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i THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. MAY 1, 1942 Washington, D. C. WHERE HONOR IS DUE Although Genera] MacArthur’s spectacular defense of the Bataan peninsula gathered all the headlines, praise and honor is also due other high-ranking officers who kept up the unspectacular but very necessary part of the defense. One unsung hero who has done a great job is Maj. Gen. George F. Moore, in command of the harbor defenses of Corregidor. General Moore’s anti-aircraft guns bagged so many Japanese planes that the Japs didn’t relish flying over Corregidor very much. Then there is Brig. Gen. Charles C. Drake, the quartermaster, who has the heartbreaking job of ra tioning supplies down to almost noth ing. Another man who performed mili tary miracles is Brig. Gen. Albert M. Jones. He commanded the southern sector of Luzon, south of Manila, and accomplished the seem ingly impossible job of withdraw ing his beach defenses to join the forces of General Wainwright on Bataan. Then there is Gen. James R. N. Weaver, in command of tanks, to gether with Generals Joseph P. Va- chom, William E. Brougher, Brad ford G. Chynoweth, William F. Sharp, Allan C. McBride, Clyde A. Selleck, Clinton A. Pierce, and Ar nold J. Funk, all unsung heroes. Note: General Wainwright should not be criticized for commanding part of the battle of Bataan from Corregidor. General MacArthur, ac cording to those returning from the Philippines, also directed the Bataan battles from Corregidor. * * * MARKET INFORMATION LEAKS Government sleuths are probing a series of mysterious leaks of impor tant market information from key war agencies. On several occasions recently cer tain Wall street traders have ob tained advance tips on important moves to be made by the War Pro duction board, the Office of Price Administration and the agriculture department. In one instance cotton brokers got wind of an agriculture parity price announcement 45 minutes before it was made public. This announce- • ment was supposed to be absolutely secret until publication. The mar ket operators not only learned about it, but used the information for pri vate profit. The WPB order banning all non- essential building construction also was tipped off in advance to cer tain members of the building trade. So, too, was the OPA’s action im posing a price ceiling on fats and oils, and allowing an increase in wool prices. Word regarding this move leaked out two days before the order was issued. Under suspicion for these leaks are certain dollar-a-year men, who, while not directly connected with these matters, were in a position to learn about them and to tip off busi ness friends. * * * MERRY-GO-ROUND fl. As early as 1939, General "Hap” Arnold, chief of the air corps, told officials of the Insular Affairs bureau that if he were an enemy he would like nothing better than the assign ment of bombing Pearl Harbor. He pointed out that the navy was al ways huddled close together in the harbor, that the harbor’s mouth was narrow, making it difficult to get out, and that it was a perfect target for an efficient air attack. C. The Truman committee is inves tigating sensational charges by the Long Beach (Calif.) Independent that southern California airplane factories and shipyards are far be hind schedule, having been delayed by cost plus charges, slowdown tac tics, arbitrary union hiring, extor tionate initiation fees, farcical in spections. It is also charged that one plant, scheduled to be in full production last June, is far from even fractional production. Mean while local plants stand empty awaiting government orders. C. New influx into Washington is the Australian War Supplies mission. About 180 of them ere coming to town. C. Although a Democrat, Congress man Vincent Harrington of Iowa made the Republican Lincoln day address at LeMars, Iowa, last month. C. A government filing clerk found the name “John Bull” mentioned in correspondence on lend-lease aid to England. She brought the letter o a superior and asked, "Who is Mr. Bull?” C. Congressmen are alarmed by the threatened paper shortage, which may curtail Government Printing * • • CONGRESSIONAL WASTE Rookie Representative Earl Wil son of Indiana, imaginative advocate of a 10 p. m. “curfew” for govern ment stenographers, recently popped up with another idea. He proposed that house members, who occupy two big office buildings on Capitol Hill, be herded into one so that the other might be used by war workers. This was hitting be low the gravy-line, and fetched Wilson a hot retort from Represen tative John Rankin of Mississippi, plus some dark looks from others. l-J ERE’S a free tip on how to find A something hotter than a desert sun in midsummer. Sit on the bench during a ball game with either Leo Durocher or Billy