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Show liA thMAikkinmiaijk THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH Fight Our Country's Bailies,' Sing Marines; 'We QMaElSlI Combat Correspondents Tell How They Do It Battle Tides to Influence 1944 Political Campaign Leatherneck Scribe Ack-Ac- Close Observers Belief Change President If I)odgc Mans Waist Gun Minds, Express Will Not Be Candidate k, ath-Hc-- -- i&&- itory uni uritten ftv Holier , Ltnui-idle- , marine corps combat cor- Cl he lolliruinx Teibrtual Seryt. l!arr War Ends by Spring. A., respondent u 1 admit now that I wiped beads of perspiration from my brow a few seconds after I was told that I would fly that night in a United States Army Liberator bomber on a mission deep into Japanese territory. A trifle- ruivous, I quit my typewriter and gathered up my flight gear Tao Hour s before the designated take-ot- f time I was walking restlessly fiom one wall map to another in tin1 opiutions hut of the squadron on Guadalcanal to which I had been assigned It wu-- . mar midnight when a corporal Called acioss the nxim: 'Lieutenant, heros t ho maime sergeant Who's going w til you." The slendi r army officer, slightly graved at the temples, crossed the room and extended his hand. I'm Jerry, he said in an inforfact manner. Glad mal, matter-oto have you with us Youll work the starboard waist gun I gulped once and felt a lump form In my throat. My fingers squeezed I By Veil i BAlKIIAGE Anahit and Commentator WNC Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, 1). C. As the political campaign, which wiil be over in a short year, begins to increase in tempo, it is interesting to note that noticeable shock recorded by the reporters at a recent White House press and radio conference when the President tossed off that rhrase when I am out of the Wh.te House. Taken in the context, it was immediately clear that the President did not delimit the time element in this statement and there was no real Justification for the startled pause when pencils stopped scribbling and heads and eyebrows went up at the presidential remark. Mr. Roosevelt was merely pointing out, In connection with the postwar rubber situation, that he believed that any proposed tariff to protect the synthetic rubber plants after the war should be vetoed, and he implied that any President who vetoed such a measure might stir up a lot of opposition from the synthetic rubber manufac- turers. But we have become so accustomed to the idea that Mr. Roosevelt himself thinks only in terms of his own regime without time or other limitations, than an expression which eemed to Indicate the opposite naturally caused a stir. However, It Is entirely possible that Mr. Roosevelt will not be a candidate in 1944. There are even those who enjoy making rash prophecie who are already saying he has made up his mind not to run at all under This type of any circumstances. prediction is accepted in Washington at being in that class of guesses chance of which have about a being right. But closer observers who do not choose to guess the Presidents inner thoughts but are thoroughly familiar with his manner of thinking, deduce, from what they believe Is past experience, that he will not be a candidate If the war Is over by next spring. This Is contrary to earlier prognostications that his desire to be s for President when the the postwar world are being drawn would incline him toward running fourth term. The explanation for Is that he will not run unless he has more than tn even chance of winning. 40-6- . out of the White House at his own behest, before the ides of November, 41 This situation, if it does arise, imposes an intei estmg problem for the It is pretty generally Democrats agieed that the Conservative element in the Democratic party has been gaming in pov.er in the last months when tl e Ptesider.t bestowed positions of key m portance on the right Wing of the party while many New Dealers failed into the bn kground. When Vice President Wallace, whom it was taken for granted would Presidents choice as a successor, was dropped and his activities placed in the more conservative hands of Messrs. Hull, Crowley, et al., it was plain that the original New Dealers were being relegated to the rear of the hall. be tlie GOP Attitude l f and select from it promising shibboleths who speak of action rather than reaction. Of course, Mr. Willkie does not speak for the Republican party but he has a following which his supporters hope will be reinforced by disgruntled former New Dealers as well as others whose leanings, although they have never been such that they could wholeheartedly support a Democratic regime, are still far enough left to demand the most progressive candidate offered under any