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Show THE LEW SUN. LEHI. UTAH HIE VILLAGE NEWS-PRESS (Prop, tad Editor, W. WincbtU) Katie Hepburn of these parts expects ex-pects her new gentleman friend, who not long back stopped his car on a lonely road (at midnight, near Santa Barbara, out California way) and on bended knee asked Kate to be his'n . . . His name Is Garson Ka-nin, Ka-nin, who directed many good movies, mov-ies, such as "The Great Man Votes" and "A Man to Remember." Tenny-rate, Tenny-rate, the young man Is now flying East to ask Katie's kinfolk for her hand in holy matrimony. WiUkie's new Main Street headquarters head-quarters are In Frank Campbell's deserted funeral parlors at Sixty-sixth Sixty-sixth street. When ye ed laughed, fit to kill, a Willkie rooter observed, "Wal, it's the first time anything alive was there!" Ex-Gov. Al Smith is wearing a Willkie tie . . . G. J. Nathan, after 10 years, will do drama criticism Bgain for the American Mercury. Besides his chores for Esquire and Liberty. Must be payin' a mighty big income tax. Heard a good one last night over at George Kelly's Tavern. Seems they all were talking about the failure fail-ure of a theatrical man, who lost all his millions that he made producing produc-ing attractions. "He was a bad egg, but nobody seemed to think so so long as he had money," said George. "Naturally," replied Charlie Ad-ler, Ad-ler, who is quite a philosopher, "like most bad eggs he was all right until he was broke." Joe DiMaggio's admirers have nicknamed him Bucktooth McGee . . . Talk about town that Joe Kennedy, Ken-nedy, our ambassador, may coming com-ing home in about two weeks. Madeleine Carroll is a pretty sad young lady these days. Her maw's letters tell of the terrible air raids over her house near Dover, and Madeleine hasn't heard from her gentleman friend in a long time, too. The reports about a new fiance are poppycock. Ye ed recalls that our state dep't a few weeks ago made it clear that any foreign diplomat in the U. S. (who Interferes with our internal affairs) af-fairs) will be considered persona non grata. Well, Newsweek reports that the N. Y. Italian Consul Vecchiotti is taking a very active part in our Pres. campaign. How about that, Mr. Hull? New Yorkers Are Talking About: Fay Wray's breathless romance with Clifford Odets . .. I The fact that Herbert Hoover in 1928 said he was ready to support Coolidge for a third terml , . Raymond Paige's legitimate legiti-mate squawk: That the list of recordings re-cordings distributed by the Nat'l Comm. for Music Appreciation to "foster American culture by means of American recordings for American Ameri-can listeners" does not contain one American work! . The rumored Carol and Lupescu arrival soon via Clipper. The line's local offices got a message stating: "Completing royal reservations" . . . Dietrich's next flicker, "Seven Sinners," in which Marlegs will not only cover her glammer-gams in pants, but she will also shoot pool. Have a cigar, lady? They're Also Talking About: Mrs H. Payne Whitney and that attentive sculptor . . . The separation of the David Bruces. She's Mellon daughter. He allegedly took the London Red Cross post to forget . Walter O'Keefe's gag about Mary Pickford buying the Gen'l Motors and Ford exhibits to use as book ends in her den. And the gag about O'Keefe hooking up with the G. O. P. "to get back on the air-waves! Haw! They Do Say, Too:' Parents magazine's mag-azine's annual award will go to Katherine F. Lenroot, chief of the U. S. Children's bureau. At the Ritz on the twenty-third. Mrs. F. D. R. got it last time . . . How Ralph Ingersoll's enemies are trying to get his backers to divorce him. Because Be-cause he is pro-F. D. R. . . Marshall Mar-shall Field III, his biggest backer, is a Repub, and will not desert him ... A. A. Knopfs regret about not carefully reading proofs on Warwick Deeping's novel, which contains three offensive lines that may result in a terrific boycott by various groups. How'D Bergdorf -Goodman explain that one? Henri Unterman's quiet arrival on the S. S. Iroquois two weeks ago. He's King Carol's biz adviser and advance man here? Sallies hi Our Alley: Jerry Cooper thinks it is funny that whenever an actor goes out to Hollywood he knocks wood but when he comes back he knocks Hollywood . . . A breathless stranger asked a col-yumist col-yumist where he could locate Harold Har-old Ross, the New Yorker editor, last night . . . "He's probably over at J. & C.'s," obliged the colyumist . . . "But how will I know him," said the stranger, "we've never met!" . . . "It's a cinch," was the retort, "he always sits with his back to the check." WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Germany Continues Pounding Britain As Autumn Stormy Season Arrives; Italy Reports Deep Drives Into