Nazis Bomb Poet Milton's Tomb
The statue of John Milton, the famous blind poet of Great Britain,
is toppled from its pedestal by a Nazi bomb that fell on St. Giles, one
of London’s oldest churches. In the churchyard lies the tomb of the
great poet. The interior of the church itself was also damaged by the blast.
Both Their Hearts on Wrong Side
The Smith twins, Bell and Nell, of Decatur, Ga., are in reverse. Their
hearts are on the right sides of their bodies, instead of the usual left
side. Their spleens, too, are on the wrong side—right instead of left, and
their livers, to make the turnabout complete, are on the left instead of
the right side. Their eyes, strangely enough, have exactly the same
measurements, and exactly the same ailments, a rarity, even in identical
twins. The girls are eight years old.
Heroine
Miss Leonora Lindsley of New
York, shown on her return to Goth
am, after having been an ambu
lance driver in France. She dis
tinguished herself in the great re
treat of Dunkerque when she car
ried many wounded and refugees to
safety.
Hero
Father Francis X. Quinn of New
York receives Congressional medal
from President Roosevelt for induc
ing a gunman to surrender after
police had been unable to dislodge
him from a home. Congress appro
priated $250 for the gold medal.
U. S. Postmasters to Convene
While the guardian of the U. S. |
mails at “the world’s smallest com
plete post office” of De Luz, Calif., |
(pictured at right) may not take I
time off from his strenuous duties;
to attend the convention of the Na-j
tional Association of Postmasters at,
Columbus, Ohio, September 26-28, j;
approximately 5,000 of his brother j,
workers will. Michael J. O’Rourke,
Beverly Hills, Calif., (upper right)
F1 is scheduled to be chosen the group’s
next president, and Frank C. Walk
er, (directly above) President
Roosevelt’s new postmaster general
appointee, is expected to attend
some of the sessions.
Sophie Tunes Up for Legion Convention
Sophie Tucker shows a war Veteran how she will sing for the Ameri
can Legion’s twenty-second annual convention, at Boston, September 25,
when Schenlcy Post, No. 1190, presents its mammoth "Cavalcade of
Stars.” Other headliners: Bill Robinson, Ben Bernie and Tommy Dorsey.
Right: 1940 Legion convention badge.
Mother and Child
Lina Medina, the world’s youngest
mother, who will observe her sixth
birthday on September 23. The ju
venile mother who is shown with her
15-month-old son was expected to
journey from her home in Lima,
Peru, to Chicago to undergo an in
vestigation of her strange case by
scientists.
Happy Birthday!
A famous English author and an
American statesman who advocates
every assistance to Britain short of
war will celebrate their birthdays
September 21. The English author
is H. G. Wells, (right) who will be
74. The American statesman is Col.
Henry L. Stimson, (left) new secre
tary of war, who will be 73.
I
Over-Age U. S. Destroyers Go to Britain
A view in the San Diego naval base recently, showing some of the World war destroyers of the United
States navy which have been traded to Great Britain by President Roosevelt for air and naval bases. Under
the terms of the agreement the United States receives 99-year leases for air and naval bases in Newfoundland,
in the islands of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lncla, Trinidad, Antigua, and in British Guiana. Mr.
Roosevelt called the deal "the most important action in the reinforcement of our national defense that has
been taken since the Louisiana Purchase in Thomas Jefferson’s administration.
Listening Post in Our Canal Defenses
Left: Amid the dense Jungle of the Chagres river section of the Panama Canal Zone, a listening post of
our growing air defenses is shown in action under eyes of Brig. Gen. Sandford Jarman, commanding Panama
coast artillery brigade. Right: Ruins of ancient Fort San Lorenzo, Sixteenth century “strong point,” are used
for camp site by men of the Canal Zone’s artillery brigade. The fort is at the Atlantic entrance of the canal.
Mary's Lamb
Mary Hewlett of Ramona, Calif.,
with two-months’ old Karakul iamb.
The war having stopped importation
of pelts from Asia Minor, Ramona
ranchers who have been raising
Karakul sheep are experiencing a
boom.
Reports to F. D. R.
Mrs. F. J. Harriman, U. S. min
ister to Norway, as she arrives at
the White House. Mrs. Harriman
made a report to the President on
foreign affairs. She recently re
turned to this country on the trans
port, American Legion. j
LaGuardia Volunteers in Fingerprint Drive
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (left) of New York, who recently took the
initiative in declaring that every American should be fingerprinted volun
tarily, for means of identification, keeps his promise. He is shown being
fingerprinted at the Summer city hall in New York. Detective James Ken
ney and members of the staff from the New York City police department,
bureau of civilian identification stand by as the mayor’s prints are re
corded.
