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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C., APRIL 3, 1942
CT. PETERSBURG, FLA. — You
v -* face a pretty fair jump from one
of the favorite habitats of racing
dogs to the Kentucky Derby. But
long distance calls from Tropical
Park across the Everglades indicate
that well-known forecasters are both
busy and dizzy on the winter Derby
book. I mean the new one.
They tell me the main thorn in
their prognosticating sides is a horse
called Alsab. Eight weeks ago this
wonder as a two-year-old was far
in front of the field. Then things
began to happen—as they usually
do when two-year-olds become
three-year-olds. Alsab had his ears
pinned back three times running
and the first book blew up with a
noisy crash.
“Before the Widener,” one of the
leading bookies phoned, “I had Re
quested and the Calumet stable on
top around 6 to 1. Alsab looked to
be a dead fish. But the race he
ran in the Widener has upset things
again. I wish that horse would set
tle down to one form or another.
“He looked to be a tired, over
worked, worn-out horse in his first
three starts. He was thin and
nervous. He had lost his old speed.
But when he moved up head and
head with Best Seller and The
Rhymer in the big race far down
the stretch he was a different horse
again. He is still the big guess of
the Derby field.”
MacArthur’s Australian Campaign
Heightens Spirit of All America
General Douglas MacArthur
A fighting General for fighting mad people is he .. .
Favored Selections
Ben Whitaker’s Requested and
Warren Wright’s Calumet entry will
remain the favored selections. Nei-
ALSAB
ther may be as good as Alsab on
Derby day, but Alsab is still too
much of a guess and a gamble.
Requested has improved more
than a mere bit. And Ben Jones will
have more than one good horse ready
when the big race is run.
Before I left California Trainer
Jones told me that he might have
as many as four horses on hand
for the next Derby.
“I’m counting more on Sun Again
and Some Chance,” he said, “but
I may have two others almost as
good. Derby day is still a long way
off as far as a thoroughbred is con
cerned, but we ought to have some
thing left from the group.”
At that time both Sun Again and
Some Chance looked fit enough to
run with any three-year-olds around
the map.
The wrecking upset that took
place in the recent $53,000 Widener
now has the players in this tropical
domain looking for some longer
Derby prices. The mere sight of a
favorite has become obnoxious, not
to say repellent.
Florida favorites have been run
ning like 20 to 1 shots, only not quite
so fast. For example, neither The
Rhymer’s trainer nor jockey thought
this horse had even an outside
chance. And when the crowd saw
all the favorites far back most of
them wondered why they still had
dished out so much cash on the top
choices, after what had been hap
pening all spring.
Badly Overworked
Alsab will have fresh backing in
the new book, and at better odds.
This horse proved he could run
against older rivals last week. There
isn’t any question that he has been
badly overworked. If he hasn’t
been, then practically every trainer
in Florida is wrong.
But the Derby is nearly six weeks
away. And Alsab may get enough
rest in that time to recover a good
part of his 1942 form. He was the
best horse in the Widener for a
mile sold an eighth, and started to
fade only in the last 80 yards.
Ben Whitaker said a year ago
that Requested was the best horse
he had ever owned.
“And be has improved a lot,” the
Texan said before heading home.
“I’m not going to pick him to win
the Derby, but I know he has a good
chance. Also, I think Alsab is a
better horse than he looked to be
in his first three starts at Hialeah.
And I know that beating those Calu
met entries won’t be any soft after
noon for anybody. That winter rest
in California won’t do any harm
under a trainer such as Ben Jones
is.”
But these are not the only good
horses around. The Whitneys have
a few which might bring back glory.
N OW you are going to see some real fighting.
That is what thousands of persons said, some of whom
might have said it to you, when word was flashed from Aus
tralia that General Douglas MacArthur was down there to as
sume the supreme United Nations command in that region.
Ever since the war in the Pacific region began, the story of the
ground warfare has been continually, and dishearteningly the
same but with one exception.
Newspaper and radio accounts have related of continual retreats and,
finally, surrenders by the Alhed armies. But the brilliant exception to all
this defensive warfare is and was the€ —
activity of General MacArthur, his
aides, and his native and American
troops fighting on the Bataan pen
insula.
Not only did MacArthur stop the
Japs—and thereby causing the com
mander, Gen. Masaharu Homma, to
commit hara kiri—but he also put
through two brilliant, strategical of
fensives which prevented further
enemy advances at the time.
Reason for Australians’ Respect.
Such immediate background of
this brilliant general, this Number
One officer of the United Nations,
was the cause for the increasing
clamor of the Australians to have
MacArthur come down there and
help them, with American, British,
Australian, and native soldiers, re
sist the Japs in the last Pacific re
gion stand. So, after receiving or
ders on Washington’s birthday from
the President to go to Australia,
MacArthur made plans with his suc
cessor, Maj. Gen. Jonathan May-
hew Wainwright, a brilliant tacti
cian, for further defense at Bataan.
‘Mac’s the Man.'
When a “roving reporter” for one
of the outstanding Midwest newspa
pers went out to interview pedes
trians as to how they felt about the
new shakeup in military control in
the Pacific region whereby General
MacArthur was given complete mil
itary control, the consensus of opin
ion was, “Mac’s the Man.”
One fellow said that it was the
best news he heard since the U. S.
entered the war. A housewife said
that, "MacArthur is the man for
the job.” A student on his way to
his class at university said that if
anyone can successfully “Slap the
Japs,” MacArthur is the one that
can do it. A not too busy auto
salesman said that the general’s
appointment was the most impor
tant move since the United States
was stabbed in the back.