Egypt; Oct. 16 Set as Draft Registration Day (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinion! are expreiscd In these columns, they re those of the sews analyst end not necessarily ol this newspaper.) ,y Western Newspaper THE WAR: Britain Waits While self-propelled barges were poised at French channel ports, waiting to carry German soldiers on an invasion of England, Prime Minister Min-ister Churchill called a secret session ses-sion of parliament. Tides were favorable for the attempt at-tempt by sea, London was being bombed day and night almost without with-out letup, and reports said Big Bertha Ber-tha guns were shelling the British capital from the French coast. Buckingham palace, home of the king, was bombed three times in 1 ii i n ii'i .- J&4 LONDON, ENGLAND That classic crack by former Premier Chamberlain that the Nazis had "missed the bus" (meaning they had failed in their conquest attempts) is recalled to mind by this one in a London street. It was wrecked by a German bomb in one of the raids on the British capital. No one was hurt says the censor, as the driver, conductor and passengers had taken shelter in a nearby raid refuge. five days. Craters appeared along the Strand, in Fleet and Bond j streets, In Leicester and Berkley Squares, houses in fashionable Pic- j adilly and the slums of Cheapside , were demolished, the bank of England Eng-land was hit by splinters, the house of parliament did not go untouched, i subways and railroad yards were damaged. In 10 days, 2,000 were killed and 8,000 injured in London ! alone. j Berlin radios warned that London could choose between the fate of pulverized pul-verized Warsaw or surrendered Paris. The British replied that the Germans' hope was to force king and government to leave the city, thus gaining a moral victory. They said there would be no evacuation of the capital They warned citizens, citi-zens, however, that Hitler's attempt at invasion might come "within a few hours" and that only Hitler knew when the signal would be given. In Nazi Territory The Germans faced handicaps, however. While their flying was not stopped by heavy fogs, gales in the channel made shipping perilous. And British fliers were not forced out of the air. They plowed the fields of Nazi airmen at Schiphol and Ypenburg in The Netherlands, around Calais, Dunkerque, Abbeville Abbe-ville and Antwerp. They dropped calling cards in congested Berlin, weeded out gun emplacements along the channel near Boulogne, sunk barges on the coast, wrecked oil tanks and rail sidings through German Ger-man areas, hit the Bosch spark-plug factory at Stuttgart, docks at Hamburg Ham-burg and ammunition dumps in the Black Forest. But throughout the British were fighting against superior odds. Egypt In the Near East the British were pressed by Italian armies which invaded in-vaded Egypt and pushed on to vital oases. ..There was no declaration of war. Egypt, which had threatened to join the British if the Italians crossed the border, showed no inclination in-clination to resist at once. The Italians captured Sidi Bar-rani, Bar-rani, 60 miles from the Lybian border bor-der on the fourth day. Sidi Barrani is only 180 miles from Alexandria, one of the main British strongholds, and 350 miles from the Suez canal By that time the British bad revealed re-vealed the strategy of their cam paign. With only 230,000 troops. 500 planes and 1,000 armored cars they were hopelessly outnumbered. Plan was to retreat to a shorter line, thus extending the Italian forces before engaging in a major battle. NAMES . Birthday Gen. John J. Pershing. commander of the A. E. F at 80 had no special message for the United States. He said, however, he believed England could hold out At least I hope so," he added. Veteran Leonor F. Loree, 82, one of the lest of the railroad "giants' of the era of Harriman and Hill died in his Jersey estate. Until 1938 he was head of the Delaware ana Hudson By Edward C. Wayne REGISTRATION: Oct. 16 the Day October 16 will see 16,500,000 young Americans between the ages of 21 and 36 march to polling places and register for the first peacetime draft in .the nation's history. The date was set by President Roosevelt when he signed the measure over which congress debated more than three months. After registration, local boards it is intended to have about 6,500 will shuffle the cards and give each man a number. Then a series of numbers num-bers will be drawn in Washington by lot. When the numbers are drawn each man with a corresponding number in a local board's file will be put down for service in that sequence. Questionnaires will be sent to each man in the order in which their numbers num-bers were drawn, asking about dependents, de-pendents, physical disabilities, etc. On the basis of this information each man will be classified as follows: