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THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C- AUGUST 7, 1942 Washington, D. C. U. S. FOREIGN LEGION Most people don’t realize it, but there are many enemy aliens who are officers in the U. S. army. In fact the army, true to the American tradition of the melting pot, is made up of American citizens of almost every national and racial back ground, including 2,720 German ali ens, not to mention 2,700 Germans who are naturalized citizens. The Italian total is 2,472 aliens and 3,781 naturalized. In addition, there are 644 Japanese in the army, plus 3,000 Japanese-Americans, formerly of the Hawaiian national guard, most of whom are assigned to the 100th battalion at Fort McCoy, Wis. The army goes on the assumption that any man who wants to fight can be a good soldier. Of course, the “enemy aliens” are checked and double-checked before they are ad mitted for enlistment. The men who pass these tests are found to be even more zealous for the defeat of the dictators than the average Ameri can. Lstin-American Battalions. To make the melting pot more complex, the army has a Filipino infantry battalion, and is forming a battalion for Norwegians in the U. S. and Norwegian-Americans. In struction and conversation in this unit will be in the Norwegian lan guage. Equally eager to fight are thou sands of Latin-Americans, especial ly from the nearer countries, such as Cuba and Mexico. The office of the U. S. military attache in Havana is flooded with applications from young Cubans who want to wear the uniform of Uncle Sam. Most of them would renounce Cuban citizenship if necessary. But what they do not realize is that if they come to the United States, they are likely to be swept into the U. S. army, whether they like it or not. Within five days after entering this country, aliens must register for the draft, and they had better leave the country pronto if they don’t want to be inducted. Not yet arranged, but highly de sirable, is a Latin-American bat talion. There are now ten Latin- American countries which have de clared war on the Axis, and thou sands of their young men want to follow up that declaration with something more than police duty at home. • • • BACK-BREAKERS An American diplomat returning from Italy tells this revealing story about the true sentiments of the Italian people. In his office at the U. S. embassy in Rome he found a clerk, an Italian girl, crying. When he inquired what was wrong, she replied: “Oh, I’m ashamed to be an Italian. You re member what boasting the Fascists did about the Greek campaign? They said: ‘We will break their kid neys.’ But everybody knows who really beat the Greeks; it was not our army; it was the Germans. But now—have you seen the poster on the streets this morning?” And the girl broke into tears again. The diplomat looked outside at the poster, which that day was appear ing all over Italy. It showed a Greek soldier lying on his face, with a steel bar across his back. On top of the bar was the Fascist in- signe, and on the side, the swastika. The caption read: “We said we would break their kidneys. Musso lini is always right.” Note: All reports from Italy tell of a growing disgust with the Mus solini government, and a growing hatred of the Germans. But the people are too cowed to revolt. * * * NO-CHAUFFEUR ARNOLD Trustbusting Thurman Arnold hails from the small town d? Laramie, Wyo., and he doesn’t see any rea son why he should hire a chauffeur to drive his car. So he drives it himself. One evening, after he and Mrs. Arnold had been dinner guests of Mrs. Evalyn (Hope Diamond) McLean, they were going out the front door, when the doorman said, in his most elegant manner, “Shall I call your car, Mr. Arnold?” With a dour expression on his face, Arnold said, "You can call it, but I don’t think it will come.” * • • CAPITAL CHAFF C. The Thurman Arnolds are mourn ing over the fact that Angelica has eaten Henry Wallace’s corn. When the vice president heard about it, he having given the Arnolds a present of Iowa hybrid corn, he remarked: “I hope the com did Angelica some good.” Angelica is the Thurman Arnolds’ cow. C. Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of Sena tor “No-X-Card” Pepper of Florida, walks to social engagements or takes the street car. C. There may be a gasoline short age, but you would never know it at Washington’s Congressional Country club. On a recent Sunday there were so many golfers that caddies had to double up and carry two or three bags each ... On the same Sunday, motorists so jammed the highways between Washington and Eastern Shore beaches that cars were lined up for three hours wait ing for the Chesapeake ferry AT THE BICYCLE RATIONING BOARD Q.—Why do you want a bicycle?- A.—It’s the only card missing from my collection. Q.