat to his political
opinions’... Well this colyum agree*
with Mr Knight but as Shaw one#
aald: Who are we against so A
many?'*.. .a year and a half ago w
we eschewed polite* war. national
news— and emphasized Broadway
and Hollywood trivia...Our reward
was appearing in 1(10 newspapers.
Our Sunday night “CroaaleV* wa*
9 4—sometimes 9« The latest 9
count reveals 330 odd newspapers
and the Crosslev <which is radio's
barometeri gave us a score of lit
—the 'high*’ among news commen-
ts tors... In short when you ignore
what is happening in the world—
you have hair a* many readers and I
listeners. f
Q—What Is the seating rapacity
of the sports arena at Hershev
Pennsylvania? K. R G.
A—It has a seating capacity ot
from 7200 to 10.000 persons de-
pending upon the nature of the
event.
Q—Where can one get the seeds
of the Peruvian flowers which are
being given as a good will offer-
ing to Americans? W. J. H.
A—The seeds of a beautiful Pe-
ruvian flower are being distributed
by the Pan American Society of
Tropical Research at New Orleans.'
A stamp should be enclosed with
requests. The offer is made by the
Peruvian Government in celebra-
tion an commemoration of the re-
cent International Conference at
Lima.
-
Q—In giving a person's name as
a reference is it necessary to ask
his permission? J. H. G.
A—One always asks for permis-
sion to use the name of the indi-
vidual which is given as reference.
©—Why is Friday the 13th con-
sidered an unlucky day? G. >1.
A—It is generally believed that
the superstition in connection with
the number -IS" has reference to
the Last Supper of the Lord and
His Disciples at which thirteen
members were present. Friday is
considered unlucky by Christians
because it was the day of the
Lord's crucifixion. There is also a
legend that it is the day on which
Adam and Eve partook of the for-
bidden fruit. Friday was consid-
ered unlucky among the Buddhists.
Brahmans and also the Romans.
Q—On what kind of Instrument
did Spencer Tracy play In "The1
Devil is a Sissy.” J. H. G.
A—He played the vtelle. a six-
teenth century form of the medie-
val vioL
Q—What are the five largest in-
dustries in the I'nited States? H.
R. I).
A—The five largest industries ini
value of products manufactured
are: automobiles and parts meat
packing steel petroleum refining
and bread and bakery products.
Q—Have any or the spirituals
sung by Mitchell's Christian Sing-
ers i recently mentioned in your
column) been recorded? I. W. H.
A—A number of their songs have
been recorded by Vocation.
Harrison
In
Hollywood
Bv PAIX HARRISON
NLA Service St*H Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD—Hundreds of peo-
ple in Movietown are playing a
came called gin rummy. After con-
siderable research among acknowl-
edged experts. I still haven't learn-
ed why it’s called '■gin." And as a
guy who is reasonably familiar with
most of the amusing speculative
rnd time-killing contents which
can be conducted with a deck of
cards. I also do not know why so
many people are playing gin rummy.
But I do know they're playing
i*. and with the same single-mind-
ed enthusiasm which Hollywood
reserves for everything it adopts.
Thus a person who hasn't read
For Whom the Bell Tolls' U con-
sidered illiterate. Anyone who can't
rhumba simply cannot dance And
he w ho doesn t play gin rummy is
a dullard and a social leper.
It is almost always played two-
handed and therefore scarcely would
Qualify as a group pastime if it were
rot so admirably adapted to kibitz-
ing. If you attend what Hollywood
calls an "Intimate little party” of
maybe 40 guests. It will probably
lapse into a gin rummy tournament
with two tables four players and
G6 rooters tn the bleachers.
Just as backgammon used to be
the favorite now gtn rummy is
played on sound stages during long
wails in the offices of writers who
don’t feel like writing and on trains
and planes ferrying between here
and Broadway. There are stories
of large sums won and lost and of
games that have gone on for three
or four days and nights.
