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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ APRIL 9, 1943 America Spreads Her Wings By Robert McCormick (WNU Future—Through special arrangement with Collier's Weekly) In less than 12 months our army air force has grown from nothing into one of the mightiest fighting outfits the world has ever seen, with bases speckled over the globe like pepper on a fried egg. Every line of it was designed around a cen tral idea that it must have a posi tive part in destroying enemy re sistance. It was patterned for bombing the heart out of the enemy, for subduing enemy aircraft, and for attacking enemy ground and sea forces. These things it would do, not in any one battle or one spot, but in all American battles wherever they might come. The production of airplanes more than doubled, got up to better than 5,000 a month. The types of com bat planes being manufactured were cut to less than a dozen, but each of these had a specialised purpose. Many got their first battle tests in the last 12 months. Level Off a Glacier. These ships appeared at bases in the Caribbean, in Alaska, in Brit ain, at points all through the Pacific and Africa and the Middle East and India and China. A glacier was leveled off to make an airport in the Far North. An American engineer dropped by parachute into the mid dle of the Sahara, armed with a pocketful of money, rounded up na tive labor .and built an airfield. Measure Distance by Hours. Between these isolated spots, grew up an AAF air-transport system that became bigger than all the prewar commercial airlines of the world put together. The air transport com mand became larger than the en tire ait corps was before the war, and it flew more miles than all the world’s airlines before the war. It stopped measuring dis tances in miles. India became 76 hours away, instead of 14,000 air miles; England became 10 hours away, instead of 3,300 miles; Africa 40 hours, instead of 3,900 miles. Lieutenant General “Hap” Arnold, chief of the AAF, flew back from Australia in 35 hours, compared with the conventional ship-sailing time of 33 days. The air transport com mand shuttled great people around like suburban commuters. Mrs. Roosevelt flew to L ondon and back, Madame Chiang Ki i-shek flew here from China, Harry Hopkins flew hither and thither with loose-jointed freedom, the Harriman mission flew to Russia and back, Wendell Willkie moved all over the globe. Climax Comes With Casablanca. The climax came when the Pres ident himself—who hadn’t flown on a domestic airline since he took of fice-broke all the rules by letting the army fly him to Casablanca to confer with Churchill. It wasn’t simply a matter of picking the Pres ident I'p and putting him down. The Secret Service had to go first, high- ranking army and navy officers had to be taken along, and extraordinary protection had to be given each one. When Mr. Roosevelt did do away with precedent, he did it in a big way, knocking off 15,483 miles in the air. The army, and civilians as well, got used to seeing young men in their twenties and early thirties wearing the eagles of a full colonel. The youngest of these officers is Col. Charles M. McCorkle of North Carolina, who was graduated from West Point in June, 1936, and became a colonel on November 16, 1942. He was 27 years old. Other Sources Contribute. New training schools turned out quantities of at-home pilots, navi gators, bombardiers, gunners, ground crews, mechanics, radiomen and pll the other specialized per sonnel necessary to such a gigantic business. Wright Field erected a building big enough to test 40-foot propellers; aircraft engines of more than 2,000 horsepower appeared; swanky hotels were taken over at Miami Beach, Atlantic City and Chi cago to house AAF cadets in train ing; stretches of desolate land in all parts of the country were set aside as bombing ranges; emergency landing strips appeared along Amer ican highways. American parachute troops were flown nonstop 1,500 miles from Eng land to Africa; troop-carrying glid ers were developed; General Kenney moved enough supplies and troops into New Guinea to enable the American forces to start a hammer ing offensive at the Japs—and al most all of both men and material went by air. AAF officers took over control of large sections of the entire army. Lieut. Gen. Frank Andrews headed up the European theater of opera tions; Lieut. Gen. George Brett took over Caribbean defense. TT IS quite apparent, after taking a look at Bivins and Mauriello, that some part of the war services will have to provide a challenger for Louis and Conn, if these two are still on top when the smoke clears away. Bivins, however, is a good light heavyweight. There is no reason why some of the various services shouldn’t come through with a fine heavyweight parade. For there is no comparing the quality of instruction the army and navy is receiving for this war over the other big roundup. Army, navy, marines, air force and coast guard now have most of the outstanding talent around, teaching the uni formed millions how to jab and hook, feint and block, use feet and hands, GENE TUNNEY handle a right cross and the various other details that make up a pro boxer’s trade. • They have been called in by the hundreds, and while they may not all be the best instructors of all- time, they at least know the rudi ments and most of the fundamentals. Hot So Many Professional boxing is one of the hardest and most intricate of all sports—all competitions. So there won’t be many who will finish around the front rank. It isn’t often that nature produces a heavy weight champion—meaning one who has the size, the strength, the speed, the skill, the durability and the co ordination required to top the list. You get a Dempsey and a Tunney together—with no one else close. You get a