—Do you want a high-wheel or a low-wheel machine? A.—Low. Any idea you have that I am going into a revival of vaude viile is false. » • • Q.—Have you ever operated a bicycle before? A.—No, but I come from an old family of bicycle people. Q.—What do you mean by that? A.—My dad could ride back wards. And I had an uncle who could stand on his head in the saddle. Q.—Are there any bicycles in your family now? A.—Those things I trip over in the dark every night can’t be road rollers. • • • Q.—Give the board three reasons why you should be allowed to ride a bike? A.—I can’t get any gas. The other two don’t matter. Q.—Do you live near a bus line? A—Yes. Q.—Why not use the bus? A.—When I coast down hill I want to do it on my own responsibility. • • • Q.—Are you aware that there it a shortage of bicycles? A.—Up until the last year I thought they could only be found in antique shops. Q.—What do you want to do on a bicycle that can’t be done some other way? A.—Go through a red light and park where I want to. Q.—Do you regard your having a bicycle as essential to winning the war? A.—Of course. It will keep up na tional morale. 0-—How so? A.—The people need entertainment and when they see me on i bicycle they will get it. * • * Q.—How far do you live from work? A.—Twenty miles. Q.—Our records show that it is only two miles. A.—You forget that it’s all uphill. • • • Q.—Have you thought of pooling bicycles? A.—What do you mean? Q. —You take a neighbor to work one day and he takes you the next. A.—Who do you think I am, Joe Jackson Jr.? • • • THE SILVER LINING This year, ah me, Good luck is mine. I’ll never see A detour sign. —Merrill Chilcote. * • • The best laugh line of the month in this department’s opin ion is to be found in “Tb*- Cram- bury Tiger,” a baseball story by Bugs Baer in Collier’s. In a fantastic tale about a busher, there is an episode where a shot gun marriage takes place at the plate during a critical inning. The game is then resumed and the batter strikes out. “He is now in a fine spot,” says Baer. “He is struck out and married on a wide outshoot.” * * * The police of a Pennsylvania city have stopped bingo games to save gas, oil and rubber. As if anything in this country could justifiably be given a priority over bingo. • • • One of the prisoners held for aid ing those Nazi spies was a former steward on the Nourmahal, presi dential yacht. And we always thought those millionaire boats were well screened. • • • Playing cards now have the airplanes of all nations on them. Maybe the reason some bridge addicts lost all the time was due to lack of air protection. • • • Taxi Driver (to a driver of a pri vate auto)—Come out from behind all them stamps and say that to my face!! 1 • • • The fellow who strikes oil on his property is nothitfg today compared to the man who strikes it at a filling station. • • • Many breweries are now putting out beer only in quart bottles. And Elmer Twitchell complains that when he now goes to the icebox for a bottle of beer he brings along a helper. WHAT HURTS I don’t mind walking here and there In order to save gas, But how I hate to climb a tree To let the speeders pass! —Robert W. Rogers. • • • Capt. Oscar Walker, who imper sonated Paul Revere, then mounted a house and rode off.—N. Y. Times It’s a good trick—if he did it. * * » R. Roelofs Jr. insists that he went into a big hotel the other day, asked for a room and got the curt demand, “Where’s your army uniform?” JVA’s Tin Can Army’ Goes Into Action The first Junior Victory Army tin can assembly line goes into action in Chicago. At left one of the young members receives first aid from a JVA nurse as other members carry on. Next from left, another member removes labels from cans. A third, with a precision can opener, sees that both ends, are opened properly and tucked in. Another pounds the cans flat and then final inspection is made before the cans are packed for shipment to the junk yard. Navy’s Triple Threat to Enemy Submarines Three destroyers In 35 minutes—that’s the navy’s newest triple threat to enemy subs. The triple launch ing occurred at the Federal Shipbuiding and Dry Dock company in Kearny, N. J. The three destroyers will soon be on the prowl against the forces of aggression on the seven seas. They are the USS Davison, the USS Edwards and the USS Saufley. The three destroyers were named in memory of naval officers. Australia’s First Lend-Lease Tanks Prominent Hobbyists Australia has received her first quota of lend-lease tanks from the U. S. The M-3 mediums and lights are important fighting weapons. Crews for the tanks, mostly experienced men from the Libyan and Ma layan fronts, are trained as crewmen. The Aussies are shown unseal ing them after- they were received from the U. S. prior to putting them into final fighting shape. Mrs. Donald M. Nelson, wife of the chief of the War Production board, likes to mend toys in her spare time, while Maj. Alexander Seversky, aviation authority, likes to play the accordion. They are telling radio audiences about it on a recent broadcast. General Eisenhower Confers with Staff Coast Guard Hero Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the American forces in the European theater of war, is shown (center) conferring on military problems with two members of his staff at headquarters in London. Pic tured at left is Capt. Ernest R. Lee, and at right, Lieut. Com. Harry C. Butcher. Coastguardsmen John C. Cullen who helped trap Nazi saboteur: landed by German sub on the At lantic coast, dances with Miss Alyse Nelson in a New York night club. 