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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.
The dressing table skirt was
made with a one-inch heading at
the top and tacked along the ends
of the table and the hinged arms
with thumbtacks through a double
strip of the plain material.
• • •
NOTE: Readers interested in making
or remodeling home furnishings should
send for copy of BOOK 8 which contains
sketches and directions for 32 useful items
as well as descriptions of the series of
booklets which Mrs. Spears has prepared
for readers. Booklets are 10 cents each.
Address:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer 10
Enclose 10 cents for Book 8.
Name
Address.
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a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
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