Evening star., 1942-05-03
BY GLADWIN HILL,
Wide World News.


HOLLYWOOD, May 2. - That
man Nostradamus is here again
with some prophecies about the
war that will knock your hat off
Nostradamus was a 18th century
French chemist from whose name
came the cure-all word 'nostrumD
and mystic who wrote 1000 four
line verses prophesying events for
centuries to come-with, you may
be inclined to believe, uncanny ac-
curacy.
In 1853 Nostradamus wrote:
"The young lion shall overcome the
old
"On martial field by a single duel:
I'm a golden cage he shall put out
his eye;
1.-TWO wounds from one. then he
shall die cruel death"
Six years later King Henry II
OF France was killed in royal
tournament when his opponent
thrust his lance between the Sits
of his golden helmet-and put out
his eye.
Paid Homage to Future Pope.
That's nothing History records
that Nostradamus one day paid
homage. saying he was honoring a
future Pope, to a young village di-
vinity student who 40 years later
became Pope Sixtus v, and pre-
dicted to the very day the robbery
of his grave 66 years after his death.
He wrote prophecies that may be
construed as applying with striking
accuracy to the execution of Louis
XVI, the great fire of London and
the career Of Oliver Cromwell (even
specifying his 20-month reign.
But those things happened long
ago. What about the present?
Well, Nostradamus wrote that
King of England shall be troubled
by the answer of a lady from
foreign shore" and would yield his
kingdom to his brother; that 'in
Germany, a new sect shall be born
which shall renew the pagan times"
and that:
The effort Of the German eagle
shall be great
THE doors Of the ocean shall be
pushed open
The British brotherhood, exposed
by their ships,
Shall tremble, for seizing the
oars too late"
Not bad, eh?
Forgotten for Many Years.
Nostradamus' uncanny prognosti-
cations had been generally forgot
ten for many years until four years
ago Producer Carey Wilson hap
pened to see reference to him in
one of the 267 periodicals he reads
every month.
From the New York Public Lii
brary he got 564 photographs of the
pages of a rare copy of a 1872 Eng
lish- French translation of Nostra-
damus' verses, and set a staff to
work on them. for many are diff
cult to fathom.
1t took 10 months to interpret
enough material for movie short
on Nostradamus. which was released
in September, 1888. and it was q
minor sensation Theaters all over
the country have booked for as
many as IL return engagements.
Fan letters poured into the studio
People wanted Nostradamus' ad-
dress. A woman in Missouri wanted
to know if, according to his pre-
dictions, it was the kind of year
when her husband was likely to run
of with the blond he had been
chasing. A man in the Middle West
wanted Nostradamus' guidance on
the stock market and offered to
share his profits
All told, Mr.. Wilson has answered
more than 5000 letters. The most
frequent inquiry is about a COM
plete translation and Interpretation
of the 1000 verses, of which there
is none. That is what Mr.. Wilson
and his cohorts have been grad
ually piecing together.
Second Short Mode.
In January, 1941. they put out
second Nostradamaus short, con-
tanning such pertinent lines as:
Beasts wild with hunger shall
cross the ditch digged in the earth
(the Maginot Line?)
Shall assault Paris ."
THE isles of the Commonwealth
tBritainD shall transfer children
into inner parts ."
Now, after approximately 10
months more research, they have
brought more verses right up with
current events: