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I 9 « THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. APRIL 24, 1942 AIR CRASHES With the tremendous war expan sion of the army and navy air branches has come an accom panying frequency of press reports of crashes by fledgling pilots. These stories have brought a flood of wor ried inquiries to Washington authori ties. Relatives of aviators have ex pressed concern over the number of these accidents and the adequacy of the training programs. The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO- ROUND has investigated both mat ters. For military reasons detailed figures cannot be disclosed. But the following generalizations can be published: 1. That the U. S. percentage of accidents is less than that of the British and appreciably un der the best available German figures. The casualty rate among Nazi trainees is reported to be quite high due to limited train ing facilities, personnel and • equipment. 2. While V. S. accidents have increased numerically because of the greatly increased number of men in training, the percent age of accidents has not in creased. Today it is about the same as the ratio in 1940. This fact is of key importance, since it means there has been no de terioration in the basic quality of the army and navy air train ing systems despite speed-ups and other war factors. 3. The present training sys tems are far superior to those of the World war. Trainees are selected more carefully and given much more and better in struction before they get their coveted wings. The question of allowing military air crashes to be reported has been a subject of inner circle debate for some time. Some authorities con tend this is valuable information to the enemy, and cite the fact that Britain has banned such press stories. The President, however, has not entirely agreed with this view. He is against publication of totals or percentages but sees no objection to press reports of individual mishaps. This is the policy being followed but the question is still under discus, sion. • • • —Buy Defense Bonds— * • • SPRING AT THE WHITE HOUSE Outside the White House fence march soldiers with fixed bayonets. But inside the tall, iron fence, defy ing the changes wrought by war, is the perennial transfiguration of spring. The grass is a soft green, and the beds of pansies and jonquils have burst into bloom in colorful bril liance. The flowering shrubs and trees were never lovelier—the mag nolias, japonica, and forsythia. On the Pennsylvania avenue side, the magnolias are making a gor geous showing, supported by the forsythia and japonica bushes, all at their best. The same three faith fuls are on display near the fountain in the South garden. These are the two best show places in the White House grounds. The only scar in the scene is the construction work on the East grounds, where sewers and conduits are being laid for what is officially described as a “remodeling opera tion.” The colors seen best by the Presi dent from his desk are those of the jonquils and pansies in the rose gar den just outside his office window. There is a touch of irony in the fact that some of the best color is Nipponese in origin—the Japanese magnolias, and the japonicas, which are otherwise known as Japanese quince. * * * —Buy Defense Bonds— * * * HULL AND WINCHELL Cordell Hull, dignified, austere Secretary of state, sat gazing ouf over the Atlantic ocean recently from a Miami Beach cabana adja cent to the cabana of turbulent, Broadway news-sleuth Walter Win- chell. For two months Mr. Hull has been absent from Washington; there has been speculation whether he would return. So news-sleuth Win- chell put the question bluntly to his cabana neighbor: “Mr. Secretary, are you going back to work?” The secretary of state replied in the affirmative. He said that after he had had sufficient rest in the South, he was going back to work. Note—One of Winchell’s friends reproached him for putting such a blunt question to Mr. Hull. Replied Winchell: “I’ve gotta ask questions. That’s my racket.” • * * HOME FRONT FLASHES Donald Nelson’s appointment of a co-ordinator to boss the rubber in dustry is the first of a number of similar industry rulers. Others slated to be named will be co ordinators for textiles, food, aircraft, metals, ores. Attention draft registrants! You can write it down as certain that congress will enact allotment legis lation providing government aid for dependents. That means those ex empted on dependent grounds will be reclassified. 1 GASOLINE CRISIS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q.—When I get into a filling sta tion can 1 get all the gas I want’ A.—It will de pend on how many cars have been ahead of you. Q.—If I drive into a station and say “Fill her up,” what answer will I get? A.—No answer; just a laugh. Q.—Will I be able to buy gas at any hour of the day or night? A.—That depends on your luck. Q.—My luck when out of gas has never been hot. So what? A.—So you’d better realize that under the new orders no gas station may be open more than 12 hours a day, and there is no telling which 12 hours a station may choose. Q-—You mean that if I run short of gas between six at night and six in the morning I may find the near est pumping stations only operate during the day, and if I run short during the day I may find the near est stations only run nights? A.