Show aa washington D 0 CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA the crown princess ol of norway Is a now ow a full fledged member of the shorts short S porters club with such other distinguished personages as winston churchill and henry A wal lace it hap happened bened as the princess martha was returning by clipper from england to her home in maryland the stewardess on the plane asked it if she were a member bembe r of the club which requires every member to carry a marked 1 bill as a certificate of membership she was not whereupon other passengers promptly presented their dollar bills token of membership in the club for the princess to sign she wrote her name in ink martha crown princess of norway across a dozen dollar bills that day as the plane soared over the atlantic there were 14 passengers and she signed for all except her lady in waiting ragni the plane had been some time out of england before the passengers realized they had a princess aboard she appeared on the passenger list simply as mrs brown but someone recognized her from pictures I 1 and the word got around while ma most st of the passengers pa played ayed bridge the princess re read ad a book at night she tucked herself into the little sleeping compartment lower berth while the lady in walt ing climbed into the upper she chatted with passengers as if she were merely mrs M rs brown and when the trip was over passenger fred williams of the british air ministry remarked ashes quite the most charming lady ive ever met HURLEY AND when friends asked brig gen patrick J hurley just back from russia to exola explain in the marshal timo shen kos mysterious disappearance frim the limelight hurley dodged the question as follows Tl is the george washington of russia washington retreated all the way from be boston st on to yorktown he lost one battle after another but he figured that as long as he had his army intact and the vast reaches of north america to retreat into he might lose the battles but he would win the war and he kept on retreating until he was able to spring the trap on corn wallis walls at yorktown also followed the retreat strategy from kharlov to to stalingrad Stal ingrad but kept his army intact lie he is a tremendous figure in russia his name is stamped on the hearts of the people editors note marshal is 11 now on the northern leningrad front it hat been disclosed A letter to la stalin from commanders commander on that ii front rent was headed by name LOVE RUSSIA latin american fear of comma 1 nisim has long kept those countries from recognizing the soviet union but soviet military successes esses have persuaded the gatins that the soviets will emerge among the victors in this war and will be a power to deal with thus some of the countries below the rio grande are coming around to diplomatic recognition of the soviet viet government cuba is sending dr I 1 lurtha con cheso ambassador to washington to moscow to open a legation which will later be in charge of 0 dr raoul herrera herr era arango ara ngo also from the washington embassy mexico is is sending her minister counselor from the washington em bassy dr luis quintanilla Quintan iUa to be come minister to the U S S R fore foreign ign ministers gabriel of colombia and alberto auant of uruguay y are in washington today where they will discuss with soviet ambassador litvinoff the establish ment of missions in russia colom bia recognized the soviet in 1938 1936 but has never sent a minister its also reported that ecuador and venezuela plan similar action thus tar far however colombia is the only country on the south american continent which has recognized the soviet union there are substantial substantial lal possibilities for trade between russia and latin america after the war and some of 0 the gatins are getting on the band wagon note argentina the orly latin american country not to b iak eak with the axis is scared hicl over the prospect of a russian victory and the danger canger of communism MERRY GO ROUND 4 fl spanish pressure on paramount will cause some changes in the movie version of 0 Heming ways best seller for whom the bell tolls but it will probably be released to the american public in april despite franco C U S chamber of commerce pres ident eric johnston will run tor for the senate in 1944 on the republican tick et against senator homer bone de democrat johnston is one of the few politically minded men ever tc sit in the crusty throne of the U S chamber C L the WAVES gradually taking over more of the navys paper work are bringing in some smart officers among them rebecca gross former managing editor of the loci loch haven pa express and one oil 0 the few women managing editors lr fr the country |