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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C
Washington, D. C.
GERMANY’S FRESH TROOPS
Some startling facts have been
gathered by Allied war strategists
regarding Hitler’s ability to throw
reserves into the western front.
They give one explanation as to
why the war against Germany has
lasted so much longer than the war
planners expected.
It has been estimated that since
D-day when Allied troops landed on
Normandy, the Germans have lost
1,000,000 men killed, wounded or
taken prisoners. This is a terrific
loss in a period of six months.
However, despite that heavy loss,
war strategists estimate that a
greater number of Nazi troops now
face the Allies than on D-day. The
total of D-day (June 6) was 65 di
visions. But today Germany has 75
divisions on the western front.
It is also estimated that Germany’s
total strength on all fronts is just
under 6,000,000 men.
This increased strength on the
western front has not come from
the Russian front. It is known
that some divisions have been
transferred from the Russian
front, but they have been re
placed by other troops and the
eastern front has been kept at
full strength. It is too risky to
take ehances there.
Therefore, war strategists es
timate that the chief increase of
strength on the western front
has come from the Voiksgrana-
dier divisions. These include
boys of around 16 and old men of
46 which Hitler started forming
into groups around September 1.
There are 10,050 men in a divi
sion; they have little training,
poor liaison, and are short of
arms, especially machine guns.
But they fight with considerable
ferocity when mixed In with
units from the regular army.
German youth has had military
training for years, which has been a
big help. Reports are that these
new troops fight in bursts—furiously
for a while and then are exhausted.
They have no stamina.
Another factor which has helped
the German high command is the
withdrawal of about 20 divisions
from the Balkans, thus the shorten
ing of the front line in Holland. Sev
eral Finnish divisions also have been
thrown into the western front.
Hov'ever, it remains an encourag
ing fact that as of today a dwindling
percentage of the German army is
made up of men of the proper fight
ing age—from 18 to 38.
• • •
TROUBLE IN ITALY
Premier Bonomi of Italy has writ
ten President Roosevelt a 100-page
letter outlining in great detail many
Italian complaints against the Brit
ish. 4Vhen and if this is published, it
will make some of the Greek trou
bles with the British look relatively
pale.
Among the grievances Bonomi
outlined to the White House are the
terms of the armistice forced upon
Italy by the British—with American
acquiescence. The armistice terms
have never been published, and one
big reason is that the Allies are
fearful of public reaction to the
frankly imperialistic demands of
Churchill.
It calls for the ceding by Italy to
the British of the island of Pantel-
leria, just south of Sicily. This tiny
island—only 58 square miles—would
make the British a constant military
threat to Italy.
Churchill demands it, however, in
order to safeguard the “jugular
vein” of the British empire, the sea
lane through the Mediterranean to
Suez. And considering the difficulty
British shipping had going around
Africa during the early part of the
war, some U. S. leaders think he is
right.
The Adriatic port of Trieste will
be taken from Italy and made an in
ternational free port, and the ar
mistice also provides for relinquish
ing a part of the Italian breadbasket,
the Piedmont, to France.
To sweeten the pill, the Italians
were promised that the terms of the
armistice would be lightened in pro
portion to the degree of help they
give the Allies in the rest of the
war against Hitler.
So complete is the British control
that last spring, when Soviet Russia
announced recognition of the Bado-
glio government, Badoglio was ad
vised a few days later that he had
no right to deal with any other gov
ernment, Allied or not. Author of
this note was Lieut. Gen. Frank Noel
Mason MacFarlane, then deputy
president of the Allied control com
mission for Italy. Result was that
although recognition of Italy was an
nounced in Moscow, no ambassador
has been sent to Rome, nor has Italy
ever been permitted representation
in Moscow.
• • *
CAPITOL CHAFF
C. Certain administration leaders
have been urging dynamic E. A.
Stephens of New Orleans to run for
mayor of that city. Stephens had
dinner with the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt recently.
