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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. — Burma Road Remains Important Military Object t Washington. D. C- ADMIRAL KING SLAPS Insiders now admit that friction between Secretary of the Navy For- restal and Chief of Naval Opera tions Admiral Ernie King is just as bad as it was between King and the late rtank Knox—or worse. Knox and Admiral King rubbed each other raw. King used to go over the head of the secretary of the navy, even overruled him regarding the navy’s new gray summer uni form, which Knox—and most navy men—opposed. When Forrestal became secretary of the navy, it was hoped that rela tions would be harmonious. Last week, however. Admiral King pub licly gave his chief an adroit slap- down. Forrestal, Admiral King and fight ing Admiral Halsey were holding a joint press conference. The secre tary of the navy was asked if he had any comment on the fall of the Tojo cabinet. He replied that navy personnel, including himself, were not supposed to comment on politics. Whereupon Admiral King inter rupted and, almost as if the secre tary of the navy were a little boy, corrected him. “I will comment on that,” he an nounced, despite Forrestal’s state ment that political matters were not for comment by navy personnel. “Obviously, the cabinet would not have fallen unless there was dissatis faction on the part of military lead ers with the conduct of the war. The Japanese can be expected to con tinue to wage war with all the pow ers they possess.” Secretary Forrestal took the ad miral’s remarks — interpreted by those present as an indirect slap- down—without saying a word. • • • VBTERAN STRUGGLE One of the most important behind- the-scenes struggles for postwar power is now being waged between the American Legion and the Veter ans of Foreign Wars. Actually, the Veterans of For eign Wars are in a better position than the Legion to get a head start on recruiting veterans of World War II. The VFW charter from congress permits recruiting men before they are discharged, while the Legion must wait until a man leaves the service before recruiting him. Fact is the VFW has picked up more than 400,000 new members since. Pearl Harbor, while the Le gion’s gains have been relatively paltry. At the start of the war, the Legion had more than one million members, the VFW only a quarter million. But today the VFW maga zine has the largest overseas cir culation of any non-governmental publication, is now read by 300,000 men monthly. As a result, VFW is picking, up members at the rate of 5,000 a week, while Legion officials fret, plan their own recruiting drive later. One reason for VFW success has been a policy of tacitly bucking the American Legion on key policy matters. VFW helped paint the Le gion as “anti-labor,” then turned around and attempted to arrange a deal whereby all CIO and AFL mem bers in the service would join the VFW instead of the Legion when they left the service. More than two million union men are in the service. However, labor has not fallen for the bait. Instead, trade-union chap ters of the American Legion are be ing rapidly built up to help cam- bat any anti-union feelings of re turning servicemen. The Veterans of Foreign Wars also made “hay” with a speech delivered by national Legion Commander War ren Atherton in the South Pacific area recently. Atherton debunked the idea that men in the front lines fighting the Japs want furloughs home. The VFW immediately took advantage of this statement, set up a terrific howl for overseas fur loughs, soon found membership ap plications pouring in. - • • • SITUATION IN GERMANY Uncensored military and political dispatches reaching the diplomatic corps reveal that the German army is defeated and that fat Hermann Goering, father of the Luftwaffe, may soon rise as the German “man on horseback” to try to make peace with the Allies. This dramatic turn of events catches Franklin Roosevelt plotting Pacific strategy while the biggest break of the war is poming 5,000 miles away in Europe. Whether Roosevelt does anything more about it or not, however, you can write it down that Hitler and company are through. It’s just a question of how much Germany can salvage be fore the last shot is fired. - • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND C. The Berlin radio beamed to America tried a new propaganda trick the other night. An announcer, introducing a newscaster, said, “The views of this commentator do not necessarily reflect the views of this station.” <L Army air corps officials say that Jacquelin Cochran, head of the Wasps, barges into their offices, poundfe op their desks, says, "I used to work in a factory, I know what the little people want,” then delivers ultimatums about her lady fliers. This section of the Barms road in Chins wss taken by s signs! corps photographer. The China-Burma- India theater of war contains 24 switchbacks as shown in this photograph. Even before America entered the war, engineers from American military and civil life were cooperating with the Chinese in the improvement and development of this highway system. The read is essential to CMna. It serves as the only line of com munication, outside of air, that serves a vast portion of the country. The road has been under air bombard ment almost continually since the start of the Chinese-Japanese war. America’s Answer to Nazi—Rocket Projectiles Loading Projectile Yank shown loading a projectile into the rocket armament of the far wing of the P-47 Thunderbolt. Arrows indicate the rocket pro jectiles, one on each side of the Thunderbolt. Nazis complain that the neuf rocket ia “un fair” and does not give them sufficient op portunity to get under cover. U. S. army officials report that its effect will be in creased. Rocket Armament of P-47 P-47 Thunderbolt has eight deadly .50- ealiber machine guns in addition to the new rocket gun armament. Special train ing has been given the ground crew as k well as members who operate the rocket t guns. America’s answer to the Nazi flying bomb has been the further development of the new rocket gun arma ment on the huge P-47, which not only can do as much damage as the flying bomb, but actually does many times as much, for the bombs can be accurately