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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C- SEPTEMBER 11, 1942 Washington, D. C. U. S. GENERAL IN ACTION Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott, U. S. tank expert just back from Libya, is not talking about it in his lectures to American armored forces, but he did more than almost anyone to stem the onrush of Von Rommel’s tanks when they broke through the British lines and started their mad dash to Alexandria. General Scott was in Egypt help ing out with the American tanks which had been sent to the British. And he happened to be in the thick of it during that part of Rommel’s attack when the British seemed most disorganized. So Scott, though an American, jumped into the battle, actually took over temporary command, and or ganized a counter-attack. All the details can’t be told yet, but when they are it will be a great story. • • • WHY GIRLS LEAVE WASHINGTON Many young girls who left home to come to Washington are now leav ing Washington to go home. They thought it would be thrilling to work in the capital in wartime, but they are sadly disillusioned. Clerks and junior stenographers simply don’t make enough money to live on. A labor department sur vey indicates that a single person must earn $1,470 a year to live in Washington, at present rent and food costs. Yet there are two Civil Service ratings below that figure— $1,260 and $1,440, for clerical and stenographic jobs. Young girls like Washington at first. It’s something to write home about—living right in sight of the great Capitol dome, passing in front of the White House every day. But the thrill wears off when the boss works them 12 hours a day in a war office, when their feet get tired standing in crowded buses, and when they can’t sleep comfortably four in a room. Norah Booth personnel expert in OPA, knows these cases by the score. A girl from Nashville, Tenn., came to Washington last June, thrilled to the eyebrows. Now she is leaving. “I don’t know what’s the matter with me,” she told Miss Booth. “I’m all jumpy. I guess you call it nerves. It was fun being here at first, but you have to work so hard and pay so much for a room! I’m tired of worrying whether I’ll have enough money next week for a new pair of stockings. I’m going home!.” * • • HOW TO WRITE TO SOLDIERS The army is far from satisfied with the way its V-mail (photo let ter) service to troops overseas is going. Despite the big advantages of V-mail in the speed and trans mission as well as guarantee against loss, the general public hasn’t taken to it. < This is partly due to a misunder standing of the technique of the serv ice and partly to the fact that V-mail blanks have been available only at larger post offices. However, the army is planning to extend the serv ice soon to every post office and rural route in the country. At the same time, an educational program will be launched. Actually, it is much simpler to send a letter by V-mail than the regular way, since you don’t have to bother with envelope or stamps. All you do is write your message, with your address and that of the receiv er, on a blank form, and fold and seal it. The sealed form goes to a port of embarkation, where it is put through a machine and photo graphed on a small micro-film roll. Later the roll is printed and de veloped in a reproducing station at its overseas destination. The photo letter is then placed in an envelope and delivered. Since the filming and developing are performed mechan ically in the dark, senders of V-mail are assured absolute privacy. Also, they get faster delivery. The army gives priority to V-mail be cause of a one-third saving in cargo space. The army postal service es timates that 22 sacks of V-mail are equal to 37 sacks of regular mail. However, the chief considera tion to senders is that V-mail is guaranteed against loss. The origi nal V-form is preserved for refilm ing, in case a mail cargo is lost at sea. * * x MERRY-GO-ROUND C. Tennessee mountaineer Cordell Hull never forgets. Recently he re fused a job to a prominent New York publisher because some years ago he had signed a petition de manding that the state department stop sending scrap iron to Japan. C. Good sport Evie Robert, after los ing a $1,000 bet that Senator Jim Mead would get the Democratic nomination for governor of New York, telegraphed triumphant Jim Farley: “You sure were right—and how!” C. U. S. army officials suggest that headlines on American participation in the Dieppe Commando raid were misleading. Our part