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V — THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Washington, D. C. BOMBING NIPS WITH B-29s The plan of continuously bombing Japan from Saipan promises to be one of the most important strategies of the war. But like all difficult in novations, it already has evolved some serious kinks which must be ironed out. They include: crew fatigue, main tenance problems, weather condi tions and home front production of planes to replace those lost in action. Upon these factors depend the fre quency with which we c>n keep up the rain of bombs on Japan. The bombing of Japan from Sai pan represents a gruelling experi ence for the crews involved, and al lowances must be made to provide necessary rest periods. If any of the crews participating in the Thanks giving Day raid tried it again three days later, it would be only natural to expect that their operational ability would be proved reduced because of the wearing effect of the earlier 3,000-mile flight. It has also been found that infor mation on weather over Japan is still not entirely accurate. But reconnaissance photos taken after the first two raids did show severe damage to a major aircraft plant outside of Tokyo, also effective shattering of several water front areas which are jampacked with Tokyo traffic. Other Obstacles to Raids. Officials have also learned that the B-29 still has certain defects which may require modification in future production. These primarily concern the safety of air crews and should be remedied before bombing of Japan can be carried out on a day-to-day basis. Air corps officials still reiterate that the air phase of the war against Japan is nearing its climax, but admit that several more months will pass before the air drive can be really stepped up to its peak. One major hope is that General MacArthur’s forces will be able to secure several bases in the Philip pines so that the B-29s can operate from there, thus smashing at the south of Japan almost at will. Because of the B-29s’ vast size, it is almost impossible to conceal them under camouflage, with the result that Japanese planes still operating from scores of fields in the Philip pines could bomb B-29s at will if they were based on Leyte now. • • • RUSSIA AND JAPAN Now that Stalin has put the Japa nese on notice for war, calling them an aggressor nation, another chapter regarding Jimmy Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo can be told. After dropping its bomb load on Tokyo, one of the planes developed a leak in its gas line. Aware that he could not make friendly Chinese territory, the pilot set his course for Soviet Siberia, figuring he might barely be able to reach dry land. Internment, he figured, was better than execution. When the fuel gave out, he had no idea where he was, but landed on the best flat stretch he could find. As the crew of the plane piled out, a column of tanks appeared over a nearby hill. The airmen climbed back into their plane and prepared to make a fight for it, but finally saw the Soviet red star on the leading tank and got out of the plane again. The pilot walked forward to talk with the Soviet major who jumped out of the leading tank. Using Eng lish, gestures, and one or two words of Russian, the pilot tried to ex plain how he happened to be there. Finally, the Russian officer stopped him. In fairly good English, he said: “Yes, we know all about the bomb ing of Tokyo. And we knew one plane was in trouble and might be head ing this way. We came out to see if we could find you.” The bomber crew started to climb into the tanks when suddenly an other column of tanks appeared from the opposite direction. A Jap officer came running toward the Russians, shouting, “This is Japanese ter ritory. We demand the surrender of the Americans.” The Russian major immediately dug out his maps, insisting he was on Soviet soil. The argument raged in German for several minutes, un til finally the Jap angrily stalked off, ordering his tanks to fire. This was answered by a volley from the Rus sian tanks, both aiming at the sky. The Russian tanks then drove on, leaving the airplane behind. They had been going at a fast clip for about half an hour, when the Russian major turned to the Ameri can pilot and said: “I now welcome you to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.” The border had just been crossed. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF C Mrs. Melvyn Douglas will soon be in congress, elected from California. C. The railway brotherhoods, whose 400,000 members are affiliated with neither the AFL nor the CIO, are burned up over the appointment of Thomas Cashen of the AFL switch men’s union to the War Mobiliza tion and Reconversion board’s la bor panel. Although Cashen's AFL union is in the transportation field, the brotherhoods feel that one of their own members should have been appointed to the labor panel. Notes of an Innocent Bystander: The Magic Lanterns: “Meet Me in St. Louis” bulges with enough pleasant amusement to provide a month of daydreams. Set in the 23- skidoo era, the warm humor and infectious ditties inspire the spirit to show its dimples. Delightful Mar garet O’Brien steals the picture and your heart. ... A song-and-dan- cinema, "Something for the Boys,” comes in cn a buck-and-wing and lands gently on the eyes and ears. As in all musicals, the plot plays second fiddle—sometimes it seems that it isn’t even in the orchestra. . . . The March of Time’s latest concerns China—a nation of great tragedies, great heroism, great hopes. . . . The script of “Blonde Fever” gets lost in a jungle of cliches—and no one misses it. . . . Those who dreamed up a dullo- drama like “The Last Ride” should be in