Southworth. We gave it a try. If you’re not on fire within five minutes you must be wearing asbestos underwear. They had the two hottest teams, emotionally, in baseball last season, and they are liable to have the two hottest this season. Neither manager misses a trick or a turn of any sort from the bench, and both unravel a vocal cataclysm that stuns your ear drums. They keep on top of their men, roughly or soothingly, harsh or gently, through the entire game. Neither the tumult nor the shout ing ever dies with this pair. And as their hired men happen to believe, in the sagacity and smartness of both, they get winning results. Durocher Speaking "You’ve got to have the right man for the right job at hand—some bat ters can hit the ball on a hit and ran, others can’t—that Brown of the Car dinals can do anything—so can Arky Vaughan—you’re looking at two great third basemen when you see these two fellows—I wouldn't trade my infield for any infield in either league—watch Camilli this year— watch Reiser and Reese—watch ’em *11.” You get about the same brand from Southworth. “I’ll keep my infield and let Durocher have his. I’ll keep my ball club and let Durocher have his. TERRY MOORE "He can go further and faster.” Yeah, he’s got Pete Reiser. But what about Terry Moore?” So I asked Durocher, “What about Terry Moore?” Leo ducks no query of any type. "I’ll tell you about Terry Moore.” he said. "As a defensive outfielder he is the greatest 1 ever saw, and I’m barring neither Tris Speaker nor Joe DiMaggio. He can go further and faster than either, can cover more ground, and kill off more long hits. Terry Moore is an outfielding marvel. That’s how good Terry Moore is. But for all that no out fielder in our league is going to match the .360 or better Pete Reiser may hit this year. And don’t think Pete is any fly-ball punk.” With Lou Boudreau We spent a much quieter day with Lou Boudreau, the Cleveland Kid, who as far as one can judge at this spot is turning out a fine piece of managerial work. Boudreau is a good-looking young fellow with a keen, determined-look ing face. He isn’t worrying about his youth—or his job. At the age of 24—he won’t be 25 until July 17—the ex-Illinois star has full command of his men. They like him and respect him. So far they are giving him the best they have, which may not be too much. "The best we can hope for,” he said, "with Feller missing, is to give the Red Sox a battle for third place or stave off some first-division drive from the Browns or Tigers. Outside of the Yankees we should have a good scramble in this league, with the White Sox rated second. “Whatever happens or wherever we finish, I think you’ll see this Cleveland club giving the best it has all year. As a matter of fact, I be lieve you’ll see a better spirit in baseball this season everywhere than you’ve seen before. Players are beginning to realize these are serious times for everybody. It is certainly no time for anyone to start loafing or to break training.” Joe Cronin, like all other seven American league managers, knows that the chance of beating out the Yankees moves over into the super- miracle class. While anything can happen in this bizarre world, the heavens still haven’t fallen. On to Joe Cronin "Outside of first place we should have a good race,” the Red Sox lead er says. “I suppose everyone will pick the White Sox to finish second through their pitching. But we might get there, although like many others we’ve lost good men to the services. “Under the conditions that govern things this season it is hard to say what will happen. If Ted Wil liams has another year even close to 1941, we can furnish our share of trouble—to anybody. We have been getting better pitching than expected. Churchill Spends Day With His Troops Winston Churchill recently spent a day inspecting several thousand British fighting men and watched them go through various phases of their training. One of the things that interested the prime minister was the exercises by troops on the Commando lines, and he is shown here examining a knife used by one of the men with blackened faces who took part in the exercises. Shown left to right are Dr. Evatt of Australia, Dr. T. V. Soong of China, and Dr. Alexander Loudon of the Netherlands, after leaving meet ing at the White House on the Pacific area strategy. Meet in Burma to Fight Nipponese Chinese generals are shown (top) as they met in Burma to join forces against the Japs. Chinese Gen. Lieu Kwanloong discusses operations with Lieut. Gen. T. J. Hutton and staff officers. At bottom, Chinese sol diers fraternizing with natives in a Burmese village through which they passed to flee the Japs.