HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-02-19, Page 7aais'• Iii 'Uniform
Walk Around City
Civilians, Policemen, Sold -
Jere, Sailors, Did N.ot ••Heed
Them.
Two newspaper reporters who
dressed as Nazi U-boat cornman-
;ders and paraded through Phila-
delphia',s busiest streets without
being stopped "wonder why "the
Greeks bothered about sending a
wooden horse into Trey." -
"No Philadelphia horse is nec-
essary", .said Frank Taughill and
• William B.' Mellor, Je., "a Nazi
can just wank into the city—in
uniform."
Clad ,In full Nazi regalia, cone
pl'ete with Swastikas; and affecting
proito,uneed German ;accents, they,
passed,thousands.of people, ate in
a, crowded restaurant, spoke to po+'.
'icemen, . soldiers• and , satlors
without once running into' diffi-
i:ult.y.
.11We proyvled the `'waterfront:
+with As costly, vital de'fenee .ship-
ping", they Said," "and nobody
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though. we were a menace."
"Vere 1st 'der vadervrandt?" we
'asked a policeman.
'"You on a• ship?" , he• asked. "Get
lost last. night?" •
"'Y'eah",', he said, grinning.
a 'Boys on ships will' haev .par-
ties.'
"At the Academy of Music we
ribbed .shoixlders With hundreds
more citizens. They looked at us;
skimp- of.—thein, they even looked -
at our caps with the Swastikas.
T,hat Wes .all. Their brains • didn't
see what tlfciieyes • •,itw, '
"In the eentral section, a po•
-
•. 'licernan steeled to ,ha wl us out"
for parking. Be molted at aur uni-
forms and sail: ' .
".';0h 1$m:.. ''surry._ - Naves .boy's;
!tub? Well; that's okay;• • but don't
parktoo lotjgah
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'PERCY A. KELLY
ee—e-Hailedhas-neberosirtetltehetetkheg
of C.N.S. Lady Hawkins, Chief .'
•.Officer 'Kelly; of • Halifax, com-
mended a packed :lifeboat and is
credited with sat';ing • the 1ii''es "rit
many when the .vessel .was sunk
by an- enemy torpedo, • '
Queen . Rear y - Gives - - -
Cana. dian A Ride
Gunner Archie.McOwen of Que-
bec was hitch -hiking from "Come
where in England" to 'London.' '
"I missed the bus and stetted
to Walk in the hope nf• getting a
lift in a track." he wrote his wife;
here. , "1 had not gone ,far when
a ear- -stopped -and the 'ehauffeur,
ieeelrcrl if I ' were going to the
city. A' lady's voice asked me to
ent`r•. 1 ,.just got nicely seated
when i stole a glance at the lady.
You can imagine the• shock when
• i immediately recognized it wag
none other than Q.ueeit Mary who
' . was giving me .8 lift, She 'soon
• put me at ease and said she fre-
quehtly stops for the 15uys on th'e
road. She inquired*all-tfhout our
unit and -told me' of her trip
" through Canada when Princess of
Wales.
"The Qrtecn was guil=t to St.
James' Palai•e and let lir out
right at the- door of the' Beaver
drib. • g`e'eing the royal ear step
at the' etirb, •the. •crowd thought
• some •"big• shot" had arrived. i
just 'wish you could • helve seen
their faces ' when 'yours truly.
stepped out. It was an experience
I shall neyer forgi't.•. She is a.
marvelous, woman and 1 am proud
to be able to fight' .for her,"
VOICE
OF T H E
PRESS
CARELESS TALK •
Same people have heen inclined
to scoff at pesters displayed at
various points in Canada warning
Against 'careless talk of such
things as ship . departures.' It
seems at times that the;' caution
voiced is rather exaggerated, that
casual words dropped among
friends could .not possibly do
harm.
•The' stoi'.•gi told by a British sea-
•' man in 'New -York,. however., is al- .
Most an exact duplication of the
picture story told on -some of these
Wall cards. , It is. the tale of a
sailor revealing .to :.a' -'girl' friend
the time of depart ire of ]lis ship,
and. of the news' -.traveling from.
Mouth, to mouth until it was re
laved by ''means of a.signal to a
lurking•subinarine, and • the vessel
was :sunk with -heavy loss of •,life.•
It is . a' story, that should .make
everyone think: ' It is a .'deadly'
example of just .how 'dangerous' it
iff to • drop :•even a . c;asual word:
Careless talk does cost lives.
