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Show IW) HE 'I HIONH ( E 1 nio a Hern? o Fussin' io Make a nai sap For Major Political Parlies' National Conventions U.5. 'Scouis and Raiders' Make Warfare History (( )P Ok ami Democrat ork larmoiiioii'U Oil rr anirrmcnK Specialists Guerilla Tactics Practice in Bloodless Raids in Preparation for Bicj Battle to Come. IN f inulyst Serv l( e, ( iilon I rust Building Washington, I) C. ho'i lln ri Hull b tried out In one This s(riti( it n d (be startlfd (xlnlitiin i H sudd lv st,althv ( riii v. a hw of a ( tt rri iterinliz d out pi me His 1 irk wi t suit 'tin k to his u t up ns the f rm II s hirils r d J ist t e su.'r, s t v i i t st short 1 hs n IrilT I h if iuis ro moon lie two f i'os ti irdlv ott r m the blak i ihle to f oe for a s ( nil us ttie scr try s r nous trie, i r fnu rr gr .v a litt'e n ore steads He e dh d the go md I h re was tie in so ndn si u'T stuff stuff if I ui rv mu f ( t and a n am nt Inti r the si i ti w is itri ling the air Iron e at on very n ueh on ttie ah rt I I a r the fifth tin e y u wlure you i me from ' tie angry ci loml dim nidi d lor the fifth time tame the s one imswir from the i Isom r in tie w et jungle suit M 11 r I i 1 i 1 eih i i i s Jnmi s first Private O ballon. Serial No 111104 said the Take him aw iv col ml finally 'll tan st ly in ttie guirdUmse for the dotation" The guards hustlid No .1010406 off to ttie hooseguw win re he stumbled over an assortment of 'AWOLS and other bitary end otfi nders He saw three other min lying peacefully on the tloi r anaytd like him Hut no sign of recognition on their hi it kened fat es ' 1 Bloodless Raid Private first iliss O Fallon and comrades (although the colnntl didn't know it at tin time i wire the only men captured out of a raiding party of 40 The rest h.id fell ped catlike over the whole airbase chalked their initials on planes, sketched the location of the radio room, noted the position of the antiaircraft guns, estimated the sue of the garrison, checked each rotk shallows the and in sandbar through which they had crawled before they reached the beach Of course, this was only a practice raid like dozens of others, the preparation for which 1 have witnessed Hut real bullets had twice that night whistled out over shadows and set the big grey Snauzers yipping and the flashlight stabbing Into the black sky above the base The unwritten story of these specialists will all come out some day The Japs did this kind of thing at the beginning of the war and we thought it Incredible The British did It later with their brilliant "commandos The old name for it Is guerilla . warfare fighting behind the lines, or In the more official language of an article by Douglas Smith In that trenchant military publication, the Cavalry Journal, "a phase in trained armed warfare that concentrates on destruction (the raiders destroy, the scouts merely get Information) of enemy personnel and equipment In the enemys own territory Back in the French and Indian wars, the ancestors of Douglas Smith began learning these tricks, Captain Smith, an American citizen and later of the Fretuh foreign legion, has put on paper some of the principles he has adduced from In his own experiences World his four War II (, "The usual method of at'ickmg an airdrome, savs Capt tin smith In recounting one of his exictienics with the guerillas composed of British and French in Iihva "was for the men to leave their cars (the rubber boat of the desert' and go on foot up to the airdrome at night When possible they passed the sentries without detection and put their bombs on the airplanes (chalk marks when vou Just rehearse) then left the airdrome and got sufll cientlv far awav before the bon bs went off 'Of course" savs Catain Sm th laconicallv ns the deMomiint