WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
Con tali dated Features—WNU Features.
NEW YORK —In June. 1M0. a few
months after becoming gover
nor of Alaska. Ernest Gruening said,
**A few parachutists could take Alas
ka today."
Thi* Doc Doetn’t He pondered
Treat Eyea. Eart, the observa
But Utet Hit Own 1ti°n *!**
late General
William Mitchell. "He who holds
Alaska holds the world," and, a
man of peace and a foe of imperi
alism, the governor thereafter never
missed a chance to urge the stra
tegic importance of Alaska, and to
insist that "It has the greatest pos- :
gibilities for an offensive of any land
isider the American flag." Congress
was not, at first, responsive. Just
how effective the governor’s pleas
have been is still shrouded in the
mists of that frozen domain.
The least Insular of men. Dr.
Greening has long been con
cerned with insular affairs, and
was chief of the division of terri
tories of the department *f the
Interior from 1934 to 1939, re
ceiving the Alaskan appointment
on December 5 of the latter
year. He la a doctor of medi
cine. with a degree from Har
vard university, diverted to
newspaper work early In bis ca
reer. His studioua bent has been
snch that he might have been
pat down for bookworm, bad It
not been for his snccess in prac
tical affairs, notably running big
town newspapers and making
them pay.
The son of a famous New York
eye and ear specialist. Dr. Gruening
also bad intended to treat eyes and
ears, but began his career as an
alert reporter for the Boston Ameri- j
can. That led him to the successive
managing editorships of the Boston
Herald, the Traveler and the Jour
nal, the New York Tribune and the
New York Nation, with time out for
his service as a private in the World
war.
A liberal and reformer, he began
back-trailing our tentative adven
tures in imperialism, in the Philip
pines and in establishing our he
gemony over the Caribbean. Enter
ing tbe department of the interior j
be became the administration torch
bearer for a territorial New Deal.
He was bom in New York city in
1887.
Howard mingos is a skilled
writing man who also can add
and subtract This unique combina
tion of talents naturally has made
u u- him our cur
‘ Howard C. Mingos rent histori
A John the Baptist an of avia
Of Air Wilderness tion Pro«
ress, as edi
tor of the annual aircraft year book,
published by the aeronautical cham
ber of commerce. The 1942 edition
of the book, just out says our plane
manufacturers have some ‘'frightful
aurprises,’’ for the Axis, which will
Jolt the enemy clear down to his
cloven hoof.
“Who says It?” Is the wary on
looker’s natural query about
wartime news like that. The first
answer, as to Mr. Mingos. and
It is reassuring, is that he Is
cautious and never has gone off
half-cocked In reporting avia
tion news, good or bad. In 1937,
he did not pull his punch in re
porting the swift ascendancy of
the German Luftwaffe over the
British RAF.
He has long sustained a reputation
as a good reporter, on the New York
Sun for quite a spell. He is the au
thor of more than 1,000 articles on
aviation in newspapers and maga
zines, and several books. ‘The Air
Is Our Concern” was the subject of
a book on which he collaborated in
1935. He now gets long over-due
agreement on that.
After his graduation from his
home town high school in Athens,
Pa., young Mr. Mingos studied two
years at the Philadelphia School
of Industrial Art, then switched to a
long stretch of newspaper work, with
the Philadelphia Telegraph, the
Scranton Republic, the New York
Times and Sun. From 1922 to 1930,
he was a special contributor of avia
tion articles to the Times. With the
volunteer air service of the U. S.
army, overseas, in the first World
war, he became a special represent
ative of the aeronautical chamber
of commerce in 1920. He is 51 years
old, our outstanding professional
score-keeper in air doings.
ANY day now we may get word
that swarms of American
planes, manned by Americans, are
fighting and bombing with the Brit
ish over Germany. Maj. Gen. James
E. Chaney will wing them eastward,
as commander of all American
army forces in the British Isles. He
is a flying general, a military stu
dent of the German industrial re
gions in the post-war years, an in
ternational authority on military avi
ation, on tactics, fighting and bomb
ing interception. He is 57, and grad
uated from West Point in 1906.
WASHINGTON. — Announcement
that the crew of a certain U. S. na
val vessel had •’celebrated” their
third sinking of their ship by the
Japanese radio since last December
7 illustrates the extraordinary lack
of information about losses—and
some victories—in this war in the
hands of the public.
Probably In no war in his
tory has there been more rumor
and less Information.
There is no comparison what
ever with the situation which ex
isted in the last war. although
dispatches could be sent just as
speedily then as now, and every
government was trying, in one
way or another, to use propa
ganda for its own ends and pre
vent the propaganda of the ene
my from having the effect the
enemy desired.
The chief reason for all this secre
cy in this war of course is high strat
egy, which exists to an extent and
on a scale never before dreamed of.