-Windsor Star
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"SMACK JAPS':•
.A 'boatswains plate rushedinto
a 'Chinese laundry -in New York..
and asked for his.• bundle in a
hurry, . because he• had to report
for. 'duty at noon. He. didn't have
a..tiel:et but : Gey.n'e Sun__d>drti t
•throw at •hnn the old Chestn'iit: •
"Ne' tickee, no laundie." •' 'Instead
he pushed the sailor's dollar bill
.back to Hint arni game--,th'e-i-fello-w=-
his laundry, 'saying: "No monie.
Smack Japs.';' And no .doubt that '
Mate will smack ''em if • he gets
- half a chance. •
--Peterliorotigh Fxa'rniner .
ANTIMACASSAR
• Macassar, a section of Celebes
which borders the [strait of Ma-;,
caseate where a Japanese convoy
`has : been battered—was, 'famous -tree
-,•-the, eighteenth . century • as .the
source of, :I'1a'eassar "oil, used an .a-''
. hair oil. The ail 'was so popular
that cloth covers, known, its anti-
macassars, came into use to pro-
tect'.the backs, of chairs from hair •;
on which it .had been employed.
-Sault" Ste. Marie Star
ANOTHER WAR PERIL,
Another of the `unlistedperils
of war—the danger • that people
may become cross-eyed trying to
watch both the 'Atlantic- and the
Pacific • a4r the- sirrrt,itioto w -
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THE_OLD•DAYS.
Men's flashy socks, are another
thing that is out for the duration.,
• bowakes„--t esare_-apeminor vanity
of the days when Elmer, of Pippin
Centre, used to drive along Main
street with one foot outside the
• buggy box -and stunned 'em.
--Hamilton Spectator ;
' AND STARTED 'BACK
. Hitler—went into- Russia- to' Sind__
room to ' turn..around in. Then
he turned •around. ,
--Brandon Sun
.Russia Too: Busy
To Attack .Iapan •
Naturally, it would be a great •_
relief to our forces in the Far
East if •the heart of Japan were
bombarded,'.as it easily could bet
from the neighborhood of Via.di-
,.bvostok... But, the war. has to 'be''
considered in regard to all its e
• operations 'on_ all 'fronts., There
is no greater service that Russia
could render at this juncture•than '
to engage the massive ,land armies
of Hitler with all, her resources,.
and to continue to inflict- the
heavy. blows site is now dealing..
It is true, she has in equipped
• and' self -dependent 'army' in Far
Eastern Siberia, find is capable oP
dealing with any attack that Ja-
pan might snake. But it is obvi-'•
ous that the ,opening of a• new
front.would be a distraction from
her s'upreine effort , in the went.
It is what Hitler. - would desire,
'and, therefore, obviously what we
'abo'uld net desire.
2-000,000' Aliens
''Working For Hitler
Fiitlor 'halI:. put Mole than •l• •
1Ii0,004 anvil men- hurl worm' into
German ewer .industries in a su-
`prelil'C .offort to (*ewe.* his en-
ormous IOM'S r11, Russia. sia, Nethrg-
i•
an' cireles•stntc', • '
. "their fig'tlres'.tallied rriib a vier•
01x11 hl•ottd%•ast from Be ran gin -
flouncing that ' 2,1.10;000; .• ahrnr
and 1,500..00.0 "prisonrr• of \V 11'1'"
are working tinder Cwr.1 :u1 .•t••ic:a,
11er•lin'said •teeetl•ir.'a • of these
a,040,00Q teen aml a emelt w•c1 i•
engaged. in winner, ,tl, rteitt.;ri,11'
' and t.raneport.alien jogs,
s
"HiElrr has irnhaferer,l many
war factory everters to the army,„
.
these •Nortveginps ,;ti,l. "r� C..111111'g.
up 200,00:0 wore lirt mp rr,,zi,r n.
• and also •recalling viten u.110 l,:si
reached pension nge .
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Supply of Rubber ,
On Alkali Deserts
On the alkali deserts of six.'
western states there are • 500,-
000,000 bounds .of natural rubber
--enough to supply the United
States for five months ready tor
immediate harvesting, Unive•s ity
of California scientists • irifor led
the government,
This rubber. although ncrt'quite
as good ars the prime, product from
the East Indies, is entirely satis-
fat•tory, the e parts reported.
Most important, they said, is that
it is already on hand and can be
collected ' and made into tires,
tubes and nthee -finished products
without nnelue. effort.