of a good Ind an fighter would ' th s was not alwavs possible and main times sentries had to be kiled in band to hand fighting bv a sudih n at'uk ' Mthoi h t o C.or with a knife mans made evetv i (T rt to p elect ttur planes ig unst Miih a'tuks appr xumtilv ton em v ;li is vveie dis'roved b this guinlli ui it m a s ngle 12 month s i i Cat tain Smith, ui the vvritirg enrlv davs of the war, srvs ' in cm Ihe war ts $4(s5 06 of equipnent with a ti t il Incoirut dii R I E F drpatlnrnt savs that for a soldier conpind of $idl 06 n m ir a(,o ,i ii 1 insulin ent al 15 per icnt of nppt ir on t1 e mine than 2) m on eies of ich wei k to simun en mail si nt xsi s 11 ovirsi s y i T Ihe ruder i luir who livid his (art and li oki it hi w is still un shaven, g t up and I k f ci up a 1 rule still mg like n oriiu g f ice, th it the ci rm r uv s a si lu is standing in 11 w The Colonel Errs vour cob nel him i hei k its he ruiTiihi r He knows it st mils m the raik right otitsidi his door and if you have an inspiition worth a rmkil its hi rn missing about nine ' bilk to sud 'and hive Take this hums Thi captain cocked an eye ' s mi I r iidc r the t i pint kid it fiom the bush and would have had the name lae uff the skipper s door too if I hadn t heard a sti p in the hall Want to see a He tossed skitch of your layout-a sodden notebook on the table Yes, it was just "play " But the young oflicer who had been pushing the pigskin around for one of our storied gridirons only two years ago had played at more serious g lilies in Africa before he tame back to be an instructor he had landed on more than one enemy beach, wiggled past sentries, human and canine, just as he had when he worked his way up to the commandant s door, stole the rifle, Inched his way back to a clump of bushes, dug out his deflated rubber raft, blew it up and paddled back to safety Duck soup for him He d done it once when all before in earnest there had been a quick hash of a knife and some blood and a sentry s last groan, stifled bv a hand that had to wipe some enemy blood from it And for that, he wears a little ribbon on his dress tunic which you can't buy bv the yard Women and the War i v 1 ( i 11 i i i 1 is t i i nditun mod (' ions i i tilts f si m i h mil nt til 'Kona i Jin (lu i n ii ss ( As if O C ) ,rs ( ils h i I l e ventions and establishing ficilities for quuk transmission of news to the waiting world outside Two Both O Connell and Hallanan are old h aids at conventions, O Connell having attended his first as a member of Al Smith s entourage in 1928 and Hallanan his as a newspaper man in 1912 Although red hot partisans inclined to admit nothing, both men have worked together in making the principal arrangements, since the Republican convention of June 26 will be followed by the Democratic on July 19 Because of the heavy wartime strain on the railroads transpoita turn posed one of the big problems of this years conventions But the problem promises to be solved by use of day coaches by those within b's hours of traveling time of Chicago, and of provision of extra s. i sleeping and dining cars for What Is going to happen to the edited representatives from farlions of women who are now filling To assist delegates ther distances jobs in war industries when (1) from Hnvaii to the navy will attend, those industries are discontinued or furnish plane service to the mainconverted to peite time operations land (2) millions of men come home Next to transport ltion, housing from the war looking for jibs1 his presented another major diffiA group of women who meet in culty Although both parties were been have Washington frequently 5 000 of bird at woik for months on plans to rooms, the approximatelyfor one Republicans, deal with such an emergtniv Thtv could use another 3 000 In qjest are the