| Show THE GARLAND TIMES GARLAND UTAH Tribesmen Build Road Through West China Overall Mobilization Keeps Nazis in Field Geared Peace War Learned From World I War Experience Nation Total to Meet Shock in effort to proTHE government’s duce a 100 per cent war an effort has led to the racing which to the curtlead will blockade and games ailment of other what will be sport’s future tn 1945? of By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analyit and Commentator SVSV Service Union Trust Building D C Washington of two article (This is theflrs by Mr Bakhage on where Germany continues to get It fighting manpower The second and concluding article will appear next week) arguments over the winter counter - offensive German will probably be fought out from the with almost as much bitterness as that which characterized the actual combat Already there are a few who dare Insist that the German "morally and physically''' wai not underestimated This means that Germany's military preparedness the extent of which many knew few seemed to be able to assay Just how thoroughly the Third Reich leaders had geared Germany’s social political and economic life into total war could be read in terms of facts snd figures available to the experts But since no state in history had ever so nearly apthe absolute In military proached activity it may have been difficult to BS guard stands by as Baukhage signs eut of radio studie la Berlin Isa Its after broadcast te U 8 i Interpret those facta and figures In terms of after the battle of France f Perhaps one of the most basic datum csme not from plans stolen from the Nazi high command but furnished freely by the association of German tailors It proves the old prove the adage that exceptions rule The rule Is that clothes do not make the man The exception which proves It Is the fact thst in 1939 one out of every three Germans was in aome kind of a unand therefore under tome iform kind of military or either of the army itself discipline ppr of the Nazi party Ludendorff Struck Keynote The day war broke out about of the German people were literally clothed In the panoply of war This was not an accident It wai part of the Nazi policy The more nearly Allies themselves reached a atate of total warfare at the end of World War I than did Germans of that time the read this fact out of the bitterness of the defeat of 1918 He said: "total policy must In peacetime prepare for the people's life and death struggle In time of war In such a way that even under the Impact of war it cannot be shifted broken or destroyed completely by enemy measures" Hitler reaffirmed this thesis and what is more immediately put It into effect as a policy first by eliminating all organizations not under either the party or the army A law was passed as early as March 1933 which stated that "in wartime every German man snd every German woman beyond conscription is bound to render service to the fatherland" Let us look at some of the “organwhich grew up under this of total war First in Impois the historically translated "Nazi Storm Troopers" abbreviated "SA” and usually called the "Brown Shirts" Although this group contained military units it was planned as a "political army” and was abolished aa such after the Roehm purge of 1934 Then it contained three million men It was shortly reborn and isations" policy rtance BARBS reformed and starting with a group of a million 200 thousand of the original group took charge of training political soldiers from childhood up indoctrinating them in Nazi principles and also overseeing military training before service in the army and again after the citizen had passed normal military age The second group to come into prominence in the Reich is now by all in the most powerful group considered from evIt is the “SS” The “SS” are supposed to have had in the group who made up Hitler’s bodyguard in the of the party Their numearly days ber was estimated as 730000 In 1942 and Heinrich Himmler was from the (and still Is) their combeginning mander although their oath of loyalty ia to Hitler This group was originally created to form the nucleus of a new aristocracy The requirements of entrance are strict In the first place the applicant must have been an outstanding member of the Hitler Youth organization He can apply in his 18th year for SS membership Out of a hundred applicants usualand they ly 10 or 13 are admitted The stand frequent must show applicant's family and healthy physical (according to backNazi standards) political ground "aryan" blood back to 1750 and no hereditary disease An SS applicant must’ be the "right" height and (he fright” build with the "right” color of hair and eyes When he marries he must marry a suitable wife? accordBefore he ing to similar standards la eligible he must win Certain sport awards serve in the Reich labor aervlce then In the army Meanwhile he must attend special schools of training In Nazi Ideology and military and physical graining When the SS novice finishes his term in the army he- goes through more tests and if he passes is a full member Then he is under Jurisdiction of the special SS court of law and must Uv up to all the practices and principles of the order He is compelled to defend his honor with the sword (must take part In duels) and is permitted U attacked by an ordinary citizen to a weapon use the atagainst tacker even If it Is not necessary odds the country ery viewpoint Centuries of Independence has produced the pride and conrsge shown on the face of this Y1 tribesman lower left who Is among those rushing: completion of the road In West China to Burma Upper left uhowu the tribesmen catting’ through the solid granite Upper right they hold reveille Lower— take time wff te Ustea te the dally Chinese lessons given them fight some of Veteran Seventh Army Carries on Grim Struggle is 'i The Berlin radio says thst looks “vigorous and healthy" the Germans method of o have For Hoiv Long? Hitler May-- a LOwer left Lient Gen Alexander M Patch commanding officer of the famous Seventh army Upper left Seventh army Infantrymen eroncla low between tank and building an they hear enemy shells getting closet? Upper right sniper hunting lu Nlederbronn France When the American Seventh army took who were being held in the town Jail they freed 300 Frenchwomen Feeding Grouse Corn on Tree Fighting General It isn’t any one sport alone It is the massed front of so many sports that nse op gasoline men needed for war work travel accommodations and so forth And it isn’t easy to discriminate Comet Into Ite Own SS Gradually from an organization took over many which military the SS police and other functions grew to the point where it is the dominating police force In Germany uniformed snd plain clothes (the Gestapo) and now the dominating force in the army and the Reich It has one entirely