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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.
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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. They are
prone to rest back and ride the crest
of the wave of popularity, forget
ting the souls of men and women in
need, many of whom live under the
very shadow of the church. Shame
on us for such callous indifference
in the light of our Lord’s agonized
weeping—for such is the meaning of
the word in Luke 19:41.
Others may observe that their city
or community is hostile to the gos
pel, that men would rather crucify
the Christ than receive Him. And
so they are content to have their
snug little spiritual retreat where
they meet to comfort one another
and to congratulate themselves on
their spiritual haven. Again we say,
shame on us!
Avoid quick freezing in your re
frigerator. It wastes electricity.
• • •
Uncooked prunes or apricots
finely chopped may be used in
muffin batter to increase the min
eral content.
• * *
Twine will tie bundles much
tighter and will not slip when
knots are made if it is dampened
before using.
• • •
Some honsewives like to glaze
the top crust of a pie. To get that
effect, brush a mixture of egg yolk
and two tablespoons of milk over
the top quickly, just before putting
it into the oven.
• • •
Place a hot-water bottle in the
clothes basket when hanging out
clothes in chilly spring weather.
It will keep the hands warm.
• • •
For a quick chocolate frosting,
sprinkle sweet chocolate bits over
a loaf cake when it is nearly done,
and return to oven. The chocolate
will melt into an even, thin frost
ing.
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Result of Conviction
Conviction brings a silent, in
definable beauty into faces made
of the commonest human clay.—
Balzac.
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