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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, NOVEMBER 21, 1941 Washington, D. C. BRITISH AND U. S. POLICY U. S. diplomats are not shouting it from the housetops, but there have been two important occasions when the British put a very restraining hand on American foreign policy, and checked major moves in the .South Atlantic and the Pacific. One move was last May when it became conclusively apparent that the Vichy government was the tool of Hitler and w’.or. many U. S. strategists favored the taking of Martinique and the Azores, and per haps even a landing force at Dakar in French West Africa. But the Churchill government pro tested that this would take U. S. ships away from transporting sup plies to the Battle of Britain; would focus American attention upon an other part of the world. So Roose velt kept out of the South Atlantic. The second move was about two weeks ago when Mr. Churchill tele phoned the President to advise against any showdown with the Jap anese in the Pacific. His advice came shortly after the new pro- Nazi cabinet took office in Tokyo. Churchill urged that the battle in Europe was the main show and the United States should not get ab sorbed with side-shows. Regarding this Churchill advice, there continues to be a wide rift inside the Roosevelt administration. And incidentally, there is not com plete unity on this point inside the British government. Australian sen timent leans toward a cleaning up of the Pacific situation, after which all parts of the British Empire, plus perhaps the United States, could concentrate on Europe. Rift in Administration. Inside the Roosevelt administra tion, the men who urge a go-slow policy toward Japan are Admiral Stark, chief of naval operations, and the state department. On the other side are many of the other admirals, including Admiral Ernest King, commander of the Atlantic fleet, who says he can get along in the Atlantic merely with his pres ent consignment of destroyers and light cruisers, which are all that are needed for convoying. The first big point of the “strong policy” admirals is that every aay of delay weakens the Russians, and the Russians are the big potential allies of the United States against Japan. With Russian bombing planes operating from Vladivostok against the paper and bamboo houses of Tokyo and Yokohama, the Japanese would be up against it. The second big point urged by these admirals is one which not many people realize: When the Unit ed States went into the last war, Japan was on our side. There was no need to worry about the Pacific. But this time, the minute the U.S.A. becomes embroiled in Europe, it has to guard its back door against a traditional and very potent rival. Therefore, argues the Pacific school within the navy, let’s face our enemies one by one rather than have two jumping on us later and from opposite directions. There is nothing the navy dreads more than the idea of attack in two oceans at once—attacks aimed at Alaska on one side and Brazil on the other. That is why some of the admirals so resent the phone calls from Winston Churchill. * • • ~ U. S. DESTROYERS The submarine situation which forced the Reuben James and now threatens all U. S. destroyers in the North Atlantic, is far different from that of the last war. Today, German submarines op erate in gangs or wolfpacks of three to five, lurking in the path of a convoy, and without putting their periscopes out of the water. They do not even run their engines. Thus the approaching destroyer cannot pick up the subs with its sound de tector, but the subs, on the other hand, can hear the engines of the approaching convoy. Then when the convoy is within range, the subs release their tor pedoes, sometimes blind. In other words, they do not lift their peri scopes but frequently fire merely in the direction of the approaching engines. Because convoys travel so close together these days, hits are almost certain. Submarines fire blind chiefly in the daylight. At night, on the other hand, when the submarine cannot be seen, it comes to the surface. This is one reason for the in creased number of merchant vessel casualties since September, for as the nights became longer, U-boats have longer hours to operate on the surface. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF Says an official in the Finnish le gation, “Eighty-five per cent of my people desire the defeat of Ger- xnany—but 100 per cent desire the defeat of Russia!” Peru’s air attache in Washington, Col. Armando Revoredo, cried “To hell with the Good Neighbor policy” when Uncle Sam requisitioned Peru’s 18 bombing planes. But ac tually he is a good friend of the U.S.A., was responsible for chang ing Peru’s aviation instruction from Italian to American. EXPLAINING THE PRICE RISES (“Retailers must explain to customers the reason for advancing prices. The public doesn’t understand the situation.”