Let’s consider the matter of the
battle of the Coral sea. The United
States government up to the moment
this is written has not admitted the
loss of anything more than two
planes in that battle. Jap claims as
to our losses have ranged until they
finally counted a battleship as well
as two airplane carriers and numer
ous smaller vessels.
*Connections’ Mean Nothing
All sorts of people with all sorts
of connections have tried to find out
what really happened to our ships
in that battle.
While there is general acceptance
of the statement by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur that the Japanese claims
were '‘fantastic’* the thought of
most of the inquirers has been that
we did lose more than two planes,
and probably some small surface
craft.
The Inquiries have been made in
some instances by important admin
istration senators who had close
friends on ships in the southwest
Pacific.
Remembering the case of the
cruiser Houston, which was not ad- j
milted to have been sunk until weeks
after the Japanese announced it, and
from which not a single officer or
man, as far as we have ever
learned, was rescued, these sena
tors, worried about their friends,
have tried to find out as to the safe
ty of certain other ships.
Hie senators In question failed
to discover even whether the
ships in which they were inter
ested had participated in that
engagement!
This is not written in criticism,
but in commendation. It is unfor
tunately true that if the senators
had learned the truth the informa-1
tion would not have died there. With
in a few days the scraps of infor
mation would have been pieced to
gether.
A check-up of estimated losses in
flicted on the enemy obtained from
that enemy's capital is pretty near
ly priceless in guiding future opera
tions.
* • •
It isn’t only the military and po
litical leaders who have to make de
cisions involving vital gambles on
what may or may not happen.
Industry is up against the same
thing, and even the little business
man has to make up his mind on
courses of action which may lead
to losses if things break one way or
save his shirt if they break the
other.
Building Management
Faces Difficult Decision
Take the matter of a big office
building in Washington. This build
ing has three furnaces, which have
burned oil to supply heat and hot
water ever since the building was
, constructed.
Now the building management is
ordered to cut down Its consumption
of oil by 50 per cent (the first order
was for only a 25 per cent reduc
tion).
Now it would be comparatively
simple for the management to let
the building be cold next winter,
and tell the tenants it was sorry,
but a temperature of 55 degrees, or
whatever should prove to be possi
ble, was the best it could do
Actually the building management
COULD do precisely that, for the
tenants would not be able to find
other quarters, Washington being so
crowded.
But naturally the management is
scratching around, trying to find
some way to soften the blow. It
figures it can save only 12 to 15 per
cent at the maximum, without pro
ducing hardship
So now it is considering putting
in coal stokers. IF it can get the
1 stokers—for at least one and possi
bly two of the boilers. Being a
downtown office building it can not
pile up a stock of coal, as can the
regular householder with a cellar.
Its cellars are much occupied.
PPATTERNS
) SEWINGORCLE^)
IT IS no trouble at all to slip into
* this smart slack suit—with its
practical bib top—you’ll probably
insist on wearing it all day long
while you are enjoying the wide
outdoors! Note the smart treat
ment in back—which exposes a
generous area of skin to sun tan
ning—and the buttoning which
closes the slacks. Make the bo
lero to match and trim with the
latest in decorative braid—giant
ric rac!
• • •
Pattern No. SIM is tor sixes I to 11
years. Size 10 years slack suit takes 2'fc
yards 35 or 39-inch material, bolero %
yard.
Two-Piece Dress
BRIGHTEST new fashion idea in
^ years! A two piece frock which
looks like a suit. You can wear it
as a suit, in fact, with a blouse
or dickey. Nothing could be more
useful in a summer wardrobe,
made in a washable seersucker,
Play Is Preparation
Play is a pleasurable mental
and physical competitive exercise
where the issues involved are
trivial and transient. It is a fit
preparation for more important
tasks. And it is the law of life
that you only do those important
tasks well at which you have
played in childhood.—Stanley Hall.
gingham or chambray. Tops for
tailored smartness, tops for com
fort and tops for figure flattery—
it makes you look straight and
slim and ready to go places.
• • •
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to 20; 40 and 42. Size 14. short sleeves,
takes 4*» yards 35-inch material.
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The Qufifioni
1. What line follow.* "The night
has a thousand eyes’’?
2. The wife of an earl Is catted
what?
3. Oarlic belongs to what botan
ical family?
4. The present population of the
world is approximately what?
5. Who was called the Belgian
Shakespeare?
6. By W’hat other name was
Australia once known?
7. When was the first national
convention of the American Le
gion held?
8. How* much does a gallon of
pure water weigh?
9. In what year was Alaska pur
chased from Russia by the United
States?
Wartime Problem Solved
Necessity has forced the Ameri
can people to do many new things.
