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NANCY

YEP-

SO A NEW BOY

MOVED AROUND HERE, EH?

AND THEY SAY HE'S VERY STRONG!

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I HEAR HIS FATHER WAS A

.CIRCUS STRONG

MAN!

AW... DAT'S PROB'LY A LOTTA TALK!

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

I'LL BET HE'S JUST A PHONEY --- TRYIN'

TO BE A TOUGH GUY!

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August 5, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

WONDER WHAT HIS NAME IS 7-

MY NAME IS OXIE --- WHAT'S YOURS?

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Swiss Youth Fighting Openly For Ideals of Democracy

BERNE, Switzerland.-Among Europe's S. S. and S. A. troops, Iron. Guardists, Sons of Wolves, Fascist organisations, and Communist guards, there is ono organisation of politically clito young men who are fighting openly for the ideals and the methods of democracy with the weapons of propaganda and mass psychology. They are the Gottard League of Switzer- land.

In

of

the

Viennese Star Shuns "Glamour,"

Prefers Her Hollywood Ranch

By HALSEY RAINES

Areticently alluring young lady with raven-black tresses, who suggests the Helen ér Annabel of Edgar Allan Poe's lyric eulogies, is Hollywood's number one 1941 exponent of the Viennese tradition. She is lissome and languorous Hedy Lamarr, whose twin hobbies are raising chickens and painting fences around her nere-and-a-half. California "ranch" and who is now co-starred with James Stewart, Judy Garland and Lana Turner in M-G-BI'S forthcoming "Ziegfeld

Gir

Miss Lomarr's pot dislike is the by now somewhat shopworn phrase, "glamour girl." She doesn't like it to be directed at her, and she feels it's apt to be sort of boomerang compliment wherever used. Hor in- sistent appeals to play comedy rather than clotheshorse parts led to her appearance as an overalled Soviet motorwoman and a back-to-; the Pennsylvania-farm girl in her; latest two parta,

Faced by the constantly in-overnights in the best hotels," furni- would change his stand on such and creasing undermining activity ture and cheap houses," "State such a question." Of course of Nazi splitter parties and for- bonuses to the small saver and de- Germans have exact records of the eign agents, these young men used taxes and countless other weaknesses of character, ambition, benefits in return for "enange of lack of success and money, debts of -banded themselves together and mind" toward Germany, are being leading

men in every branch determined in their leaves of exposed by the Gotthard inen in public and business #fc. absence from Army service tó

public lectures delivered by people of Intelligence who have actually Against the sort of fear which defend their country with pro-been to these neighbouring foreign such an uncanny weapon can spread paganda as they were ready to countries which are supposed to be the Gotthard Leaguers bring defend it with modern weapons so ideal and who actually know and; example of fearless patriotism and on the frontier. They based can describe conditions there,

constant clarification and enuncia- The Swiss are their decision on the knowledge people acquainted with every coun-Swiss democracy."

on International tion of the "lasting principles of that the Axis powers regard try

they have Europe where propaganda as a part of war-business und personal connections. They have many reforms to make They nre not stig renetionsrica. fare itself and attack with words! It is very difficult to fool them.

Swiss democracy better, to give the A more difficult problem is econo- they come with bombers and

have an

Emall youth to take part in public life and emelent though tanka.

the ordeal of being elected Federal police to enforce the laws to strengthen the family, but they do First of all, the young Gotthard against this activity, but it is imas "The greatest state idea the world believe ardently in Swiss democracy Leaguers decided to put a halt to possible in a

a Nation where there are

are has ever the rumours which ran about the so

Germans many

seen combining various cultural groups, innguages, religions country on every occasion in which

keep the Axis powers and labour organisations in foreigners to Europe and Switzerland faced

free a from getting information of a por- crisis. They

were sure

co-opera- that hun-sonal or business nature which they fellowship, tolerance and

tion." dreds of professional

rumour politely and ruthlessly employ to mongers in the pay of the Axis were bring pressure on individuals to gain taking advantage of the receptivity inner politie al influence. to any wild tale which the exclte- ment and tension of the Europea" situation periodically created in the Swiss

and idens and emotions beforeÏmic and political spying. The Swiss workers a better life and to inspiro

public

mind. Women would come with the ex- elled tale that a leading Army officer had just fled the country. Farm hands would whisper mysteriously that two spies had just been caught dressed as nuns. People would say that "certain higher officers" were converted to Nazism.