other respectable banner. Meanwhile, of course, the President must, according to the inviolable principles of politics, show no signs of intending to withdraw, since it is written that you cant control your party unless there is a fair chance that you are going to continue to be its active head. Our political campaign of 1944 is bound to be affected by the tide of battle abroad. ' I s JP s. war v yxp' I In this jungle cemetery under blue tropical skies, these marines who made the supreme sacrifice find peace. Comrades in arms bow their heads while the chaplain reads the foneral rite. (Official Marine Corps photo.) t, n ball-bearin- g Anglo-America- n ack-ack- lloiv DniJdoiz-Zurich dispatch to the Swedish newspaper Aftontidnlngen said that the loss of tlie Kuban area In Russia had deprived the Nazis of 50,000 tons of tobacco a year. A ruct ' I people. Notes of an Innocent Bystander: The Magic Lanterns: Mary Mar newest stage tin, already topping the over a daffy presides "Venus, hit, True to called screen the on dilly the of Opera Life . . . Phantom than phantom more opera gives you Susan-- I this time, with Nelson Eddy, na Foster and Jane Farrar pouring it on vocally. Claude Rains is the sec-- ! head skulker, but his chills run ond to the trills . . . Behind the the Rising Sun" is grim stuff about war against the Japs. Its barbarities were authenticated by Corre-- ' who lived spondent James Young, for years. beheaders the among Margo and Don Douglas are the pair who stir up the Jjps furies. anti-aircra- scared Licu'enant Crume Bombs away, yelled I leaned out the w tndow and looked down as Jerry b nked the plane The sky was illuminated by the searchlights and the anti aircraft fire It set n ed on'.v sect mis Ik foie the fust elu ter of bombs he. tied squarely in a J ip bivouac aie i. The I.ouisv .lie bmi hurdler's eve Bomb after w is keen t! at nml.t uoiiib landed on tlie target. take-of- severe jabs at labor unions. The network, however, permits him to continue expressing his opinions freely, even if they irk you or me . . . The best answer to any oral attack, as the AFL probably will agree, is not suppression, but facts. When civil liberties go down the drain so will labors . . . We thawt for only columnists took bows scoops. But every hour, via its radio offerings, the N. Y. Times announced its beat in reporting that Italy would declare war on Germany . . . Fred Waring likes to hurl numbers around on his show how many performers, etc. He announced 176 piano keys for a selection. How many piccolo holes? . . . Jack Bennys new corps of writers caught his style admirably on Jacks first out and added a little more lunacy . . . The other night a band came on the air unaccompanied by that claquey and synthetic cheering. Or could I have just dreamed that? of the shells I was unmindful burst ng mound our plane as I puked my head out of the window. The temptation to watch those bombs as they hit was too great. A feeling of pride engulfid me as each cluster found its mark. Here I was in the air watching a Louisville boy pasting the Japs. And he was doing a perfect job. As Lieutenant Crume cut loose with the last clusters I could see huge fires burning below. We didn't lose any time leaving the target after our bombs had been spent. Several miles away from the scene the Japs were still sending But we had fire up escaped. Later I learned from the rear gunner that two shells burst just under the tail of our Must of the crew slept on the return trip. When we landed long after dawn that morning, I gave Lieutenant Crume a lusty pat on the back and said: You can bomb for my money. And as we walked into the medical dispensary near the squadron's operations hut, I said: Lieutenant, I don't suppose a marine has ever admitted the army is hot, but I want to say you boys have plenty on the ball. I left Lieutenant Crume a few seconds later. I know he and his crew are still giving the Japs hell in tlie midst of the new Allied offensive in the Solomon Islands. e J S f. I was m a precarious spot. I could only hope that the giant Lib- The erator cleared the cocoanut trees at the end of the field. I was relieved as I felt the wheels leave the metal strips on the field and rise into the darkness over Henderson Field. We gained altitude. Soon we were heading toward our target. Out over the water I was told to go aft to my station. I examined my machine gun. (The marine corps public relations section of which I am a member was trained in aerial gunnery before leaving the States.) Then I fixed the communications set on my head and plugged In for a test. Jerry, at the controls, was Sevcnteen-ycar-oM- the t s who e Quotation Marksmanship: A. Muronly one I know who always seems to rhumba into a room . . . Mere: Beauty is the first present nature gives to woman and the first it takes away . . . Denham: Ambition is like love impatient both of delays and rivals . . . Moore: Playful blushes that seem but lymi-nou- s escapes of thought . . . E.Cu-neo- : ray: Shes the Hitlers ariwr.: !' v s ' ''c f t ' t So we desig-n- a ta.'