While in the past many bird lov
ers have raised canaries at home
for the pleasure and satisfaction
they derived, now the breeding of
canaries at home has become a
new, worthwhile hobby—a money
making hobby that is spreading all
over this country.
With the major supplies of
canaries from abroad abruptly
stopped . . . with a strict war
time ban placed on the importa
tion of hundreds of thousands of
canaries formerly shipped yearly
from Central Europe and Asia,
the ingenuity and foresight of the
American people have met the
situation with smiles of satisfac
tion—as they turned this canary
shortage into a wartime oppor
tunity.
But a small out-lay was required
to start this worthwhile hobby—
turning a most pleasurable under
taking into a profitable, money
making business at home
NEW IDEAS
tJlome.-mahieW'
By Ruth Wyeth Spears
r HANMMOE
QWLT IS NOT
WELL DISPLAYED
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VALANCE
\/f OST quilts today are planned
as bedspreads and have a col
or scheme to harmonize with other
decorations. If a variety of fig
ured scraps is used one color is
generally repeated in each block
to give the design usity.
The beauty of any quilt is en
hanced if it is set off with a val
Does Just That
“There’s a fellow who takes the
worst possible view of every
thing.” said the grouch.
“Why, is he a pessimist?”
“No, he’s a candid camera
fiend.”
Heart's Desire
Spinster—So the waiter said to
me, "How would you like your
rice?”
Friend—Yes, dearie, go on.
Spinster—So I said wistfully,
“Thrown at me.”
Few Virtues
Lady—That parrot I bought here
swears frightfully.
Dealer—I don’t deny it, madam,
but you must admit he doesn’t
drink or smoke.
Different Views
Sonny—Dad, what do you call a man
who drives a car?
Dad fa pedestrian I—It all depends on
how close he comes to me, son.
Advantage
“They say that with war cut
ting off imports of insecticides, the
insects are steadily winning their
eternal war with man.”
“They’ve made a good begin
ning, anyway. I pay five cents a
pound for potatoes and the potato
bug gets his free.”
Concisely
Aunt—l suppose you will be at the
picnic, John ?
John—Now, l ain't goin’.
Aunt—Don’t say “/ ain’t goin’.” M
give you a lesson: l am not going, you
are not going, he is not going, we are
not going, they are not going. Now can
you say all that?
John—Sure. There ain’t nobody goin’.
Quite Important
Hubby—You never tell me what
you buy! Don’t I have my voice
in the buying?
Wi/ey—Certainly, darling! You
get the invoice.
ance around the bed. The bed in
the sketch had no particular tra
dition and the footboard was much
too high to display the quilt to
advantage. What a difference in
the effect when the board was cut
down and the crisp frills of dotted
Swiss were added! Surely, any
quilt worth piecing is worth this
extra touch.
• • •
NOTE: If you have a metal bed that
you would like to modernize you will find
sketches and directions in Mrs. Spears’
Book 3. There are eight of these booklets
of 32 pages of things to make from odds
and ends which accumulate around the
house, or from inexpensive new materials.
Copies are 10 cents each and with an or
der for three (No. 1 to 8) you will re
ceive a set of three different quilt block
patterns Including the Whirl Wind illus
trated herewith. Send order to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
Bedford Hills New York
Enclose 10 cents for each book de
sired. Nos.
Name...
Address.
Fortunately Hole in Barrel
Was Discovered in Time
The particular unit in question
had taken on a large number of
new recruits and some of them
were a little raw. During the first
rifle inspection, the officer ap
proached one of the men, had a
look at his rifle, and then called
to the N.C.O. in charge.
“Look at this man’s rifle!” he
announced.
The sergeant looked down the
barrel, swung the rifle around to
the recruit, and barked: “Take a
look at that rifle, you!”
The recruit peerecP carefully
down the barrel, then muttered in
a surprised tone:
“Well, what do you know. Got
a hole clean through it!”
Greatest Wealth
Not to be avaricious is money;
not to be fond of buying is a
revenue; but to be content with
our own is the greatest and most
certain wealth of all.—Cicero.
10, In what year were the first
practical friction matches made?
Th* Aniu'rn
1. “And the day but one.1*
2. Countess.
3. Lily.
4. Nineteen hundred million,
5. Maeterlinck,
6. New Holland.
7. November, 1919.
8. 8,355 pounds.
9. In 1867.
10. In 1927, by John Walter, an
English druggist.
Memory (noniuses
Some Mohammedan priests have
remarkable memories. Starting
when they first learn to read, they
read no other book besides the
Koran, and by the time they enter
the priesthood are able to repeat
the 2,400,000 words of that book
from memory. Several of the
priests with more retentive memo
ries have memorized the complete
work in as little as 2H years.
No Compromise
We cannot compromise witl»
fear and cruelty.—Mrs. F. D.
Roosevelt.
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