Louis and a Conn, who stand alone where other games may carry a flock of stars well matched. It is man against man in the ring —not team against team. No pals can help to carry you along in times of trouble and distress. There ik no rougher road to the top. But from some 10,000,000 fighting men, well taught in the way of ring skill, the harvest should be un usually large. The Other War Only two good heavyweights came out of the service side of the other war. These two were Bob Martin and Gene Tunney, although Gene at the time was a light heavyweight. Tunney’s record is one of the ring classics. But I have always thought that Bob Martin might have gone a long way if he hadn’t figured in a motorcycle accident that left him with a badly injured head. I have been told, by those who should know, that Martin suffered a blood clot that effectively wrecked any chance for co-ordination. Big Bob was a fine-looking prospect when he came back from France. In the meanwhile, it took Gene Tunney seven years before he was ready for Dempsey, then ranked as unbeatable. I doubt that any ring- man ever worked as long, as hard and as smartly as Tunney worked to reach the top. He was certainly no flaming ball of fire when he faced Soldier Jones on the Dempsey-Carpentier $1,300,- 000 card. Gene then was just another name on the program. He was never a natural athlete in the way of speed and power. But he more than made up for these defects by his deter mination to learn and keep in con dition. There was never any doubt about his smartness and his courage. A combination of head and heart is always something to bank on, no matter what the game. Head, heart, speed, skill, power and durability are not so easy to locate in one lone human system. This present war, when it is over, may leave us a better answer than we have known before, with so many more having so much the better chance to move up. • • • Crowds Will Be There Sports’ winter campaigns, East and West, have shown the crowds will be there. In boxing, basketball, hockey and indoor track the turnstile count has baffled even the leading optimists of the sports world. The vast fan crowd, whatever the sport, apparently no longer demands big names. They carry a yearning to see good competition — to see almost any game that has action. Greet the Day With a Well-Balanced Breakfast (See Recipes Below) Good Morning! What’s your breakfast? A squirt of orange juice and a sip of coffee or fruit, cereal, eggs, toast and coffee? No need to tell you which one you can start a m a n-s i z e d day’s work on, is there? A break fast should supply almost a third of the day’s calories and food value. A slight breakfast will prevent you from waking up fully—and thus starting to realize your full quota of production whether you’re on the home or factory front. But, treat the first meal of the day with the same respect you do the other two, and you find yourself refreshed and more than ready to do your job— and do it well. If you’re still in doubt about the value of a good breakfast, look at breakfasts fed servicemen. Do you think they could get up and do their work if it weren’t for fruit, cere als, eggs, toast or hotbread and beverage for their first fare of the day? No, ma’am. Breakfast affords a grand’ chance for you to get your vitamin BI— that important morale vitimin which prevents nervousness and restlessness. You need this vitamin every day—and its best sources are whole grain cereal and bread—and yeast. On warmer days, serve oatmeal or whole wheat cereal, on cooler days, use the enriched, ready-to-eat cereals which are unrationed. When the berries and fruits start coming in, use a few of them with the cere als for a delightful breakfast dish. Breakfast is a good way to take care of the citrus fruit requirement of the day, too. A half grapefruit, a large orange or a large glass of or ange juice will fulfill the vitamin C quota of the day. Remember, however, that vi tamin C is easily destroyed by air, and that means you should not squeeze or cut up oranges until just before serving. *OId-Fashioned Popovers. 3 eggs I Vi cups milk „ 114 cups enriched flour Vi teaspoon salt Sift flour and salt into a bowl. Beat eggs and add milk to them and stir gradually into the flour to make a smooth batter, then beat thoroughly with egg beater; put in hot greased muffin tins two-thirds full of mixture. Bake in a hot oven (450 degrees) half hour, then in mod erate (350 degree) oven 15 minutes until brown. Note: No leavening agent is used in popovers, and their rising action is dependent upon thor ough beating. Lynn Says: Make Rationing Work: Keep food essentials in mind when planning your menus, and use point-rationed food to best advan tage. When you spend any of your coupons for rationed food, make sure you are not buying anything that you could buy fresh. In buying meats buy those of which you get the most for your points. Extend whatever cuts of meat you can with cereals, stuffings, food extenders and vegetables to make them go fur ther. Start today to save sugar and put it in a bank so that you will have enough for the canning you are going to do this summer. Do not use sugar anywhere that you possibly can avoid it. Start planning your victory garden, so that you will be ready to put up as much of your share in fruits and vegetables. Buy quality foods to get the most value of your points. This applies to canned and processed foods, meat, cheese and butter. Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Breakfast *Baked Apples Ready-to-Eat Cereal Cream and Sugar •Old-Fashioned Popovers With Jam Beverage •Recipes Given If possible, have eggs for break fast—with bacon, if you can man age it, but remember that a nice hot bowlful of oatmeal will give a good ly quantity of health. Then, of course, you can vary the menu with pancakes, french toast and waf fles when the mood strikes you. Baked pears or apples are a good fruit for breakfast variation. Try apples this way: •Baked Apple With Orange Marmalade Filling. Select apples that are suitable for baking. Core, and fill cavities with orange marmalade. Prick skins with fork and place in a baking pan with a little water. Cover with lid and bake in a slow oven until ten der. Remove lid just long enough to brown. Creamed Chipped Beef Omelet. (Serves 8) 1 cup chipped beef, cut fine 1V4 cups white sauce 6 eggs 6 tablespoons top milk V4 teaspoon salt V6 teaspoon pepper Fold chipped beef into white sauce. Beat eggs until fluffy, then add milk, salt and pepper. Melt enough butter or margarine into a heqvy skillet to cover bottom and sides of pan, pour in eggs and shake gently over fire. When set, loosen sides and bottom, cover with heated creamed beef, carefully fold over with spatula, and slide onto hot plat ter. Serve at once. For variety, there are many types of griddle cakes: Sour Milk Griddle Cakes. 1V4 cups flour 1 cup buttermilk 1 tablespoon melted but ter or margarine 54 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon sugar 2 eggs , Sift flour and sugar; dissolve soda in buttermilk and add to flour. Drop in unbeaten eggs and beat well, then fold in butter. Drop by spoon fuls on a hot, greased griddle and brown on both sides. Flannel Cakes. 2 eggs 154 cups milk 2 cups enriched Hour 54 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar 2 tablespoons melted but ter or margarine 3 teaspoons baking powder Sift all dry ingredients. Beat egg yolks and add to milk. Pour this into the flour, add melted butter, and lastly the well-beaten eggs. Drop by spoonfuls on hot, greased grid dle and serve with syrup, preserves or jelly. Crisp Waffles. (Makes 4 4-section waffles) 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 54 teaspoon salt 2 egg yolks, well beaten 1 cup milk 54 cup melted shortening 2 egg whites Sift flour, measure, add baking powder and salt and sift again. Com bine egg yolks and milk, add to flour, beating until smooth. Add shorten ing. Beat egg whites until they hold up but are still moist, then fold into batter. Bake on hot waf. fle iron. Lynn Chambers welcomes you to submit your household queries to her problem clinic. Send your letters to her at ITes tern Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois. Don’t forget to enclose a stvnped, self-addressed envelope for your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. ROBIN HOOD’S BARN “I say,” said a bumptious individ ual to a man standing at the street comer, “just tell me how I can get to Blank street." “Well," was the reply, “take the third turning on the left, first to the right, second to the right again, fourth to left, first to right, fifth to left, cut across a square, pass through a crescent, take the second to the left, and you’ll get it.” Hie stranger jotted down the par ticulars and followed the instructions given. After three-quarters of an hour he was startled to arrive at the place where he had asked the question, and to see the samO man still standing at the comer. “Why did you direct me wrongly?” he demanded, angrily. “You asked for Blank street, didn’t you?” “Yes.” “Well, then, I directed you all right. This is Blank street.” THAT DOES IT “Is she pretty?” “Well, she always gets a seat in a bus.” Cryptic Response The landlord of offices tenanted by a firm of Scots lawyers whose lease was about to expire wrote to ask whether they were going to con tinue in occupation. Their reply was: “Dear Sir, We are, Yours truly—” Not appreciating this effort in economy of words—and paper—he wrote again to demand whether or not i* was their intention to remain. The answer was: “Dear Sir, We remain, Yours truly—” The landlord is not trying again. Gained a Bit An Irish priest had been trans ferred from one parish to another. One of his old flock met one of the new. “Well,” he said, “and how do , yez like Father Murphy, Dennis?” “Ah, to be sure,” answered Den nis, “he’s a fine man; a fine man, but a trifle bellicose.” "Bellicose, is it? Well, if that isn’t quare. When we had him, he was as thin as a rake.” Gambling Instinct A Scotsman visited Niagara Falls with an American friend. As they approached the great rush of water, the latter said: “There’s a story that if you throw a penny into the falls, it will bring you luck.” "Is that so?” inquired the Scot. He considered a moment, and then asked, hopefully: "Ha’ ye a long bit of string?” GOING UP “When water becomes ice," asked the professor, “what is the greatest change that takes place?" “The price, sir.” Wrong Method “Look here, Mrs. Murphy, why have you been hitting my little Bobby?” “I only hit him because he was rude and called me a fat old pig!” “But, good gracious, Mrs. Murphy, you ought to know better than that. Hitting my son won’t do you any good; you’ll have to start dieting!” Pedestrian Note “Well, I’ve got one record to be proud of anyhow.” “What’s that?” “I’ve lived in this town seven years and haven’t been run over by an automobile yet.” An Improvement "Jack is one of those fellows who reads up 09 things and then insists on talking about them.” “Well that beats the fellow who in sists on talking about things without reading up on them.” (Fnel)isb Question “Pops, why do they call it hard coal?" “Because, Tommy, it’s not only hard in itself, but hard to get and harder still to pay for.” Geography Quiz Teacher—Bobby, where is Mos cow? Bobby—On page 15 of the geogra phy, Miss. She’s Covered “What would you say if I were to steal a kiss?” "Nothing; I carry burglary insur ance.” Made Over "Agnes married a self-made man.” “Yes, but she compelled him to make extensive alterations.” So He Says! Grandmother—Freddy, did you wash your hands this morning? 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