was insignif icant. C. Various American citizens of Jap anese descent are urging a second front now and volunteering for front line duty. PRIVATE PURKEY INTERVIEWS A ‘WAVE’ (Home on a short furlough, Oscar, un known to Harriet, who is in the If AACs, saw his girl-friend Minerva, who has signed up in the women’s naval auxiliary.) Oscar—So you’re a WAVE! What’s the idea? Minerva—I didn’t want to be just a ripple or a backwash, like your friend Harriet. Oscar—I heard you joined the navy to get smarter uniforms than they have in the v/omen’s army. The WAVEs can profit by mistakes made by the WAACs. Minerva—Do you think this war is a style show? Oscar—You make me wonder. Oscar—Can you splice a rope? Minerva—What do you think I’m joining, a rodeo? * • • . . . And Now It’s the ‘WAGS’ “WACCS,” “WAVES”—and now the “WAGS.” For your information, the “WAGS” are the dogs inducted for duty in the U. S. army, where they will be trained as sentries, messengers, airplane spotters and light pack carriers. The course lasts four weeks. At the left you see Col. T. B. Apgar, commanding officer, quarter master depot. Front Royal, Va., inspecting a lineup of new arrivals. At the right dogs are being weighed in as they are given their “physical.” Oscar—Can you box a com pass? Minerva—No, but I can wrap up a clock. Oscar—Did you ever port your helm? Minerva—No profanity please! • • • Oscar—Did you ever stow a skiff? Minerva—Stop lisping! * * * Oscar—I’m serious, Min. What is a starboard tack? Minerva— You’ve got me there; I’m no carpenter. • • • Oscar—Gee, Min, you’re awful igno rant. Minerva — Other wise why would I be standing here talking to you? » • • Oscar—Say, lissen, why are you girls going to train for the navy at Smith college away up in Northamp ton? Minerva—Because we thought it would sound funny to train sailors at Vassar. • • • Oscar—I see your uniforms are to be by Mainbocher of Paris. Minerva—Isn’t that wonderful? Oscar—It’s better than by Mike Todd of Star and Garter. What will the regular navy think of that aft er all these years in the original John Paul Jones sailor suits? Minerva*-A woman sailor is ex pected to look better than a man. ‘The Wings of West Point’ Is Opened Planes roar over the heads of eadets from West Point Military academy after Stewart Field was official ly opened as “The Wings of West Point.” West Point cadets who will enter the air service will receive their flying instruction at Stewart Field, but will live in the barracks at West Point with their non-flying classmates. At right. Instructor Lieut. J. Rogers is surrounded by cadet students as he gives a few tips on cockpit pro cedure. Oscar—What difference does it make when she falls overboard? Thanks, Colonel Minerva—Lis sen, is this a date or a quiz program? Oscar— Okay, admiral. I’ll stow the ques tion. M i n e r v a— ‘BALLADE ON FEASTS AND FORAGINGS’ When gourmets to the board propel Their paunchy selves for tasty fare. Most nostrils quiver at the smeU Of food that master chefs pre pare; But if you wish that you were there. Hold on—Lucullan tables lack The virtues found when you prepare The pleasures of a midnight snack. At witching hour, when all is well, A hungry man steals down the stair Into the cook’s own citadel, * To gather morsels extra rare And strip unguarded cup boards bare; Then to the bedroom creeping back, Thus adding to adven- t u r e ’ s flair The pleasures of a mid- night snack. Prince, would you forget your thinning hair. Your troubles state and cardi ac? Then try, for liberty from care, The pleasures of a midnight snack. W. E. T. • • • “The members of the women’s naval auxiliary will refer to floors as decks, call stairs ladders, classify closets as lockers and always say ‘bulkheads’ when speaking of walls.”—News item. • * • Wanna bet? • * * “Moscow line. Strikes Back.”—Head- • • • Remember away back when it would almost surely have read, “Moscow Packs Strike.” This photo, obtained from an enemy source, shows German soldiers taking part in Von Bock’s offensive aimed at the Caucasian oil fields, crossing the Don river on rubber boats. In the foreground soldiers who have previously crossed the stream await their comrades. Grozny, the immediate objective, in addition to possessing a rich oil pool, has been a storage depot for more than a million barrels of East Caucasus oil. Destination unknown, native Aleuts were evacuated from the war zones. This Aleut mother and boy watch operations at the dock of an un named Alaskan port. Sealing op erations brought good pay. Arf! Arf! A Bite for Me, Please! Bobo, a German police dog, is shown with a hungry gleam in his eye as Dr. W. C. Soden cuts into his meal at the City Business club’s lunch eon in Philadelphia. Bobo is being trained for service in the U. S. coast guard. Lieutenant Creighton of the coast guard (left) related to persons attending the luncheon how the dogs are being trained for war work. Giant’s Ace in Hole Ace (“Doc”) Adams, New York Giant’s relief pitcher, grins at you here. He has had a good season, answering 4S calls to the mound when his hurling buddies have failed. “Doc” has a big hand. 