The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-26

NEW YORK.-Future historians,
dredging up the story Of the
wreck Of European civilization, will
find that some Of these tragic events
Prophecies More " described
Illuminating Than before they
Later Spot News h hap app g, ,so d
prophecies may be more lluminat-
ing than later spot news" accounts.
There's Henri de Kerillis, French
Nationalist deputy, recently arrived
IN Ottawa in behalf of General De
Gaulle's die-hard committee. On
December %, 1899, M. De Keril-
lis published in his newspaper
"Epoque" a infinitely detailed &C
count Of a conspiracy to GUST Pre-
mier Daladier and install Marshal
Petain in that office. He wrote:
1.-THE object of this conspiracy is
to convince the greatest and most
famous of military chiefs-Marshal
Petain-that he must resign himself
to accepting the premiership in a
government OF national union in
which the most notorious defeatists
are to be included. According to the
conspirators, the old marshal I'm
consciously will have to play a role
analogous to that of Hindenburg.
opening the road to Hitler in q mo
ment Of encouragement. And by
his presence alone, he will neutral
lie our military chiefs"
In Ottawa, M. De Kerillis
says, Marshal Petain Is not q
traitor. He did not know when
he capitulated that he would 70
to war with England, tomorrow
with the United States, and the
next day with Russia. He did
not know that when ono is in
the hands Of the Germans ono
cannot STOP"
AS a journalist and nationalist
deputy. M. De Kerillis has been a
spokesman for French Nationalist
opinion for many years. He was a
lone voice supporting General De
Gaulle In 1884, when the latter was
pleading for mechanical army to
meet the German onslaught. He
has vehemently denounced both
communist and Nazi subversive in
fuences. In a review of his activi.
ties, one utterance of Adolf Hitler.
as reported by DR.. Rauschning, has
been pertinently quoted:
"Our strategy will destroy the
enemy from within and oblige him
to conquer himself. Everywhere in
the country of the enemy we will
have friends who will aid U.S."
MRS. CLARA ADAMS rides air
AVA planes because she cloves to
watch clouds" Her fight on the
hrst stratoliner from New York to
rs Years a First ronnda s e'st
Fighter, Yet Shy her first 20
of Control Stick years as a
first fight
er." She has flown in planes, Gid
ers, Zeppelins and free balloons, on
notable first fights whenever pos
sible, but has never touched the con-
troll stick. She says she has no in
terest in mechanics or mechanical
problems.
She Is the widow of George l..
Adams, a millionaire tanner of
Pennsylvania who died in 1929. leay-
ing her an ample fortune with which
to indulge her favorite pastime.
Mrs. Adams was born in Cincin-
natl, the daughter of Walter Grabau,
music teacher. In 1914, at the
age Of Is, she had her first plane
ride at Lake Eustis, Fla, with Wal
ter E. Johnson at the controls, Since
then, her mother has complained
that there's no keeping her down to
earth. She was a passenger on the
first transatlantic trip of the Graf
Zeppelin In 1923, and IN 1892 on the
giant plane Dornier Do-X on its fight
from Rio de Janeiro to New York.
In 1885 she crossed the Pacific
on the first China Clipper; and,
also In that year, she was on
the Inflated Zeppelin linden
burg when IL crossed to this
country. She saw Il burn q year
later. In 1897 she made a round
trip nonstop flight from New
York to Bermuda, and July Is Of
Last year landed back in Newark
after = fight around the world
IN 1s days, 10 hours and 4 min
utes-a record for globe girdlinR.
She Is 5 feet, IL inches tall and
has what she describes as "string-
bean figure suitable for flying"
She has gray eyes and reddish
brown hair, dresses simply and at
tractively.
IT IS perhaps just as well that
Carl Brisson, Danish film star.
has landed safely In America. He
once popped the Crown Prince VIII
helm on the nose, and there's no
telling but that Herr Hitler has that
somewhere in his bring-up file. Born
Carl Petersen, the big, handsome
Carl Brisson was welterweiRht
champion Of Denmark at is and