It exists in the rabbit brash, a
iarge perennial shrub which eov-
ors %est stretches of the- West's,
anent opei'r spaces. California,
Nevada and Colorado have most '
of it htit rhos• . •are large tracts
also in Ne'» Mexico, Utah, Idaho
:anti perhaps othr states. ,
A Weekly Column About This and That in The Canadian. Army
Last week the only reference. ..bier is permitted, to carry • a
made in this 'column to Army "swagger .stick" 'therefore be-
slang had a slight note of acidity. •' comes the 'modern equivalent of
This week as Ed. Wynn used to a square-pushinge,uniform.
say "The programme is going to With the aid • of , a, copy of
be different." Tor once the re- "Songs and slang of the British
aurrection of Army slang fron't_, soldier -1914-18:18"• =- which .•is
. the dim • mists df a peaceful past ,. the personal property Of 'a mem-
ties up very directly with a piece ber of the staff of the Historical
of- news full' of interest for the Section of . the Army in Ottawa, 1•
members of . the •Indiv'idual Citi- •have been able to locate .several
ten's Army and their army of •definitions of "square -pushing;"
relatiehs'and .{friends. 'The .term is, first•reeoraed in .the,
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The term 'is, "Square=pushing" 188the as being, •euri•remt 'in garri-r
and the news the promised issue son artillery units and its `organ
of .a "walking out dress" to all isthought to be ' deriyed ..f ern ,the
Canadian "other ranks."' Per -
feet that soldiers were fre,uuently,
haps . I ' :should clarify "other . ' seen eseorting nursemaids as : they
ranks." This.term measle all sol-
pushed ,their perambulator's around.'
Biers :other than commissioned the "squares;" then a frequent
. officers. It saves paper; • which . -feature of town -planting. Later
is a commendable war time aeon- the tern:l sgn e -pushing,,. ac-
omy,' and it saves Veen, 'a wise ''cording to, the authority, was'.apJ
thing to de at any ,time. Were plied to a soldier going out in the'
this term not •available, it would evening "to court a particular 'girl
be necessary t speak of "officers, or perhaps to find one." In
warrant officers,' non -commission- 1914=18' this' piece of Army sung
ed officers and risen." So tli was revived, again to '.apply par
two -word substitution is ,an: aeon:• ticularly to boots and, since ,neem=
only. hers. of the Canadian Expedition-
ary •Force were •amongst the best
paid Alred soldrers;t-is- quite
'likely thatthey were the principal
purchasers'' of .civilian;'boots to,
weaar•vvith their unifo ns when off_
• arade and attending social ev-
ents, i.e.; "square -pushing..";'
'All' of this becomes Very apt
once again as the new issue of •
• "walking out dress" includes
_something unheard of ;prior to
• A.D. 1941 to use the Ordnance'
'term, "shoes . black, •low,, leather,•
pairs.'onei", ••
The r-elationshi between_. the .__
story of the new uniform and' -the "
slang terra • "Square -pushing" is
very close. In the piping times' of
•i -t ---here re-
---� rrt 4 • - a<
-•-and-� ail
- eace- I
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those who never associate bag-
pipels with peace—the' soldieif was
issued with two :uniforms,. one in
Which to train and fight, and the
other, frequently variations- of '
scarlet . and -h'lue 'fir=—the ' dirk--
green
ark:-green ofrifle regiments, for walk-
ing out after the day's training
was :over. . This. "walking out"
uniforni in "barracks was known'
as The "square-pushing'-u5iifbrm,
and, although today's • young sol-
dier`is perhaps not faamiliar' with
"square -pushing 'rig", as a •collo-
quial definition the terria does not
apply , to '\him because . by the
middle of March he. 'will 'be: the '
proud possessor of—to re,,vert-•to
the piping times of peace •again-
what we used to call a."best suit." '
This new uniform; a picture of
which appeared in this paper two
or three weeks ago, consists of a
smartly cut jacket and slacks,
black low shoes of a lighter
weight than the issued `,'amrnuni-
5 Nazi oldiers T
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f eat' 6 Britishers r.
There's not much anyone can •
do •with - the odds standing at 7.5
•to' six, so the. Britishers just sat
back and , siuoled.• ' Londoners .got
the story from a' New Zealand
soldier broadcasting to the British
Isles..
During the . f ig'hting back and ,
forth. across the scorching. sands.
of Libya, • six "British • trucks fvith
• their. crews' were. returning.• to:
their column' "when •they ran.