womens advisory commitof extrr housing Hall min his even M tee of the War inpower commis ac-c- mil- 'I L r t t tut ui( thi Ili i I I li t ) f irn to c ah Irohli ms f O I I the to 1 I ill v 1 t t U s i thi a tv St i L j t ) i t i i i i 11 v -- i i teh-ton- attract international attention Al hie been asked ri idy reservations bv newspaper repiesentatives from Bntain, Russia South America Chi na Sweden and French Africa, and in all, about 3 000 observers with their technicians will be on the j b to describe the proceedings to the U S and world Not onlv will the press be spited in fri nt of the main irm but a special newsroom will be provided At both pi ices m the basement telephone and telegraph ficiltes must be established to send out stories from the building Dirkrooms will be constructed for photogia t'if phers to develop pictures Murophones Everywhere. Important for transmitting the actual reality of the conventi n atmos phere to the world, all four of America s great radio networks will make elaborate arrangements for cover mg every detail of the conventions Contact will be mide with dele gallons through mien phones on the floor, poi table equ pnaet t will le to used interview dig mines throughout the et tire bu 11 ig sj cial booths will be eree'ed to ac comniwl ite the radio commentators e- will be n stil'cd to t! i i i its s' i i t i s g tit ui f it v i m i m to bi c as - m (' e f ci ui so i mg e re i yeir s ton bt the second in the i 'rv hcid during being in 1364 vvjitme he Dt m t' c n i ind pg Rt, ill cin otiu'ic nettings me expee'ed to lack some of the fl luri-- h and hoorli ifbvgonedivs However they are not exj ected to be bereft of all pop ular entnusiasm so easily stirred over a candid ite or over the ex pression of a par'y s outstanding principle stressing the hopes the aspirations and the achievements tf its partisans In their excitement over the swift stream of dramatic events often ac companying conventions even the soberest politicians and statesmen sometimes forget their immediate environment and lapse into whit afterthought must characterize as t1 e comic For inst ince d irtng the 1932 Democratic conv ent on in Chicago O Connell remember,, the hea'ed fight over tl e election of a pern anent chair-an wh ch would hive dt rronstnt-ethe strength of contending vt I ii- - ii y l vv tf T frt ad d te fictions As the fight dtvebped the Mississippi deleg ition caucused onlv to find venerable old Senator Pat Har W thout further ado risen absent son e members huiried off to his hotel and after pressing the urgency of the si iitnn upon him hustled him back to the ccnvei m hall in his p ij anas c lrpet sip - ers and bithiobe there As Hall in in w resrurt ber O 11 ice to cat s e s si d Ih s be mi ked bv t e so of a m' n at war ick evei's hue sn rel up the at (. - vv f ur v i 'i i u st h e 111 , it e an ui g J ij e s s (till i I f I 11 a f i I I I a t Ii v i i door one will Gtrimn lines, beached th mdmg crift bv night near Sidi R if i They hid two diys and nights tickked twenty m a wadi (gillv) im'es on Du ,ht and snaked up to the Afnki Korns GHQ his kn note rnd makeacV for di.v rg glo.es a. Oi Mil ally th,.se made in a great a and were used Thv ae , f r still UseL pose or frr a leave pencil If you enjoy t wood you may ajti Pot bits out by hat here But if you available it is meet - NOT F 'trs Spears hi in aclual sze fa two ot ( rs in tvpical Efl smns I c patterns are c withe i i Ite direc ois finish ne Her uest Patter-1con's A 'dress terns MRS RITHffTEl! Bedford llills Drawer 1 Enc'ose 15 cents fo' P Names, Addiess PG shai st 1 has t pictni attacked With grenades, tommy guns and machine pistols, Keyes Ic idmg Keyes killed the first sentry, kicked do,n the outer door and led h.s raiders in, spraying the corridor with tommy gun