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Show ROITTH CACHE COURIER LIBYA: Tank Tangle WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Jap Naval Losses Off Midway Island Strengthen U. S. Position in Pacific; The Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: , You probably read, in the stories about John Barrymore, how saddened he was over the loss of his interned Jap valet and the Japs family , . . On the other hand, some of Charles Chaplins Jap servants turned out to be spies . . . The most ironic situation of all, we think, concerns Eugenia Clair Flatto, Grand Hostess of the American Gold Star Mothers annual convention . . . Before the war, Mrs. Flatto had a loyal Jap He had been here for gardener many years had even fought for this nation in the last big war . . . But, because he is Japanese he had to be interned . . . Mrs. Flatto now has a new gardener, who is acceptable to the authorities a German, who cant even speak English! ... President Roosevelts closest advisers, a New Yorker, was One of feasting in a delicatessen. As he started to leave, the owner handed him a small package . . . This, he explained, is for the President. It contains some of my best corned beef and pastrami, please take it to him with my compliments . . . The next day when the President opened the package, right on top of the spicy cold cuts were two dozen of the delicatessen mans cards . . . FDR sent for Steve Early and, handing the cards to him, dryly instructed: Here pass these around to the various Embassies. When FDR was assistant secreof the navy, they say, he was tary visited by some ladies of the Temperance Union. They wanted him to christen the ships with soda pop instead of champagne. The trouble with you ladies, said Mr. Roosevelt, is that instead of opposing the christening of a vessel with champagne, you should encourage it. And get'a great temperance lesson. Why, how can we? queried one of them. Well, he replied, after the first taste of wine, the ship takes to water and sticks to it ever after. Then theres the one about the Mussolini troops, who will go down in history as men whod rather eat and make love than fight . . . One Italian captain decided to do something about it, and after a pep talk he Avanti! (Forcharged! ward!) and so shouting he led them into battle. When he turned, the captain found himself SO yards ahead-alo-ne! With all his men still seated on the ground applaudBravo! yelling: ing and Bravo! Admirers of Herbert Bayard Swope were disappointed not to find an anecdote about him in our re- cent pillar called Newspaperman Stuff. M. Throckmorton Cohn, who says Swope is a guy you always find in a photo finish when newspapermen are discussed, relays this one about him. While exec editor down on the World, Swope formed a habit of depending a great deal for the exact time on the clock in the tower of theN Tribune which was directly across the way . . . Every now and then the Trib clock would stop. This riled So one day he Swope no end got it off his chest by running this on the Worlds editorial page: The Tribune tries to tell the administration how to run the government, yet cannot keep its own clock going. ... For almost a year she has been trying to crash the Broadway heavTo attract attention she ens circulated the fable that she is an heiress to millions and that her family pays her a large sum weekly to keep out of the theater . . . Naturally, that kind of a story got her a lot of publicity, and playwrights and producers catered to her as a potential backer . . . The thing exploded right in her pretty face when she was threatened with eviction over a $20 hotel bill. ... Washington, D. C. WAAC ENLISTMENTS Thousands of determined women, eager to don the WAAC uniform, are driving WAAC officials wacky. The campaign for enlistments in the Womens Army Auxiliary corps has succeeded too well. Maj. Oveta Culp Hobby and her chief lieutenants, Mrs. Arthur Woods and Mrs. Genevieve Forbes Herrick, have a bear by the tail and they know it Sad truth is that there cannot possibly be more than 500 WAAC taken in now. No that is, auxiliaries, WAACs, can be recruited until the officers have been trained, possibly around September 15. The greatest number of WAACs that can be taken in this year is estimated at 25,000, and all of these will be subjected to a minimum of four weeks training. This leaves some 275,000 disappointed would-b- e WAACs out of an estimated registration of 300,000. Toughest job of all falls upon the chief recruiting officers in the nine army corps areas. It is their job to sort out the WAAC registrants and select the lucky women. Those chosen then must face a series of very stiff aptitude tests. Hollywood stars are not the gourmets they are cracked up to be. They have to eat sparingly of simple foods in order to maintain their figures and physical condition. Most stars dream of Paradise is to be able to eat steak and potatoes and pie whenever they feel like it but they dont Dont Believe What You Hear About Hollywood: Modern Americans believe more myth and legend about Hollywood than did the ancient Greeks about the boys from Mount Olympus, from Ajax to Zeus, inclusive. Although there is a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to promote this mecca which doesnt exist there is no Hollywood City Hall or city officials. That vague territory is just the northwest section of the city of Los Angeles. (EDITORS NOTE When opinions aro expresses In these eolnmns, they are those of the news analyst and not neeessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. officer-c- non-offic- er BOND LOTTERY Adolph Sabath of Illinois, genial chairman of the house rules committee, wasnt able to sell the President on government-sponsore- d lotteries when he called at the White House. However, he was given a novel idea on how to use the lottery