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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C- NOVEMBER 6, 1942 Washington, D. C. DEMOCRACY STREAMLINING If the President and the country want to get a full realization of how democracy is streamlining for ac tion they should think back to the summer of 1941, just one year ago, when, for what seemed like unend ing weeks, the congress stewed over extension of the selective service act. Senate and house isolationists were haranguing the galleries on the iniq uities of keeping the boys more than one year in camp; telling the public how the navy was already convoy ing ships; revealing in advance that Roosevelt had sent troops to Ice land. Finally by the thin margin of one vote, 203 to 202, and thanks to the sage generalship of Speaker Sam Rayburn, the selective service act was extended. Had it not been for that narrow victory, we should have had no army to rush to Australia, and the whole war effort would have received a tragic set-back. But last week, a war-geared house of representatives passed the 18-19 year draft extension act in three days; and it should be passed by the senate and signed by the Presi dent inside the week. Politically and personally, nobody wanted the 18-19 year draft exten sion. It was the worst time to pass it, just before elections. But con gress is doing a much better job than most people realize for stream lined democracy. • • * ATROCITY PICTURES A strong debate is raging among propaganda chiefs over the question of atrocity stories and pictures. The government has^ received a lot of such material from Allied sources, especially the Chinese and Poles, in cluding such horrible scenes as Jap anese attacking Chinese women, and pouring oil on live bodies before setting the torch to them. Opponents of publication argue that the atrocity stories of the last war were largely invented, and when so exposed left the public dis illusioned; thus the people might now react unfavorably and charge the government with pulling the same tricks. Other officials argue, however, that the material is authentic, that it is not posters and rumors, but ac tual photographs, and the public should know what sort of enemies we are fighting. It is apparently a part of the Ger man psychological warfare to treat British and Americans with reason able humaneness in order to keep us lulled in a state of moderate war fare. They save their worst tricks for the conquered nations and the Russians. The Poles and Chinese are urging use of the material as a necessary means of fully arousing the Ameri can public to the menace. Elmer Davis’ Office of War Infor mation is set to go, once the debate is settled. • • • DAIRY MANPOWER Forthright Sen. Berkeley Bunker of Nevada had a long talk with the President the other day on the war manpower problem, in which he em phasized the need of swift action to meet the labor shortage on dairy farms. “I’m from a farm area myself and I know what these dairy people are up against,” said Bunker. “Un less we move fast we wil! have a serious shortage next year. Already, many farmers are beginning to slaughter their dairy herds because they can’t get help to tend them.” The President admitted’the prob lem was serious, and assured Bunk er that the War Manpower e^ir,mis sion was aware of it. He ad^ed, however, that he doubted any steps the government might take to re lieve the farm labor shortage would be a complete answer. “The government can’t solve this alone,” said Roosevelt. “We are going to have to depend on the farm ers themselves for individual initia tive. I’ll give you an example of what I mean.” The President then told how a neighbor of his in New York state, owning a large dairy farm, had partly solved his labor shortage by employing students from a near-by high school to milk the cows. "Boys did the milking in the morn ing and a group of girls from the same school took over in the after noons,” he said. “That sounds like a good idea, Mr. President,” observed Senator Bunk er, “but it isn’t exactly a new one. When I was a boy on a Nevada farm, I used to milk 10 cows every morning before school and 10 at night. And I had to ride eight miles to school on a bus.” • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND Congressman Ed Izac of Califor nia, who is crusading against army and navy “cellophane commissions,” is the only sitting member of con gress to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in the last war. Tak en prisoner after his ship was sunk by a U-boat, Izac four times tried to escape, once jumping from a 40- miles-an-hour train. He still bears the scars of German prison camp beatings. —Bay War Bonds— SONG FOR AN OLD METAL DRIVE I That