C. Sen. Claude Pepper, whose senate
subcommittee on wartime health
and education has had American
Medical association moguls tearing
their hair because of its progressive
proposals for postwar medical care,
has been invited to address the AMA
convention in Chicago in February.
Lint From a Blue Serge Suit:
Before Morton Downey departed
for overseas he was the only enter
tainer invited to perform before all
chiefs of staff in Washington. Gen.
Hap Arnold threw it. . . . Tony
Martin, the screen star thrush, is
now a staff sgt. with the Army in
France. . . . Eileen Barton, Si
natra’s new canary (and so easy on
the ears, too), is making beautiful
melodies with an up-and-coming
j swoon-singer named Tad Bruce.
I . . . Radio reports a 400 million
dollar “take” for 1944. Highest in
come in radio history. . . . Wendell
Corey (he plays the lead opposite
star Gertrude Lawrence in her new
i touring show) had a tiny part as a
sergeant in “Follow the Girls.” . . .
Wonderful little Margaret O’Brien is
waiting permish from her movie
boss to do her own radio program.
Heading a panel of quiz kidlets. . . .
According to an OPA bulletin there
are 30 billion cigarettes in stores in
the U. S. right now.
The Intelligentsia: John B. Ken
nedy is one of the few news analysts
who can take the teletype’s prosaic
reports and turn them into words
that march like armies. He steam
rollered American bigots and left
them flatter than their heads. . . .
CBS reporter Bill Downs’ deft de
scription of captured Nazis: “They
have the look of men caught steal
ing.” . . . Criticism over the film,
“The 7th Cross” (alleging it por
trayed “good” Germans), astonished
author Helen Deutsch, who points
out that the action in it takes place
in 1936 when the underground Ger
mans were trying to purge the na
tion of the wicked, etc. The good
Germans, she adds, included the
Manns, Einsteins and other refu
gees. . . . Pert Lee Carson, the
INS girl correspondent covering the
war in Europe, inherited the spot
vacated by the ailing Richard Tre-
gaskis. She’s with the -Ist Army.
Richard was invalided home after
more years of war than most men
would care to have any part of. . . .
Irving Berlin, his own music pub
lisher since Sept. 15th, has already
sold 700,000 copies of two songs:
“White Christmas” and “Always.”
The latter is 18 years old.
Long, Long Trail to Russia
More than 4,380,440 tons of war implements and goods from Ameri
ca’s factories to Russia, have been shipped through the Persian Corridor.
The goods are sent by rail and truck across some of the most varied
and difficult terrain in the world. This is the only theater where the
Russians, British and Americans are fighting together.
Quotation Marksmanship: H. G.
Wells: Moral indignation is jealousy
with a halo. . . . Anon: Snow slowly
laundering the countryside. . . .
The quote recently credited to H.
Broun, “Experience is what men
call their mistakes," should have
been credited to O. Wilde. Then we
are informed that Musset once
penned: “Experience is the name
men give to their follies or their
sorrows.” . . . Alan Gale: Was it
the Atlantic Charter or just so much
Atlantic chatter? . . . Bob Bums’
advice to after-dinner speakers:
Stand up to be seen, speak up to be
heard and shut up to be appreciat
ed! .. . Eggleston: Journalism is
organized gossip.
The Wireless: We liked the re
union with Roy Shields’ show. This
listener hasn’t had an opportunity
to enjoy it for some time. It re
mains A-onederful, displaying silky
music trimmed with literary lace
continuity. . . . Ethel Barrymore’s
regular spot on the dial proves ra
dio drama has emerged from the
knee-pants stage, despite soft soap
operas. Amazing how ordinary dia
logue glitters when it comes in con
tact with Ethel’s magical voice. . . .
Within three hours one station stabs
the air with 25 singing commercial
smellodies. One dose of that and
you turn into Marconi’s sworn ene
my. . . . Wheezes about shortages
skidded into deserved oblivion re
cently, but the ciggie shortage
spoiled it. If you recall the cracks
about sugar, coffee, meat, et all,
you know all the cigags.