principle in the sale of war Rep. bonds. Sabath contended that a legalized lottery, conducted monthly by the treasury, would greatly aid in relieving taxation and raise billions in revenue for the war effort Under a bill he is sponsoring, the Illinoian said, the government would realize approximately from the sale of a billion $1 tickets, whereas if it borrowed this amount at 3 per cent for 20 years, the interest alone would total $875,-000,0- $525,000,000. It wouldnt be the first time our government has held a lottery, arWe did it in 1776 to gued Sabath. help finance the Revolutionary war. Yes, I know, said the President, adding that he doubted the advisability of lotteries at this time because of the strong opposition of religious groups. Instead, he proposed a compromise. Why not apply your lottery ideas to the sale of war bonds, he sugThe Belgian government gested. held bond lotteries for a number of years. SHAKY CHINA Chinese leaders in Washington are not shouting it from the housetops, but behind closed doors they are doing some tough talking to the effect that an increasing number of Chinese are getting discouraged about the war and would like to see some kind of appeasement with Japan. Chinese leaders give this as the reason why China must have airplanes and have them immediately. The Chinese dont demand a lot of planes. But they do say that even a small fraction of the munitions going to Russia would work wonders in bolstering China. Here is the Chinese 'picture now being presented to U. S. war strategists. After five years of war, the Chinese are warweary. Most discouraging thing is the ironical fact that the Chinese are worse off now, with Allies than they were before, fighting alone. The Chinese were delighted after Pearl Harbor because it meant they had a powerful ally against Japan. But now after six months of it, they almost wish they had been left to hold out alone. That is why recent reverses in Burma and along the China coast have shaken Chinese determination down to the foundation. k Generalissimo Chiang is not weakening. But many Chio nese are, especially the class, the people who yearn for restoration of normal business, who would rather have a chance to make money and live ' peacefully even under the Japs than to pay the frightful cost of continued war. Meanwhile, Japan seems determined to crush China now. Apparently theU. S. bombing raids on Tokyo scaled the Japs sick, made them see the danger of nearby Chinese bases, caused them to shift their strategy to cleaning up China ahead of other warfronts. well-to-d- MERRY-GO-ROUN- D Heard in .the navy "press room: A sailor after 20 years service retired with a sizeable fortune of He amassed this sum through carefullnvestment, enterprise, initiative and the death of an uncle who left him $59,000. The war departments service of supply shortly will release a new movie called, The Army Behind the Army, showing Americas vast war production machine. The picture will be shown in defense plants throughout thb country. $60,-00- 0. hard-fightin- GAS RATIONING: andidates Kai-she- Most top salary players could not squander their money even if they wanted to. The greater part of their salaries goes to taxes and professional and living expenses. The rest is han- died by business managers. Terrific Bombing Attacks by British Stun Nazi's War Effort in Rhineland The battle of Libya entered its most violent phase as thousands of tanks took part in a raging fight in the desert at Knightsbridge. Two heavy German tank attacks were repulsed as the British struck another dent in the Axis salient in their lines south of Tobruk. Marshal Erwin Rommel was reported in the Knightsbridge Area 15 miles south of Tobruk, directing his men in a desperate attack against g British. The Nazis the were sent reeling back south and west of Harmat, six miles south of Knightsbridge. Experts looked upon Harmat as an extremely important position since it was near an escape gap in the British mine field. With the British in possession, there could be no wholesale Axis escape. , Revolt in House This unusual photo shows representatives of the British commonwealth gathered at the Washington airport to welcome Sir Owen Dixon, new Australian minister to the United States. Left to right: Walter Nash, New Zealand; Sir Owen Dixon, Australia; Ralph W. Close, Union of South Africa; Sir R. I. Campbell, British embassy, and Leighton McCarthy, Canada. SEA RAID: MIDWAY: Melee , On Australia Pearl Harbor has now been partially avenged. Vengeance will not be complete until Japanese sea power has been reduced to impotence. We have made substantial progress in that direction. With these blunt, stirring words, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, announced a decisive United States naval victory at Midway Island. In a remarkable demonstration of the Coordinated power of the three American services navy, army and marines a Japanese invasion fleet was repulsed with the greatest losses of the current war. From 14 to 17 Japanese warships were sunk or damaged, according to early reports. Included were two or three aircraft carriers sunk and one or two lost; three battleships damaged, four or six cruisers damaged, three transports damaged and one destroyer junk. Continuing attacks on the fleeing enemy made it impossible to state whether the ships bombed in pursuit had been damaged previously. - At the conclusion of the four-da- y action, Adm. Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the American fleet, hinted that the United States has a chance to knock out Japan as a sea power. The battle, he said, may determine the outcome of the war in the Pacific. Hawaii, he said, must be held at all costs, because it is the keystone to the entire Pacific defense system. Midway, 1,312 miles from Pearl Harbor, is a vital outpost in the Hawaiian defense. U-BO- MENACE: On the Run? Axis submarines operating along the Eastern seaboard have been driven out into the Atlantic, according to Chairman Carl Vinson (Georgia) of the house naval affairs committee. His disclosure came in a formal statement which added that the warfare organiza- tion has passed through its period of growing pains and is now well established and functioning effectively." In dealing with submarines we have a tough and clever enemy, the statement said, and it does not pay to be unduly optimistic. However, the fact remains that in the last few weeks the submarine has largely withdrawn from our eastern seaboard and is operating farther at sea . . . The committee has full confidence that we shall defeat the submarine. L: For Soldiers U. S. army units in England and Northern Ireland are now using a new and unique mail system for contacts with the United States. Known as this system provides that letters may be dispatched to a central station, censored and then photographed on small rolls of microfilm. Under army direction these rolls are then sent to the United States where they are developed and photostatic copies are presented to the postal service and sent through regular mails to the addressee. Value of plan lies in the fact that microfilm saves cargo space in eliminating mail shipments. The cities of Sydney and Newcastle on Australias southeast coast were shelled by Japanese forces in the first sea raid on that countrys mainland since the beginning of the war. Termed nuisance raids by General MacArthurs headquarters, these first attacks caused little damage and there were few casualties. Submarines were used for the attack. At Sydney the shells whistled over the city so fast it was impossible to estimate their number. Newcastle was shelled for 30 minutes. Both cities were blacked out and residents hustled to their air raid shelters. The attacks came only a week after four of the enemys midget submarines were destroyed as they attempted a sortie into Sydneys harbor. Also in the same week three and possibly four other subs were destroyed in the southwest Pa. cific. Increased submarine activity off the lower Australian coast was believed to be aimed at cutting Allied communications and supply lines as well as an attempt to divert United Nations naval units from the more major scenes of action, I.E., between Alaska and Hawaii. The congressional fight against nationwide gasoline rationing broke into the open when Rep. Jed Johnson of Oklahoma introduced a concurrent resolution opposing such a step until the house gets proof that the move is necessary. The resolution declared that there is a surplus of oil in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and other producing states and that nationwide rationing would cripple the war effort. The War Production board proposed the rationing program to conserve rubber rather than gasoline, of which thre admittedly is no shortage. The Johnson resolution was submitted following a boisterous caucus session of 100 members of the house. The resolution instructed Rep. Richard M. Kleberg of Texas, who was elected chairman, to appoint a committee of five house members to confer with a similar committee of the senate to take necessary steps. YOUTH AGENCIES: House Acts of your wages apd other income be deducted at the source and paid to Uncle Sam for income taxes! No pains! No sleepless nights! No complicated mathematical pt0h lems! No troublesome routines! N0 blanks. (Just come in and bring ( gallon of blood.) Randolph Paul, the treasury e!. pert behind the latest idea, says there will be 28,000,000 novice under our new laws, all u the lower brackets, and that, as fe of them can save any money iot taxes, the only way to collect is to take it at the source. Its a pet. feet plan. d and frictionless, it picks up the lint off the rugs an! the dandruff off your shoulders. high-spee- A baby can use it as an adult. well as You pay through the nose. nder U- federal nose control. It makes it easier for everybody except the boss and the bookkeeping department. Well, theyre too groggy to notice a little extra work anyhow. ' Under Mr. Pauls proposal the boss handles the whole business. He does the deducting, answers your squawks, tries to smooth your wounded feelings and then prepares certificates, affidavits and miscellaneous papers to be filed and forwarded to all necessary addresses. New Control nine-memb- er 1,000-bomb- n or rationing of most foods are in DAUGHTERS : Cautioning that severe labor shortages may develop, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard has urged rural families to keep their daughters on the farm to help with war food production. INDEPENDENT Despite Adolf Hitlers surprise visit to Finland, a government spokesman stated that the nation would continue to steer a strictly independent course. LOSS After two months of operations over Burma, the U. S. air POISON GAS: forces have announced the loss of Another Warning their first heavy bomber in that Within a month after Winston area. Meanwhile they have been Churchill had warned Germany that doing a terrific job of blasting Japaany use of gas warfare by the Nazis nese offensive plans. would be met with the same tactics. FOOD Approximately 1,300 facPresident Roosevelt has warned Ja- tories employing 20,000 workers will pan that it she persists in using be closed by orders originating in gas against China the U. S. will re- Vichy, France. The workers will be taliate in kind and full measure. diverted to a labor pool to man This statement by the President farms expected to produce food recame as a confirmation of reports serves for next winter and to prothat Japan was using noxious gases vide volunteers for labor in German war factories. in battles with the Chinese. TV treasury department has propose! that congress require that 10 per cent At the