• tfi :z, w . ,•ri :-bMkiss� : e peak ei "• : , ' e heeahl , =a:.[
tiv�• baa�s ., (�tlr .._ .... . r. . 'xn - '�°'"°...
d�I'esa, et+1�101Camsteandt^s,eti7(F a¢r'�rleh, aitiee•- %"i etta'+aCis" yeees 'tt rdye• t`il' ' . .' ;i
coat. , Irr "'general ':appearan'e>e, al- °- - .The Germans gulled to the' side
though it is cut of rthe .same' weight • of the .road and stopped, The
of serge •as' were our jackets in, British did fikewise.1 And because•
• the last war, it. -very elosely re- - 'there didn't seem to • be ,anything
serol•:res==•t re4auktet Lavern lry .off%. else_ to db a.1Fo1I all -lit, , up
cer., even to the brass -buckled ._ ,cigarettes. ' •
cloth belt. .The • breast pockets ; • ror a • few' seconds all '—was
have .the regulation Arrrhy pleat • quiet, theft the firing started and•
in them and there are patch poclt- the Britons ran the gauntlet pact
eta . in- the- sides,. This. uniform,.- ,: the German. truelts • and rejoined,
with,: which the "off parade" sol -,.their unit safely.
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London Papers
Still Advertising
Every Advertistere.nt Direct
Testimony To Faith In The
Future
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London,, where food and cloth-
• ing are rationed and the shoppers
are "less than 20 minutes” • from
the enemy, .is, still carrying, on its
newspaper advertising.
• Lord & Thomas, New Yorle. ad-
vertising firm, recently issued a
•study .prepared by ' its London•
' branch en ' British business. and '
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advertising in- the, third year •of
q•war, said
"Woven deep into theways 'ot
democracy . is advertising: :•A
' .bridge• Between the. freedom-, of
• •pepole to • buy :and ,_the freedo'rn •
• of peopl'e'to•sell. No Nazi "bomb,
ingehas been able to destroy that,
bridge • in :Britain.
"Every..advertisement. appearii'g
, there •today' is. a; flag of' defiance; •
is ,direct testimony to someone's'
• faith in •the future; is someone's
toast to' victory."
. • Papers Cut'- Down .
Since' the Nazi invasion of,
Scandinavia whence Britain ob-
tained the bulk of its paper pulp,
British' newspapers haye,-been 're-
duced to four-page issues and no
:"•`large posters'. are available..
. Because. of this the demand for
advertising space in, Britain' far
exceeds the• su'.pply,.but items ' ad
• • vertise.d•. there 'inciudc: Soap, ra-
dtos,:=•dog fasu;-:•:e•hed lato, -shoes
. tooth paste, .cider, vaseline, beer,
. fur coats, .-elothing. ..
• The B 'fish ,Government is the
'AVOW s gra AdvertiserRin, the
news.pape s b17 per cent'
P]acln
of • all advertisements : published
and. even .on such aMajor news •
`announcetnent at' the 'cl'othes ea-
. tionineg order, ' .used paid adver- •
tising-space. • ' • • • • .
'Lord and Thomas,.said govern
nient advertising- has had this of-,
fact: —•
.." 7`11e_�_.. publis_..1,,is....--.rlevelhpingY
• • stronger than. ever : ,.habits. of .
,studyth4 :advertising .columns .for....
. instructions and advice . ' . of
utmost importance in their liven
The effect of this, 'on the future .
of advertising, is . incalculable." '
The .firat etanclueled • from its .
-.study preparedb. as the United
States plunged into, the 'war.. •
• "Drastic ..'changes in our', life
• and business are surely ahead 'of''
us. "Brit this', (study) will serve,
its purpose if •it shows one thing.
That' not 'ihar'•— • only. defeat .^
,destroys the ways. of , detr ocracy,'
the spirit, humor and, ei terprise
- e i.3. ''T^ i
illai:f :. heiveeetSi'S'heg,-. oO rd"'"ashle,
Thomas said, protects the adver-
`tisers' investment in trade names,
keeps ,contact, with th- 'hanging
habits of the. public a 'd the new
markets—growing—u—' in- t e -war,.:
.and "fulfills • its 'esponsibility of
maintaining th:. freedom of the
press by:non-gover•nmetit support"
besides upholding public, morale.
• • The: firm' said ane of the .
strongest •supports of • British .
morale has been the "stubborn"
resistance ,f— the 'retail' disrup-•
'. tions while "buying and selling
.keep. making the beat of it.". . •4- '
°. Since Jan. :1,. 1042, no .new
shupi, inay •open a .riew • retail'
business., Any. opened since Oct..