—Soundphotos. All Set for First Air Raid Alarm Taken on Bataan Two of the top ranking officers re ported by Japs as captured on Ba taan are pictured here. At top is Maj. Gen. Edward P. King Jr., com mander of the U. S. forces on Ba taan. Below: Maj. Gen. Albert M. Jones, commander of the First army corps. Speaks on Labor Navy Secretary Frank Knox tells members of the house naval affairs committee he opposes any changes in present labor laws, asking, in stead, "a change in the spirit of workers.” Heads British Fleet Adm. Sir James Somerville, for mer eommander of the British base at Gibraltar, whose appointment as commander-in-chief of the British Far Eastern fleet was approved by King George VI. He succeeds Vice Adm. Sir Geoffrey Layton. Milkmen Aid Boys A New York milkman picks up a neat bundle of books with his emp ties. This is part of a drive for Red Cross book collection week. The books will go to USO libraries throughout the country. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for May 3 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE DAY OF ACCLAIM LESSON TEXT—Mark 11:111; Luke 19: 41-44. GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed Is he that Com eth in the name of the Lord.—Mark 11:9. The last week of our Lord’s earth ly life had come. “Normally, in fact almost universally, the last week of a man’s life is of practically no significance. In many cases he is too sick to speak with any clear intelligence, and, of course, when ill, is incapable of doing any note worthy deeds. In our Lord’s life, the last week was the most impor tant of all, and to it more space is given (in Scripture) than to any one whole year of Jesus’ ministry” (Dr. Wilbur M. Smith). The first day of that week found cur Lord riding into Jerusalem in humility, and yet in royal majesty, to present Himself as Israel’s King and Messiah. We find I. The King Seeking Man’s Help (Mark 11: 1-7). How surprising that the One who made and upholds all things (Col. 1: 16, 17) should have to say, “The Lord hath need of him,” in sending for a humble beast of burden. Yet therein lies a marvelous truth. He has graciously so ordered the uni verse that He has need of us and of our possessions. That was true in the days of His flesh, when He had voluntarily become poor for our sakes. In a somewhat different sense, but nonetheless precious, it is true today. To be needed by anyone—to have that which can be used—is always encouraging, but to find that the Master needs us and what we have to give, is truly inspiring. Let us learn to give as readily as the own er of the colt (w. 5, 6), and let us also learn the important lesson of unquestioning obedience taught in verse 4. “They went their way” to do what the Lord told them to do. How greaty simplified and glorified would be the lives of Christian peo ple if they would thus obey Christ. n. The King Receiving Man’s Homage (Mark 11:8-11). Presenting Himself as their Mes siah, Jesus received the enthusiastic acclaim of His disciples and friends, who were probably joinc-. by others who were drawn by the excitement. But the Pharisees did not join in (see Luke 19:39, 40) nor did the city, not even knowing who He was (Matt. 21:10, 11). So it is today; some love and praise Him, some hate Him, others just ignore Him. Of which class are you? He gave Jerusalem and the nation a final opportunity to receive Him. It was not yet too late, but it was their last chance. Such a time comes in the life of everyone of us. They rejected Him. What do we do? But let us not forget that there were those who shouted, “Hosanna,” who cast their garments down be fore Him and waved palms of vic tory and joy. Thank God for their holy enthusiasm. Pray God that we may have a little more of it. We have come to the place where no body shouts “Hosanna” or “Hallelu jah” except the church choir—and they do it only in carefully modu lated tones. We cheer at ball games or at a political rally, and while we surely do not want that same kind of confusion in the church, it would be quite appropriate to bring some real enthusiasm into our Christianity. Our Lord knew that it would not be long ere the multitude would be changing their cry to “Crucify Him,” for He knew their sinful hearts. So in the midst of His day of acclaim we see III. The King Weeping Over Man’s Sin (Luke 19:41-44). In times of great joy or under un usual circumstances we are prone to think only of our own pleasure or our own need. But with Christ the need of the souls of men was never for a moment forgotten. He might well have gone on to Bethany to rest and rejoice with His friends over His triumphal entry into Jeru salem. This constant and tenderhearted concern which Christ had for the city which hated and was soon to crucify Him; this remembrance of their need even in His brief hour of public acclaim, may well teach the church a much needed lesson. Many churches are prosperous, well cared for, and even popular. 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