Caution On Rumours

The Gotthard League in key post-

and

Typical Axis Pressure

other

They mean to defend this ideal. So far from taking orders from the "New Europe" they feel themselves They use such phrases as, "Wo the symbol of another kind of would appreciate it if so and so Europe, a freer and better one.

U.S. and Canada Act To

Co-ordinate Production

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UP).—The Governments of the tons in the Army and in clvif life United States and Canada have moved to tighten their, co- traced these rumour as far as poss-ordination of defence production and to soften post-war blows ble. The story seemed to be most frequently pinned on a non-existent upon changes which the economy in each country now is under- "lleutenant colonel." Wherever they going. could in their contact the Gol- thardem urged civilians to restraint and

discipline in the spreading of such rumours and to a calm sceptical atitude toward any story, of a sen- sational nature une armed by, of- Acial sources.

The two countries recently, announced the establishment' of four-man committees to recommend means of carrying out the two-point programme.

"It is the-common belief of, Federal Reserve Board, and E. Dann the two governments that such Durand, a member of the U. S. Tariff

and reports should Commission.

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They went even further than this studies They

handed

chronle rumour assist the governments and Assistant Secretary of State A. A mongers whose weakness was mere- ly the vanity of knowing the latest peoples of each country in Berle, Jr., will sit with the Commit- story over to the police for Jight formulating policies and actions tee from time to time, it was said. penalties and professionals in the for the better utilisation of Members of the Canadian Com- game who spread rumour with the their productive capacities for milites are R. A. C. Henry, of the intent to weaken the morale of the the mutually greater welfare of Department of Munitions and Sup- country for severo Most slippery

custments.

are the each, both in the present emer-ply Prof. W. A. Mackintosh, speciul

adviser to the Department well-organised "fifth column"

Ingenicy period and after the Finance; J. G. Bouchard, official of every Swiss. city who, just as in emergency has passed," the De- the Department of Agriculture, and

Austria, Holland,

Alex Skelton, bend of the Research Czechoslovakin.

and Poland, divide the dispartment of State said.

Division of the Bank of Canuda.

trict into blocks for each of which It said that the joint inquiry

of

41. L. Keenteyside of the Depart-

Affairs, will mit

n "columnist" is "responsible."The marks one further step in the implement of External Gottharders are determined to bring mentation of the declarations of mu with the Canadian group when re- their methods out into the light and tual co-operation made by President to expose their word for the fraud Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mac-

quired.

that it i

Kenzie King at Hyde Park,, N Y., on April 20.

The Real Conditions Gotthard leaders are at the present

Last autumn the United States and time speaking from countless plat-

a joint defence forms of Switzerland combating the Canada established Insidious

and board of which the American spread by these bald columnista member is Mayor' Fiorello I. La that Switzerland cannot and will not Guardia of New York.

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NEW TREATMENT

FOR BURNS

Shillogton, Delaware, Aug. (UP),—Discovery of a new treat- defend itself in case of attacks. The The United States Committee is ment for severe burns has been an- Swiss can and will defend them-composed of William L. Butt, OPM nounced by authorities at the Johns- selves, of this the Gottharders are Production Director: Harry D. White, Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. convinced with a crusading convic- Director of Monetary Research in the treatment uses q combination of sul- tion which they are carrying to every Treasury Department; Prof. Alvin H. fadiazine in spray form: Reports one of their fellow citizens,

Hansen of the Graduate School of from the hospital show that it has The ridiculous promises of "Atth Economics, Harvard University, now produced remarkable results in its columnists" of "free train rides and associated temporarily with the early test cases.

