Stundin - 01.08.1940, Blaðsíða 36

STUNDIN
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Ambulance Driver
Heads East Army Disowns His King
Grinning cheerfully is Erwin Watts,
son of the late New York brnker,
now a volunteer ambulance driver
with the American field service in
France. He is packing his kit to re-
turn to the front after a session in
the hospital. He was wounded while
saving a woman ar.d two children
from a shelled house.
Gen. Eugene Mittlehauser of France
has taken command of the Allied
armies in the Near East, succeeding
General Maxime Weygand, now Al-
lied Generalissimo. Gen. Mittle-
hauser headed the French expedi-
tionary force in Norway.
Declaring King Leopold violated the
constitution by surrendering to the
Nazi invaders, Belgian Premier Hu-
bert Pierlot declared his cabinet in
Paris was taking over the king’s
powers. Pierlot’s announcement
came too late, however, to halt
200,000 Beigian soldiers from lay-
ing down their arms, exposing the
Allied left flank in Flanders.
- GRAB BAG -
Tovv-Minutes Test
1. What was Armageddon?
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
-----------By WILLIAM RITT-----
Central Press Writer
2. Who is t.he French am-
bassador to the United States ?
3. What empire was foun-
ded by Cyrus to the Great?
4. What citizens of the Uni-
WHEN YOU see á citizen
reading the report of a politi-
cian’s speecii to the very end
you can be sure the candidate
prefaced his remarks by saying
he was addressing the “intelli-
gent vote."
! ! !
If there are no efforts at
spring poetry in the editor’s
waste basket, you know summer
has arrived.
t í !
Aniong othcr things that have
recently been torpedoed and
fiunk you miglit add the so-called
international Iaw.
f ! !
Schoo! children in Shakes-
peare’s time were forced to
spend 12 hours each day at their
studies. What’s wrong with
that ? One of them became
Shakespeare, didn’t he?
! ! !
Wonder how much rent Nor-
way will be abie to coliect, after
it’s ait ovér, for having the war
fought on their own premises?
! ! !
Hitlcr appears gloomy, writes
a correspondent. Don’t teli us
der fuehrer lias turned crepe
paper hanger!
! ! !
A canary’s heart, according to
a scientific item, beats 40 times
faster than an elephant’s. That’s
easy to understand—an elephant
has a lot fewer things to be
afraid of.
ted States have won the No-
.bel prize for literature ?
5. What country does Mr.
Loring C. Christie represent
as ambassador to Washington
D. C., U. S. A. ?
6. What state does Mrs.
Hattie W. Caraway represent
in the United States senate?
Words of Wisdom.
Every man will have his
own criterion in forming his
judgment of others. I depend
very much on the effect of af-
fliction. I consider how a man
comes out of the furnace; gold
will lie for a month in the