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Show THE AGE TWO TIMES-NEW- NEPHL UTAH S. Mixed Tidings International Court and Police Force For Postwar World Envisioned by Hull; Nazi Drive Increases Russia's Peril; Rommel Stymied by Allied Air Power State Department Declaration Gives Added (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions sro expressed In these eolnmno, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. Hope to Struggling People in Resisting Nazi Oppression. By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WXU Features, 1343 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Half way between July 4, Amer lea's Independence day, and July 14, the anniversary of the acceptance of the French constitution, there falls a date that some day may be celebrated as a milestone In history. On July 9, 1942, the United States government in a cautiously worded Franco-America- n statement "recognized" what was described as "the Contribution of ' General de Gaulle and the work of the French National Committee in keeping alive the spirit of French traditions and institutions." The announcement made by Secretary of State Hull pledged "the lending of all possible military assistance to the French National committee as a symbol of French resistance In general against the Axis powers." The important phrase In that sentence, perhaps in the whole document, is "resistance in general." Packed into those three words is the picture of a group of men who until July 9 had been carrying on one of the most tragic struggles in the history of France, carrying it on without much help or hope from the Allies. New life, new hope began for the French forces of "resistance" against Germany. It brought new unity to a movement of French patriots scattered over the face of the earth. Few people realized it, but this guarded action of the state department probably laid the first solid paving stone in the road that will one day lead to Berlin. Of course, very little can be said of what the "Free French" movement means where it is vitally important within France. But it is claimed that an almost perfect intelligence system is now operating within France. The Germans know that what they do and frequently what they plan cannot be concealed from the French if it takes place in France. Immediately after the fall of France, Frenchmen spontaneously That resistbegan "resistance." ance has now been definitely or ganized and is directed from Lon- - I don by De Gaulle although groups in France work in separate channels. There are three main organizations: Liberation Francais; Combat; and The first form of "resistance" to the Germans was the appearance of little printed labels on walls, on automobiles, on boxes and lamp posts. Just short messages attacking the Germans, calling for resistance. Then the courageous met and found ways and means to help each other or help agents of the Allies to thwart the Germans. The more aggressive began to steal dynamite and blow up shops and railways. Frenc-Tireur- s. Labor Union t Unified By this time General De Gaulle had gathered about him leaders and organizers. They were soon able to get in and out of France and the organization work began. I am Informed that for the first time In history the French labor onions have become unified and are working together solidly. The old socialist party has been reformed, the old leaders have been displaced and the group bears the name of the young socialist party. Naturally the communists are now cooperating fully. The "resistance" inside France is carried on by groups and individuals of every social and political stratum. could, at the discretion of the English, be advanced to the Free French. But the French movement lacked moral support, the organization within France still felt that it was working with little British support and almost none from the United States. In fact we seemed to be playing ball with the other side the Vichy side. The preparation for the invasion of France has now begun with new zeal. The Free French have complete plans under way for establishing civilian government in territory which will be occupied by the Allied forces. This is essential for when the invasion comes a certain amount of chaos is expected at first and between an invading force and the civilian population is essential. Organization for this cooperation is beginning. The United States government did not recognize General De Gaulle as the head of the French state. But according to representatives of Free France in Washington the official recognition of their group as "the symbol" of "resistance in general" was a powerful forward step in giving new sinews to the effective Allies of the United Nations inside France, paving the way for a successful opening of the second front It brings the first real hope since the fall of France for the rebirth of the nation. Easier Now to Look Backward, Not Forward Perhaps because a person can't look very far ahead these turbulent days a lot of