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Show THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT, The Roman myK Phalanx MOAB, UTAH of 1940 A. D. CLASSIFIE) DEPARTME) Vd SI'. [Phillips WF 5, United Features Washington, Speaker Bill LINE-UPS Bankhead direful predicament. It's a White House secret, is in a but the courtly mannered and able Alabaman is the President's personal choice cratic for at keynoter convention-a the Demo- high honor much sought after by a number of big shot party leaders. At least half a dozen are pulling every possible wire to land it. But Bankhead, who can have it on a silver platter, doesn't know whether he wants it or not. Reason for his dilemma is a virulent case of vice presidentitis. Bankhead feels he is a strong second-place possibility and that the keynote speech customarily is made by a dignitary who is not a candidate. For him to accept the role, therefore, would be an admission that he was out of the running. And Bankhead is anything but that. He is very much in the vice presidential race. Roosevelt picked Bankhead because he liked the speaker's witty speeches at the last two Jackson day banquets. But while flattered, the speaker is still undecided whether to accept the President's offer. Note-Roosevelt's choice for permanent chairman of the convention is Senate Floor Leader Alben Barkley, 1936 keynoter and also a vice presidential hopeful, though not a very hot-and-bothered one. The President's choice for his floor manager is brainy little Senator Jimmy Byrnes, assisted by Senators Minton of Indiana, Pepper of Florida, Lister Hill of Alabama and Mayor Ed Kelly of Chicago. * aaananarnanaenaettti tt ER NNER i Spencer Pe: " cnona ah MRA IA goeestemyen, ae net et ne i vate ae etre ae the It also is interesting in fact single delegate that Willkie pledged th . carn sess i Z ese -- ts i Es wet aes Se onan men aan of is the one dark horse who so far hasn't a eee 0 BO Fats ee Mares and on the third bal- Shouse's explicit forecast should interest the other candidates-particularly Senator Taft, who has publicly declared he will lead on the first ballot. * and the wo News cates. e as so Dozens of promoters are get- ting in on a gold rush they think will come with the introduction of movies by slot machines in taverns, barrooms, luncheonettes, ice-cream parlors and poolrooms all over the country. td ah extent. It isn't * You may even get Raymond Massey in a new Lincoln drama at the Seaside Grill. a a to him. . POLITICAL CHAFF Thirty years ago, a young man jamed James Mead came from Buffalo to Washington to take a job as a Capitol policeman. He .was befriended by another policeman, James Reilly. Today Mead, a senator, is trying to get a raise for Reilly, now dean of doorkeepers. Airplanes have brought a mosquito from Africa to Brazil which is spreading malaria up and down the Amazon. Public health directors agree that if not checked it might decimate the Population of South America. Ambassador Joe Davies is filling a job which should have been done in the state department long ago. He is contact man with congress. For years the state department has depended upon natty young men to g0 up and lobby with senators. Result: Foreign policy lagged on Capitol Hill. But Joe speaks the right language. Tourists are pouring in at the White House at the rate of 8,000 a day, of whom 1,700 see the private parlors by congressional letter. The others see only the East room and ground floor. i a to : raising the suggest -if at all. It isn't a counsel of panic or hysIt is a means to avoid both teria. and, above all, to prevent hardship >< OM 9 ) ge) hs ie in 2fy MS J ‘ yA *) higFi $9 number roof with shields covJulius Caesar's "phalanx" of close-packed Roman legions who formed an armored armored ering their advance, is improved upon by the modern ‘‘Caesar.'' Here are today's Roman "‘phalanx'"' These tanks are ultra-modern, many being equipped legions that comprise part of Italy's war machine. with flame if the we need-even less than 750,000. The reasons for these suggestions Recruiting by volunare simple. teering is lagging dangerously. This is partly due to growing industrial activity and partly because there are so many men on relief. 