—Louis E. Kirstein, chairman- of the American Retail federation.) Customer—How much are fresh eggs today? Retailer—Sixty-five cents a dozen. Customer—I said a dozen, not two dozen. Retailer—I heard you. Sixty-five cents a dozen. Five cents extra if I make an explanation. Customer—How about storage eggs? Retailer—Forty-two cents, and I’ll make my explanation a cent cheap er. • • • Customer—Give me twenty cents’ worth of eggs and one cent’s worth of explanation. Why should eggs be up?” Retailer—It’s the defense pro gram. Customer—Are we sending eggs to Russia? Retailer—No, but Europe is get ting a lot of our hens. And you know about the straw shortage, don’t you? Customer—No. Retailer—All the straw is being used for Gallup straw votes. And with so little straw in their nests the hens won’t lay. Is it clear? Customer—No. I’ll take a loaf of bread. Is that up? Retailer—Yes, and I’ll explain that. The country is short of dough. Customer—If it ain’t it soon will be. How about baloney? There is no shortage of that, is there? Retailer—No, but it’s gone up in sympathy. Baloney is one of our most sympathetic products. And don’t forget we are sending a tre mendous amount of baloney to Europe. Customer—This is the first time I’ve heard anybody admit it. * * * SCENE II—A HABERDASHERY Customer — How much are $2 shirts today? Retailer—Three dollars and fifty cents. And I’ll throw in a full ex planation. Customer—Shirts aren’t necessary to the defense, are they? Retailer—Of course they are. Would you defend the American way without a shirt? Customer—I may have to! Retailer—Could you use some socks? They’ve only gone up fifteen cents a pair. Customer—Is there a sock short age? Retailer—No, but it’s harder for me to explain why they should cost more, so I charge extra. • » • SCENE HI—A RESTAURANT Customer—What would you sug gest? Waiter—Our 85-cent order of gou lash is very good at $1.25 a plate. Customer—Good heavens! Why should goulash be up? Waiter—It’s the OCCG. Office for the Control and Co-ordination of Goulash. Customer—Must there be a fed eral board to control goulash? Waiter—Sir, today there must be a federal board to control every thing. • • • Customer—Bring me a ham sand wich. ’ With mustard and a complete explanation why it should cost more. Waiter—I’ll be glad to explain ev erything. Do you understand infla tion at all. Customer—Not at all. Waiter—Good! I’ll explain it then. • • • THE BACHELOR LOOKS AT A FRIEND’S CHILD Blessings on the, little boy, Bellowing with fiendish joy! My heart leaps to see you, lad, Riding bareback on your dad. When your daddy opes his trap. How you prattle, little chap! A cheerful hail, you lusty scion! . . . I’m glad you’re hizz’n and not * “mion.” —M. E. SMITH • • • Uncle Sam has cracked down on an aluminum company which he says diverted metal needed for de fense, to companies using it for or namental work on slot machines, pin ball games and juke boxes. There are times when some of our biggest industries don’t seem to be any more appreciative of the crisis than the average man. • « » WHOOPS! Joe Stalin is now seeing his for mer ally, pal and buddy at such close range that he may be said to be meeting him two-face to two- face. • • • Elmer Twitchell says the govern ment’s fiscal policy is the same as no-limit poker, with the deuces a lit tle wilder. * • • “Ford Yacht Leased to Navy.”— Headline. Seen From the U. S. Atlantic Patrol Scores of ships in formation, headed across the Atlantic! What a convoy! In upper right is part of the wing of the U. S. Atlantic air patrol plane, from which the photo was made. (Inset) A seaplane tender of the U. S. Atlantic air patrol is shown with a number of patrol planes on her stern deck, and still another being hoisted aboard for an overhaul. Photo approved by U. S. navy. Prisoners of War Accept Their Sorry Lot Some of the several thousands of soldiers of the Chiang Kai-shek army captured by Japanese forces, are shown in picture at left carrying food for their breakfast. The baskets are quite large and only one Is filled to the top. Right: Italian prisoners of war in England help build their own winter quarters. Other prisoners in England are used on farms. New President in Independent Syria Old Man River Again Cheikh Taggadine, the new president of Syria, inspects a guard of honor of Free French troops outside the town hall at Damascus, Syria. Syria was granted her independence when Free French General Catrous formally handed the country over in a broadcast speech from Damascus. A rescue party in a rowboat trav els down a city street which is un der five feet of water. The flood was caused by the Arkansas river, which broke out of its banks at Tulsa, leaving scores of families homeless and causing great damage. ‘Blitz Troops’ in the Making Prison Camp The second corps provisional anti-tank battalion, commanded by Maj. H. R. Johnson, Wadesboro, N. C., was organized as a weapon of opportu nity to combat hostile mechanized threats at any part of the front where the enemy might break through. Photo shows battery D returning fire on advancing “enemy” tanks, supported by machine guns. The first prison camp since World War I is now being completed near Patchogue, N. Y. It will accommo date some 700 aliens. The watch- tower is shown above. Eleanor Roosevelt PLEDGE AGAINST WASTE I have taken the pledge which Miss Harriett Elliott is asking all house-holders in the country to take during civilian defense week. Knowing quite well that, in the White House, it would be impossible for either Mrs. Nesbitt or me to sign this pledge honestly without the