The Story Tellers: For those
wrapped in the illusion that fame
comes on a silver platter, Pic mag
traces careers of various celebs and
proves no one climbs the ladder of
success without picking up splinters.
... In the Atlantic Monthly, W.
Lippmann examines the stumbling
blocks that might become tomb
stones for the post-war world. You
don’t have to wait for tomorrow’s
events to confirm his warnings—just
read today’s front pages. . . . Ira
Wolfert turns in a vivid job of trans
lating soldiers’ emotions with his
typewriter via Esquire. A GI’s long
ing for home is something so great
“it takes the mind up as with teeth
and shakes it and bangs it and
rakes it with aching.” . . . Drew
Pearson gets as much out of tea-
leaves as Aladdin got from his lamp.
His forecast in Cosmopolitan of Al
lied diplomatic troubles in 1945 has
already come true.
The Magic Lanterns: A cinematic
B-29, "Winged Victory,” is zooming
into town loaded with dramatic
blockbusters exploding emotional dy
namite. This is a stirring tribute to
America’s 4-mile-a-minute-men who
have made the skies safe for 48
stars. Long may they fly! . . .
“Hollywood Canteen” displays a
starring jamboree running the diver
sion gamut from ah to zing. Listing
the film’s mighty names is all the
praise it needs. They provide the
most potent example of amusement
since laughs were invented.
Army officers and an agent of the FBI are shown here, with parts of
the Japanese balloon found recently in Montana. They are bolding parts
of the base of the balloon. Its explosives failed to go off. Another
mysterions balloon was reported drifting inland from the ocean over
Santa Monica, Calif.
These men of the army, navy and submarine patrol, are more con
cerned with winning the war than visiting the barber. Upper left,
Pfc. Thomas Gilgore, near Hurgen, Germany. Upper right, Pvt. James
L. Poust. Lower left, TMl/c G. H. Boss of underground water patrol,
and Coastguardsman Jack P. Smith, lower right, on alert lookout.
Tots Raise Cubs on Bottle
Judith Snow feeds “Diana,” who is being held by Neil Smith, while
“Donna” on the scales, looks on. These two lion cubs are three weeks
old, and because they were deserted by their mother, they were “adopt
ed” by Mrs. Herman Scow, San Francisco. When they can feed them-
i elves, they will be returned to the zoo.
• Admiral a Lawyer
The honorary degree of doctor of
laws was recently awarded Adm. C.
W. Nimitz, USN, by Fordham. The
citation read, "modest, patient, bril
liant ahd courageous. He has proved
himself an admiral’s admiral—and
American’s American.”
Mindoro Leaders
Rear Adm. - Arthur D. Struble,
USN, (left), commander of Mindoro
attack force, confers with Rear
Adm. R. S. Berkey, USN, command
er of the navy support force, just
before weighing anchor to launch
recent assault on Mindoro.
Hero-Mayor at Sea
The above photo of Carl Zeidler,
the last taken before he was lost
with his ship, when it was sunk off
the west coast of South America,
was carried all over the world. It
was just sent to Milwaukee where he
was elected mayor at the age of 34.
Ike’s Driver Weds
WAC Corp. Pearlie Hargrave, Pil
lager, Minn., chauffeur for General
Eisenhower, who recently married
Sergt. Michael McKeogh, the com
mander’s orderly. Ike attended the
wedding.
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JMANTIAND
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A SWIMMING enthusiast, of which
there happen to be several mil
lions, wants to know more about the
Yale-Kiphuth swimming combina
tion and what they have done.
‘Also,” he writes, “can you give
me the history of the 100-yard swim
ming record? I’ve been in the navy
for two years where swimming is a
big part of our training, and where
ability to swim has already saved
thousands of lives. Not only every
navy man, but every army man who
sails on transports must be inter
ested in swimming. It can easily
mean life or death to us.”