same time as the house of representatives refused to abolish the National Youth administration, this branch of congress voted to end The employer gets carbon copies the life of Civilian conservation while the glee club softly sings corps. Among My Souvenirs. The standing vote on NYA was 118 to 62 in favor of retaining the Not that you dont have to bother agency. Voting was on the specific to make out a tax blank. You motion by Rep. Everett M. Dirksen have to do that just the same as (R., IlL) to cut $49,700,000 from NYA ever. The new plan makes it more funds in its current appropriation. exciting. If, when you figure up His plan would have restricted NYA what you owe Uncle Sam, you find activities to a $5,000,000 student-ai- d the 10 per cent share of your salary training program for the next year. has overpaid the tax, you apply for a refund. If you find youre still shy FOOD: a few dollars you send em in. In wartime, food for fighting men is always of prime importance. With this fact in mind the government has now moved to assure ample supplies of U. S. forces and the armed units, of United Nations. Crefood requireation of a ments committee headed by SecreSECOND FRONT: tary of Agriculture Claude Wickard In Germany s Air has been announced by the War ProThe stunning effect of the monster duction board. RAF bombing raid upon Cologne beThis agency has been granted came known to the world when the power to designate what foods may first newspapers from that historic or what commay not be Rhineland city reached neutral ter- modities are toproduced; be allowed for imritory. port or export; and to regulate the Cologne, as its people knew it, is distribution of foodstuffs. forever lost, according to the disWhile attention was thus patches. Whole quarters of the town drawn to the nations food being supply, are empty, and a Stockholm newsthe department of agriculture was a German paper, quoting dispatch, quick to declare that it should not reported that all the property of at be assumed that shortages of food least 10,000 persons had been dedisThe central stroyed completely. trict of the city was ruined and damage reached far into the citys outskirts. The Koelnische Zeitung, Cologne newspaper, said: Those who survived the night . . . and who on the morrow looked at the city were fully aware that they had bade farewell forever to their Cologne, because the damage is enormous and because the integral part of the character and even the traditions of the city are gone forever. While the Cologne bombing was followed by a attack on Essen, home of the great Krupp armament plants, a complete picture of the damage to that industrial center is lacking. However, England was jubilant over these second front activities. The initial raid on Essen was followed the next night by a second mopping up raid, employing an estimated CLAUDE WICKARD 400 bombers. Heads nine-macommittee. BRIEFS: ANOTHER TAX IDEA! done by suction pump! Its all (And if youre still baffled retire to a cool dry place you and await further advices.) It probably never will be But if it is, the folks will without undue lamentations. war and it costs money. Bus Lines Pooled. passed take it War is Headline. All the road hogging is done under one head now. to be The government again this time through Donald M. Nelson warns that autos may be seized unless eand very driver cuts down his speed uses his tires as little as possible How about having the cops stop and take the names of all those drivers who still ignore all the warnings! And then beginning the seizures from that list? Uniforms for the womens army hat been chosen, and it is a relief to knot that they will be standardized so that no lady will refuse to turn out on tht ground some other member of the out fit looks smarter. MYSTERY full of curiosity, Which nothing ever throttles, Why women think, for charm, they need So many jars and bottles. Im PIER. All work on theaters and ball anparks must be stopped, it is nounced by the WPB. Skinny ODay, captain of the grammar school nine, says he hopes it doesnt mean that his team cant complete that new backstop made of rusty wire. Add similes: He was as exhaust ed as a man who just cut his lav with a power mower. prospect An analysis of the step however would indicate that this new board might eventually find it necessary to make rather definite changes in the eating habits of U. S. civilians. While the total supply of food for 1942 is expected to be the largest on record and more than enough for U. S. needs plus the demands of England and Russia, it is conceivable adjustments in normal food production and consumption may become necessary. PRODUCTION: GANGWAY t Elmer TwitcheU is all upset over rumor he just heard in connection tfj the ban on cuffs on mens trousers, hears that Mr. Henderson may oraf the seizure of all mens pants this w mer if the situation gets worse. commander, A German K judging from his radio message.caB worried because American girls sit on bathing beaches. Is it P sible that Schicklegruber is to if clare war on Miss America? at ' As we understand it WashingIndication that U. S. military proton is now pessimistic because duction was hitting its full stride of all the optimism. was gathered from the statement by 0 0 0 Undersecretary of War Patterson to The fellow wM 345: No. Patriot the effect that the army now has Sam mus j, Uncle 'that all the weapons it can send abroad reading cuffs on trousers to conserve clo under present shipping conditions down and orders six new s and also enough to arm every sol- goes before the cuff order takes effect. dier in the U. S. This was true, he said, despite the fact that almost Wooden tires have been sutwice as many light arms are reB ccessfully used in St. Louis. quired per man since the developup call to it must seem funny ment of parachute troops. carpenter to fix a flat. |