and pistol St irtled frightened German staff officers poured from their billets Keyes men blasted them down The sirens went, a general alarm being Th v sounded The Germans got to their arms, began to fight bhek Keyes small force got smaller But Geoffrey, still leading, took seventeen men through the last defenses in the inner stockade to Rommel s own quar ters Rommels staff aide got Keyes, a machine pistol fusillade which almost tore Keyes' right leg off Keyes fell in the doorway Colin Campbell, behind him, dragged Keyes back from the threshold and hurled two grenades ins de Then he sprayed the room with his tommy gun Had Rommel been there hed have caught it rs M bu The good part can c v te When clotbm; is in the washer, d rt' goes back into tre ! If the handle hot, cover it with t ol j han Dovns report as he got it 1 Rji t LJei eeph n e ca epb a then cardboard t with strips of adV gated hds IC P little A standing nuisance paint lef around te inside to of the sheves inside tr a b.: ac'rt -- tree, of a uti tv of a tea J5IAPEP. fet ' Agreed work. Use it aSO c ,r towe Sootbe St diapers vent Listen" w n ore U a Keyes fired a burst. than two or three of you get way Some of you he f"ed again a long choppy burst thit dnve the Germans back to ever S)me of you must get back to rt j) rt he tired and nmn id h n e a fr h clipagain 'Tell t' tn A es s r s ipped the sergeant w rd ti Ken Downs, i"ed Kcves Ten him, if wil t it tv- - ,n enod this way Good tv Tie s( gt mt s (luted and ran, z 1 - - f a wadi and safety. f 2io to pass out As v t i H,r could see Keyes , 'hei is tellir .YOU WM numtnffnwtwj hum for iy g tom W suffer weak, nervous crankj. If you a bit blue at timesfunctional miecz-peculiar to womaK Pinkhams Vegetal to relieve suck regularly Pinkbaul helps build up Iti8 such distress. Also a fine itonuc- - are io HOT FIM -; low label direction ivnifl F PINKO' Re B t d and Radio Tie war in liisM dejinmut all conll mders both si t in tie UrR'd Stites and overseis is pioseiiled i tide' f strict in ' in the disspn u it n j ut il v T u i f t m i le V of t j tiis . 1 1 I i i vv t U Pi il i li t in non i nt to h of H , f 1 i I), e i i Maintain Political Neutrality t serv inve of this li v s i ( birndm is on t1 e arn v i s(e e m' u , it i in 1 A i w hn h it f l shcs o " r P-- form it, tiPer ih h ll t i l O s, v i i It i nu-- p a 1 ei is not J t , Iv 'lit mv.nt - the porpns, ,,f j , inf rm Paon i d i t nit nt tr mi tn irn , , ,r, s so is to s, r to it i t no to shut tu '1 i S a' , off i n or n t Id ' M1 it TV i' tt rtuninent huh Is Tillv liiumed or and wlnli miglt Ime sponsor,,! f'c (hi iitir will H. di'si minpolitiei i ti d to soldn rs i ( i pt foniirmitv with ll" t i ii vv v t t Mu-- provisions tin i t , r n, ss or h il ss! nni, disun.d pirtnjitv ni n; tr Hi w ,r s H g he (i v is 1 Ford that the next Ford jibed ' Who's natter with Earl It s j Kiri for the ex it i ring hrs Bom trai in so of the le ne Ceorg C0NSTIPJ When bowels FEENA hew uffl 'V, FEENAMINTb" taking only slP r,.f directions do -c- Curbed Next helping T "L FEENAMlMjj endecononuctlAB I stir! Energy11; ItmsJ 1. lr bleiKl f iri T me of a nd sf W rheum.tic rn op ynpsl turn other it Cn i a go r s is of bfor TS M s'-- arc hut her nuenn rg murder v i e Tt s iv ' ever chewing 1 H Mg tG-- feel imtabl H l ju LE DONT sp Pop s I)LUl Bob Musel, s s i in (now writ'in the song i h Burns -- e a" 1 tppy CBS -- t o th (it fi c 'or tl it the&3RB de-m- ai N e r the povder Campbell and a sergeant dragged Keyes back to the outer stockade, firing as they fell back Then Campbell was hit ' Get out1 Keyes ordered Take him out Leave me here Thev had reached the door of the outer stockide Give me that tonrrvgun Keyes took the and propped himself in tl e doi r Well The rest of it came 0 be bound irto ser-gea- rt