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In a magazine article, Presi
dent Roosevelt affirms the sound
ness of the doctrine that shooting
after being shot is likely to be
an ineffective proceeding. Straw
votes indicate that the majority
of those reached by informal
polls are of the same mind Find
* ing a sane middle ground be
tween senseless war hurrah and
playing unwittingly or deliberate
ly into Nazi hands, is a task that
^ will tax the abilities of the best
and the wisest. In the meantime,
preparation for defense goes on.|
Between a billion and a billion1
and a half went out for that1
purpose during the month of Sep
tember. When all is over, we
may find ourselves cluttered up
with a mass of junk for which
there never was any use: but that
fact will not prove that the out
lay was foolish. Until some bet
ter way of acquiring useful in
formation than depending on the
senses is available, the prudent
man will outfit himself with a ‘
gun and ammunition when he
sees predatory wild animals
•bout.
Secretary Hull is 70
The Congressional Directory
contains a somewhat lengthy
paragraph which begins: "Cordell
Hull, Secretary of State, was
born October 2, 1871 in Overton
(now Pickett) County, Tenn."
For present purposes, the rest of
the biography is of no particular
interest. The important point is
that Mr. Hull lately had a birth
day, his seventieth. Without re
gard to the politics of the well
wisher ,and whether or not he
^ likes the Administration, con
gratulations are forthcoming. It
L natural enough to feel that
existing troubles are worse than
th-ose which have gone before, I
but it does seem as though Sec
retary Hull has been given an
u:;usually hard row to hoe. It
may be said truthfully of him
that at three score and ten he is
filing his place with dignity,:
ability and fortitude, and that!
the flood of years which has roll-1
ed past him has left few traces
of ravage, to the satisfaction of
all.
As an incident of the birthday,
Mr. Hull got his picture in the
public print, which was neither a
gratifying novelty for him nor a
new disclosure for readers. Few
thought about the picture at all.
(Nobody was of the opinion that
a matter of nation-wide concern
was involved when the Secre
tary’s face looked out once more
from the morning paper. It is not
so over in Italy. The showing of
a portrait of a trusted lieutenant
in the Fascist body has been for
bidden in that country', on the
.ground that since the Duce is the
Fascist head, a display of a sub
ordinate’s photograph can have
no interest or significance. It is
now clear that President Roose
velt has been insulted without
knowing it, and that Democra
cies are stupid, and indifferent
concerning the common welfare.
The U. S. and Peru
A sensible and practical de
fense measure is to be found in
an understanding reached lately
by the United States and Peru
Cruiser Juneau
Another Nail In
Hiller’s Coffin
_____ *
KEARNY, N. — At the sue
cessful launching of the S13.000,
000 six thousand ton light cruiser
Juneau, christened by Mrs. Har
cv I, Lucas, wife of the mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, Rear Admiral
Andrews in an address said:
“Each launching is another
nail in Hitler’s coffin. This vessel
will be manned by fighting Am
ericans who believe there is no
second place in anything.”
The large crowd attending the
launching also heard Anthony J.
Dimond assert that Alaska is
proud of the honor and also of
the “fact that there are no Com
munists no saboteurs and no fifth
columnists in the Territory of A1
aska.”
Delegate Dimond at a confer
ence with the newsmen later in
the afternoon said that he was
sure that if a break came in the
international picture, it would
come to the Pacific Coast.
The Delegate further said the
Government understood Alaska’s
problems and “this launching is a
symbol of the .great efforts to pro
tect the Territory.”
regarding needful metals and
other specified commodities.
They will be available to the gov
ernments of the Americas only.
Private enterprise in the United
States will be permitted to ab
sorb as much as it can take and
the Federal government will
warehouse freely from the ample
supply that will be left over.
Aside from the advantage to the
United States arising out of the
possession of the material, Peru
will be inclined to subscribe to
the rule that the customer is
right.
Executed Czechs
The week’s total of Czechs ex
ecuted offhand by the Germans,
in an effort to quell uprisings,
stands at approximately 150: not
a large number, it is true consid
ered in the abstract. The machine
gun rattle of a second, in battle,
could easily run up a better
score. It is the reason for the
butchery rather than numerical
results, that calls for closest
scrutiny.
Internal Front In Germany
Nazi sources of information,
not always to be relied upon for
honesty of the cherry tree type,
probably are telling the truth in
this case: “With Germany deep
in a fight for life, it is under
standable that we cannot toler
ate an internal front against us.’’
An internal front is firing the
first scattered shots in what in
deed will be the greatest, battle
that Hitler has known. When a
nation has to fall back upon the
scaffold as a war tool, the end is
in sight. Nero lighted the Appian
Way with torches consisting of
cricified victims selected from a
troublesome minority and cover- j
ed with oil, but it did him no
good. Martyrs fight on, long af
ter they are dead. An organiza
tion that creates them is decad
ent and on the way out.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
Epidemic* Of
Chuckles About
Life In Army
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By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON — Counting in
Senators, Representatives, news
men, and observers, I sometimes
think there have been more capit
alitrs than soldiers on Army man
euvrrs this year.
A? a result of all the inspec
tions, one of Washington’s favor
ite pastimes now is telling man
euver stories.
Most often heard are those
about the use of imaginary wea
pons—like the one about the pri
vate who verbally bang-banged
until he was out of breath at an
enemy private walking down the
road. When the enemy still re
fused to drop dead, the irate pri
vate shouted at him: “What’s the
matter with you soldier, I shot
you with a rifle, a pistol and a
machine gun?" The enemy kept
on walking, justing turning his
head to yell back, “What’s the
matter wtih you, can’t you see
I’m a tank?"