the Hall of Fame—sweeping it. The Paragraph of the Week: L. H. R.’s colynm In the N. Y. Times previewed history with this dialogue: “One more ques tion, Daddy. What finally be came of this terrible Hitler?” . . . “For a long time, my child, nobody knew. There were sto ries. He was hiding in Spain, Japan, Argentina, Eire. You took your choice. Then, in 1960, a rug collector named Donner- blitz died of indigestion in Chi cago. That was Hitler. He had been living there sixteen years.” . . . “But didn’t anyone guess. Daddy?” . . . “No, you see, ex cept for changing his name and shaving off his mustache, he went right on being himself, damning Russia, England, de mocracy, the Gov’t at Washing ton, and the U.S-A. in general. So the neighbors took him for just an ordinary crackpot and never gave him a second thought.” The book stores will shortly re ceive an extraordinary book called “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe.” It is by Raphael Lemkin. It is published by the Carnegie Endow ment for International Peace. . . . Book oracles state it is really the last word on what the Nazis have done to The Old Country. The Writ ers’ War Board (staffed with intel lectuals, authors, editors, et al) is unable to name a “more important volume in its field.” . . . The au thor of the book has createtTa word —“genocide” to define the calculat ed destruction by the Germans of national and racial groups. . . . Buy two copies. One to read over and over again and the other to bang on the head of any supporter of a Nazi soft-peace. The Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: Sufferers from the cigarette short age would like to know just why it is that night clubs are enjoying near ly all the ciggie biz. This is how come. . . . The night clubs are in this enviable position because they’ve always charged a dime to 15 cents over the retail shop prices, and, of course, they still are permit ted (by the OP A) to charge the same tariff as before the “ceilings” went into effect. . . . Then, besides get ting 10c and 15c more per pack, the cigarette gals are invariably tipped an average of 25c for each pack. This, too, goes to the concessionaire. ... As a result, getting 50c per pack for cigarettes (for which re tail stores charge 17c) the conces sionaires are able to pay a good deal more for cigs than the retail ers. That explains why all the night spots are doing a terrific ciggie biz. Our Macon editor relays this let ter from Dr. W. B. Burke. His son James is with our State Dep’t. Jim auth’d “My Father in China.” . Dr. Burke spent 50 years in China. . . . The letter in part: “The whis pering campaign in China against the Generalissimo and his wife is largely the work of pro-Jap 5th col umnists. Unfortunately some of our correspondents over there have got ten some of the reports in the papers over here. ... At first the Gen eralissimo thought he would ignore them. Then he realized the rumors were directed more against China than against himself. Therefore he felt that he had to bring these sto ries into the light. As to the report he had been unfaithful to his wife he declared his relations with his wife had been without stain, abso lutely pure. I can understand the object of the Japanese, but it is hard to get the workings of our American correspondents’ mind. This is for publication.” The Wireless: A radiorator offered this bit of irony: The British re moved handcuffs from Fascist Mos ley, but jailed Gandhi who only de sires freedom for India. . . . The March of Time again proves that the headlines are writing the most ex plosive dramatic scripts. The MOT makes dreamed-up mike-believing seem more irksome than static. . . . Nothing more ludicrous than cm- mershills nowadays urging listeners! to buy ciggies. You’re told why you should buy a certain brand—instead of where. Health Champions and 4-H Club Hog Winner At left, four national health champions, selected at the 23rd 4-H Club congress, held at Chicago. L. to R.: LuciUe Latsa, 1 of Letcher, S. D.; Robert Tolbert, 13, Paul's Valley, Okla.; Elisabeth Laughner, 18, Lee- tonia, Ohio; and ^yle Ramey, 15, Redwood Falls, Minn. At right, Raymond Taylor of Kentland, Ind.. and “Prince,” Chester White Barrow, ruled supreme champion. They Toil Daily Below Ground for Free China > ~ . •. - ^ . 4-I WF*** & f ' % ; » Ofc £ & y;v...v; ... y - : , STW *• I Mi H r.IlTv \ ' ^tL ' !a 7 m >.Jn\ V \ : 'l§| % Chinese, forced below the surface of the earthly, the incessant bombing raids of Japanese airmen, are working tirelessly to produce the munitions of war so sorely needed by their armies in the field. This enor mous undergound arsenal has been hewn out of the solid rock foundation of a mountain in southwestern China. Here are electrically lighted rock caverns, connected by arched tunnels lined with cement. Nazis Repaid by U. S. Artillery Heavy artillery, part of the U. S. First army commanded by Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, contributes its share in repaying Germany for the wrecked cities of Europe. Photo shows the effect of complete saturation of American artillery of the town of Durviss, Germany, one of the border cities laid to ruins. Gave Lives That Gobs Might Live Army Got Navy Goat GrsntlandRlce TN THE wake of the Army-Navy, 1 Georgia - Georgia Tech, Notre Dame-Great Lakes games, the last stretch of a waning football season now belongs entirely to the pros and the bowls. The top bowl game, as it should be, is the Rose Bowl affair between Southern California and Tennessee —both tied but unbeaten—with pros pects of a 93,000 or more crowd. The second ranking game will be the Sugar Bowl test at New Orleans be tween Alabama and Duke, good for some 7 0. 