an i Justl 11 1 Army m the t i in ev erv s , ri ted I v tihmd They diaggtd Campbell to a tree ne iroy Hm wound was pretty bad. Tl ey give him morphine and he beg in to go under But he could s'i see Kevex, in the first gray streaks of davlight propped in the dooiw iv and blasting away at the Germ s in tl e stockade The ran back to Keyes, but Geoffrey refused aid He simply ded more cl ps for his tommy-gu- n The serge int got them. liitukhnsp is i 1 -- tu Colin K v i s was oT with Capt on C i jbill aid his commandos t t l ad to kill Rommel the raid t' it n used Rommel btciuse the Afnki Kiris gcneial was in Rome artv but it was one a brthdtv f t1 e n st q irmg oj orations of the ir aid won Kevcs his Victoria Ci ss posthumously Keyes landed s c nnr indus two bundled miles dii s the ci ' am miv cirrv fnm t e sergeant and from Colin over liti the tvpicil hv era of C j bell who wrote from a Ger-- n an pnson camp greit i i i in il meet rgs to ihis i arej; bocks arj . ti is ci Fmplmeis should give thi ir worn en vvoikers notue of cessation of work as fir nheid as possible. Women to be laid otT first should be those on the split shift including mothers of child! en f r whom part-tim- e have working arrangements been made Women who wish to res gn from their jot s voli nt irilv shou'd be asked to do so as soon is possible W m en who luve to be dismissed bt cause of the rurt ulmi i t of w ik should be given consult r i'i m as to skill semoutv and d smissil j iv, based in length if stivut rims shou'd be mile for lug vv men vvl o are dism ssed it out sm h '1 mgs is tr msferi a g to i t r jots rt tinning for ot i r ji hx md tli r s h i il sm ui ltv ruhts Whit utii n tie n mpmer com missi n will tike aloi g t1 i e huts ri n mis to he si en B it it le ist the vv i mi n h iv e s uken up uise of Jaj an se a mede"' v by 'ccs which put g the convtn Iso receive an the r cit ts i l cut ( f dm its u it in tl it this I u x i f- b ni tun t) all i, v i i Tie lii i dt i ii t sc ats for h bt able to come in i C ' ige rit 1 1 i di s e ii t i ficih'ies i f n f in i H i I i i and C a i i, i Ilf r i i t i to t i f ii itM ah e w UK) i nt mi lud g n Ml Thi st i v ut s of i v r 00 n i s ire d 1 wink g al i ut t1 - e minded for jim amg the S' id in C inoj it s unhide the mini ti trinih must be di ijid with bu t us mg Om hundiid and t t lit v must be hung fi un tie I iftiis ti su iv impus ivelv al ne the il or Time i n i rgi ntv hi p t ils n list be sit up md i q il, id w ith n e i il A hi ,e j it g odx luht and vv iter f irm holding 180 penj le must be constructid wdh a spend c nfer erne room underneath it Ai d of s course se its enclosed w tun st fir the ddTirmt s ite dcligi turns mu-- t be put up Elaborate prij anti ms must be made to accumm d ite the press newsreel and radio especi illy this yeir when the two conventions will i v 1 111 t hi th it t t1 l( ' A III m v 1 III I i I is, I ts St I i is n list tne ol n m lu i l II i III f nt IM, c nv I si i f i i t l v that Bci ,ri ,lNy vv fic-tit- he uied bv Miss Mirgaret A Hakev, and the v have just made some specific rt i ommendations to W ir Manpovvi r Chief McNutt The women s committte savs b m tl e , t ri ite tv,t mi g h iv e bi f n j i ti ns bv th it fi i Is tli it i is th t i r i n f i n t ai r I 1 v i hm not x'i lit nidi ils if th it with tin to n ti ni g tl i ci i t i f a pm t ible v r m tlis m tr vv ih h nixing f a la i - t ,ii I hi ivy dun ii is n ah f r mited stm ks i f rm r a lisi o Iv Clin ig i ictivi lv bid i f r ti i ofli ing e nil i nvintious I a tv Otdi jiT OiK) fir ixpinsis v ii a it i ists be vi i n $ 00 000 and si i0 OOt) ti tun i n ion cunin tu n When both j utiis accepted Chi-- i il problems thus i) s bids finani vine ailile d to other spiciil vv diltiuiltu s c nfrontmg III publi-- i f Ch irh