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EDITORIAL
MANY AIRPORTS NEEDED
Of the nation's 1,824 civilian
airports only thirty-one. in the
opinion of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority, are capable of handl
ing modern military aircraft.
By contrast, Germany is believ
ed to have used 60 first class air
ports in her offensive upon the
Western Front.
Worse than this defficisncy of
air bases for military aircraft is
the assertion of the CAA that
while there are 229 cities of suf
ficient importance to warrant air
mail service only 65 have airfields
up to moderate military repuire
ments and 89 have inadequate fac
ilities.
The Army ar.d Navy have
about twenty air bases in con
tinental United States. With any
tiling like 50,000 airplanes there
will be needed hundreds of splen
did airports. It will take time to
construct them ar.d the work
might as wel lbegin immediate
ly
The Washington
Daybook
By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON —Capital com
ment from our colorful congress:
Senator Connally (Tex.): "The
argument of miliatary dictators
cannot be answered by sewing
circles. The arguments of artil
lery and tanks and swarms of air
planes cannot be overwhelmed
by resolutions."
It’s beginning to look. Senator
as though the arguments of the
most tanks, artillery and airplan
es can't be overwhe med at all.
Senator Pepper (Fla.) — "In
the name of the people of Ameri
ca, I challenge Mussolini to look
into the face of America and see
—
what America thinks of the cow
ardly Iblow he is about to strike.
Although 1 cannot speak for the
senate today, I will venture to
prophesy to Mussolini: Let him
do it if he will; let him think he,
will strike down civilization when
it is prostrate, and I tell him that
there will be a time when he will
feel the s::ng of America’s lash
upon his body and he will crawl
like a scourged slave to an ig
noble dungeon and spend eternity
in panance for what he has done
to destroy a spiritual body.”
Peppery words, Mr, Pepper, j
but you ought to know by now
those felows over there don’t
waste any time looking in the
face of America before making
their decisions.
Mild Understatement
Comment, but not all from Con
gress:
Mr. James A. Farley — “The
hardest person in the world to!
discourage is the individual who |
thinks he knows all about pol
itical management, even without
practical experience.”
What’s the matter, Uncle Jim,
you been getting advice from
seme of the boys in the cracker
barrel league?
Senator Wheeler (Mont.) — “I
do not care how good a man is—
how able he is—he cannot be
piaced in a detective service with
out being affected mentally and
becoming one of the snooping de
tective type.”
I know a lot of gumshoes, Sen
atoT, who aren’t going to like
that a little bit, and I would be
surprised if you didn't hear from
a lew.
C'est La Guerre
Capital comment (that’s not
even official) — Nearly all gov
ernment department employes
who have the remotest eonnec
t: n with the defense program
probably will have to forego va
cations until the situation levels
off. FBI agents already have been
notified that they cannot expect
leaves this summer and Civil
Aeronautical Authority employes
working on the intensified air
pi! :>ts’ training course, voluntar
i.y have skipped some vacations.
The next big international sur
prise may come from Russia, the
Reds being just as perturbed as
the IT. S. by the devastating
speed of the lightning war ag
ainst the Allies. One government
official off the record, put it this j
way:
“Hitler probably has forgotten
that Stalin is a Georgian — and
G rgians never forget or for
give the kind of insults and
threats that in their climb to pow
er in Germany the Nazis directed
aga nst the Reds.
"The Georgian philosophy of
life is 'two eyes for an eye’ and
the only reason Stalin threw in
with Hitler before was that he
was su?e the Nazis would over
extend themselves and collapse.”
Out of the West
A red-haired young whirlwind
from Idaho is one of many wo- i
men prominent in politics in this ]
politica season. She’s Verda Bar
it es, vice president of the Young
Democrats. She organized her
county’s Young Democrats in '33
and in the ’36 campaign she or
ganized auto caravans that deliv
ered Democratic literature and
got the voters to the polls. She’s
married, has a daughter and lives
in Washington now.
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HOLLYWOOD STAR-LITES
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD (Exclusive) —
You hear a lot about picture steal
ers in Hollywood—but you never
know who they are going to be
until the film is completed. They
may be an unknown pefson play
ing a bit part that may raise them
to eventual stardom or they may
be a star who rises to even great
or heights.
A little unknown youngster
only four years of age was the
principal picture stealer — his
name Richard Nichols — his per
formance was great in the three
hour-long film starring Bette Da
vis and Charles Boyer “All This
And Heaven, Too.”
Eugenie Leontovich possesses
the title of “Picture Stealer” af
ter her sensational performance
in “Four Sons.” Willie Best negro
valet of Bob Hope in ‘“The Ghost
Breakers” almost stole the pic
ture with his fine performance in
it.
Picture stealers are rare per
sons in Hollywood, but when
they pop up you hear lots about
them and some stars are perpet
ual picture stealers.
All the studios are under-going
an about-face as far as story ma
terial is concerned. Laughs and
more laughs is the current and
almost universal demands of au
diences everywhere. Just as we
stated some weeks ago in his
column the movie-going public is
depressed toy daily war news and
prefers to be amused rather than
saddened by motion pictures.
Betty Grable, a girl who had
to go to New York to attract |
Hollywood’s real attention will j
take over her role in “Down Ar
gentine Way.” j
Shirley Temple is going on a
weekly radio program — but no!
more films for some time.
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