Well, Bob Kiphuth has been with
Yale 28 years. Yale has won 32 col
lege swimming
championships in
the last 36 years.
In the last 27 years, K
Yale has won 350
college meets, los- EiMMM
ing only nine, one
of the greatest rec
ords in sport. Cer
tainly uo football
coach or football
team has even ap
proached this mark.
And it must be ad- Grantland Rice
mitted that swim
ming is not only one of our great
est sports, but our most important
sport in war. No one can deny this,
especially when you consider the
vast spread of the Pacific ocean.
Now concerning the change in
swimming records that have taken
place in the last 47 years in the 100
yards free style — the greatest test
in speed—here are the records.
World’s 100 Yard
Free Style Record:
Seconds
1897—60 —J. B. Derbyshire fcotlsnd
1902—59.6 —P. C. V. Lane England
1904—$8 —Richard Cavill Australia
1904—57.00—Cecil Healy Anstralia
1900—50 —C. M. Daniels U. S. A.
1907—55.04—C. M. Daniels U. 8. A.
1910—54.08—C. M. Daniels U. 8. A.
1915—55.8 —Duke Kahanamoku V. 8. A.
1922—52.0 —Johnny Weismuller U. 8. A.
1927—51 —Johnny Weismuller U. 8. A.
1945—50.0 —Alan Ford (Vale) D. 8. A.
1944—49.7 —Alan Ford (Vale) V. 8. A.
These records show a change of
more than 10 seconds for the 100
yards in these 47 years. They show
a drop from 60 seconds to 49.7,
which is further proof that about 99
pet cent of modem athletes are
better than the old timers. It was
not until 1906 that the United States
began warming up. Before that
Great Britain ruled the water and
the waves. But in the last 38 years
the U. S. A. has dominated the
water by a wide margin with C. M.
Daniels, Duke Kahanamoku, John
ny Weismuller and Alan Ford in
front—not overlooking other U. S.
swimmers who were close along
side. Swimming is not only one of
our greatest, but one of our most
important sports. For it is a sport
every young American should learn.
Above all else, it is a life-sav
ing matter, which few other sports
ever are.
• • •
No 'Greatest*
There is always an insistence,
year after year, from the general
sporting public that the word
“greatest” should be brought in.
There is no such word in sport. Not
even the Greeks had a name for it.
This has been brought to mind by
the number of letters that have
come in lately asking us to com
pare the Red Blaik army squad with
the best college teams of the past.
Several have asked if Army wasn’t
“the greatest college team” of all
time.
Once again we’d like to repeat—
there is no such animal. The Army
backfield with Blanchard, Davis,
Kenna, Minor, Hall and Lombardi
was magnificent. So was the Army
line. But we call your attention to
the fact that some of those Bemie
Bierman Minnesota teams were also
terrific—also a few in other years
belonging to Jock Sutherland and
Pittsburgh, Rockne and Notre
Dame, Howard Jones and Southern
California. The Leahey-Notre Dame
squad of last fall with Bertelli as
quarterback was as good as any I
remember.
Considering what Army did to
such good teams as Navy, Notre
Dame, Duke and Pennsylvania it
is quite possible that Army was the
most destructive of all football
forces. It was certainly too de
structive for any competition col
lege had this fall.
Red Blaik of Army doesn’t agree
with me — in ranking the Notre
Dame team of 1943 over the Army
1944 outfit. Rip Miller does. So does
Ed McKeever, who was Leahey’s
assistant last year—who turned in
such a fine job this season after be
ing completely outclassed in materi
al by Army and Navy.
1944 Summing Up
Giving Army and Navy due and
full credit, it must still be remem
bered, in justice to other colleges,
that they had the pick of over 20
fine backs from 12 colleges. Few
schools had even one man who could
make the grade on an Army or Navy
team this season, Ohio State being
the outstandine^exception. In time
of war it was Afine thing to have
Army and Nmjr as good as they
were. They ■Gfenged U p front in
what is knowKas a "morale way.”
But they affiw had the pick.
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