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FIRST OF A SERIES
Artist Howell
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Dodd Reports
Battle ^ ith Sea
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Howell Dodd braced himself on
the bridge of the S.S. “X". a 10,-,
000-*on Liberty ship, to catch the
north Atlantic in a white water j
mood
Dodd. AP Features artist on his
wav to sketch the warfronts,,
found tha4 the crossing is more
often a battle WITH the Atlantic,
than the battle OF the Alanic.
The S. S. “X’’ piched and roll
ed through 4wo old-fashioned
storms that made the war seem
very far away, and, for the mo
ment. unimportan.t
Standing on the port wing of
the bridge, Dodd ske4ched the
forward deck of the ship battened
down for the cross;ng Up ahead
are two more Liberty ships, wal
lowing in the swells. Not shown
in the picture are other lines of
freighters making up ‘he convoy.
The S. S. “X" is in position three
of the eleventh line of the con
voy.
The U. S Navy signalman 'left*
on the bridge wing with Dodd,
was simply “Flags” to his mates.
Dodd suffered only slightly
green gills during ‘he crossing but
the ‘‘X” shipped water five days
running and suffered some dam
age to life boats. The emergency
life rafts (one is shown in fore
ground remained intact. Heavy
seas stove n the armor plating
in the bow and some gear was
washed away. One iceberg was
encoun'ered.
(Monday: The Bridge)
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Before (he war, Bulgaria sup
plied 15 per cent of Germany’s
chromium imports.
B R I D E—Dolores Moran of the
Alms models a white organdy
bridal gown made with long, fit*
ted bodice and a full train.
While eyelet embro: U ry Is used
as ruffle trua.
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| WHAT IT MEANS—
The Palestine
Question
By NED NORDNESS
WASHINGTON — The British
government has closed the gates
of Palestine to Jewish immigration
af'er this April and again atten
tion is focused on the strife of
two peoples who claim the Holy
Land for their own.
Both the Arabs and Jews regard
Palestine as their homeland. The
Arabs cling to their ambition for
na'ional status and independence.
The Jews yearn to realize an an
cient dream of establishing a
home for their people in the prom
ised land.
Five million Jews in this coun
try are vitally interested. Mil
lions of dollars of American mon
ey are invested in Palestine Jew
ish enterprise.
The state department is much
concerned with the lot of the
Jews, but the problems attached
are delicate and the department
is not losing sight of other issues,
mainly our war interests. The U.
S. government has no desire to
make a move that would interfere
with Britain’s winning the war.
Britain's Hot Potato
Many Jewish organizations, no
tably the Zionist Organization of
America, are pressing for U. S.
intervention in Palestine. But
there is li’tle this country can
do. Government officials concede
the United States has been inter
ested in the creation of a Jewish
national horse in Palestine, but
this country sannot assume res
ponsibility. It has no legal con
tract under which it is committed
to share in the rule of Palestine.
In short, since Palestine is a
British mandate, the hot potato
is hers.
The Arabs appear to have the
edge on the Jews. A 1939 British
“whi*e paper’’ sanctioned Jewish
immigration of 75,000 during the
following five years to bring the
Jewish population of Palestine
up to one-third of the total. Then
further Jewish immigration is
banned.
The 1940 census showed 550,
000 Jews, more than 1,000,000
Arabs and a smattering of others.;
The status of Jews during the
World War and leading up to and
during the present war undoubt
edly influenced Great Britain’s
stand against further Jewish im
migration against Arab wishes.
During the World War the Bal
four Declaration was issued. It'
was this declaration which really;
brought about the pulsing head-1
ache which is the Palestine prob
lem. Issued in 1917, it stated:
“The British government views
with favor the establishment in
Palestine of a national home for
the Jewish people, and will use
their best endeavors to facilitate
the achievement of the project
The declaration undoubtedly
was motivated by the need of
drawing to the Allied cause the
support of Jews in neutral coun
tries, and in part was believed to
be a reward to Dr. Chaim Weiz-'
mann of London, president of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine, who1
had turned over to the British a1
base for a powerful explosive.
Today nothing is needed to
make Jews all over the world
long and work for the defeat of
Hi'ler and Nazi-ism.
Arab Relations Important
Peaceful Allied relations with
the Arabs are vital. Allied troops
are stationed in territory popu
la'ed by strongly-armed Arab
groups who could prove trouble
some. Much oil and potash are
provided from Arabic areas. Rail-1
ways, airlines and strategic roads
terminate or course over Arab
dominated territory. It is quite
apparent Grea* Britain was anx
ious not to disturb Arab tran
quility as war clouds gathered in,
1939.
The Arabs contend the British
4o them in 1915—two years be
promised Palestine sovereignity
fore the Balfour Declaration—
when the Germans were winning
and the British needed Arab help.
Thus, after the Balfour Declara
tion, claims and counterclaims
were hurled at the British and
each o4her by the Arabs and
Jews. The claimants of Palestine
fought each other with knife,
bomb and rifle. More than 2,000
lives were lost, millions of dol
lars in property destroyed.
Great Britain at4empted media
tion, suggesting an Arabian and
a Jewish state in Palestine with
the British holding mandate over,
a third Partition. The proposal
fell upon deaf ears. Finally the
British issued the white paper of.
1939 and deeiared the Balfour
Declaration did not envisage an
independent Jewish state. The
government denied, also, any
promises of an independent Arab
state.
Colonial Secretary Oliver Stan
ley last Nov. 10 disclosed only
43,000 Jews had arrived in Pal
estine by September, 1943, since
1939, leaving 32,000 yet to enter.
He indicated Great Britain would
not exclude the number needed
to fill the 75,000 quota, arriving
after April, if their documents
were in order and it could be
shown they had been detained
by difficulties of war.
ARMY GOES BIG j
FOR SMALL BOOKS
NEW YORK —(AP)— About 20
million copies of popular books
reduced to pocket size, about six
million dollars worth of textbooks
and copies of 25 magazines are
being supplied by the morale
division of the Army Service
forces.
The lighter pocket-sized books
cost only 7Vi cents each and
weigh only one-sixth as much as
regular editions. Many of the
textbooks are re-edited and re
printed. Advertisements are de
leted ahd some magazines are
printed in miniature on thin pa
per.
Packets of news magazines are
often flown overseas.
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