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[ rges No Tear
Shedding For
Soldiers in Alaska
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‘‘Get tough and get serious,"
was the advice of Col. David P.
Hardy, commander of a coast ar
tillery unit in Alaska, when he
addressed the meeting of the Ro
tary Club at Anchorage.
* Colonel Hardy spoke on "The
Civilian In the Army,” and told
the Rotarians that there is no
need of feeling sorry’ for soldiers
on duty in A'aska.
“I am wearing the same clo
thing I wore in California and
find living conditions very much
the same here,” he said. “Reports
from the regimental units give
no indication of any privations or
hardships confronting the boys
here.”
Colonel Hardy urged the civil
ian population to assist in the up
building of soldiers’ morale by
not feeling sorry for them.
"We are fortunate to be in Al
aska and are having experiences
that shall always be a bright
spot in our memories,” he said.
The colonel also urged the ei
vi'ian population to take the
world situation seriously and
give full recognition to the ter
rible problems confronting man
kind.
Colonel Hardy in civilian lift'
Is business manager of the San
Francisco pub:ic schools. He
went into the service a year age
when his National Guard regi
ment was activated, and came t;
Alaska about three weeks ago.
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Five year old Pamela Hoi ling
worth (above), was found alive
after wandering eight days and
nights through the mountain wil
derness near Conway, N. H.. and
at the hospital, where she was
taken, her condition was report
made prior to her being lost,
ed “good.” This picture was
PAMELA HOLLINGWORTH IN HOSPITAL
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This is the first picture of five-year-old Pamela Hollingworth af
ter she as taken to a hospital at Conway, N.H., after being found
alivd and in “reasonable health” despite eight days alone ill
mountain woods. She was reported gaining strength.
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Breakdown In
Prisoner Exchange
i BERNE, Switzerland, Oct.
Disappointed groups of German
and British war prisoners were
being returned to hospitals fol
owing a breakdown of negotia
tions for their exchange.
British officials accused the
Gormans of bad faith in wreck
ing negotiations for the trade of
the sick and wounded prisoners
; of war. On the other hand the
Germans charged that the British
government had entered the neg
otiations for propaganda purpos
, es and never intended to go thru
; with the deal.
The negotiations collapsed on a
, point of numbers to be involved
; in the echange. British officials
I pointed out that the Geneva.
Switzerland, convention called
, for belligerents to make the
‘ransfer or sick and wounded sol
d:ers regardless of the number
; involved on either side.
Attitude of Germans
The Germans insited on a man
i for-man exchange with an equal
number involved on each side.
The Germans demanded that Ger
; ran civilian prisoners be includ
. ed so that they would get back
a number equal to the number
i of Britons sent home.
A group of German women
and children arrived in London
from the Port Erin internment
camp on the Isle of Man.
The women and children were
brought from the camp for re
turn to Germany with a number
of wounded German prisoners of
war —preparations for the ex
change of whom collapsed.
The German women and child
ren were housed in an institution
in southwest London. They had
made the trip from the Isle of
Man under guard in the cabin of
a steamer.
They were not told that plans
for their return to Germany had
been postponed indefinitely and
went to their quarters believing
that they would resume their
journey.
It was expected they would be
returned to the Isle of Man camp
from which they came.
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Some Of The Things N on Think
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About England Are Not True
Paul Manning. NEA Correspond
ent, Gives Surprising Answers
To Most Common Queries
Ey PAUL MANNING
NEA London Correspondent
The best-informed people in
the hush-hush-hush world of to- j
day are the Americans.
But even they because their
newspaper reports and radio
broadca-ds frequently are thinly
or heavily veiled by censorship
abroad, have formed many not
who'ly correct impressions of life
in war-ridden Britain.
After a year and a half in Eng- j
land as correspondent for NEA i
Service, I recently came back to!
America on vacation, traveled
from coast to coast, and found
myself answering the eager ques
tions of hundreds of persons in
big cities and small towns.
And I have listed below, what
I believe are my fellow country
men’s commonest misconceptions
about Britain-at-war — as con
trasted with the actual truth.
Americans Believe: That Eng
land is an island fortress brist
ling with guns.
The Facts are: Strategic coast
and inland points bristle with
guns but there are thousands of
unguarded fields were troop
carrying Junkers could land with
ease were it not for the RAF.
Americans Believe: That Win
ston Churchill is the hero of ev
ery Englishman.
The Facts Arc: Churchill is
‘‘Mr. England” to the little peo-1
p’e of Britain, but even he had
trouble overriding the violent
criticism of the “Country Set."
headed by Lloyd George, which
developed out of Greece Crete,
and Libya.
Americans reeneve: mat only
a trickle of ships from New York
is arriving at English port of
call.
The Facts Are: More big con
voys arrive in the western ports i
of England than the Admiralty
admits. One convoy totaled 84
ships but 50 was the figure an
nounced.