military branch with its own panzer the and other divisions war when I was in Germany broke out and it was that winter was formed that the some SS men being released from the regular army to form these units It was evident when one watched the SS any military formation from sentry duty up tltat they tried to outdo the regular army In snap and "spit and polish" Their legs were a little stiller when did the goose step Their they salutes were as precise as a trip hammer They tried to look as mean aa they could and oftek succeeded In looking meaner than that There is no doubt that "the SS divisions have the reputation of beThe winter feeding program of the Fish snd Wildlire service calls ing crack divisions and that they for the birds and small mammals over the tough spots In have won at least some of the re- cold helping areas Above a grouse is seen eating some of the corn placed on of of is left old what the spect the tree Without extra grain after storms snd billiards many of the military element in the birds would die Photo was taken in professional sand hills of North Dakota Wehrmacht army which struggled against their rise in power as long as it could from the Dispatches mention western front frequently SS outfits— recently when they were shooting American prisoners — but the Russians refuse to say they flghl sny better than other divisions They have frequently been used si reserves in tight situations snd framework also as a strengthening for less fanatical troops The "Black Corps" as it la called because of Its black uniforms Is described by one authority as em"a military fanaticism bodying - ''1 v such as the world has hardly seen from the days of Mahdi and New Butterfly f Airplane At this time high school sport in place should be encouraged of being cut down The toughest part of the German army today is composed of those 11 to kids Hitler started training and building up 10 years ago Over here we have paid far too little attention to the of those in the physical development same age brackets Lost Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor commander of the 101st Airborne division was in Washington when his division wss trapped Inside He flew the Atlantie and slipped through enemy lines In n Jeep to be with bin men siding them to win their way out Clare Luce Dunks rf ' ' x' 5 S Japanese the superforts A man in New York lost $400 out of bis sock and was so grateful If when it was returned that he said be would put It into a victory bond That is oven wiser than Investing In poor of rect si garters pair Tail Along the narrow path of sane seems there tittle reasoning chance that the war In Europe will be ended by early summer with the war against Japan closing at a much later date This will make it difficult for any pro baseball to league open in April or May It will be a rough undertaking to make np leagues composed of those under 18 and those older than 36 or 38 v urge that dolls and be sent to workers in to boost their morale What i present raiding by the we can understand the flowers but why the dolls? The flowers with all the people who get gasoline (uit buying the fellows might seU to Hitler without risking their patriotism How long will this last? Until the in Europe Is won How long will be? Your guess probably is aa good as that of any commanding general Many of the latter haven’t set any records at guessing correctly so far We have had enough— too much — hopeful wishing Jo keep on making the same mistake Of course the pro football and pro baseball players still participating In their sports are only a minute part of 11000000 or 12000000 men In the armed services war that by Baukhage discovered embalming o But there will still be football and other forms of competition at West snd in all Point snd Annapolis trainees schools housing Navy Also there will be some sport left at those colleges which can master to carry on bat enough this leaves a scant margin In the have been main these fillers-ionly turning in good Jobs Just the same The main blow will fall upon all professional sport the This will be especially contingent true if those who are still declared unfit for war duty are sent into some form of war work Just how this will affect professional boxing and amateur basketball remains to be seen The rougher blast will hit professional baseball before it reaches pro football as the latter still has an Interval of seven or eight months before another season starts But the baseball training is scheduled to open within three months— and that’s on the shorter side s new r!Ir Racing isn’t the only sport that will face the axe There is sure to rebe a sweeping of all classification not engaged diIn war prorectly For exduction there are ample ball 250 big league classified players who will be as — and Also be should Is a large there of profesnumber sional football play- - Grantland Rice ers and college football players who will be reclassified And there Is a strong chance that those who are passed up for active war duty will be called to some essential form of war help apart from sport if fWlth a V tall sr "butterfly” tail type af only two elements the alert Beechcraft piano has been successfully pled out Tests show control and stability charactertatics at all speeds The enly rick la the deal Is te let the movable control surface knew when te act is rodders ‘and when te function as f levators Gla While visiting In Europe Rep Clare Boothe Lnoe sf Connecticut showed the troops that she knew all the finer arts of doughnut dunking learned In Washington We have been losing 25 per cent of our draftees for physical reasons while Germany Norway Sweden and other European countries have lost only 7 to 9 per cent To have 25000 of every 100000 unfit for military service is a rough indictment on the way we have handled this part of the job Football with more than seven months' leeway has a better break thaq baseball has But seven months may not be long enough Racing which was planning to open a new season from California to Florida via New Orleans takes the hardest Jolt Racing’s losses will run far beyond the combined losses of football baseball and all other banned or stifled sports put together let there will be plenty of sport In 1945 bnt It won’t be sport In an 109 per cent war there can be no discrimination of any sort We have already found out we can’t win with a 60 per cent efifort against Germany and Japan The public at large Including every form of sport ahould get back of this 100 per cent effort with 100 per cent support until the war is won You can see how a man with one arm or one leg or families with husbands and brothers now buried under crosses or without crosses all over the world should begin to look with doubt upon young athletes dashing from goal to goal or circling the bases in pennant race |