—It’s wonderful how quickly you grasp an idea. Q.—Isn’t this a little screwy? A.—How so? Q.—I mean isn’t it better for all gas stations to keep open certain specific hours as under the previ ous ban, so that any autoist may plan his travels intelligently? A.—What makes you think auto- ists plan their travels intelligently? Q.—May dealers stagger their hours; that is, open from 10 to noon, close from noon to 2 p. m., reopen from 2 to 4, etc.? A.—Yes. Q.—What would be the sense of this? A. — Well, it would add a spec ulative appeal to the whole thing. Q.—Would it appeal to the Ameri can public? A.—Look how bingo is doing! Q.—What is the guiding rule for gas sellers? A.—The whole idea is to fill simply the minimum requirements of essential users. Q.—What is an essential user? A.—An essential user is an auto ist whose driving is necessary. Q.—For instance? A.—Doctors, army and navy men, nurses, government officials, etc., are people whose use of a car is necessary. Q.—Then can I get all the gas I need if I take a nurse out for a ride? A.—Yes, but it will be smarter if you use her car and get her to take you out for a ride. Q.—Would it be all right for me to have ten gallons now? A.—Have you stopped to think that ten gallons of gas might be the deciding fac tor in a vital tank battle at the front? Q. — Should I make it seven gallons? A.—Don’t you realize that seven gallons of gas might get the valiant men out of a tight spot in India? Q.—I’ll take five. A.—Do you realize that with war engulfing the whole civilized world every gallon of . . . Q.—Stop. I get it. Lemme have a half pint! A.—You’re hopeless. 0 INSPIRATION The more I study the “heathen Chinee” The less I seem to think of me; The patient way he takes his lot Convinces me I’m not so hot. And as I watch that Russian bear My cockiness seems quite unfair; As I see Stalin and his brood, I ask myself, “Am I THAT good?” * * * J. Dorsey’s reaction to the Presi dent’s war budget is to rise and ex claim that fifty billion dollars can’t be wrong. * * * Darned clever with women, those Van Steeds. • • • In this rubber shortage, has no body, looking for a rubber substi tute, thought of looking through all lunchroom portions of turkey a la king? * * * TODAY’S PATHETIC CASE A citizen in front of a closed gas station with two flat tires, a cup of coffee, one lump of sugar and a set of rules from Washington! • * * BREVITY IN THE AIR A naval flier sent this laconic re port to his commander: “Sighted sub; sank same.” Had he been a “versiflier” he might have put it: Sighted Sub; sank same— Sought more; none came— All gone; can’t blame— This life too tame. • • • But real brevity might have re quired : Sunk boat; Unquote. —Buy Defense Bonds— As Bataan Fought on to the Bitter End These photos of the heroic defenders of Bataan, whose long and gallant defense is an epic of courage seldom matched in the annals of war, were taken shortly before the peninsula fell into Jap hands. At left. Brig. Gen. M. S. Lough, Col. H. Browne and Capt. J. Sallee as they planned the fight in their sector. Upper right: Courageous to the last, generous even to an enemy, Yanks are shown as they gave aid to a dying Jap. Below: U. S. fighters as they ducked shrapnel fire somewhere on Bataan. Keep ’Em Rolling and Keep ’Em Flying Upper picture shows how, on the final assembly Hues, the army’s new medium tanks get their turrets and guns in a war production plant in the Cleveland area, where they keep ’em rolling as part of Uncle Sam’s answer to Hiro-Hitler. Below is shown a view of mass production at the Beech Aircraft company plant in Wichita, Kan., where trainers for the army air corps are in the final stage of assembly. Supplying Strategic Australian Base Kin of Kai-shek A focal point of the war, Darwin, Australia, strategic base on the northern rim of the “continent down under,” is being supplied for defense or offense. Australian soldiers are shown unloading stores at Darwin. They have named their depot “Paddy’s market.” Pearl and Tsi Sun have every reason to form i V-for-Victory with their skis at an Idaho winter resort. They are grandchildren of Sun Yat- Sen, founder of the Chinese repub lic. Their uncle is Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and their father is Dr. Sun Fo, leader of the Chinese legislature. Russ Medical Corps Aids Wounded Red Men and women in white, members of the Red Russian army medical corps, are shown in a dressing station on the front pumping blood into the veins of a sorely wounded solu.. The blood used is from a blood bank, a system now in world-wide use which was inaugurated in Rus sia Soum’photo. Canal Zone Alien “Otto,” No. 1 man of the German faction in the Canal Zone, whose clownlike appearance was deceiv ing. He is about to be evacuated to the U. S., where he will be of less “nuisance value.” IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible InsUtute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for April 26 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. WAYSIDE CONVERSATIONS LESSON TEXT—Luke 13:22-35. GOLDEN TEXT—And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me. cannot be my disciple.