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NaMe mer! pa a ...cccccccccccccccccossss Address Sees * 2 ‘a -By oe * * Tremendous returns are predicted, especially if Will Hays doesn't stop such screen revivals as ‘‘Fun in a Turkish Bath,' ‘‘The Bathing Beauties' Ball,'' ‘‘The Boudoir Burglar'' and ‘‘Parisian Nights.'' Past the pyramids, ages old symbols of Egypt and the Pharaohs, roar these British Blenheim bombers, as the British and Egyptian forces prepare for any ‘‘eventuality."' The feared ‘‘eventuality,'' of course, was the long-expected Italian entry into the great war, with a drive at Egypt from Libya as the first move. Banks Half Billion a The whole idea will cheapen pictures, topple the movie industry from the penthouse level to the underground rathskeller and probably throw another rock at the legitimate picture houses. But it's coming. * Thomas. in 1917 the idea of raising armies by selective draft-the idea that each man should "serve in that place where it shall best serve the common good to call him."' Jimmy Roosevelt is getting some of the blame. He was among the first to leap into the new idea with both feet. Since that time scores of movie figures are aboard and it is reported that some of the major producers have money in it. * sn eeeeeeeeeesesesecsesen * It isn't hard to imagine a fellow rolling into a tavern, pulling out a handful of change and demanding "The Garden of Allah,'"' a sardine sandwich, a rye highball and a couple of short newsreels with gingerale. " - ‘ Ls No. Z454 patchwork! Lone Li} * ? Kd » This country was sold © can times of these. TN SF HlYE TTTTINsao » eo") be (Life) + Sc and unfairness in raising the troops © 7 AAs of The new device brings Radio City to Hogan's Elite Cafe, transfers Roxy's to Finnegan's Bar and makes 7 ; A NE J a large conscripted army before we have the equipment for them to use * * Are Prize Winng" and something be given the the National Guard. This doesn't mean that either power will be used to any important You drop a nickel in the slot and get a movie show with music. The idea is to flood the country with "movie cabinets' through which a customer may get a movie with his beer, cake, strawberry sundae, three-decker sandwich or hotdog. * Favorite Star Quil Na- use the and draft selective authority to recreate the and draft selected service system army or regular the men for either indi- Tyrone Power and Deanna Durbin will be presented with a short ale and an onion. Mae West, Eddie Cantor and E. G. Robinson may be obtainable with a cup of java and a plate of beans. Errol Flynn and Kay Francis through the mere deposit of a nickel will become inseparable from a cocktail and a hand of rummy. to Yes tional Guard? He should more. peepshow? Hollywood from + lot Vandenberg will forge to the fore -for a moment. But that will shoot his bolt. He won't have what it takes to make the grade and the leaders will then turn to the one man who has-Willkie. "On the fourth ballot Willkie will lead and after that it will be a stampede."' view nicolet > WILLKIE BOOSTER Remember the Liberty league which crusaded against the New Deal in 1936? And remember Jouett Shouse, its dapper head, who was a crony of Al Smith and the duPonts? Well, Jouett is now the No. 1 Washington booster of Wendell Willkie. *‘Dewey will lead on the first ballot," he says, ‘‘but that will be his high point. From then on he will fade out of the picture. On the second ballot, Taft will jump to the front. But he, too, won't have the staying power; the authority * HOOVER VS. LANDON Behind the scenes a bitter struggle is shaping up between Herbert Hoover and Alf Landon at the Philadelphia convention. The ex-President is bent on writing into the platform an ‘‘endorsement'' of his administration along the lines of the one in the Glenn Frank Program committee report. Landon is not flatly opposed to this, although he considers it unnecessary and likely to prove a campaign handicap. But he is prepared to wage a lastditch fight for a liberal platform. He is determined to resist to the end Hoover's plans for a platform to fit his conservative views. Landon is against any blanket denunciation of the New Deal. Landon will be in a powerful position to wage his battle. In addition to leading a midwestern bloc of at least 100 votes, he also will be the Kansas member on the resolutions committee. Note-In its original form the arrangement under which Hoover will speak Tuesday night, the first session of the convention, also called for a speech by Landon. But this was dropped when it was pointed out that as a delegate he can get the floor any time. i erences Rene rere a Barn 7 Are the movies going ‘‘back where they came from'': the nickelodian, / Near Barn dance, Choice rooms' Ff up; weekly $5 up. Paul Marshall, } D. C. ARMY DRAFT Should the President be given the MOVIES-IN-THE-SLOT CHICAGO HOTELS Wabash Ave. Hotel, 27E. Harrison,¢ WNU Service a * oe a Men, believing this is our national policy, do not feel the old urge to volunteer before they are told the country's wishes. Another reason is that if the National Guard is called out in time of peace, about 200,000 men are going to lose their wages in industry to take the very low pay of a soldier and many of them have dependents. Until there is a stark military necessity this should be avoided wherever possible. The regular army and the National Guard at the beginning should be largely made up of able-bodied men without dependents, to whom the loss of a civilian job involves no minor tragedy. * a School of Patience No school is more necessarye children than patience, becahsis either the will must be broke we childhood or the heart in old au -Richter. 