'T'HESE soldiers, sailors, marines, *■ airmen and coast guardsmen have all the work they can handle, but they still have time enough left for arguments, debates and rebut tals of one sort or another. Here is a camp query that covers practically every detail of baseball: “To help clear up a lot of arguments we’ve had in this camp would you mind answering the following: Who is * GrantlandRice (1) the fastest pitch er baseball ever knew; (2) the hard est hitter; (3) the best natural hit ter; (4) the best base runner; (5) the best infielder, fielding and hit ting?” Here are the answers from this lookout: 1. Fastest ball pitcher—Walter Johnson, with Lefty Grove sec ond. 2. Hardest hitter—Babe Ruth. 3. Best Natural hitter—Joe Jackson, with Nap Lajoie close. 4. Best base runner—Ty Cobb, going away. Max Carey next. 5. Best infielder—Bonus Wag ner, great infielder and {greater hitter. Ranking Golfers Here’s another barracks request, this time from a group of golfers: "How would you rank the golfers from the viewpoint of stroke making, all-around skill, winning or losing temperaments, putting? If we can get this settled it will shut off a lot of noise in this camp.” 1. The best stroke-maker I ever saw, the straightest player, was Harry Vardon. 2. The best combination of stroke making, hard work and putting be longed to Bobby Jones. 3. The best golfing temperaments I ever ran across were Johnny Mc Dermott, Jerry Travers and Walter Hagen. McDermott and Travers were marvels at concentration. Hagen had less tension. He also had as much golf smartness. The two best putters I ever saw were Walter Travis and Jerry Travers. In modem play this dis tinction goes to Horton Smith. Paul Runyan is close. I’ve seen Harry Vardon play many rounds of championship golf and I can’t recall ever seeing him play a shot from the rough or from a bunker. He was a bad putter, with a nervous stab. It was nothing unusual to see him take three putts from 10 or 12 feet. About Bobby Jones Capt. Bobby Jones, taking his training at Mitchel Field before being stationed in a southern sector, believes he worked harder around a course in championship play than anyone else. He was supposed to be “The Machine.” “I was far from this,” he said re cently. “Machines don’t take sev- J ens. Gene Sarazen used to say you can’t take a seven on any hole and win. I had three sevens in my last round at Winged Foot in theJNationa) Open of 1929. I’ve had a flock of sev ens, which meant I had to work my head off on the oth er holes. “The oddest sev en I ever took was at Hoylake in the 1930 British Open. I was only 20 yards off the green in two, got into no trouble, actually didn’t miss a shot, and yet took five strokes to get down for my seven here. How could this happen? The cup was on a mound. My first chip shot ran up fairly close, stopped, and then rolled back. My second one slipped by the cup, caught a deep slant and trickled 30 feet on beyond. Then I took three putts. The Worst Temptation “Championship golf,” Bobby said, “is largely resisting the temptation to quit after one or two bad holes. You begin to feel you can’t win, so why keep on punishing yourself? The winner has to work for it all the way, take his beating here and there, and then continue to work, harder than ever. “I believe the hardest-working golfer I ever saw is Ben Hogan Ben works over every type of shot, even the ones that look simple. He takes nothing for granted. “Hogan has made no attempt to master any variety of shots. He sticks to a few simple ones, concen trates on these, and never gets dis couraged. Byr n Nelson is another hard worker, although Byron can play more shots. But no one works quite as hard, round after round, month after month, as Hogan works. “I had 18 years of tournament golf, from 12 to 30, and I know the nerve and mental beating one has to take if you are out to win. Just one lapse is enough to cost two strokes. There never was a golf shot that played itself.” DoubleWeddingRing' An Old Favorite Quilt TROUBLE WEDDING RING—be- loved quilt of many genera tions—returns in all its tradition laden beauty. 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