.ei armv irfomat-o- on pro-g'-ai- u e tuVv 'urnS : t.a I I M " : " I11'1'-- t , '1 r si c;, Who will o cumulates ii g Test s'"'1!." 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Follow label di Worth trying! LYDIA E. PINKHAMS Private White House polls show Wallace has twice the support for Vanilla From Menthe vice presidency as the combined Mexico is row vote of all his opponents, including which we used tc J. Byrnes, P. McNutt, Mr. Justice from Madagascar. Douglas and J. Winant A Capitol correspondent is in a Jam with colleagues for supposedly making remarks to their wives . . . The Stork Club has gone Last night it guests included Americas famous poet, Joseph Auslander, and Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle Jr., and his wife In the film, Spitfire," the late Leslie Howard (who perished in a plane) Whats the use of inventing says: planes? They only kill people! . . . L.H.R. of the Times records this nifty: Washington Is a place where everyone is welcome but no one is missed." ... college pi, .gram Ling t, st on Xovem-l- I i r t'd by the j ha and f rwnrded bv ditiee of Education to . ' I beauty than by maktrj crocheted sprt a design, gracefully ar high-tone- the quo ik.vd trunm.g t si ould dtj press you! And the: lier way of showing y ... inm.ctinu D. 1 suppl'-vanill- pref-eioni- and ker One-Worl- d H. Klurfeld: Duce gave Italy roads, but the Allies are giving it hot and cold running Nazis . . . E. Gilligan: The village went to sleep window by window . . . H. Broun: She balanced her dignity on the tip of her nose . . . Confucius: If you lose your temper, youve lost the argument . . . Anons definition of intoxicated: To feel sophisticated and not be able to pronounce it. Ity army prefnenee and qualify m the test nr- oIRred mihtury scholarship m the army spectul-me- d trail. mg rest mo pri gram. Those hot u cm 18 and 22 who qua.,ty and designate army e ate eurmaiked for special co- suit r ition for the ASTP after . s of the country. d mr !.- j Many young men are now in college under the army and navy programs. Many of these were high school seniors last spring when they took the first test on 2. Those April who failed to qualify on the April 2 test are also eligible for the test on November 9 provided they have not enlisted or been inducted in the armed services. Those between 17 and 20 years of age on March 1, 1944, who designate navy preference and qualify in the test may be selected for the navy college program. They serve on active duty, m uniform and under military discipline and receive the pay if the lowest grade d 1 College Quali- Army-Nav- Premier De Valera of Eire succeeded, after considerable time and effort, in making Hitler pay for the restoration of a synagogue in Dublin which had been destroyed by Nazi airmen when they bombed the city a couple of years ago. Mr. De Valera acted in fulfillment of a promise to the Jews of Eire that their lives and property would be protected by the government against the acts of any enemy 1944. singing. I looked at my watch. We still had a lot of flying ahead of us. Turn on Oxygen. At 12,000 feet Jerry called over the phone suggesting that we start usI welcomed the word ing oxygen. for I was beginning to feel groggy from lack of heavy air. I also felt the bite of the cold at that height and wriggled into the fleece-lineleather suit. Bolser," Lieutenant Crume called over the phone, "just wanted to let you know that when I say bombs away you m ght take a look down and see how my eye is tonight. Jerry will bank ju-- t after I let em go and you should go a pretty good link Thirty mm i'i ; away from the target Jelly called bnek to prepare the waist guns T. other waist gunner lie windows. I fen belt into the gun and ias readv for action rough the window e at our height was ' lingers were st tl id uujustt d n,v gun later I got the scare o the i.glit of the file b'ust. ,.t the 'lie Jet rvs voce, it tlie t irget " shy g a a ty as a re ca" e noun t mir In t hav e to tel! p e 2 the t nH. irgot 'w ,r aim ini i aft Tao Memos of a Midnighter: MGM has Junked They Were Expendable, a best seller! . . . Jockey Nick Wall and his wife have reconciled after a long sep . . . Insiders think that if Durocher is dropped as Dodgers pilot his successor may be the gent who once said: Is Brooklyn still in Bill Terry the National League? . . . Lassie, the dog star (of the film by that name at the Music Hall), is a him real name is Pal. The