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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.
• • •
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* • •
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.
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* * *
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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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
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