placed. Clothing Survives Flying Bombs English families are pictured salvaging some of the clothing and hosiery still intact, after a Nazi flying bomb had wrecked a big outfitter’s store in southern England. The goods were said to have been seattered far and wide by the force of the blast. Some 5,000 of these bombs have fallen ia England. ‘Old Faithful’ Watches Master “Boots,” old faithful, a fire department Dalmatian mascot, hovers by anxiously as respirator is applied to his master, Lieut. Herbert Lude- man, one of ten firemen overcome by smoke in a fire in New York. The mascot refused to leave until his master was taken away and then followed hfan to the hospital and later to his home. Gods Fail Japanese This wooden figure of a Japanese warrior god was among the war booty found on Saipan after the in- vaslbn. It is believed to represent the dual personification of the Japa nese Buddha and the protective god of warriors. Bishop Greets King Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, military vicar of Catbe- lie Chaplains, left, greets King George VI of England as Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark of U. S. Fifth army (right) looks on. PEAKING Released by Western Newspsper Union. I^IGURES from the nation’s race 1 tracks are sufficient evidence that horse racing has lost none of its popularity. With the season about half gone for many of the major tracks, bet ting totals are high enough to indi- eate that just about every record will be broken in 1941. Hie present betting spree is unprecedented in American thoroughbred history. Just seven years ago the pari mutuel tracks totaled a fancy $266,000,000. That amount was even ' greater than many an enthusiast had predicted, but the follow-up has been little short of phenomenal. Each year, since 1939, the betting handle has increased. In 1939 it mounted to $291,000,000, and in 1940 climbed to $408,000,000. Racing of ficials thought that the 1943 mark of $703,000,000 would stand for quite some time, but with the 1944 sea son slightly more than six months old, it is obvious that aU records are to be shattered thoroughly. Heavy Gains Reported The country’s biggest tracks are operating on a colossal basis. New York, Chicago, New England, Cali fornia and Detroit all report heavy gains. More than a billion dollars will have been wagered by bettors before the season’s end. It should be remembered, too, that this total is the legalized betting at the tracks. It has been estimated that at least an equal amount is wagered with illegal handbooks throughout the nation. When New York's season passed the halfway mark as the Saratoga 30-day meet opened, indications were that by mid-November at least $400,000,000 will have been wagered, and the state treasury en riched by some $27,000,000. The New York estimate is based on the assumption that the second half of the season will be compara ble to the first. When the Empire season ended, marking the halfway point, the total betting for 96 days (97 were originally scheduled but races were cancelled on D-Day) came to $208,038,623. If the second half of the campaign equals the first, the total would reach $416,077,246. And there is every reason to believe that betting won’t fall off at any of the major tracks. During 1942 the average Detroit racing fan bet $26.96 every time he went to the Fair Grounds to aid in the improvement of the breed. In 1943 this average went up to $33.56. But in 1944 the average jumpeti to $39.04 and is still mounting. /Veto York Average However, New York continues to stay ahead in matters of horse rac ing. . During the raeing at Jamaica, it was figured that the fans averaged $72 a day. When the New York races were shifted to- Belmont, the average jumped between $92 and $100 a person. Race track operators are quick to realize that such huge figures may in time work against them in the form of increased taxes. They have attempted to solve this problem by making huge contributions to war relief agencies. During 1943 these war relief con tributions totaled $8,618,480.86. According to John N. Sabo, Detroit turf editor, more than $160,000,000 is invested in race tracks, horses and big breeding farms. The estimated value of the horses racing in the United States today is $55,000,000. “Actually,” Sabo writes, “under present-day. high prices of thorough breds, the total is greater. Horses which cost $1,500 two or three years ago now are unobtainable at twice that figure. “A good indication is the racer Pericles which William A. Hellis of New Orleans purchased for $66,000 as an untried yearling. The * Racing Sky’ It wasn’t so long ago that racing officials were having more than their share of trouble. The sport was being condemned quite widely as a wartime luxury—something that could be eliminated from the national scene without loss to mo rale. The tracks were making big money. And they were a bit slow about contributing their share to war relief organizations. The contributions made by the tracks have been impressive, but not out of proportion. Racing is big business—and extremely profitable. The sport not only can afford to be generous, it must be generous. It is too dependent upon the public’s good will to be anything else. SPORTS SHORTS Cleveland sport fans have donated $15,000 to a fund to provide playing equipment and free medical care to sandlot ballplayers in the city. The president of the newly formed Pacific Coast professional football league, J. Rufus Klawans, got his start playing under A. A. Stagg at the University of Chicago in 1909. The first no-hit, no-run game in the American Association this sea son was hurled by Walter Brown of Toledo, to defeat Milwaukee, 1-0. Brown walked four men. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT HELP WANTED • Persons now engaged in essential industry will not apply without state ment of availability from their local United States Employment Service. ATTENTION—MEN OR WOMEN—DDE to present shortage ol pharmacists we are changing our policy, which will require many capable unregistered men or to serve as ASSISTANT STORE MAN* AGERS. Attractive salaries. Good hcrars— paid vacations—group insurance—Hospi talization insurance plan. 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