co-operation of the whole White House staff, I asked all those who were on duty to meet me. I explained its mt amng, particu larly in not wasting anything. I urged them all to sign the pledge in dividually when it comes ouf, and to try to live up to it in the White House. I hope, also, that they will persuade their own families to join with us. They were most co-opera tive and my first suggestion came immediately from Mrs. Nesbitt, who said that we had certain things that were always left over after a big party, which could be sent to the self-help co-operative farm and fed to their animals. So we have found one useful outlet for leftovers which could not be used at all on our own table. CORRESPONDENCE COURSE We hope very shortly to have a correspondence course available in the Office of Civilian Defense. It is a fairly simple study on nutrition and the duty of the consumer. Many people who cannot attend classes may be able to read these courses and go to a volunteer bureau or consumer’s information bureau once to take a test. This will then make it possible for every household to feel it is part of the civilian de fense effort. COST OF LIVING I had some quite appalling news on the rise in the cost of living last week. The average housewife must now spend 14 per cent more money for the food she will need for the family dinner than she did a year ago. In some cities, the increase in food costs is even greater, running to over 19 per cent. If you were preparing a meal of ham and eggs, potatoes, white bread, butter, coffee and milk, the following prices show you what you would pay this year in comparison with last year: Increase 1940 1941 % Ham (lb.) . 25.4# 34.44 35 Eggs (doz.) . . 37.2# 46.94 26 White bread (lb.) 8.1# 8.54 5 Butter (lb.) . . 34.3* 43.54 27 Potatoes (15 lbs.) 28.84 32.84 14 Coffee (lb.) . . 20.84 25.74 24 Milk(qt) . . 12.34 13.94 13 In other staple products, the prices have gone up very considera bly also. For instance, here is a table which may interest you. Sept. 1940 Sept. Increase 1941 % Sugar (10 lbs.) • 51.0# 00.0# 18 flour (10 lbs.) • 40.1# 47.5# 18 Lard (lb.) . . 9.3# 14.6# 57 Evap. milk (14%*oz. can) 7.0# 8.4# 20 Cheese (lb.) 25.7# 32.7# 27 Onions (lb.) 3.6# 4.2# 17 Salmon, red (16-oz. can) • 25.9# 33.7# 30 Corn (#2 can) 10.5# 11.8# IS The greater part of these in- creases occurred since last Febru ary, and in October of this year prices were still rising. Some of these prices should undoubtedly have increased, particularly if the in crease reflects itself in the farmer’s pocket. I am wondering, however, if, in the case of milk, we will not have to resort to less handling, in order to keep the price on a level where children in cities can have enough. • • • HYDE PARK VISIT Miss Thompson and I caught the 4:30 plane one day for New York city. We were joined there by Mrs. Helm, and after dining at die house, drove up to Hyde Park. It was raining fairly hard, but I liked the sound of it as I sat on my porch and rejoiced in the coun try quiet. I was sorry, however, to wake to a gray day and steady downpour the next day in spite of the fact that we need rain badly. At 10 o’clock, I met the prime minister of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie King, and Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, with her two children, at the Poughkeepsie station. They settled down very quickly, and at 12 o’clock, our two small grand daughters, Sara and Kate Roosevelt, who are staying with friends in Rhinebeck, came down to lunch with the two little Princesses. The rest of us, with the addition of Secretary and Mrs. Morgenthau, and several girls and their friends from Vassar, intended to have an outdoor picnic, but we ended by using the new playroom. It proved a great success and after lunch we sat around the fire and asked the President, the prime miniater and the secretary of the treasury, in numerable questions. We all argued with each other, which always brings out many points of view. Since Vassar is at present having a conference on the post-war world, there was much talk of both present and future defense. The rain was forgotten and I think, perhaps, it even added to the sense of com panionship, for a gray outer world makes one all the more conscious of a fire and cheerfulness within. After tea at the big house, the Vassar guests were taken back to college. We had no guests for din ner and the President and the prime minister settled down to a long talk. P ANHOLDER time is here—as transfer Z9364 illustrates. Two cute kittens with perky bows, a sunbonnet girl and her straw hat playmate, two cages holding ap plique birds, and a demure maid en with full panholder skirts— these are for kitchen decoration and your protection. The old- fashioned girl holder is cut from wood and painted, and two pan holders hang from a hook at the waist to form her skirts. * • • Start with this transfer on panholders for gifts, bazaars and your own use. Transfer Z9364 is 15 cents. Send your order to: AUNT MARTHA Box 166-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No Name Address Bear’s Pan Dance Jugoslavian peasants sometimes teach a' performing bear to dance by chaining it on a heated pan, says Collier’s. 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