Class 1, available for immediate services; class 2, service deferred because due to employment in necessary nec-essary defense industry; class 3, service deferred because of dependents; depend-ents; class 4, service deferred by law judges, legislators, etc. Meanwhile, Washington will decide de-cide on a quota for each district, based on population and the number of men from the area already in Hundreds of young National Guardsmen Guards-men in 26 states who are mobilizing are busily engaged in getting their first taste of duty in federal service. Here are some of the boys learning the ins and outs of machine guns at the list Regiment armory in New York. the army or navy. Enough men then will be taken from class 1 to fill out the quota. Each man will be given a physical examination. If he cannot meet the requirements he will be passed over and the next man taken. When draftees arrive in camp, they will be given another examination, examina-tion, physical and mental Those not measuring up topnotch will be placed in separate sections for physical care. Base pay will be $21 a month for the first four months and $30 a month after that Service will be for one year, but may be extended by the President in case of emergency. emer-gency. First Call Nov. 15 The first cadre of 75,000 will be called to camps about November 15. Successive calls for about 100,000 men each will bring about 400,000 into training by January 1. On that date the army expects to have 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 men under arms, including regular troops and National Guardsmen. Guards-men. On the same day that the draft measure was signed, 60,000 National Guardsmen in 26 states reported to their armories for active service which will extend for a year, and the President gave orders to call out an additional 35,700 on October 15. Swinging full tilt into the defense program, Washington also: C. Heard President Roosevelt ask congress for an appropriation of $1,600,000,000 to defray expenses of the first year of training of draftees. C. Saw President Roosevelt sign a $5,350,000,000 supplementary defense appropriation. C. Awarded 21 aviation manufacturers manufactur-ers orders to prepare for construction construc-tion of 14,000 planes, at the rate of 900 a month. This production rate will be doubled within a year. in the neivs Taxes Lester P. Barlow, inventor inven-tor whose liquid oxygen-carbon bomb failed to kill any goats recently recent-ly in an official test won a patent claim of $592,719 from the government govern-ment for an invention used in the World war. His income taxes on the sum amount to $412,817. Barlow said he would "rock the capital" before paying it His new oxygen bomb, however, had far greater force than any explosive now used. i i , Washington, D. C. NAZI CENSORSHIP It's not being widely publicized, but Nazi Germany already holds a tight rein on all message sent by the state department to its diplomats in parts of Europe. In fact the state department is unable to communicate com-municate at all with certain sections, and communications to other sections sec-tions must be relayed through Ber-lin. Ber-lin. The department has its secret codes for transmission of official messages, but codes are no good if the messages don't move. If Mr. Hull wants to communicate with a member of the U. S. diplomatic diplo-matic staff in Paris, he cannot do so directly, but must file to the new French capital of Vichy, and from there, subject to the whim of the Petain government, tke message may be moved on to Paris. A short time ago, messages had to be sent via Berlin, with the hope that Nazi officials would permit the U. S. embassy there to relay the message to Paris by courier. Both Brussels and Antwerp are completely cut off, except through Berlin, but oddly enough, Rotterdam and Antwerp are open for direct communication. Any messages from Washington to Norway's capital, Oslo, must be routed through Stockholm. Stock-holm. NoteThough this has meant a reduction in official messages to Europe, Eu-rope, the total of cable messages clearing from the state department is breaking all records for volume, chiefly because of heavy communication communi-cation with Latin America. SMOKELESS POWDER SHORTAGE Destruction of the Kenvil, N. J., powder plant was a far more serious seri-ous blow to national defense than anyone in high official circles wanted want-ed to admit. It now leaves the United States with only two smokeless powder plants in the entire country the du-Pont du-Pont plant at Carney's Point, N. J.. and the government-owned Picatin-ny Picatin-ny arsenal at Dover, N. J., not far from Kenvil. It produces only a very small amount of powder. Real fact is that powder plants are slow and cumbersome to build, requiring a series of buildings in which the powder is