Americans Believe: That Cov
entry is the worst bombed city
in all England.
The Facts Are: Coventry is the
most publicized bombed city in
England because the British took
off the stops and let newsmen
W'rite completely so the horror
of the blitz raids would be brot1
home to America. Actually Lon
don is the worst, but the capital
is so vast it hides its wounds
better than a Coventry or Ply
mouth or Bristol..
Americans Believe: That Scotch
w'hisky, plentiful in the U. S. A.
must therefore still be available
in large quantities.
The Facts Are: Scotch whiskey
is becoming increasingly difficult
to get in England because it is
being shipped to America in vast
quantities as exchange for Am
erican dollars.
Americans Believe: That the
first airplane to be shot down
over Britain was German.
The Facts Are: First plane to
be brought down shortly after
war was declared in September,
1939, was a Spitfire which suf
fered a direct hit by an English
anti-aircraft shell.
Americans Believe: That a
deep air raid shelter in London
is safe.
Parachutist
Claims Free
Fall Record
CHICAGO — Arthur Starnes,
36, a parachutist, jumped from
an airplane at an altitude of
about 30,000 feet opened his
'chutes at about 1,500, and land
ed safely to claim the record for
the longest free fall ever made
in the United States.
Starnes’ jumping weight was
275 pounds, including the scien
tific equipment he carried.
Estimating his falling speed to j
have reached 180 miles an hour,
Starnes remained conscious thru
out the plunge, and upon reach-'
ing ground grinned and said he j
felt fine.
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The Facts Are: Sever: i Hun
dred people in one subway shel
ter 90 fret below ground were
killed by bomb blast which trav
eled down an escalator, entrance.
Other shelters built too deep in
London, are often flooded be
came they lie below the water
level.
Americans Believe: That car
go-carrying ships are s ill flow
ing into the Port of London.
The Facts Are: England’s larg
est port, London, is practically
devoid of all sea commerce. It is
too cose to the air fields of
France and ships do not like run
ning the ganlet of Dover.
Americans Believe: That Am
erican pursuit ships are the equal
if not the masters of anything
flying in combat over the English
Channel front.
The Facts Are: No American
fighter plane now in action over
Britain can stand up in action to
tlie Mark 5 Spitfire or the M?s
serschmidtt 109F or 110. Only
against Italian planes and second
line German ships in the Middle
East have the Tomahawks been
able to triumph. Engines are the
answer. The British have the su
perb Rolls-Royce which they de
veloped from years of govern
ment-subsidized research and the
Nazis have a German version of
the Hi.spano-Suiza a Rolls Royce
type engine.
Americans Believe: That the
Secret U. S. bombsight could re
volutionize bomb warfare in Eu
rope.
The Facts Are: The English are
unable to make use of the secret
U. S. bomb sight because, while
it is accurate at 20.000 feett you
have to see your target to hit it,
as with any sight. And as visi
bility is sufficiently good only 50
days of 365 over western Europe
altitude bombing as practiced in
Texas and California is out of
tlv question. To score directs hits
over Germany, pilots must neces
sarily drop to a low' altitude, so
the advantage of the U. S. sight
becomes lost.
Americans Believe: That the
British army in England today
is a force of four million.
The Facts Are: This figure giv
en by tiie Prime Minister, includ
ed both the trained Home Guard
and regular troops. The British
army defense force actually num
bers little more than 2 million.
American Believe: That peak
production is being maintained
in all factories of Britain.
The Facts Are: Shortage of
many basic materials is one big
reason for a slip in factory out
put.
Americans Believe: That all
theaters and night clubs in Lon
don are now closed.
The Facts Are: LeSuivi, Cocoa
nut Grove, the 400, the Savoy.
Dorchester, Mayfair, Grosvenor
House and possibly one hundred
smaller night spots are still going
strong. The cinemas, with the
exception of half a dozen, are do
ing business, and currently eight
revues like Black Velvet, Up and
Doing, Applesauce, Rise Above
It, and Noel Coward’s new Blithe
Spirit are playing to packed hous
es in London.
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GERMANS CLAIM NEW VICTORY
of the Sea of Azov (1), but London reported German checked in
a thrust into C rimea. Russians acknowledged an unspecified Ger
man wedge into thecentud front (2), where Iaindcn previously
reported new German ‘pincer drives’ under way. The Red art"'
announced defense gains at Leningrad (3)( had smashed 19 Ger
man forts.
GERMAN TROOPS CROSS RIVER
German soldiers, Using ri(bber boats, cross a Russian river, ac
ta ding to German sources, at the start of the new German of
fensive on the central front west of Moscow. Pictured radioed
from Berlin to New York.
RUSSIAN TANKS TAKE TO THE ROAD
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These Rtesian tanks roll along a road in the direction of Vyazma, on the eastern war front, 1
cow sources say. This photo sent from Moscow hy radio.