stun, in W liter H ill man W Va and Don ncrat Ambtose () Connell of New York in miking iri moments for the eonventims On these two men fills the responsi tnlitv of setting up the smooth functioning of the meetings assuring orderly activity on the floor of the conui t t in aids of r i i fa s i , IVUst, ball i i O- -t itll I di ilh d i America c i I rung lug wild ovr our joint list night W e i nn ht tl i m ill fmr of tin in 'hiy willi rpht into the sintrv's ains ind dun mar gut J i t b K k to i ur it rs n il e d iy afti r tt e bio ill ss ' i ml a u h I di i ribt d to vi u a c t on fn m the i iiilt d an b i was visit in it r uili r hi uiq n ti i s S u the c j t i in af l r is third Al out y ur leuli is run em i col i rv I ( J Y fj i I u r as in s Hut let s gi hi v ins 1 J hitherto unwTitten Scene Shep-- i ai w Tune Late Cairo at a 's Ken N ivtmber 15, 1941 a ,r an act war correspond-- , then Dus now t ft r lot INivvi Service (hes staff c i Allens Ttrrv ,) t( was finishing a Scotch andtn li a Ii of 'for Whom jages te st' five " Gcolfiey Keyes m-,- ( Til's jif Bil i i t, ( fi in Gto'Trcv a lieutenat t' e age of 24 (son of a tl uli d a il R gtr Keyes), had ducked to di k J o m England to come out n L n the British desert com-- r j, i aid s and raid the German and i n rc r dynamiting airdromes. I mg bridges, pi iv mg general hell But now Ken w h the tiemv, etc Kcves to go It Geo ey tod D is Ken was absorbed in the v(V list ft ,v minutes of Robert T eo Jo un s fe in the Bi 11, the unfor-- i Jor-dti d e list fi w minutes when i t t re a iditd props thigh, with si, an p a a u a Inn 'elf ag a st a tr e and levels his j col t mn..un in an approaching H i t u i un n tf I ascist cav lhy i 11 . great tl e , 1 i ) n i , ut it( st tin in tar torn conduit, e j u A i on v i nt on di li g i t fi ss ami t ru m e thr uh the It uMhv m s ions mill i , if An r c ms tl io iglumt the n it 'i f w the ro with atii ti n md tven hi i H sim i i ithi r the Rt publ c in i r e Di o oi r itic j ii ty i ii b id li s tl e II Ill ll S t V h t IlM t"l t w h tl r mil il l c ils 1) a g tl e pc ri d i f the i live n ti is wi M ri ml t it bi s d h it ti e I at if the t aioi is ci Uriel in t i loi dit gs hi .ll is of thi n ng with tie jt V s ill li i itc s w ith m i r ii n in v s n tn and j r li hr i h Sis nulhng to ish of tin ui f i'd ni' i vi i ts t ) in 'o aa n us i iti( nrv tlid v h v is t rs v itti a ti d tin gn at sj ct a li s Ni i a illy e i it s i inj i te to h v i nt tl i i m thi ir ns lu i t i s sail tli di h g iti s and ( si- - f up are if t uhithir iint ru- ( tin-lir- ( ' gr u till i mn-- n by tne ri n it tx n in e of or tl e m i e ir di s ' ri sale An i r ( in (' ipn it ( n i f -- if u's and ra l rs lie I n m h hivi their lai d gui i ill is v ho are ilri a lv I iy il j irt in tl e b ihle of Gtr-- n li g a v my III jait our si i uts at d r ci trs havt in the - in e i I it overt rt pri-at- e will son e d iy It sin g in a a si st s tie present annual cist food and imliviliil 'thing vto torri dlam he i i enthusiasm, America holds its at political con-ntions ever four vt at s Furcpe," the from guer lias would be i f the gr a'i 't assist mi e to an army op r rig a bridgehead Well riot only the laid guerillas of derived hut als i tin in n of the s i bv n pi and ri n c I dtul di cot aHon, and t( thousands with the ir in,. tie invasion him fits er v,,rv: (" tl ul K VNfrnNHv.-- b IF i lo thi , ones 1. ilk, ms for th, a ii nl .rutuulh ui r. mu at this mon f mu in th nter for Interna-!, mi ml Ana unite, spillbounil some hrenlhhss story. He uf us Ulth dm lid him to jot it dou n ) the story Here ir, j- - w ti r , v as He i ToMoi gave it to ,c' rit I think it s one c ut tr night sion Excellent Results r ( ommt ntutor of j Amnl bu KHf;n and I5M mm JLDLK I!v AL u Itmi I I Hi V ne |