good old copper kettle My mother used so long . . . It now will fight the Axis And on it ring the gong; The frying pan she cooked in Has now gone forth to war Where it will do some cooking It’s never done before. Farewell, my third string teapot! You’re out for victory; And what you will be boiling For Hitler won’t be tea; A thing so calm and placid— So plain and so mundane— Whoever dreamed you’d ever Help out some bombing plane!!! III. Flatiron so prosaic— To war you’ll now make tracks— The shirts that you will iron Will be on Axis backs; You now join freedom’s battle— I know you’ve got the stuff; Henceforth no one will tell you You are not HOT ENOUGH! IV. Old iron bed, get ready! You’re just a fine antique But here’s your chance, old timer, If you some glamour seek; This job is down your alley— A rendezvous you’ll keep: In some new form and model You’ll put some Japs to sleep. V. Come rake, come hoe, come shovel! The Axis you must mace; And you will look so pretty Smack in the Fuehrer’s face. Lawnmower, long you’ve served me, But fighting is the style So go and clip the Jappies On distant Kiska Isle! VI. And, iron fence so ancient. Around the old estate: At you I blow the bugle—• And you won’t hesitate; You merely kept out chickens— Now in the war perhaps You’ll keep out Nazi madmen And keep out wild-eyed Japs. VII. Come, bumpers from my flivver— You’ve found a better job— To help a valiant doughboy Or airman or a gob; You’ve been a kind protector In many a little wreck, But you’ll seem even better Wrapped ’round an Axis neck! VIII. Farewell, perambulator! You’ve been our joy and pride But soon you will be taking Some adults for a ride; It seems that I can vision (Oh, how my fancy spins!) Adolf and Tojo in you— The World’s Most Screwball Twins. * • • AIR WARDEN He waketh at the witching hour. He cometh in the night. And gentle vigil keepeth with “Put out that gosh darned light!” —Richard Spahn. • • • “I understand,” says Pier, "that Elmer Twitchell is in an awful ditber over not being able to get into his home to gather up the scrap he had accumulated there because of having turned in all his house keys in eonnec- tion with the drive for old keys.” * • • MEATLESS DAY REACTIONS Meat on Monday? No can touch; Sunday I eat far too much. » • • Tuesday meatless? I’U be quiet— That day I’m still on a diet. • • • Wednesday beefless? Maybe so— But I’m hungry now, I know. • • • Thursday sans a meaty course? Nix. Why, I could eat a horse. a • • Friday? Don’t be such a twirp; I get fish, so does my plirp. a a a Saturday? Don’t be a clown! That’s when I can shove it down! • • • Deep In My Heart It’s Taxes I’m swamped with debt. And blood and sweat, Up to my neck in taxes— The landlord sobs And my head throbs. Up to my chin in taxes— It’s lend and lease, Or “Reet in Peace,” It’s tokens for the Axis. Let freedom ring. Of thee I sing— Up to my ears in taxes. J. L. McA. —Buy War Bonds— Dogs of War Charge Armed ‘Enemy’ Dogs of war will charge an enemy in the face of gunfire. In this series of pictures a Great Dane leaps for an armed “enemy” as he crawls over a barrier. The “enemy,” using blanks, fires directly into the dog’s face, but the dog never falters. In second picture the Great Dane has the “enemy” by the arm and is pull ing him down, and in picture at the right the enemy is faUing. Although the trainer had great layers of elk hide and wool in his sleeve, the dog’s teeth marked his arm. High Altitude Tests at Ground Levels Aviation gasolines must perform as efficiently seven miles up as they do at sea level. Thanks to this high altitude test room (right) the high-flying performance can be judged at ground level. A technologist is shown studying instruments outside the test room. Left: Control room of the fluid catalytic cracking plant at a location which must remain a military secret. Here a wide variety of switches, dials and gauges assist tech nologists in the constant control of temperatures, pressures and flow rates which affect the quality and amount of high octane aviation gasoline produced. There is no timber in New Guinea, and so, when it comes to building, the American soldiers learn a trick or two from the natives near Port Moresby. Before the grass thatch is put on, the beams are securely tied with strips of bark which the natives are shown peeling. In the back ground the framework of one house is all but completed. Little forks that two of the natives wear in their hair are solely for pleasure—the pleasure of scratching. Pvt. William Ford of Janesville, Wis., is 6 feet 3 inches tall, and weighs 320 pounds. Officers at Fort Sheridan, 111., where he was induct ed, say he is one of the largest men ever to don a uniform. Photo shows him