Show NEWS THIS WEEK B by y LEMUEL EMUEL F PARTON N NEV EW YORK many years ago la in south america this writer was always hearing somebody mutter Per rosl dogs as he passed by it expressed propaganda dislike of au all north trick hurt americans upton 17 S trade Sin clairs book the jungle about fhe the chicago packing houses had been carefully mis translated in a widely circulated version which nade made multitudes of south americans believe all north americans ate dogs even in remote jungle towns I 1 found european trade scouts and salesmen making d diligent iii use oi of the book it was the neatest trade propaganda trick of the century the one sided battle has continued through the decades late reports are that south american radio stations are belting uncle sam with everything at hand and to the same degree apostrophizing italy germany and japan for this reason there appears appear to be more than meets the eye in the printed story of our new r airwave rearmament and the 1 assignment of a new short wave I 1 channel for broadcasts to south america I 1 with secretary hull dr L S rowe director general of the pani american union pleads for stronger cultural ties in the first broadcast spanish translations follow the english version while all this is in the name of do peace and goodwill good will and official announcements carry no hint of a defensive kropa radio kadio aids ganda war it apin in fighting pears to be the an 17 S smear awer perhaps the only possible reply to the widespread smearing i campaign against the U S A in latin american countries the sixty six year old dr rowe bowe is a happy choice to head americas cultural if not propaganda outreach in this direction he has become widely known and decidedly persona grata in south america in his 32 years of pleading and prose lating for solidarity friendship and understanding in the americas me he has fraternized with south americans more than any other northerner writing evangelizing evangel izing and expounding his doctrines of friendly co opera tion always on the high plane of cultural and intellectual intercourse he has been head of the pan american union since 1920 succeeding john barrett i forty L LIFE IFE begins begin at forty for gracie fields english music hall actress who curtsies to the king and becomes a commander of the order of the british em jane alger pire it is another career of jane alger story stage star this tale ot of the lancashire mill girl who became the highest paid I 1 entertainer in the world her earnings from her gramophone records and from the stage and cinema have reached a year her film mr tower of london ran seven years she lives simply with her mother who manages her affairs and never has anything more than pocket money every so often she visits rochdale rockdale Roc hdale the mill town where she sang for pennies at the age of seven and has a rollicking time singing for her old friends she was a halt half timer in the cotton mills half the day in school and halt half at work in 1930 she made a brief appearance at the palace theater in new york it act spoiled much of a sue suc by fear of cess she ex gum chewers pa afterward that she had been warned in england that entire audiences in in america chewed gum together and in time with dreadful facial contortions this frightened her and spoiled her act although she admitted there was only one observable gum chewer she was glad to land safely in england where she is widely beloved and known as good old gracie just a few days before her fortieth birthday she returned home from a party at four in the mornin morning g the milkman the policeman on the beat and a street sweeper ceremoniously handed her a morning paper with her name in the kings honor list she is tall blonde and merry Q consolidated news features service |