gradually dried. Two new plants are being rushed to completion by the war department, but they will not be finished until next spring. One of these is near Charlestown. Ind., and will be operated by the duPonts, though built by the government gov-ernment at a cost of $25,000,000. The other will, be at Radford, Va., and will be operated by the Hercules Powder company, though built by the government at the same price. How serious is the powder situation situa-tion was illustrated by the fact that one day after the New Jersey explosion, ex-plosion, the war department issued "speed-up" letters to both duPont and Hercules, whereby they are ordered or-dered to increase powder production from 200,000 pounds a day to 300,-000 300,-000 pounds a day in the Radford plant; and from 200,000 a day to 400,-000 400,-000 a day in the Charlestown, Ind, plant. This means that the plants will be bigger, but it does not mean they will be finished earlier. Day after the New Jersey explosion, explo-sion, also, the war department sent a confidential memo to the White House on the seriousness of the pow- der situation. Note German intelligence agents unquestionably knew the exact capacity ca-pacity of American powder factories, facto-ries, and how limited our present production was namely, 20,000,000 pounds a year. They must have known also that the destruction of one factory would throw the United Unit-ed States off its preparedness schedule sched-ule more than any other single incident. in-cident. SECRET AIRPLANE CONTRACTS The public is not going to get any more information about airplane contracts let by the war department The army is putting the lid on as a military precaution. Inside fact is that news of recent contracts was released only to offset the impression that the work was not getting ahead. Secretary of War Stimson had stated on August 9 that contracts had been let for only 33 planes of the 4,000 authorized in June. Just a month later, September 10, the war department released figures that told a different story. Instead of 33, the number of planes contracted contract-ed for was 2,797. These figures were put out to reassure re-assure the public. But from now on there will be no talking. The war department is following the lead of General Marshall who says, "You can't play peker with everybody looking at your hand." MERRY-GO-ROUND The state department is still trying try-ing to keep the muzzle on Mrs. "Daisy" "Dai-sy" Harriman, forthright minister to Norway. Apparently Mr. Hull fears she will tell what really happened there. Sen. Joe O'Mahouey polled the highest vote ever received by a Democrat in the recent Wyoming primary. With less than half of the uormal vote cast in this election, the Democrats figure they have good chance to carry the state in November. Kathleen Norris Says: The Perfect Wife Really Exists! (Bell Syndicate WNU Service.) In a worried time she was never at a ies of the first spring flower, or a good By KATHLEEN NORRIS HOW near are you to being a perfect woman? wom-an? This is a fascinating question, ques-tion, and the answer to it may suggest to you a fascinating occupation. It may amuse you and keep you busy and happy for years trying to turn yourself into a perfect woman. wom-an. A man's letter suggested this idea. He writes me that he has the perfect wife. They have been married seventeen years; they aren't rich or famous or young any more; they're both close to forty. But his letter makes thrilling reading, and I pass it on. A Tough Beginning. "We had to wait seven years for our happiness," he writes. "They were long years, and, sometimes discouraging dis-couraging years. Dee was taking care of her mother, a helpless invalid, in-valid, and teaching school as well There seemed to be no reason why she might not be so held for many years. I was in medical school, with the hope that a hospital appointment might some day pay me $75 a month. "When Dee was 28 and I 30, however, I was offered a position in, a small country town, with $100 a month and free, rent guaranteed. At the same time an aunt of Dee's was widowed, and came to live with her mother, and we persuaded the old folks to let us turn, the upstairs floor of the home into a flat The rent was $35 and we sent them another an-other $35 and they managed easily. "We went at once to our own home, and I took up my clinic duties at once. My wife kept a wonderful table and we could entertain simply sim-ply on her food allowance of $25 a month. Presently I began to get an outside case or two;, every dollar counted, of course, but we never had any sense of anxiety or scrimping. scrimp-ing. Two boys came along, and their mother took care of us all; always gentle, sympathetic, understanding. under-standing. "I think gentleness is Dee's outstanding out-standing characteristic. She is always