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Show (ME BULLETIN THRILLS! All Part of the Day's Work Newly Formed 'Green Guards of America' SSI WHO'S Back at the turn of the century "Isn't It Thrilling?" was one the feminine bon mots of the day. The girls were usually talking about a new hat, a trip to Europe, or forthcoming wedding festivities. But in 19 W unsung heroines are taking thrills in their stride as part of the day's work. For instance NEWS of THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated NEW Features-W- NU YORK.-M- ore than in Service.) varied in this England are repercussion! to the things John Cudahy, United States ambassador to Belgium, is . . . , jonn .uaany Criticized for Talk on Belgium as quoted said in having an interview in England that aid would be required next winter - f ave 8,000.000 Belgians from t- His defense of King Leopold III, Is regarded as. to say the least undiplomatic. Whether Secretary of State Cordell Hull will take cognizance of a further statement alleging the correct behavior of German troops in Belgium criticized in England as wholly out of order remains to be seen. f;ini!!i". Son of who went an Irish Immigrant to Milwaukee and made an Immense fortune as a meat packer, Cudahy'a diplomatic career began In 1933 with f .J his selection by President Roosevelt am ambassador to Poland. In Hay, 1937, he became minister to the Irish Free State and was appointed to the post at Brussels In 1939, succeeding Joseph E. Davles when the Utter was assigned as a special assistant to the secretary of If the "blits" strikes this country the women of Washington will be prepared to do their bit In the way of defense. Several hundred have already been enrolled in Camp No. 1 of the "Green Guards of America," aa organization which will take up first aid and ambulance corps duties in time of war duties for which they have started training. Members of the newly formed "Guards" are shown here in their dark green uniforms and over-sea-s caps. 175,000 Hear Willkie's Acceptance Speech state. Above: Miss Betty Middleton, member of the Jimmie Lynch Auto Death Dodgers troupe at the New York World's Fair, makes the hair of visitors stand on end several times a day. Miss Middleton hails from Brooklyn. Beverly Shaw, high school girl, rides a broncho for the rodeo. Cudahy was the first to advise President Roosevelt via telephone of the German invasion of Belgium where he remained at his post of duty, narrowly escaping death or injury from bombs, until he, togeth-- , er with all other foreign representatives were requested to leave the country. Later, in Germany, he spent two hours with Leopold of Belgium in the castle assigned to the monarch by the German army and obtained from him a personal letter, presumably divulging the inside story of Belgian capitulation, for Mr. Roosevelt The ambassador is a Harvard man, class of 1910, holding degrees of bachelor ef law, Wisconsin, 1913, and doctor of laws, Carroll university. Admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1913, be practiced until 1917 when he became a captain in the United States army. Later he ranched In New Mexico, and from 1923 until 1933, when appointed to Poland, he engaged la real estate. critics in ONE of theofoutspoken most if not all, of President Roosevelt's policies. Sea Rush D. Holt (Dem., W. Va.) finds - I oung senator Strong Critic Of Roosevelt Wendell L. Willkie, Elwood, Indiana's most famous son, (indicated by arrow) comes home to accept the Republican presidential nomination. A crowd estimated at more than 175,000 heard his speech of acceptance at the notification ceremonies in Callaway park. Formal notification of his nomination was made by National Chairman Joseph Martin of Massachusetts. Running Mates in Shirt Sleeves 'Blitzkrieg Bob' A picture of Informality, President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice presidential nominee, greeting women Democratic party workers assembled at Mrs. Roosevelt's Val-Kl- II cottage in Hyde Park, N. T. The President drove ever from the family home to Introduce Wallace as his 1948 running mate. Private William Hanyak ef the Eleventh Infantry, takes time out from the "Battle of the St. Lawrence Valley." at Ogdensburg, N. T to have his crowning glory pruned. Hanyak hails from Philadelphia. Paints Call to Arms for Uncle Sam This Is The Nuts' the current debate in the senate over ,Iecti National Guard bills peculiarly his dish. Punctuated by daily clashes between him and Sen. Sherman M In ton of Indiana, the colloquys of the two lawmakers have not been regarded by their colleagues as enhancing the dignity of the senate. At all events. Holt's reputation as a senator, who has spoken to more empty seats than any other member of the upper house, past or present has not been maintained in recent sessions, nor do legislative correspondents note the days the smiles of amused tolerance which used to mark his Senorita Juanita De La Cruz takes het bludgeoning oratory. bull as nonchalantly as any male fighter. chances against an angry With the exception of Henry In Madrid, Clay, the youngest man ever elected to the United States senate, Holt landed In office in 1935 without benefit of the Democratic machine ef his state, thongh wearing the Democratic label. When he defeated Sen. Henry O. Hatfield, a Republican warhorse, for the senatorial toga, he was 29 years old, toe young to assume bis seat The voters ef his state knew this, but It made no 'difference. They Just east their ballots for him anyway. He had to wait six months before the legal office-takin- g age arrived. Circle: In England women pilots ferry the new aircraft of the RAF from factory to airdrome. Right: weldMiss Anna Laur, er, does a man's work unmindful of a rain of fire. Ruth Pettibone brings lunch to steeplejack hubby, 175 feet up. Having been at one time an athletic director, at St. Patrick's school in West Virginia, the instincts of this flashed, exalted tripling were all for the eld college try from the minute he was sworn m, a manifestation of youthful ebullience violating an unwritten senate rale calling for silence en the part ef a new member. One of the first things he did was to visit the White House to make it clear that he was in line with New Deal policies, but later it was made equally clear he was a holdout so far as machine politics, state or national, were concerned. As for the New Deal, he fought the court reorganization bilL He repeatedly accused the WPA of political implementation. He opposed the cash and carry neutrality plan. When his present term in the senate ends he will not return, having been defeated in the primary election in his state last May. ssj MaJ. Thomas B. Woodburn at Governors bland, New fork, with his latest poster for the U. S. army, completed with the collaboration of bis wife, Margaret (shown) aTso a well known artist. The poster Is entitled "Defend Tow Country." Dressed for sultry weather, seven Carole Russell ef Miami cools off en the Inside with coconut milk direct from the sbdL A large nipple does the trick. month-ol- d |