0 0 0 spectators who will also see one of the best games of the year. Both Alabama’ and Duke finished their campaigns as top flight teams. The Cotton Bowl at Dallas gets a championship con tender in Oklahoma A. and M. with one of the star backs of the year in triple-threat Bob Fenimore. T. C. U. has been spotty, but good on occa sions. A year ago Georgia Tech and Tulsa in the Sugar Bowl provided the best game of the big Bowl day at New Orleans. The brilliant play of Prokop alone was something worth looking at. This time Tech and Tulsa, the double-T’s, move over to the Orange Bowl at Miami. Georgia Tech’s two defeats by Duke and Notre Dame, especially those 21 points Notre Dame rang up after what happened in the Army and Navy disasters, was no great boom for this contest although Tulsa again has known a fine year. In one important direction, at least, the bowl games figure to be a decided success. This is on the gate receipts side. From Southern California’s graduate manager Ar nold Eddy comes word that the Rose Bowl was sold out on December 6. All the 93,000 seats had been pur chased nearly a month ahead of the New Year’s day date. Similar glee ful reports are arriving from man agers of the other big bowl games. After all.these Bowl games, out side of entertainment, mean noth ing today. Not when you look at Army, Navy and Ohio State, the three college tops who have no Bowl assignments. Bowl games today are merely excuses for a New Year’s holiday party. They will all be in teresting contests, all worth looking at, but there is nothing else in volved. Army, Navy and Ohio State among the colleges have taken care of this side of the argument. New Pro Leagues The scrambling of the newly or ganized professional leagues is reaching the knock-down and drag- out stage. The battling is going on Midshipman Bruce Winner is shown holding His Royal Goatshii Bill IX, before the West Pointers won the traditional game by a 21 to 7 score. *1 I The army’s Distinguished Service cross has been conferred post humously on four Men of God, who gave tbeir courage and tbeir own life jackets to others aboard the sinking troop transport Dorchester. The chaplains went down with the ship. Two of them, shown, are L. to R., Firat Lieut. Alexander D. Goode and First Lieut. George L. Fox. Nurses French Boy Pvt. Walton Trohon, Caplan, La. member of the Third army, plays nurse and washes face of orphaned French boy, somewhere near th» | Bar t of the anatomy. German border, in France. 1 in conferences and deals, and in i bidding for flashy players. At least three new invaders, headed or directed by Chick Mee han, Arch Ward, Jimmy Crowley and Red Grange, are already under way in the general knowledge that only one can come safely through. In the process of locating a sur vivor from the new groups, a num ber of stockholders and investors must be badly stung. Even as it is today, only about four teams in the National Football league are out of the red. But whatever happens to the newcomers it will make an in teresting story as they hustle for various playing stands that can ac commodate the populace. It is impossible at this point to pick out the winning league. All ad mit they have all the financial back ing needed, even into the million aire class. This means a far rougher scrimmage than baseball ever knew, with the arrival of the American league more than 40 years ago or the charge of the Federal league many years later. I’ve talked with Messrs. Meehan, Ward, Crowley, Gene Tunney and several others interested in the various new ventures and they all exude confidence from every pore. Possession of the Yankee stadium in New York, and the Baltimore stadium will be important factors in those two hot football cities. An other leading point is the way vari ous new cities, such as Buffalo, Mi ami, Houston, Dallas and some others, will respond to the pro diet. Each new league leader is confi dent that he has picked the right spots. This is something the in vestors will have to learn later, either for their pleasure or their pain. And a good part of it will have to be pain, since there is no pos sible chance that four leagues can make good on the financial side. • • • Yale’s Fine Season Howie Odell, Yale’s football coach, hands Bob Kipputh, Yale’s swim ming coach, a large package of credit for the Blue’s unbeaten year. “Kipputh is something more than a magical swimming coach,” Odell says. “He is also one of the best trainers and conditioners I ever saw, no matter what game you play. Bob spent six weeks with our foot ball squad, using various exercises he bas devised to build up every *. ■ Well, Wooden He? Jasper—What kind of stockings does Charlie McCarthy wear? Joan—I dunno. You tell me. Jasper—Nail-on. In th’ end, th’ young fetier who feeds a girl a lot o’ taffy generally finds ’imself stuck. Everything on It Joan — Why, Jasper, you or dered without even glancing at the menu. Jasper—Simple. I ordered from the waiter’s apron. A Bit Late Joan—How did the corporal get that black eye? Jasper—He kissed the bride after the ceremony. Joan—But isn’t that the usual custom? Jasper—Maybe, but this was six months after the wedding. Wedding Belles Joan — Brides always wear white because it’s the happiest day of their life. Bill—Yes, and the grooms wear buck because—. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT KELP WANTED • Persons now engaged in ossentimi industry will not apply without State ment oi ae ail ability from their leesi United States Employment Sereieo. ’ f ' r * HOUSEKEEPER—To live on premises tn modern home, keep house, cook, care lor two children. Permanent position to unen cumbered middleaged woman. Write F. O. BOX 897 - Jacksonville, Fin. 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