al-ways neat and fresh, always merry and adequate and wise, but her outstanding out-standing characteristic is gentleness. gentle-ness. If something comes up that troubles her, she is silent thoughtful, thought-ful, gentle about it Always Sees the Bright Side. "Dee never will have a bill or a standing debt We may have to go on short rations for a while, but she must pay bills first Her mother's moth-er's final illness was a long one; we had doctors and nurses, but Dee managed to make us all feel that it was a privilege rather than a burden bur-den to do all we could. "She makes picnics, parties, festivals fes-tivals of ordinary living. In a worried wor-ried time for I had a long, dull illnessshe ill-nessshe was never at a loss for surprises, kindnesses, discoveries of the first spring flower, or a good book, or a new little dish for my tray. Our little girl coming when her brothers were 9 and 7, was born almost blind. Normal now, for her first two years her mother had to be eyes for her. Dee never showed me her bitter worry, never grew tired. "Her home is a place of rest and music and laughter and happy meals and happy talks. In winter we are te coziest family in town. In summer Dee's beloved garden has our supper table in it under an oak. For vacations we have a three-room lake cottage; for hobbiesbut hob-biesbut we have them all! "The vivid, eager, loving woman who has done all this for a man and three children is, I think, the finest loss for surprises, kindnesses, discover' book, or a new little dish for my tray. PERFECT WIFE Almost all wives are very nice women in many ways, but Kathleen Norris is told about one wife that is "perfect." An appreciative husband hus-band writes Miss Norris, telling her about his wife, and how thoughtful, kind and generous she is. His letter let-ter offers a "measuring stick" for women everywhere to test themselves them-selves and see how high! or low they rate. Why not make this little test yourself? human being I ever knew. You hear the other side; you write of divorces and problems, mean mothers-in-law, money troubles, faithless husbands, extravagant and discontented wives. But there are a lot of us on the other side of the picture; men and women who through the trials and changes of many married years have only come the more sincerely and truly to love and need each other." That's the letter. It did my heart good. The writer did not give me his address, but I hope his Dee will see this column and know that she is appreciated. How Would You Rate?, How close to her measure would you come, if your husband wrote a letter describing you? What characteristics char-acteristics would you select if you were choosing those of the perfect wife? What 10 would come first? Well, perhaps first of all a woman should be gentle. She should have a sense of humor. She should be capable, a good manager of home, nursery and budget- She should be neat about herself and her belongings. belong-ings. She should be prompt Affectionate. Af-fectionate. Economical Patient. Imaginative. Cheerful. This is a big order. Most women never stop even to consider these qualities, much less to ask themselves them-selves if they happen to possess them. Many women resent the idea that they could change; they are as they are, with no need for change. "You know me," they say complacently, com-placently, "when anyone tries to put anything over on me, I never forget for-get it!" Or, "Jim's mother spoiled him for 25 years. Well, he doesn't get any more of THAT! I've got a good hot temper of my own, and it's about time Jim Baker found it out" Other women tell you prettily that they are always late for things, and it does make poor Bob so mad! Or they're very poor cooks; Mama said she never wanted her girls to slave in a'ny man's kitchen. Or they never can keep their books straightened out; don't know the least thing about money. Wives in Name Only. Some wives save all the day's annoyances an-noyances and worries until dinnertime, dinner-time, and then regale the weary man of the family upon them. Others Oth-ers quarrel and complain constantly with and of the children. Many are extravagant and vain, home and husband hus-band serving them only as a background back-ground for constant trips to the beauty parlor and the frock shops. Then there is always the wife who puts somebody else ahead of the man she married; whose heart is really with her family, or whose whole devotion goes to her child. And the wife who has numerous love affairs. af-fairs. Nothing really wrong, of course, but such fun. And so harmless, harm-less, if only Bob wouldn't be so ridiculously ridic-ulously jealous! All these wives are considered very nice women. Nobody expects perfection, and we all have our faults, we say leniently. 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