But these aren’t the only stor
ies being told and some of them
have a little more basis in fact.
For instance, word came to one
battalion in Lousiana to end ma
neuvers. It was pouring rain and
the boys were standing ankle
deep in mud. As the order was
given. one soldier piped up:
“Swell, now lets all sing “God
Bless America’ —and leave out
Loirsiana.”
Lousiana came in for another
one in a story about the hurri
cane. The 135'h Medical Corps
was camped in lowlands near
Jennings when the storm blew a
flood into the camp, A conscien
tious lieutenant, eager to be pos
itive that all his men had gotten
out, went wading knee deep
down the company street, poking
h;s head into every tent. In one,
lie discovered a grinning private,
sitting cross-legged on his cot,
holding a stick in his hand from
which dangled a couple of yards
of stout cord. “What the devil
are you doing?" the lieutenant
shouted. The soldier eyed his of
ficer in disgust. “Can’t you see,
Sir? I’m fishing. The tent’s full
of ’em.”
From Virginia comes the story
of how a scouting party ambush
ed an Army truck with two trail
ers. They blocked the road and
poured mythical shells into truck
and trailers. Out of the latter hop
ped a distressed little man. Wav
ing wildly, he rushed up to the
jubilant captors. “You can’t cap
ture us,” he screamed. “We’re the
Army’s only mobile tailor shop."
And so they were.
Both Texas and the imaginary
equipment come in for a little
ribbing in the yarn about the
regiment that had beat its way
for seven days through the bone
dry prohibition counties in the
Sabine River sector. During a
rest period on a forced march, a
sergeant saw one of his men paw
ing the air with one foot and ges
turing endlessly with a crooked
elbow. “What goes on here?” bel
lowed the sergeant. The private
wailed, "Shucks, Sarge, I’m just
having a few imaginary beers.
After seven days in this country,
BATTLE FOR MOSCOW RAGES ON
Arrowheads indicate main German thrusts in the battle for Moscow, which raged on fiercely.
Russian newspaper dispatches said the German spearheads in the Vyazma and Kalinin sectors had
been broken. There was NO direct word from Russia on whether the govrenment had abandoned
Moscow. Kazan, 450 miles east, had been picked long ago as an emergency capital.
NEW SITE OF U. S. E IB ASS V I N RUSSI A
Now that Moscow has become a fortrei city, the Cnited States Embassy to Russia has moved to
KuiJiyshev, which apparently has become the wa time capital of Russia. Renin's Square in Kuiby
shev is shown.
GERMAN TANKS MOVE EASTWARD FROC VYAZMA
German tanks advanced eastward, according to t ■' IV*. li . a u >i, after the b-tle of > va. :u. •
tore radioed from Berlin to New Vork.
it don’t take much imagination.”
Whenever Army pay is men
tioned, you are certain to hear
about tin* Asheboro, N. C., cafe
ower who, in addition to dishing
out steaks and French fries was
his own cashier. He already was
in a lather when one of the sol
diers handing him a 60-eent
check and a $1,000 bill, with the
casual comment, “Sorry', that’s
the smallest I have.” The cafe
man screamed, "But I can’t
change a $1,000 bill!” Another
buck private stepped forward
with a calm, ‘‘I can,” and peeled
off nine one-hundreds, four twen
ties, a ten and two fives.
ALASKA POSTS’ MORALE
IIIGII, SAYS MADDUX
SEATTLE — The morale of sol
diers in Alaska is “unusually
high,” Col. R. F. Maddux, com
manding the Seattle Port of Em
barkation, declared after return
ing from a one-month tour of
Army ports in the Territory.
Colonel Maddux said the con
struction of Army posts in Alas- j
ka is progressing “on schedule, j
or ahead of schedule.”
“We cannot be held respon
sible for the weather in Alaska,!
but whether it rains or snows, j
the soldiers are carrying on,” the
colonel said.
“The morale is excellent and j
that is remarkable, considering
the soldiers are a long way from
their homes and it takes a long
time for direct word from their
families to reach them.”
She was cross and called him
Mr.,
But not because he kr.,
But because (just before)
As she opened the door
This same Mr. kr sr.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside,’ using Sour
dough Stationery. They’ll get a
big kick out of it.
THE PINCH ON MOSCOW
VELIKIE ,
LUKI
• MOSCOW
BOROO/^
MOZHAISK
K* 1 C
hAZMA \
L.SMOLENSK
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Arrows represent approximate areas of reported German semi
circle about Moscow. The Russians acknowledged a German drive
on the approaches of Kalinin. London reported German forces
had rolled half way from Vyazma toward the capital. Berlin claim
ed Tula had fallen.
SUN VALLLEY SKIER
COACHES SNOW FANS
MATANUSKA RIVER — Pfc.
George Rathke, ski stylist of Sun
Valley’s famous slopes, recently
started a ski school of his own—
his eager pupils being members
of Fort Richradson’s aviation or
dnance organization.
Scene of the ski school was the
organization’s newly completed
I
recreation cabin, fully equipped
to ’‘hole up” a dozen vacationing
men in Alaska luxury, according
to Pfc. Kenneth Kigans. soldier
reporter.
Group by group, xhe entire
outfit is slated to keep the snow
sports lodge occupied all winter.
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