Another Link Binding the Americas
A striking photo of the Pan-American Airways clipper, "Comet,” as
the great airliner took off from Miami airport on inaugural flight of the
new sub-stratosphere service to Rio De Janeiro. The three-day service
will speed passengers, mail and express to the West Indies and the east
coast of South America. It will tie Latin America still closer with the
United States.
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD
President Roosevelt*s dis
regard of political maxims
causes surprise . . . He un
expectedly blames Con
gress, not business, for lag
ging defense program.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
WASHINGTON.—One thing about
this presidential campaign is that
neither of the candidates follows all
the old political laws and maxims.
Hiram Johnson
mis might be un
derstood about Wen-'
dell Willkie. He is a,
rank amateur in pol
itics. But F. D. R.
is generally admit
ted to be one of the
shrewdest politicians
of the age, so when
he violates rules
which experience
has taught the old
masters were sound
it is a cause for won
derment.
Most notable recent example wa»
the attack of the President on Sen.:
Hiram W. Johnson of California, fol
lowed by the attack on Willkie by1
Harold L. Ickes in his “reply” to
the Westerner's acceptance address.
The President, it will be recalled,
told a gathering of newspaper men
at the White House that Senator
Johnson was no longer a Progres
sive. Ickes warned the country;
over the radio that one of the dis-|
asters which would accompany Will-'
kie’s election would be that Johnson
would become chairman of the sen
ate foreign relations committee.
INTENT OF ATTACK IMPORTANT
But the importance here is not
whether Johnson is "no longer a
Progressive,” nor whether there is
any chance of his becoming chair
man of the senate foreign relations
committee. It is the intent behind
the attacks.
At the time the attacks were
made, Johnson was a candidate in
all three parties for the senatorial
nomination—Democratic, Republi
can and Progressive. Information
from every source available to this
writer was that he was certain to
win both the Democratic and Re
publican nominations. These pre
dictions have proven true.
Yet with this information, which
was certainly at the President’s dis
posal, he chose to issue an attack
calculated to make Hiram Johnson!
furious. And this despite the fact,
that in 1932 Johnson, although sit-!
ting as a Republican in the senate,j
spoke in favor of Roosevelt in Cali
fornia, and that in 1936 he did not*!
turn a hand to oppose F. D. R.’s re-!
election.
At the time, also, nothing had
been said or hinted by Johnson to
show that he was particularly favor
able to Willkie’s candidacy.
It would seem to boil down to
this, that Roosevelt is so bitter
against Johnson because Johnson
opposed him on the Supreme court
and other issues that he didn’t care
a rap about the consequences, es
pecially as he undoubtedly thinks;
he can carry California even with
Johnson openly fighting him.
PRESIDENT’S ’BOMBSHELL.”
It is interesting to note that
President Roosevelt’s much predict
ed “bombshell” that most politi
cians had been expecting, calculated
to stampede the country for Roose
velt as against Wendell Willkie—was
not an attack on business in con
nection with the national defense
contracts.
For a time it seemed, from bolts
launched against “profit greedy”
manufacturers by high-placed New
Dealers, that this might be turned
into the paramount issue.
On the contrary, however, he took
the position that not only was the
defense program going pretty well,
but that business WAS co-operating!
He put most of the blame for delay
on the shoulders of congress.
There are a number of interest
ing angles to the explanation. One
is that the President is actually
more sensitive to criticism from
what might be called the Southern
Conservatives in congress, and to
that of certain other Democrats who
are not Southern and not conserva
tive—as for example Sen. David L
Walsh of Massachusetts, and Sen.
Burton K. Wheeler of Montana—
than he is to criticism from the
"enemy,” to wit, the Republicans.
OPPOSITION NEVER FORGETS
Every time the President has run
into real trouble with congress it
has been a combination of most of
the Republicans with this hostile
group of Democrats. They beat him
on Passamaquoddy and the Florida
ship canal. They beat him on the
Supreme court packing measure.
The President has not forgiven
any cf them. So when three sena
tors, Walsh, Harry F. Byrd of Vir
ginia, Democrats, and Arthur H.
Vandenberg, Repubican, joined in
an attack on the defense program
it was not out of character for the
President to make a strong case to
the newspapers that all three were
just fundamentally wrong. The
feeling against Willkie, curiously
enough, is not nearly so strong as
the President’s feeling against the
individual senators who from tirn—
to time have beaten his cherished
schemes.