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The young Austrian siar's sim- plicity of manner is utterly genuine. She went to America with nolay and effusive publicity grenades ex» ploding aboui her at every turn;

whenever: she dodged reporters possible, but won the reputation of being a model subject whenever an interview was granted; the survived 1040 Class Day favourite by a score of American colleges; and she kept right on buying three day-old chilek for that miniature Tyrolean farm.

She likes farm life.

Just an adolescent school girl with farge, bright staring eyes when shop first visited a picture set in sub-j urban Vienna, Miss Lamarr was in the next film, one dealing with caught up by fortuna in one of those young romance and having a par. Cinderella like transformations ticularly gutteral and forbidding that sometimes ont-invent the most title. The producer's discovery regis- Imaginative movie press agent. Her tered. Next came "Man Braught clothes were drab and rather poorly Kein Geld" (Money Isn't Every- selected, her make-up worse than thing), in which she registered still none and her hair and hat at an im- more. From this picture, "Ecstasy," passe. Dr. Wilhelm Szekely, the merit was still a long jump-eight and other European efforts to “Al- noted producer who is now in Holly- wood, spotted her and suggested a thousand geographical and innu- fairly comprehenalve recostuming, merable psychologieat miles-but The young lady demurred, explained tedy made it with shining colours, that she was just a visitor, went then came "Lady of the Tropies," home, thought it over, and eventu "Boom Town." "Comrade X" and ally returned. It was then too. Into Come Live with Me" And now, to get any consideration for a walk they'll keep the banner Jobelled through in the picture just being glamour girl" in the other corner finished, but a month inter a text st the sound stage, she'll be per- was made and a small bit assigned] fectly happy.

GOLDFISH'S SIGHT

Troy, N, Y., Aug. 3 (UP)~Gold- fish with the largest eyes have the poorest sight. That is the finding of

GRAINS NOT FOR

WINE-MAKING

Kwelchow Provincial Government

Gardiner Bennett, of Green Island, has joined other provincial authorities senior biology student at Rensselaer fa banning the use of grains for mak Polytechnle Institute who is patiently weighing goldfish eyes, measuring ing wines, as part of the drive for their retinas and counting their nerve censerving foodstuffs. The Kweichow

fibres.

ban went into effect on July 1.

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NIAGARA FALLS

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ALLURING ALASKA

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"CHARITY BALL

FIASCO AVERTED

"I FEEL OUR CHAIRMAN IS TAKING A VERY UNFAIR AND UNCOMPROMISING VIEW OF THE PROPOSALS

"WELL LADIES, UNCOMPROMISING.

OR NOT, I RIFUSE TO DISCUSS THE MATTER FURTHER... ¿MY DECISION IS FINAL"

WATISTHE DOCTOR'S

JJUST CAN'T KEEP GOING...I EVEN WAKE TIRED."

"YOUR TROUBLE IS NIGHT. STARVATION, YOU ARE HOTGE, REPLACING DURING SLEEP THE ENERGY UŠED UP DURING THE BAY. HORLICKS REDUNOS SIREMOTH AND ENERGY AS MANY SUFFERERS FRON SICKNESS AND FEVER HAVE PROVED YOU SHOULD START TAKING HORLICKS NOW, IT WILL REPLACE ENERGY WHILE YOU SLEEP AND YOU WILL SOON 'FEEL FIT

AGAINST

IN SICKNESS AND CONVALESCENCE OR WHEN YOU FEEL TIRED OR LISTE

AND SO

Going on Leave?

SEE AMERICA

the Canadian Pacific Way

THE ACME

"YOU KNOW. JOAN, YOU WERE VERY

UNREASONABLE TODAY, THE BALL WILL BE A COMPLETE FIASCO IF WE GO ON LIKE THIS

"JQUITE AGREE AND SIMPLY HATE LOSING. MY TIMPIR.BUT I FEEL SO RUNDOWN

AND NERYOus THESE DAYS, STRAIN \JS TELLING ON ME,

„MUST SEE A- DOCTOR TOMORROW.

SIX WEEKS LATER

HORLICKS (LOOK JOAN! ISN'T

take

EVERY NIGHT-

JY SIMPLY WONDERFUL I SEE THAT THE BALL BEAT ALL RECORDS.

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