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Then the order in which registered men are to be called for ex- \ amination is fixed by lot. The standards for the selection of the first 500,000 should be very liberal- such as to impose the very mini- favor. Maybé ‘‘Gone With the Wind'' is to blame. It may be just a normal reaction against four-hour films. * * a An armored bullet-proof baby carriage is now being manufactured. And we call man higher than the animals! ~ 7" mum s RECIPE Early to bed, Early to rise, Leaving more to your heirs Than you would otherwise. * s a SECRETARY LA GUARDIA Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York has been mentioned as an assistant secretary of war or for some other place in Mr. Roosevelt's emergency cabinet. The very idea is staggering. Fiorello might or might not keep us out of this war, but he would start so many others that we would forget all about the present crisis. We can see him now, assistant secretary of the navy, attired in fire helmet, rubber boots and naval blouse, carrying a fire hose in one hand and a pair of binoculars in the other, ready for all comers. Mayor LaGuardia is the only man in America who could plan a naval battle, dedicate a viaduct, open a new school, issue an ultimatum to Germany, deliver a talk on kitchen economics, put through an aviation program, throw out a first baseball, denounce the press and lead a tank attack, all in one afternoon. «& " The Are . King George Quite a ‘Shot' Mrs. Essie Ept, in charge of Ohio's gasoline revenues, has deposited $540,316,659 to the state's credit since 1926. This great sum was collected in dimes, nickels and pennies. It took a lot of 'em-but Mrs. Ept didn't mind. Steel Chairman 7 NOW headlines dreadlines. or nis a - o FORD AND AIRPLANES Could Henry Ford produce 1,000 planes a day at River Rouge? He could if all designs were alike adapted to present production methods and there were not constant design changes, The success of Henry Ford in producing 10,000 automobiles a day was his invention of uniformity of design and interchangeability of parts. Under existing conditions of flux and uncertainwent eae could no more produce ; Planes a da produce 10,000. ee = There is another terrible bottleneck-impossible military standards of perfection which take no stock of our facilities for production. That stopped m QUIZ LAUGH "What general who headed the American forces in 1776, crossed the Delaware in an open boat and chopped down the cherry tree is the George Washington bridge named after?"' the quiz man asked Jimmy Durante in a recent radio burlesque of the question and answer craze. "‘"How much time do I get on that one?'"' demanded Jimmy. . Bedecked with flags and bunting, the U. S. S. Washington, 35,000-ton battleship just completed at the Philadelphia navy yard, is shown sliding down the ways to the Delaware river. The 750-foot ship cost $80,000,000 and is the biggest warship ever built on this continent. It is the first completed unit of 68 warships under construction. ef hardship on the man dependents. Having skimmed off that number of men of this type, that class would wait to be called-either to the regular army as fast as it requires men, or to fill up the National Guard or replace the guardsmen, whose call should be deferred because of hardship or other good reason. This is the swiftest, fairest, most efficient way to raise armies and it is by far the cheapest Way, so that the cost per soldier is only a fraction of the cost of volunteering. In the interest of both prudence and calmness I think we should proceed along these lines at once. Henry j During a recent inspection tour of a gun factory that is operatin g night and day under war pressure, King George tried out a Bren machine gun. He put 60 bullets in or close to the bulls-eye at 20 yards and remarked: "I had no idea the gun was so steady."' The king has made a@ number of personal inspections in factories lately, us often in the World Ford, in fault. kidneys sometimes lag in their wo not act as Nature intended-fail t move impurities ody machinery. pollen that, if retained, the system and upset the W % Symptoms may be nagging back persistent headache, attacks of dizzin getting up nights, swelling, pul under the eyes-a feeling of ne xiety and loss of pep and streng Other signs of kidney or bladder order are sometimes burning, #00 frequent urination. scanty) There should be no doubt that pre treatment is wiser than neglect | Doan's Pills. 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