owner sold him for $10 . . . After seeing the preview in Hwood he came out muttering: Ive thrown away a fortune! . . . Garbo has given In to Ernest Pascals pleading to go to London and star in Shaws St. Joan. From the Irish Echo: which will fying Test ( be held throughout the nation on November 9, will provide means for tens of thousands of young men to become immediately available for training for responsible assignments in the armed forces as technicians, specialists and officer candidates. The November 9 test will be open to those who have graduated from high school or are in their final term and who will be 17 but not 22 years of age on March 1, V" OUR home hand-clappin- g Test for Army, Navy Training Courses ill Be Given Nov.9 felt I .fell , The Dials: The AFL urged NBC to muzzle Kaltenborn because of his Ierfeet Casting. capacity with their lethal charges. Jerry raced the motors for the usual test. In a few minutes we were rumbling down the strip on the ' A tkrnun were caught between We Stormed a UdI in Hattie oi IhtiroLo Harbor n t i Y'e had abcaiv f for five Ji." on Van mill lu r- i. when uc to jo.n in toe uni' ri; nd i Hat Ik r 'A e Brt wuie 2,H1 e Jan rniue u on o c l.s or i census of the German people, the first since the outbreak c." war in 19.19, will be taken October 10, the Nazi home radio has infoimed the rowed tAo Jap scare! lights. Tlie co i dot yelled: "Theyve got us in the lights I looked out the window just as a n ther shell burst to our starboard side The Jap searchlights blinded me and I jumped back, certain that I had been seen. A second later I felt silly. fire was burstEnemy ing all around us. It was my fust on a trip aboard a be ivv In mber night miss. on. Yes, I was a little anti-aircra- d blunt-spoke- ( anti-aircra- blue-print- Twice as many bubble pms and hairpins, necessary fen in re items. 1914 ns at will be produced dun-,War Pro- present, under a ductinn boa id ic' e And while the burning highlights of the administration portrait are being toned down to more sober hues, the Republicans seem to be outdoing themselves in an effort to show that they can make use of the bright lexicon of youth as a reference work I tightly on a lighted cigarette. turned in a circle and picked out a comfortable chair in front of a desk. The corporal who had introduced me General Arnold Explains On a mild day. with the Virginia to the pilot apparently had detected countryside warm in the glow of the sudden change in the color of my autumn, and the Potomac sparkling complexion, because he chuckled and shoved a map under my nose. in the sunlight, some 50 newsmen Here, he said, "You can comcorrespondents, columnists, radio commentators climbed up the wide pose yourself by studying tonight's End of Conflict Although none of the army or navy stone steps of the river entrance to target. 1 said nothing, but I certainly officers of the top command will al- the famous Pentagon building. General didnt chief of Arnold, as sayto appreciate his humor. be Americas quoted low themselves air forces, took his seat and In 1944, minutes later I was shakarmy Thirty end will war the early ing number of bolder and less con- began to talk. The gist of his words ing hands with the crew members bomber. strained military folk are willing to you have read. What he felt can of our big only be guessed but he was faced There were the bombardier, is this possible. say with the proposition of explaining navigator, and four other gunners. It Is interesting to consider that a the obvious" and he seemed Just a From Old Kentucky. when many this summer, year ago little weary at the prospect. Arnold One of the gunners inquired: believed that Invasion of northern is a pleasant but Where you from, Sarge? When fightunbe would Allies the Europe by ing man with wings and service rib- I replied Kentucky, the diminufew of 1943, dertaken by the spring bons won in service. tive, wiry bombardier shoved his A few days before, he people were predicting, even under happened to hand out and said: Boy, give me of the end an auch circumstances, listen to a commentator who was five. .That's where I'm from, too. war early in 1944. Take far instance computing in dollars and lives and Louisville's my home. a typical comment in a leading peri- material the cost of the bombing And so again, I was shaking the little written very odical (Harpers) raid of the great fachand of the bombardier, Second over a year ago in which it was said tory in Schweinfurt, Germany. Lieut. Jesse W. Crume, U. S Army, the must complete that Germany The general was exceedingly from Louisville. We eased away In Russia, Irked. What the commentator did conquest of key positions from the group, s.it on the steps of not perhaps realize was the number the