people are beginning to look backward. At least that is the opinion of Conklin Mann, who recently traced the geneology of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill back to a common ancestor who came over on the Mayflower and then discovered that General MacArthur was related to both of them. Mann was in Washington recently and he had a number of interesting things to say about family trees. He is really an advertising man but his hobby has made him an expert and he is now the editor of the 'Record," published by the New York State Geneological society. "The United States has always been pedigree conscious about its cattle, horses, pets and virtually all growing crops," Mann said to me. "Now, the war is making us pedigree-conscioabout ourselves. With countries and peoples Involved In the struggle or seriously affected by it, the whole country is 'root conscious.' " Mann believes that the reason for the renewed interest in the subject of geneology is that the stupendous turmoil through which the world is going has sent people back to fundamentals and. he says: "All roots are fundamentals." "Just having lived in this country a lot of generations doesn't make a man an American," sad Mann. "Two great influences htve made America what it is today. "One is a philosophy oi life that we define as the American Way a broad, liberal, generous policy of freedom of thought and action for the individual. The second thing is the flesh and blood men and women who have had the stamina to build up and defend the American Way. "An American in the true sense of the word is anybody who understands the American Way, lives by it and supports it with his full energy and life." "Establishment of the blood relationship of Churchill and Roosevelt." says Mann, "makes the characters themselves that much more interesting and bringing to light details of their family history makes the nation's history that much richer. "And now comes the added discovery that the popular hero. Gen. Douglas MacArthur. though a third generation Scot in family name, is also related to both Mr, Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill through his New England born grandmother " Personally I agree with Mr Mann. us Even the recognition of the Free French as the de facto governors of the Pacific islands, African possessions and the islands of Pierre and Bt Miquelon off Newfoundland still left the Free French movement as a whole, outside the pale of cooperation. All this time the representatives of Vichy remained in their embassy in Washington but the of the National representatives Committee (Free French took headquarters in an office building. Indirectly they were aitlod financially because an arrangement was Geneology is a good thing if we made whereby Ampric.in Iraso-lendon't take the part it has to io with supplies furnished to Great Britain ourselves too seriously. d H H I E F S Arrangements fur the aerial from theaters of war of sick and wounded military personnel are being made by the army air forces, the war department has announced. A unit to be known as the air evacuation group (medical) Is now being organized. It will provide as complete facilities for treatment in transit as are known to trans-portatio- n aero-medic- research. by llnukhagc mines has embarked on more intensive studies of processes developed by Its metallurgists to increase the nation's output of chromium, the strategic metal used in the manufacture of armor plate, armor-piercintool projectiles, steels and other essential war g d , YW ..... J,.mv-...- ,. 1 v ' nmmtf-''mi,-- ( iiDiii ifiiiiiiiiiiiinnir'itiiviifiiii forces. RUSSIAN FRONT: 'Terrible Days POSTWAR WORLD: Hull Envisions The gravity of the Russian situation could not be underestimated and no attempt was made to belittle When Cordell Hull broadcast an appeal for a safe and saner postwar world, it was clear that a majority of Americans agreed with his thesis that the peace as well as the war must be won by the United Nations if future chaos is to be avoided. In an address heard around the world, the secretary of state mad these points': 1. The United Nations' immediate problem is to win the war decisively. 2. After the war surveillance must be exercised over Germany, Japan, Italy and their satellites by the United Nations until the aggressors prove their willingness and ability to live at peace with other nations. 3. Disputes must be settled by peaceful means. An international court of justice would provide respect for law and obligations. 