The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-01
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

ny LEmOEL r. fANlON
consolidated Features-WNU ServicsJ
NJ EW YORK.-In 1888, young Mel
son A. Rockefeller was hand
ed a delicate job of commercial
and cultural coordination, indeed a
Rockefeller Well stiff assign
Qualified for His beginner in
Coordination Job TINS 1 te Ut II
suade the Fiery Diego Rivera to
x-out that head OF Lenin in his mu-
rails at Rockefeller Center. He man.
aged the affair with tact and re-
straint. undisturbed by the thunder
from the left.
Now he has progressed to full
time work in that highly specialized
field. He is co-ordinator of COM
mercial and cultural relations be-
tween the United States and other
Western hemisphere nations. Cur
rently he is in the news as he ap-
points John Hay Whitney to his staff
to take care of motion picture de-
tails OF the above co-ordinating.
I remember talking to one Of
his teachers at Lincoln school,
New York. She said Nelson was
good material for progressive
education, As he had q way Of
getting on with people. He was
good student, too, romping 80
far ahead Of schedule ut Dart
mouth that they gave him his
senior year of. He devoted It
to wanderjahr, In which he
went to India and had . long
chat with Mahatma Gandhi, and
studied photography. Taking up
the rich mans burden, he de-
voted himself mainly to the fam
lily real estate, becoming presi-
dent Of Rockefeller Center,
which, incidentally, Is one of the
most successful feats Of COM
mercial and cultural co-ordina-
ton in the world.
Mr.. Rockefeller, born in Bar Har.
Dor, Maine, in 1907, is tall, blonde
and reticent, an abstainer from al
cohol and tobacco, always deeply ir
earnest. With his manifold business
interests he combines a careful anc
diligent trusteeship Of the Museum
of Modern Art. This department
can't help but feel a bit doubtful
about co-ordinating commerce anc
the arts-unless there Is q Johr
Masefield around to write a poem
like Garages"
K ING BORIS of Bulgaria is doing
the best he can for his little
Cinderella kingdom, but things don't
look SO good. He reviews troops
King Boris Would and shifts his
Rather Be Casey guns around
Jones of Balkans' shars y b Iu,
that he Is just making himself q
lot OF unnecessary trouble. AZ q
king, he never did have his heart
in his work.
He has q passion for trains
and never misses . chance to
drive . locomotive. Engines ali
bis Life and his dreams. When
his father, Ferdinand, abdicated
In 1913, the young man insisted
that he be allowed to 70 70
America and DO o railroad enRi-
neer, but his father forbade Il.
Ascetic In appearance, always O
seemly behavior, he moved immacu
lately through Balkan wars, revolu
tons and internecine dogfghts. Fer
dinand had apprenticed him to
versatile fighting man in 1912, whel
he was only 10 years old. He Tough
dutifully, but seemed always to b
listening for the whistle of old 81
coming round the bend.
His wardrobe, one Of the best Il
Europe, runs mainly to pinstripes
He is a nimble dancer, good at al
such orthodox sports as boar-huni
ing and timber-topping, but arouse,
and eager only when he has hi
hand on the throttle Of locomotive
In 1880, he married the Prin-
cess Giovanni Of Italy. This al
lance was regarded, among 9TH
or dynastic ties, as q establishing
and safeguarding influence for
his kingdom, but now seems of
small account. In 1884, internal
stress led the king to set MP a
dictatorship, By a military coup.
1t didn't help much. About 80
per cent of the exports Of Bull
garia continued to 90 to totaIi-
tartan countries, and Il came
more and more under their
thrall. The king 6irted with Rus
sia for = while, with no crafty
ing results. He has been In fire.
quent peril Of assassinat ton
and nothing seems to matter
much, since they WON'T let him
be a railroad engineer.
IN 1895. he lost his lob selling OF