—Luke 14:27. Learning by talking with Christ as they walked from place to place —such was the training for service which the disciples received. That was the greatest school this world has ever known, for while it had no great buildings, no beautiful cam pus, no learned faculty, it had the Son of God Himself as preceptor and teacher. With all due regard for our fine colleges and seminaries, we say this is still the outstanding need of Christian workers—to walk and talk with Christ. On the day of which our lesson speaks the subject considered was how to be saved, and who should be saved. Several trends of thought emerged, but all pointed in the one direction of a diligent following of God’s plan. In order to be saved, we learn, a man must I. Make an Earnest Effort (w. THINGS VOU can solve several gift prob- * lems with this one pattern, for here are two charming aprons and the pattern for a man’s tie. Red, white and blue or other harmoniz ing or contrasting plain colors make the dainty apron with the star pocket; the so smart model with the slenderizing lines com bines print and plain. Styled to modern tastes, they offer much in the way of apron beauty. • • • Print ties may also be made from Z9392, 15 cepts. Ease of making characterizes all of these items. Send your order to: | AUNT MARTHA Box 166-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No i Name Address 22-24). The question regarding how many weie saved received no direct an swer for our Lord wished to direct attention to the far more impor tant question—Are you saved? Get that settled and the other matter will care for itself. Here some who assume that it is an easy thing to be saved will re ceive a surprise, for our Lord says (v. 24) that it is something one must agonize” over, for so may the word “strive” be translated. The door into eternal life is so narrow that no man can pass through it with his sins—they must be taken away. Seeking is not enough (v. 24), one must “strive” to enter in. II. Enter While the Door is Open (vv. 25-30). The door stands open for all who will, to come in. (What a friendly thing ia an open door!) But men idly ignore it, or definitely reject its opportunity. Or they seek it, but do not strive to enter in, and all at once it is closed. Then in a frenzy they seek ttf enter, but it is too late. What an appalling thing—to be eter- nelly too latej Note their claims of acquaintance with the Lord (v. 26). One is re minded of those who think they are Christians because father or mother belonged to the church, or because they attend an occasional church ’ supper or listen to a sermon by ra dio. Unless we know Him personal ly as our Saviour, He will have to say to us. Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity” (v. 27). Let us make that matter very clear to those to whom we minister, lest they be eternally lost. HI. Follow the Fearless Christ (vv. 31-33). To know the high and unwavering character of one’s leader is to go forward with real confidence. What about the Captain of our salvation? Here we find Him facing the indirect threat of a powerful and wicked earthly ruler, in perfect calmness, with the very poise of eternity upon Him. Christ, conscious of His divine mission and with determination to do the Father’s will (Heb. 10:7), knew no fear of man. As we are in His holy will as Christian men and women, we too may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Heb. 13:6). Consider the rebuke to Herod (v. 32). There is probably no place in Scripture where our Lord spoke with such stinging conte. ipt of any man. It is almost as though the black cloud of eternal judgment already had settled around the head of this man who was so sly and crafty that the tenderhearted Jesus called him a “fox.” One wonders of how many He would have to say the same in this our day of supreme and mali cious wickedness. We find one more vitally impor tant thought here. Our Lord offers Himself. He calls sinners to re pentance, but they must IV. Respond to His Invitation (vv. 34, 35). To fail to accept His proffered love is to be left desolate. To re ject Him as Saviour (either by neg lect or by definite act) is inevitably to bring judgment. To the Jews this meant loss of their national home—their'leading city, but to us it means the loss of our eternal souls. “There is terrible suggestiveness in the two statements in verse 34, ‘I would,’ ‘Ye would not.’ The whole secret of Jerusalem’s desolation and destruction is found in the words, ‘Ye would not.’ The whole secret of the loss of the individual soul is found in the words, ‘Ye will not’ (John 5:40)” (John W. Bradbury). This lesson presses home to the individual reader the question. Are you saved? What is your answer? It also affords the Sunday school teacher an excellent opportunity to seek to lead the members of the class to a definite decision for Christ. The Sunday school is a good place to give an invitation Two Tragedies There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s de sire. The other is to get it.— George Bernard Shaw. A. VEGETABLE Laxative For Headache, Sour Stomach and Dizzy Spells when caused by Con stipation. 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