4. Freedom is to be assured by removal of economic and political shackles. Errors of extreme nationalism thatNcaused the present war must be avoided. silvery-haire- d its seriousness. Germany's report of the fall of Rostov emphasized the crisis. As the sorely pressed Russians guarding the approaches to the Caucasus and the Volga river bad fallen back before the million-ma- n German army smashing its way southeast down the Don river valley, the Soviet army cfrgan. Red Star, said frankly: "Terrible days face the country." It called upon the fighting men of Russia to emulate the example of 28 Red soldiers, who in the defense of Moscow last winter, died fighting a tank charge with little more than their bare hands. The speed of the new Nazi drive against the Reds' celebrated defense-in-dept- h technique was believed to be due to the Germans' use of a crushing, mass maneuver which employed monster tanks, armored trains," heavy mortars and an unprecedented concentration of air power. Only comforting note in the bleak picture was the success of Russian soldiers in regaining ground far to the north in their counter-offensiv- e around Voronezh. By turning the Nazis back here. Marshal Timoshen-k- o might be able to take some of the pressure off Red forces in the deep South who had fought with their backs to the wall in defense of Rostov. EGYPT: Air Potver Tells It had become increasingly clear that air power was assuming a decisive role in the fight for Egypt. Steady reinforcements of the British air arm had enabled the Imperials to launch an offensive along the front from El Alamein on the Mediterranean to the Quattera marshes, paced by an RAF onslaught that drove Nazi planes from the sky. The British drive dislodged the Nazis from Tel el Eisa (Hill of Jesus) In the north and succeeded in making considerable headway along the center. Activity by the Allies had followed a week-lonassault by American and British planes and British warships on the North African coastal highway on which German Marshal Rommel had rushed reinforcements to oflset the capture of 6,000 Italians on the Egyptian front in In raids previous engagements. covering 275 miles of Rommel's exposed supply route, British planes virtually wiped out the El Daba airport near the Egyptian lines. U. S. CASUALTIES: Shoio War's Trend at Burial with military honors is the hope of friend or foe alike, if death in battle is the fighting man's lot Thus a tradition sanctioned by the ages was followed when the bodies of 29 German submarine crew members were buried in Hampton, Va. The victims were the first enemy dead to be landed on American shores since the beginning of the war. The bodies and a few empty life Jackets were all that remained afloat after a destroyer on Atlantic patrol sank the The same honors were accorded the enemy as Amcri-Can- s might wish for their own dead, if the circumstances were reversed. Navy chaplains read the requiem. A navy firing squad fired a salute of three volleys. A navy bugler sounded taps. LIGHTS in LONDON: The British information service said that British women are now nearly 100 per cent mobilized. Of 15.800.000 women between the ages of 18 and 64. the agency said. 7,500,000 are doing full time Jobs in war production. About , 670,-00- others are disabled and 5,500.-00are taking care of families. Many others are serving in the auxiliaries of the army and navy. N: OP A Gets $120,000,000 Price Administrator Leon Henderson was given $120,000,000 with which to fight inflation, when the house of representatives agreed to adopt a conference cbmmittee's recommendations to compromise its differences with the senate. The outspoken Henderson thus got $75,000,000 less for financing his operations than he had originally asked for, but actually $45,000,000 more than the house had first voted. Political wiseacres observed that the result was simply an illustration of the old game of give and take. Henderson had first asked for more than he expected, the house first voted less than he actually needed. The finale was a compromise satisfactory to all. WAR PROFITEERING: Halted by House Drastic steps to curb wartime profiteering were taken when the house of representatives passed a bill outlawing commission fees on government contracts, after Chairman Carl Vinson declared that agents, obtaining war contracts for manufacturers were "fleecing American taxpayers." Testimony presented previously to the house naval committee had disclosed that three Washington firms of "sales engineers" had earned close to $2,000,000 in commission fees on government contracts in the past six months. LEAHY: 'Eyes and Legs' Called from created retirement to the of chief of staff to the Commander in Chief, was Adm. William Daniel Leahy, newly position former chief of naval operations and more recently ambassador to Vichy France. With all the world discussing the prospects of the United States and Britain opening a second front in 12,-1- REQUIEM: For Crete IG II ANTI-INFLATIO- Casualty figures released by the Office of War Information revealed that the navy's losses since Pearl Harbor were 15 times greater than for the entire span of World War L The OWI's statistics disclosed naval casualties thus far totaling compared with 871 in the first World war. The current casualties included 3,420 killed; 1,051 wounded and 7,051 missing. Those of World War I included 356 killed in action; 58 died of wounds and 456 lost at sea. The army's losses in the present war, were placed at 19.767. These