Such opinions as these of Mr. and
Mrs. America reflect—it is almost
certain to say—the opinion of this
nation, and all Allied nations as a
whole. Even in London, the news
papers there, commenting on the
first time that a foreign general has
taken command of defense in Brit
ish dominions, had nothing but en
couraging, hopeful, and optimistic
words.
Fame After Career Ended.
Fame came to General MacAr
thur after his career had ended!
For it was in 1935 that he retired
from the army after making a
“name” for himself as officer of
World War I, and decorated for con
spicuous courage. His decorations
are reportedly more numerous than
any other officer in the service.
Back in 1903 he was graduated
from military academy, heading his
class. Ever since then he has been
showing his fellow officers and his
men under him that he is “one of
the men” who knows how to fight.
Son of a Civil war hero, Lieut.
Gen. Arthur MacArthur, General
Douglas went with his father as an
aide when he went to Tokyo on a
Since General MacArthur has taken his new command in Australia
to stop, and then push back, the Japanese drive, Maj. Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainwright (left), shown talking with Gen. MacArthur, has been ap
pointed to the command of the forces that outfought, despite 20 to 1
odds, the Jap forces on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippine Islands.
Like Father, Like Son
General Douglas MacArthur, and
his deceased father, Lieut. Gen. Ar
thur MacArthur, experienced mili
tary lives exceedingly interesting
because of their striking similarity
as available information proves.
Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacArthur,
like his son, Douglas, was advanced
over the heads of many older offi
cers to more important posts.
Both father and son, Arthur and
Douglas MacArthur, showed great
strategical talent. One of the fa
ther’s Civil war tactics of battle
eventually became a war depart
ment standard officer examination.
The son’s strategy in the Philip
pines is well known to all newspa
per readers, who have been fol
lowing his brilliant leadership.
Future General??
Little four-year-old Arthur Mac
Arthur, son of General and Mrs.
MacArthur, is starting early in
a possible war career. Besides
having a famous general as a
father, Arthur’s grandfather, a
Civil war veteran after whom he
is named, commanded a Manila
brigade in 1898 when U. S. forces
captured that city.
When war broke out in the
Philippines little Arthur and . his
mother, the former Miss Jean
Faircloth of Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
were reported safe on the island.
The next word that came through
as to their whereabouts was when
their arrival in Australia with
the general and his staff was an
nounced.
mission in 1905-’06. On three dif-1 j
ferent occasions he saw extended i'
army service in the Philippines. I.
In 1935 he went to Manila as the I
commonwealth’s president, Manuel 1
Quezon’s military adviser.
That his advisory capacity to
President Quezon was of a success
ful nature is now seen in the suc
cessful manner in which American
troops, Philippine scout profession
als, and Filipino reservists, under
his command, fought.
So, at the age of 50, after many
years of active service, it looked as
though General MacArthur’s mili
tary life was at an end. It seemed
that he was then destined for ob
scurity after being chief of staff for
five years. But, it has often been
stated, that it is the seemingly lit
tle incidents in a person’s life which
eventually develop into significant,
extremely important matters. What
would have happened had MacAr
thur, upon being “retired,” not been
sent to the Philippines to shape up
a military force there is impossible
to say.
Once again, MacArtbur’s life is
showing that fact is oftentimes more
interesting than fiction. Here, in
MacArthur, you see a story book
soldier, cool, even tempered, poised,
admired by his staff and men, pre
paring to dc a titanic job despite
heavy odds against it.
Even the general’s air-flight of
2,000 miles to Australia had a touch
of the dramatic to it. For the zone
over which he and his officers and
aides flew in two planes, has
been conceded as being the “hot
spot” of the southwest Pacific. This
is the zone where both enemy and
Allied planes are continually on the
alert. Fighters, bombers, and in
terceptors, always ready for bat
tle. When you look at a map and
see the territory you will fully real
ize that MacArthur has not lost
any of his boldness. It is such dar
ing, skill, and calm that has put all
the confidence of the Allied nations’
people directly on his shoulders.
The Yanks, and Aussies, being what
they are in temperament, and dis
position as to being ready for a fight
at all times, now have a man as
their leader they know will not fail
them.
Congressmen Behind Him, Too.
That this attitude even goes for
officials and congressmen in the na
tion’s capital is noted in the com
ment of various congressmen on the
day that MacArthur’s safe arrival
was announced in a special official
war department communique. Sen.
Millard E. Tydings, (D., Md.) said
that Australia now has real leader
ship . . that he was very happy to
know that MacArthur was down
there where a man such as he is
needed.
Rep. Joseph J. Mansfield, (D.,
Texas) put in a comment which all
Americans fully understand. He
said that MacArthur is sure going
to “raise hell” with the Japs pro
viding we can keep him supplied
with a continuous line of supplies
and men.
House Minority Leader Joseph W.
Martin (R., Mass.), said he was
happy to hear of the famous sol
dier’s appointment. He further add
ed that such an appointment will
add to the confidence of the Ameri
can people.
The day that MacArthur’s appoint
ment, and successful flight to Aus
tralia was announced, the President
in his press conference also had
words of encouragement for the
American people. He said that the
purpose of the transfer was not to
develop further defensive measures,
but primarily, and definitely to “win
the war.” President Roosevelt said
at that conference that he felt, too,
that every American man and wom
an held the same admiration for the
fighting, brilliant general that he
held.
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does so by what?
6. What is the singular of
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2. A total of 56.5 per cent.
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