I thought I'd tell you about gin
’ umuiy because it seems Interest-
ing that such a game could have
becom* a major sport among film
celebrities. But the details of play
are *.oing to give you an awful let-
down:
Ten Cards To A Player
If the games just starting play-
ers cut for high card and the deaL
• Hherwus* the winner of the pre-
vious hand or * knockdown ” deals. I
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By WUliaor Ferguson
INI 19X7
HTMB *
/MISSISSIPPI M
RIVER.
FLOODED /XNI
AREA LARGER ESSi
THAN THE IfefcJ
fOAARlNED
^ t|
T. M U& U * Off
Harbor Master * •
Duties Divided *
Nn turc*«ar will be appointed ♦<*
fill the post of harbor master left
vacant bv Cart e M Dterlam who
is on leave of absence after being ja
called to Washington for naval duty
In his capacity as lieutenant com-
mander of United States Naval Re-
serve.
Port Director F W Hofmokel uld
Friday that Capt Di*rlam has been _
granted a leave of absence and will }
he reinstated upon his return to
Brownsville which may be within
W days to one year depending upon
receipt of hts naval discharge.
In his absence the duties per-
formed bv capt. Diet lam mull be -
distributed between the present ’
staff which of late includes E J.
Teagarden former general agent
for Moor*-McCormack Steamship
Co. who will act as wharf super-
intendent. Mr. Hofmokel stated
Capt A. D. Sham pilot at the \
Port of BromnsviUe. will be in *
charge of all marine survey mork
and will also represent the New
York Board of Underwriters Mr.
Hofmokel said.
GROCERY ( HANGER HAND! )
SAN BENITO— Purchase of the
Lighthouse grocery from T. W.
Malone and Sons was announced
Friday by Herbert Bueamg and W.
P. Smith. Mr. Smith mho has been
in the grocery business in San Ben- #
ltd for approximately thirty rears
sold this grocery to the Malone
family about a year and a half
ago. Mr. Bue.sing has also been a
grocer here for many years. ^
Hold Best Fruit
For Fiesta Plea
MISSION — Because much choice
fruit is being harvested. Vance H
Glasgow general chairman of the
Texas Citrus Fiesta to be held in
Mission in January has appealed
to growers to reserve some of their
best fruit to be used in the citrus
exhibit to be a part.of the fiesta
If growers will lea\e some of the !
best fruit on a few of their trees
the exhibit as a m hole mill be much
more worthwhile. Mr Glasgow
said. Some growers this week re-
ported they had already cleaned
their trees and feared they would
not have their best fruits to dis-
play.
Merced©* Director
Quits Bank Post
MERCEDES —H. D Lauderdale. |
Mercedes attorney ha.; resigned as j
a director of the board of the Mer-
cedes First National bank and at-
torney for the institution. Lauder-
dale has represented the bank for
the past 15 years and has been a
director since January.
Two Ud. One Out Is
Valley Fire Score
MERCEDES-The Mercedes Fire
department was called twice Thurs-
day. One call was due to excelsior
catching fire in the trailer of a
truck and a second to North Mer-
cedes. resulted in a false alarm.
ANSWER: Two.
NEXT: Wh*t Is wiiklak?
I ( Views of Other Papers
I SWEEPS AND SLIDES
I An education in percentage
I % thinking and away from thinking
B in brute numbers b what the
B American people needs badly. To
B thb the newspapers are no excep-
I non We have got into the habit
B rf describing any election majority
B ot more than 10000 votea as a
■ sweep Aythlng more than 50000
vore ia apt to become a landslide.
We do not always atop to note the
difference between 10.000 vote* m
Nevada and In New York. Mr.
Roosevelt in 19M beat Governor
Landoi in Nevada by a majority
of 20.000 votes but the Rooaevelt
vote was 75 per cent of the total.
Governor Lehman two years ago
beat Thomas E. Dewey by 65.000
but the Lehman vote was leas than
per cent of the total.
For that matter even without
p*rc*tuage thinking we use sweep-
ing majorities and crushing majori-
ties tou loosely After all we have
»cen a President elected by a plu-
|. ality of nearly eleven million and
tarry New York by more than a
million as Mr. Roosevelt did in
1036 It is a bit odd to -peak of
50.003 majorities a* sweeping and
crushing and landslide.-—New York
I Times. I
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