' 2S, 1 ;l4.1, had to be grauted a
. goveri inent. license after proving;
their services were heeded,
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Norway Invasion
Costly To Germans,
lu the final reckoning it will be
revealed that Norway made a siz-
able , cont'f•ibtition to the Allied '
cause .in• the 'form of deaths and
danrages inflicted o.e the Gei•rnan •
' fighting forces when Germany in-..
vaded ,Norway and during the 62 .
days'of open warfal•e that' follow=:
ed. • The eonquesl •cost the Ger-
man's between 60 and 70 thousand
,.lives (some estimates run as high
aa' 1.00,000) ; it cast Germany one-
third of her navy,; ' it cost Ger-
inany• vast amounts of war mater-
• ials; it cost Germany •hetefirst de- -
feat en land when the city of Naze;
.vik was recaptured by Norwegian
' and British forces. Perhaps, tuost
- important of all, it cost• Germany
valuable time -62 days of •fight-
ing for what, was carefully plan-
ned as an "overnight job." •That•
delay was probelaay'• in pant re-
sponsible .for the pe tponenient of
'the invasion of England.
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LIFE'S 'LIKE THAT By Fred Neher
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"Nebody ever asks
—2 , ---' Fx'r<z,
me anything ) know."
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THE 'WAR . WEEK — Commentary on ,Current . E'vents
United Nations Stand With Backs
To Wall In Far Eastern Battle
One bright Spot in a far..' from ''.'..States have •to disperse their. for- •
ebeerful, picture' of 'the Battle of ccs and materials aver the .face •
the Pacific is, the news that a: Un- of the earth. Americans are' fight-• .
ite,d States naval force has az rived ing •on the land, 'sea and•air in the
in NewZealand and that other. Far ••East;. ' An ' American expedi-
reinfo'rcements have landed sat eta- - tionary force ,has•landed in North
tion: ..a:lon - the e4 000= -il ...-r- :...:_erntl-i-el.and.. Atrierican-su Lies. are.... •.. .
s`. g m s cute I><ll
from • Pearl ' Harbour. This . is an going to Britain, ,Russia, •Africa and
important story. Tt means' that going
the liiddle:'.rast. : t
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the supply line from Amerio'a'to its• Neither. power: Intends to let. '
ternninus .in Ne' Zealand. is •'o r l.ussia'•iiov n and hermit Hitler,to .
for reinforceneits :.ed -Jar the vital con e lack next stme.and nulli-
' weapons, of ar, • . fy" the Winter, • victory. which •the• .
In 'two'srnonths of ivar in "the.Far. . RusSiatis are `co:psol-idating: The
East the enemy,.,s•triking. with 'stir ' demands Iof -the Far East -and :Airs-
perior man.. zia.l'al and. air power;', .tra.2ia ..cannot be inert •at the• cost ,
has 'Pressed • the initial a:dvan'tage. of giving'' aid. and. comfort ,to IIirler •
of•surpiise•into far reaching gains. in that; fashion..
The lot of "the 'United -Nations has -Churchill's -Forecast • '
' 'Britain ale cannot' • relax fol•..a '
stand at .bay. in their. key,de.fens'e . iniauti in;- ,Milia, • •Things niq-
...:paSitioOI The -...ca -1 -1 -...haps gorie_retit••- menturily--a-re•--g3iitg—pecrly_•_.in.--'_._.—.:.,
from headquarters ;to hold at•,ell' Libye.....'S11oay.in•g....thea..• need,_.., for
costs for rei-n-fo.i•ee-n-ren-t-s are—melee wee etaerate-e-reinforcerrenets; De-'
way. feat, tr3he u''
_low ,long 'can 'they "hold that • . Canal'heraide v11:e ould :tilexpase 1"ielclq tlg.
iSraezl,;.•
.Fine?" The, allied. task' is' .cenepli, 'Iran and: fhe ('aucaGus to. Asis
• cited' by the extended lines, of,the attack. . ,
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Japanese attacks,• stre•tcbing:'ov'er
nearly , 5,000 • miles• of "land : and States cannot weaken their
Water. They, -have opened .up' so strength .in the Atlanti•c.to'ti their
many danger .points that Allied • • their naval •forces in the •` 15acific
forces : are unable , to 'concentrate and Medi•terrenean. -1'greriCan sup-
for the.. proper defense of, any, one.,•plies • must, ,be kept flouring across
With',1agan's. shorter lines of com- the Atlantic at all costs and this . •
miunications,, the enens`v has. 'been reqheady n%ot:.The 'G•
able - to throw superior, 'forces mansuires already. hcoave'. cn;srriad• " theier-r• •
against every point attached` submarine warfar.e'to•;these.'shores •.
