Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. <A Washington, D. C. EISENHOWER’S BRILLIANT PLANNING When the inside story of General Eisenhower’s European war plan ning is Anally told, the American public will be amazed at some of the things he has put across. Here is part of the story: Long before D day Eisenhower had timed every operation down to the last minute. The most im portant maneuver was to break through the Germans’ Atlantic wall and wedge an opening through which other troops could pour. The German High Command considered this wall impregnable. Yet Eisen hower’s driving demand for offense was such that he allotted his men exactly 45 minutes to get through. He had each move so carefully timed and planned that, after 45 minutes, other ships, supplies, men would be piling up on the beach, would have no place to go unless the break-through was accomplished in the time allotted. Before the invasion a full- scale replica of German fortifi cations was constructed in Eng land, built from aerial photo graphs. And day after day, American troops rehearsed their break - through. The best time they were able to make in these rehearsals, however, was one hour and 30 minutes. But when D day finally came, thanks to General Eisenhower’s dy namic planning, they made it not in 45, but in 35 minutes. But with his advance into France timed to the hour and day, Eisen hower, after thv. original break through, ran into difficulty. Lieut. Gen. Omar Bradley kept right on schedule in penetrating south into Normandy. And Maj. Gen. Joe Collins was on schedule or ahead of it in penetrating Cherbourg. In fact, they had developed, in coopera tion with Eisenhower, a new type of advance. Instead of advancing so many miles and then waiting for supplies to come up, as at the slow- moving Anzio beachhead, they de veloped the tactic of barging ahead regardless of supplies. Thus General Collins surprised the Nazis and the world, ignoring Nazi machine-gun nests, forgetting about supplies and forging right into Cher bourg before its defenders knew what was happening. Trouble with Monty. Eisenhower’s chief trouble, how ever, was with General Montgom ery, whom Winston Churchill once described as “magnificent in de feat, insufferable in victory.” General Montgomery had been given Caen as his objective. But days passed and nothing happened. The offensive - minded Eisenhower kept hammering at Montgomery, urging an advance. But nothing hap pened. Actually, Montgomery had just as high a rank as Eisenhower, had seen many more battles, so Eisenhower was in no position to , get too rough. Finally, Air Intelligence showed that German resistance behind the Allied lines was a mere shell. He could tell from air observation that the Nazis were able to bring up only about 25 per cent of their needed supplies. Their reinforce ments had to hide in the daytime, advance only at night. Most of the . bridges across the Seine were down. So Eisenhower, tired of waiting for Montgomery and already behind schedule, gave the order for Gen eral Bradley to ignore Montgom ery and break through the Nazi lines to the south. * • • DEMOBILIZING OLDER MEN War department officials are un der heavy pressure to make one very important change in the army’s plan for demobilization. The demobilization plan did not consider servicemen’s age. How ever, men overseas, particularly those in the European theater, have been angrily pointing out that the British demobilization program giv^s each man a specific number of points for age, thus assures old er men a better break. The army said it had drafted older men “re luctantly,” because most were heads of families. The GIs now point out that it would be equally logical to discharge these older men among the earliest, since they are needed by their families. Veterans’ administration studies reveal that the cost of keeping older men in uniform is greater than for , younger men, since the army pays out large sums for dependency. Al lotments have proved meager and scarcely able to keep families to- I gether. Yet, under the demobiliza- 1 tion plan as it stands now, family heads would be among the last men to be released. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF 41 The danger of a new crime wave as a result of letting returning war heroes keep captured revolvers and machine guns is worrying officials. 41, Publisher Joe Patterson wasn’t kidding when he explained that the i New York News was dropping the “Presidential Battle Page” because of libel. He faces a libel suit from CIO’s Beannie Baldwin. . . The GOP accused Baldwin of drawing a salary from the government while working with the CIO and Patter son printed It. 6 We Promised and We Are Back’—Mac Arthur Gen. Douglas MacArthur (right), Lieut. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland (left), and Sergio Osmena, president of the Philippines, keep their promise and return to the islands—with American troops, in one of the steps to regain the islands from the Japs. Lower right shows a landing craft bristling with C. S. infantrymen as it cut its way toward the smouldering shore of Leyte island, the first major step in retaking the islands. Big Crowds in the Rain and in Pittsburgh President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits New York City (right) and is welcomed by a shower of rain. Governor Thomas E. Dewey is welcomed (left) at Pittsburgh amid showers of paper. Thousands turned out to look at and later to vote for their favorite for the office of President of the United States. End of cam paign found Roosevelt the “betting” favorite despite claims of Dewey’s supporters that he would spend the next four years in Washington instead of Albany. The Sheep and the Liberator An American infantryman, one of the new arrivals in Germany with the advancing American forcer, making his way through a wrecked street in Ubach during the drive into German territory, passes stray sheep left behind by the Germans when they fled to hills during the air attack. Eisenhower’s New Deputy Aide Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. chief of staff, congratulates Lieut. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, new deputy supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean theater and commander general of the U. S. Mediterranean theater of operations. McNarney was awarded Distinguished Service medal and the Legion of Merit by General Marshall. War Style Fishing Air force fliers shown as they are ready to launch their deep-sea fish line beyond rocky coral cliffs of Marianas base, using a rifle gren ade launcher for their 200-yard line. Good catches were reported. American Captured Mrs. Gertrude Legendre, daughter of John Sanford of Amsterdam, N. Y., according to German radio, was captured by Nazi soldiers while in company of a staff officer en route to Wallendorf, Germany, near Trier. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Business Opportunities Publish Books for County Fairs. Conten tions, etc. No capital. Big profits, faloor. Plummer, P. O. Box 99, Westfield, Mnmu For Wendell WiUJde: You were America at all iu best As clean and fresh as any prairie wind. And when you took your final journey west You left a fragrant memory behind. Yet now the little men who cried you down Shed unctuous tears and claim you at their own. And fit you with a smug, unwieldy crown Which they well know that you had long outgrown; PRINTING MIMEOGRAPHING and MuIUrruphluf. 14 years of fine work and fair prices. Free samples and prices. E. ALLSMITH, 100* W. Nedro Avenue. Philadelphia 41. Pa. Cedar Timber Wanted WANTED—OPA ceiling price paid far red cedar posts or logs at cars when loaded. Need several carloads. Wanted red cedar timber. Write THE LANE CO.. Ine., Alta Vista. Virginia. You were America .. . and millions weep Who fell in you a comrade and a friend. And yet we have your prophecy to reap, A prophecy you left el journey's end .. . Lady Found Squaw Was But Humoring the Oldster America is big enough for all ... The poor, the weak, the humble and the small!—Don Wahn. The Magazines: Pip of a SEPiece by Lieut. John Mason Brown, deftly test - tubing differences between Americans and Britishers. The im portance of such an article should not be underestimated. A primary requisite for international friend ship is a keen understanding of other nations. Broadway Smalltalk: Malcolm Meachf r is no longer writing for the March of Time because of its refusal to deal with the issues on Margaret Halsey’s best - seller, “Some of My Best Friends Are Sol diers.” . . . Customs men have de tained a Met singer in Miami, who returned from Brazil the other day with undeclared gems valued at over $15,000. . . . Hoagy Car michael’s music for Ballet Russe will be called “Swing Street.” . . . Don Ross, the Chicago reporter who went to Warner’s for a job in the press dep’t, wound up as an actor in Ida Lupino’s next flicker. . . . For the first time since the war started N. Y. university is hazing freshmen. . . . F. Sinatra wishes the egg- thrower would come over to som# gym with him “for a workout.” GIs are confused. General Eisen hower wears the four stars of his rank on the left side of his shirt col lar, while Generals Bradley and Marshall wear them on the right. . . . The reason is that U. S. army regulations state: “All articles of uniform for wear by the General of the armies and the Chief of Staff are such as each may prescribe for himself” ... So General Eisenhower eould wear a derby and the four stars on the seat of his pants, if he liked. Ass’t President Byrnes has asked for a trained staff of 25,000 persons to start termination of war con tracts. It will be Washington’s big gest postwar agency. . . . F. Sinatra will sing for troops in the S. Pacific. . . . The other day Her Highness, accompanied by four bodyguards, invaded a Fifth avenue shop, upset the gaping personnel and routine of the place and then bought $14 worth of stuff. What they don’t announce Is that an entertainer, overseas for two years, is in a Paris hospital with a severe case of shell shock. . . . Ev ery time we read the insults—hurled by a few critics at showfolks who go overseas—we think of Carole > Lombard and the actor victims in that Lisbon plane crash. A lady tourist, walking about an Indian reservation in the West, came upon a husky squaw carry ing an aged man on her back. Gazing pityingly at the overgrown papoose, she said to the young squaw: “It is too bad that your father is crippled and cannot walk.” “Ugh!” grunted the squaw, “Him no crippled!” “Then is he sick?” “Ugh! Him no sick!” “Then, why do you carry him on your back, as you would a small child?” “Ugh!” grunted the squaw. “Him in second childhood!” WAR Stomach Over-work, over-worry, hasty tneale may bring nervoua indigeation. When your stomach is upset, try soothing pepto-bismol. Helps bring prompt relief from distress after meals, heartburn, gas on stomach. Tastes good and does good. Ask your druggist for soothing pepto-bismol. A NORWICH PRODUCT Try Great Tonic Many Doctors Mrist See how good-tasting Scott’s Emulsion helps tone up your system; helps build op stamina and resistance against colds— if there is a dietary deficiency of A t D Vitamins. It’s easy 1 Simply take Scottis daily throughout the year. It’s great! Boy A lb ** y oar druggist’s today! % Try SCOTT'S III EMULSION Great Year-R.qund Tonic Love Letter: The weary town will soon be fast asleep. The moon is cold and pitiless as doom. And yet we have a rendezvous to keep. Within the shadows of a quiet room . .. The candlelight tints beauty on your face. The wine will steal reality away. And vows we make can quietly efface The terror of a new, unwanted day . . . And so it goes for those who chase a star. The search may end in heartbreak and defeat. But there is always magic where you are, A magic that is tremulous and sweet... And who will have more lovely scars to show. If you and love should ever chance to go? —Don Wahn. Sounds in the Night: In the Zanzi bar: “She’s mean enough to be the heroine of a best-selling novel.” . . . In La Conga: “His radio pro gram is where a good gag goes when it dies.” ... In Lindy’s: “Excuse me, lady. I vas just trying to make a dream come true.” ... At the Copacabana: “If they carry Maine they won’t be doing anything dif ferent than the banks there have been doing for years!” More dramatic than any of the Broadway shows was that moment i at the Colony when the Duke and Duchess of Windsor bumped into Lady Thelma Furness, the Duke’s favorite companion until Wally came along*. The Magie Lanterns: The nation can keep warm this winter merely by viewing clinches between Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henried, who start a bonfire of emotion in a swift spy- melier, “The Conspirators.” . . . Everything in “Sweet and Low- down" plays second fiddle to Benny Goodman’s clarinet. Too bad the scenario isn't in tune with the music. . . . Fibber McGee and Molly’s “Heavenly Days” gently twits Washington. Difficult to under stand why legislative namby-pam bies were leery about releasing it. Starts INSTANTLY to relief* MUSCULAR ACHES-PAINS Soreness and Stiffness For blessed prompt relief — rub on powerfully soothing Musterole. 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