having uniform trouble. Chow—^Between Japs on Guadalcanal V. S. marines line up at a field kitchen in-between onslaughts against Jap positions on strategic Guadalcanal island in the Solomons group, where the Japs opened up a big push to reclaim the island. Enemy Photograph This photo was received in Amer ica from an enemy source, with cap tion stating that the two German soldiers were members of a Panzer division in Stalingrad. One mans the machine while the other peers through field glasses. i FORTY - SEVEN - YEAR - OLD, 210- | * pound hard-rock Jack Dempsey was putting in another busy day. ■ Now a lieutenant in the coast guard at Manhattan Beach, the ex-heavy- ' weight champion is directing the , conditioning of several thousand 1 men, who need this conditioning badly. I spent the day with Lieutenant Jack, and I’ve never seen a busier man at work. From seven-thirty in the morning until nightfall he and his staff of instructors handle 3,000 recruits every day. The wind was whipping in from the ocean as Jack moved from group to group, speeding up their work, giving out encouragement, helping his assistants on the job. “They are great fellows,” Jack said, “but they need this badly. More than anyone might believe. Do you know that out of 3,000 men here more than 2,500 never boxed, wrestled, or played any game to speak of? You’d be surprised how many couldn’t even chin themselves once—just once. When they came here they didn’t know how to hold their hands—nor how to stand. Look at ’em now.” The Dempsey Program It was put up to Dempsey to work out this program and he’s done a great job. We moved from group to group — 100 fighters here, 100 wrestling close by, a jujitsu class, a calisthenics class. “What’s this?” I asked Jack. “That’s our kicking squad,” he said. “We teach ’em how to kick LIEUTENANT DEMPSEY the enemy and how to keep from being kicked. “Nothing fancy here. It’s all rough-and-ready, hard work, tough ening up. No frills. And they eat it up. These kids are great. They average around 22 years and most of them never had a chance for any form of athletics before. They find out what it does for them in just a few weeks. Building Confidence “What we are working on beyond fitness,” Jack said, “is speed and poise. But more than all, confidence in themselves. “When they first come here they have no confidence at all. In about three weeks they are different fel lows — heads-up, come-and-try-to- take-me fellows.” Jack moves around—“Hey, keep punching — keep punching — keep those hands up—what’s the trouble —one in the stomach? Well, take a little rest. Then go and get him.” You would be more than surprised to see the difference between first- week classes and fourth-week classes. The improvement in speed, skill, poise, toughness and stamina is amazing. Each group gets two hours a day of this in addition to coast guard duties, and that leaves little time for any resting spots. Putting in eight or nine hours a day, Dempsey at 210 looks as fit as he did at Mau mee Bay 23 years ago. As fast? That’s something else that belongs only to youth. About Louis and Conn I asked Jack what he thought about the heavyweight situation. “After another year in the army,” Dempsey said, “neither Louis nor Conn can expect to be near the old fighting form. Louis isn’t a kid any longer. A year’s layoff, or a longer layoff, is sure to tell heavily on his speed, his timing and his reflexes. “I laid off at times too long my self. I know what it means to see a punch coming, but seeing it too late—or rather, not being able to call on my reflexes in time—is some thing else. “If Louis and Conn remain in the army two years, it will be a mira cle if either ever can come back to championship form. Both are great fighters and great fellows. But army training is entirely different from the speed and the sharpness you need in the ring. “And there’s that thing they call co-ordination. After a long layoff they just don’t gel any more—there’s no team play between them. “Joe and Billy may be better than anything left after the war, but they won’t be the Louis and the Conn we saw in their big fight.” ON THE E FRONTf T HE illustration shows what be-' came of a mirror and piano stool. To the mirror and stool, were added two wooden boxes from the grocery. These were placed on end about 18 inches apart and a shelf of half-inch ply wood was screwed to the top. A frame was then screwed to the back of the boxes as shown. A curtain rod was placed across the top and the mirror hung length wise under it. An arm was then hinged to the front of each box. Paint was next. White, because white furniture is smart and be cause it matched the woodwork. 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