included 902 killed; 1,413 wounded and 17,452 missing. That the Philippine Scouts trained under General MacArthur had given a heroic account of themselves was indicated by casualties listing 479 killed; 754 wounded and 11,000 missing. Casualties for all services were placed at 44.413. "The bulk of the army casualties ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY fall into the category of missing," Europe this year, the appointment the OWI said. of Admiral Leahy to the new posiFEMININE ARMY: tion was hailed as significant of suefforts ahead. Regarded as preme WAAC Trains Hard an able strategist. Admiral Leahy, a. m. 5:45 at from Every morning in the words of President Roosevelt, now until next November 9, 800 will serve as "his eyes and legs and members of the newly organized relieve him of many detail duties." Women's Auxiliary Army corps will The Chief however, Executive, leap from their army cots to begin made it clear that Leahy would not a crowded day of drills, lectures and training at their camp at Fort be supreme commander of the United Nations force s, or even of AmerDes Moines. Iowa. Mr. RooseBy November 9. America's first ican forces. Although feminine army of occupation will velt did not use the term, it apadmiral would bebegin to spread out to 19 forts peared that the commander in throughout the country to relieve come an assistant men in the armed forces for active chief, ranking all naval and mlli tary officers but the President. combat doty. g U-Iio- Taking their first offensive action in the southwest Pacific since their disastrous defeat in the Battle of the Coral Sea last May, the Japanese landed an invasion force at Buna, 100 miles directly across the eastern arm of New Guinea from Port Moresby, last Allied outpost of Australia. A Melbourne communique reported that United Nations planes had attacked the invasion fleet and sank a large transport and barge, but did not prevent the landing. On the Chinese front the Japs did not have such happy tidings to report to Tokyo. First item of bad news was the recapture by Chinese armies of Kienteh, a key point southwest of Hangchow. Second item was a report that United States bombers had sunk two Japanese naval craft on the Fu river in Kiangsi province. Meanwhile along the Hangchow-Nanchan- g railway the Nipponese invaders were being constantly harassed by Chinese guerillas. The official Central News agency disclosed that Chinese farmers had been armed with 30,000 rifles in each g county of western and southern province. They are organized into units strong enough to destroy small enemy detachments. If superior Japanese forces approach, they withdraw, leaving their villages stripped. Che-kian- Ma J. Gen. Carl Spaatz, chief of the American air forces in the European theater of action (left), pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Maj. Charles C. Kegelman. Taking part In a recent bombing raid on enemy airfields in Holland, Kegelman brought his ship back safely after one motor was wrecked and a wing damaged in fighting with German air II Aided by a $73.(100 appropriation from the congress, the bureau of high-spee- JJ " CLASSIFIED JAPANESE: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS New Unity Given French As U. S. Pledges Its Aid Thursday, July 30, 1942 0 I the week's news The importance fish industry to the nation's wartime food supply was stressed by President Roosevelt as he appointed Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes to be fisheries Acting under his wartime powers, the President created the office for the purpose of "developing and assuring sustained production." WASHINGTON: cf the $100,000,000 AIR LEVIATHANS: Aid War Effort Giant airplanes shuttling across the seven seas carrying men and materials for the world's fighting fronts will become an Increasingly important arm of Uncle Sam's service of supply, it was disclosed by Brig. Gen. Harold L. George, commanding the air transport forces, who announced that the army would rely on commercial airlines to op erate greatly Increased number of transport planes. DEPAR TM E N T RAZOR BLADES KENT BLADES Washington, Slaglm mr DoM. Xae Outstanding Blads Vain D. C. PROFESSOR VS. SUBS Governor Rex Tugwell of Puerto Rico was flying from his post to the British island of Jamaica a short time ago, and just before he stepped into the plane, the young naval pilot said: "I don't suppose we'll see anything. But we might as well be ready just in case." So they loaded the plane with hall a dozen depth charges. It was a sntll transport plane, had no regular bomb bay, so the depth charges were merely placed on the seats. Out over the Caribbean, suddenly the pilot looked down, said, "There she is." Below them with its. conning tower above water, was a Nazi submarine. . . Both the pilot and Governor Tug-we- ll reached for the depth charges, opened the window. But before they could drop even one, the submarine had submerged. The came home with no submarine scalp in his professorial belt . Buy War Bonds EYE TRICK The war has spawned a number of rackets, designed both to gain deferment for unwilling draftees and to aid others in passing their physical examinations. But the most ingenious to date was uncovered by the navy department. A Washington doctor has been re0 storing (perfect) eyesight to applicants for commissions long enough to enable them to pass their "physicals" by injecting a The trick was drug. brought to light during an examination of a young commission-seeke- r with defective vision. He had been examined three times and each time was told to go home and practice eye exercises. But his eyesight remained 31-far below the required standard. After the third test, the applicant was told he would be given one more chance. If he flunked again, he would be rejected. When he returned the fourth time, he amazed the navy eye doctor by passing with a 0 mark. Doubting that the exercises had achieved such a phenomenal result, the doctor decided to make a check. He sent the applicant into an adjoining room and kept him there five hours. Then he was given another examination. This time his vision was found to be 31-- 9 again. The applicant finally broke down and admitted that his temporary perfect vision had been due to a shot in the arm given him by a Washington doctor. This doctor, he said, had told him to make sure he was examined within "four or five hours" after the injection, as its ef fect would last only that long. . 20-2- high-power- Chopped ripe olives with the merest dash of garlic make a pun- gent filling for small white bread sandwiches to be toasted and served with cocktails. Strained honey, heated and mixed with soft butter and a dash of cinnamon and cloves, gives a delicious flavor to toasted muffins, Jiot waffles or pancakes. A stiff wire brush is a great aid in keeping the burners of a gas or electric stove free from crumbs. A little candied ginger, finely chopped, gives zest to a fruit cocktail, salad or sherbet. It also is good added to whipped cream and used to top puddings. Be careful to use just a little of it, however. Copper flashing around pipes, dormer windows and the edges of roofs never needs painting. But copper is now on the priority list. If you have or are installing galvanized flashing, remember that it should be examined frequently and kept covered with paint. Medical officers have long recognized tobacco as an aid to morale among our armed forces. Surveys among the men themselves have shown that tobacco is their favorite gift. If you have a friend or relative in the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard who smokes a pipe or nothing would be more appreciated than a pound of his favorite tobacco. Prince Albert, the world's largest-sellinsmoking tobacco, in the pound can is recommended by local dealers as an ideal gift for men in the service. rolls-his-ow- n, g Adv. 20-2- NAZI FOOD SHORTAGE Word from inside Germany makes it clear that Nazi officials are an- winter, even if Hitticipating ler does take the vast granary of South Russia. They have already completed arrangements for emergency food distribution, in anticipation of serious shortages. The plan calls for community It feeding throughout Germany. would mean that families would no longer sit down to dinner in their own homes, but would line up at a community feeding center for a gov ernment handout Under this system, the hausfrau would not buy her own provisions, ration cards would be replaced by h meals of meal tickets, and the "stew" type would be handed out several times a week. Under this system, the Nazis will be able to distribute food supplies more efficiently, with greater use of substitutes, and with equal treatment for all. Hitler may not see the irony of It, but this system brings him to communism, from which he professes to be so eager to "save Europe." Buy War Bonds one-dis- MERRY-GO-ROUN- D in the senate was offered recently not by a clergyman but by a member of the U. S. senate itself Berkeley L. Bunker of Nevada, a former bishop In the Mormon church. el "Whenever I come to Washington," says Walter Winchell, "I am amazed at the number of big men supposed to be working for the country who spend their time working against each other." ft Curtailment of musical instrument production will save enough metal to build 12.000 trucks, more than 100 big tanks, 500 pieces of heavy artillery, and 50,000,000 rounds of machine-guammunition, ft The OPA soon will crack down on a number of tire recappers on charges of incompetent workmanship and waste of vital materials, ft Hon Wu, chief of the 500 Chines residents Chicago's Chinatown, points proudly to the fact that his group was one jt the first in Chicago to be organized for civilian defense, ft Northrop Aircraft company has evolved a new welding process that Is claimed will revolutionize plane making. The new me'hod will per-nthe construction of all magned sium planes. Magnesium i lighter than aluminum. C. 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