must halt or control the hut and talked of muonslaught from the air, and of endless explanations of the ob- tual operations buck in Louisville acquaintances must hold northern Africa for a vious which General Arnold has until we boarded the tiuck for the we When East. to In Middle had the make since we entered the field. aortie consider what has happened since, war. And if Germany does crumble As we rumbled along the bumpy we can see the progress which has because her war effort is smashed, road toward Henderson Field, where in action will from it be Arnolds explanations as our any been made. Far plane awaited us. Lieutenant which the word conquest could be well as the bombs themselves that Crume assured me Jerry was an exused, the Wehrmaeht in Russlh has ought to get the credit. cellent pilot and that he would bring If not he had Russian been able to "exbeen driven beyond its last us buck safely. defense lines in many places. The plain that American bombers could But whit about the Jap '' In besufficient into has numbers African fly of an the empire dream I asked. of Germany in the light of day come the reality of bitter defeat and heart Well," shot buck Lieutenant and hit a target with the precision despite desperate defense measures, Crume. "There's not much Jeny to we bewould it, never are blows have destroy the most powerful air a chance to prove it could be done. cun do about that We can only hope ing struck against the Reich. There were few in high places either the Jut s don't get us in their search" Situation here or in Britain who believed lights tonight Japanese In 45 m.nutes we weie to take an Within the year. Japans power such absurd, untried thing was has begun to crumble at a rate and practical. But he had his chance off Sneaking to me. I leutenunt Crime In a manner which makes It plain and proved his thesis. Then, when ' IS. said Nor, we have a tu.e giuup that she will not have to be beaten tlie experts were convinced, when m our outfit of boss Tl.ev're icga- back Island by island and every Jap he was beginning to swing into acon foreign soil killed. The Mikados tion, tlie public began to exclaim at have become ex- the cost of his raids. That must "unconquerables ceedingly adept at getting away have been hard to take. And so he sat for an hour reeling from points once expected to be last stands, with remarkable alacrity off figures, recounting details which and apparent satisfaction in their will never be printed until peace comes and, most effective of all for own rctreatability Therefore, it is not at all impos- the layman, showing the greatly sible that the President, if he Intends enlarged photographs of the destrucvoluntarily to retire with the end of tion those great daylight precision the fighting, means that he will be raids accomplished. Uncle Sams fighting sailors, guarding an Island outpost In the Pacific, conducted a third war loan drive of their own and bought 658 bonds and one $100 bond. Lieutenant C: " e rxi la ned to me that the crew irn'dis bifue eai h will go bombing hop u' eti er they or niaite s down in their j i a forced landing Will Land in Water. The decision that r.,glt was that if we get hit wc would try to make 1 concurred in the a water landing decision. Jerry said he felt we would have a better chain e to survive if we made a water landing and remaned together in the rubber boat w.th was equipped He which our bomi t1 e t tha jur.gle surroundexplained ing the targit was practically impenetrable. Wi would stand little chance to survive f we parachuted into the woiderrI listened intei. v to the discusno I was saving sion, but all the to myself: Thi-euys think of the most pleasant t n s " itter was smothSuddenly tne ered by the cm r, of one plane nionr backfiring as it was started. In a few minutes we were deafened by tlie noise of ail four motors Lieutenant Citin.e poked me and shouted m my ear: All aboard I tollowed the crew as they crawled through the belly door. I The others was the last aboard crowded forward I found myself standing on the catwalk between the bomb racks. They were loaded to j m8 chum enjoy relating this about lovable Barney Baruch, whose counsel ls often sought by statesmen . . . Baruch ls hard of and wears a device which Ishearing connected with some dry batteries concealed In coat pocket. These batteries are hard to get nowadays so when Baruch is buttonholed bv a bore or ome he reaches into Pcket and disconnects the batteries by merely pushing t! e Off button The trro kxeis ravmg ILT7, bUt Barurh dnesr.'t hear a time-waite- ... thing. r, Give good -- tasting many doctors recoup bd? Valuable Scotts Emul-Dpromote proper grow ih, sound teeth! Contain-- ' th" Vitamins elements all Scott's dtwL Mother n give rnnnrf. Bu' at |