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......... .a�lirFWs.':. V.Y.b;CT.• ,..,_
tluce•a.7
n ireuc.}ns�r�;xn.cYo�"s�k'arr.�u•.. ;.,.
Tlie; strategy of i pin's va� t' ex, in •the 'spring.
pansionist programme is pow 'clear: 'No't, long ago' :tMr.. Churchill•warn-,
, For .years syst'ematic'planning. spy'- ed .that "Japanese naval soprani
ing and waiting ,have been ,part of - acy will last hong enough for Jalian
•:this-:. stu p endo rs. sch;enie £)Y'_coYLL _ ,...., __ - . agile = to ee ilii_ .=ane
. Lr .---to—�nilrc-t--rrrati) I ea- y p
quest. The little yellow Wren' have losses on 'the United 'mations and
charted every .channel .'acid, shoal their establishments in the Par'
from the Strait of • Malacca, to the' Fast," , and .added r•:'1 believe .we
reefs of Australia. and o»•iota the •shale presently 'regain naval coni -
mid Pacific. They have surveyed mand lin .the Pacific' old., begin. to
every'A11ied land defense gnd'knury esLali]isir effective superiority ' in
their weakne;sea. They h'arp manthe 'air. Later on—in 19.43—we
shev-hl--'be -Mole- to set- abeut --our-
task i.ti the Pacific in good style."
•been one of retreat until now they
- nett. on4' jungle- fir ails afld : potted •'.
suitable ground for air bases, Thus
the Japanese knew where to at-
tack and ho.w and. as in the cash
of Pearl Harbor, wizen, .
'With the fall ;of 'Singapore
nliuent, the Allies have been 'forced
to move ,their • Far Eastern :Mete
to Duteli Fast Indies bases. An
all-out desperate attempt must be'
made to hold Java and Sumatra.'
a
already, feeling the hard blows 01
the Japanese hordes. They are
key 'points in the defensive system
of. the United IN:.tions. forming a
. temente between -Inc Indian (acerin
• and life China Sea. '
Burma is'•in grave -danger.. Tho
•Burma Road, the vital life line of
empeltes from the United •':shops'
• arsenal to China is . threatened..
The loss of 13ertna .rt:)tild hr� a
deddiy Now to. t.China.
• Watching Hitler
Sbonia Singapore fall an() the
• Japanese become entrenched on
the East 'Indies and Java. they '
would be masters for the time
being o>'• the entire Southwest
Pacific with the exception of .Vts-
tralla. ' Austz'dlia Would then be..
come the Allied stt'bnghold and the
point from which the 'United Na-
tions would have to fight' the long
way back. The island continent
is preparing to. meet. 'the\growing
threat of a direct invasion,
Were Japan -alone to be dealt
with,' the job vhoiild be finished
tjuickll. Brut Britain and the United
• New. Command
. Vice -Admiral, C. E. L. Helfrich of
the Royal , etiier.lands Navy lfas
succeeded Admiral e Thpivas C.
Hart as commander' of the United
Nations. sea forces' in the East
fndies. Ill -health forced the Ameri-
can commander to • retire.
tI
:is' considered that }telfr•ich,
in the defense' of his homeland,'
will follow .a•', policy of "no re-
treats", • cominensuate with ton -
set r in'K - his, forces. for the most .
.effective blows -against• the in.=
vaders.• •
The 'sea -areae over which the
invaders .must move to pi ess home
their .conquest are scalloped with
tiny hays anti, inlets from which
the presumably inferior.. defending
forces may dash ;out tg harry their
convoys and 'wage hit-and-run war
on their fighting units. ' ."
'Admiral lielfi ich ,was described
by an American naval spokesman
as a plaster in those ,tac:tics,
•
THREE MEN
Frantdin D. Roosevelt was 1941.
Mari' of the Yeare but Adolf Hitler
remains the World's No. -1 poison--
ality ; . Your description of.
Churchill as: "wholly British and
half American" is aptly put, to say
the least. • If ever. any man {rated •'
the 'title of "Ian and -a -half ' it's
t British prince minister.
o' Letters ir1. Time Magazine.
4,
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By 'OI NE BY.RNES
lT3 ALL YOUR . FAULT, AtiCyl:c •
YA 'SHOULDN`tA TEMPTED ME,/'
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