'T'HIS seems to be a good spot in -*■ which to pay additional tribute to a fellow by the name of Carl Owen Hubbell, a pitcher for Mel Ott’s New York Giants. After taking in all the testimony available from Mel Ott, his fellow Giants and his opponents from the National and American league, Carl Hubbell comes closer to being: “The perfect ball player” than any one we’ve ever known. There is, of course, no such word as “perfection” in the human lay out. It is the closest approach to perfection that one must consider. “Here is what Carl Hubbell has,” Mel Ott told me. “Just check against it—” “Skill, courage, brains, modesty, humility, loyalty, stamina, the will to win, concentration, physical fit ness—100 per cent of which quali ties he has at every start.” , This happens to be a fair collec tion of worthwhile ingredients in an age where such features as “mod esty,” “humility,” “loyalty,” "stam ina” and “concentration” are often well below par. Skill, courage and brains com bined in one system are rare enough. But these qualities are usually ac companied by arrogance, over-con fidence, physical unfitness and spot ty concentration. About Carl Hubbell Lon Warneke, the tobacco chewer from Mt. Ida, Ark., one of the best pitchers in the game, said recently that Hubbell was the greatest pitch er he had ever seen. “That tells only half the story,” Mel Ott said. “Carl Hubbell is the CARL HUBBELL most remarkable man I’ve ever known in baseball.” “When he started this season with the Giants back in April he was 39 years old. He had been a star pitch er for 20 years. We kicked away one game after another back of him. He never had a complaint. He had lost six of his first seven starts. He took all the blame. But in place of losing heart he kept working just as hard and then won his next six straight starts.” “It doesn’t make any difference how many errors you make back of Carl. He takes the blame. He nev er has an alibi or an excuse. It took him five years through seven different towns to reach the Giants in 1928, but this never slowed him down. He has been their star ever since he arrived.” “Carl has won 19 games in a row. He fanned five of the greatest hitters the American league ever knew in succession. He has won four of his six World Series starts. He won 116 games in five years for the Giants, a remarkable record with only a fair hitting ball club. But that’s only a small part of the real Carl HubbeU.” Still Learning “Hubbell, after 20 years, is still learning. When he sits on the bench he watches every batter that comes to the plate. He watches every pitch er to see just what he has. He works just as hard when he isn’t pitching as he does in the box. The greatest pitcher of them all, he takes nothing for granted. Dur ing a game, even when he is on the bench, he overlooks nothing. He rarely says a word. “His whole heart and soul are in that ball game—and that’s after 20 years of competition. He is just as keen to win now—I think even keen er—than he was at his prime. “And through it all he is the most modest man I ever knew. If Carl won 40 consecutive games, if he broke every pitching record, he would still be the same quiet, loyal, modest fellow trying to learn—and giving all the credit to the team.” I talked with several of the Giants about Hubbell. “He is under one tough handi cap,” a Giant veteran said, “When Carl pitches we all are so keen to win for him that we tighten up. We know there’s no one like him. We’d break a leg and an arm to win for him. So at times we get over anx ious, try too hard, and lose games he should have won. But you can make six errors back of Hub and you’ll never hear a squawk. When he loses he is the one who takes the blame. When he wins—it’s the team that did it.” CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT MONUMENTS ON THE ;home fron>„^^ EAR52S-S) ' RUTH WYET9 ■^OW is the time to use every ' scrap of old woolen goods that you have on hand. 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