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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. ITAH Slain! f Jy(" , j if jf fZg&rJ, Soundphoto of Fu Siao-E- mayor of Shanghai, and Japan's most col-orful of puppet rulers in China, who was assassinated while he slept in his home in Honkew. Old U. S. Tanks Arrive in Canada p ' vi3 If A long trainload of "whippet" tanks of World war vintage is here shown arriving at Canada's Camp Borden. These ancient tanks were turned over to Canada by the United States government. They are too old for actual combat duty in these days of highly mechanized warfare, and will be used to train Dominion tank corps. lour Olrf Rrn WW 0"?y there! a rocker rough Ke! line ItZm "move " r Mrs. SPears, the r0Ck ' f keep them." VP There is r,othinffs!,e4 with wired for elec&I redesign this r0cg r. jT fcST"Pw' ADDED - to make rjhVX''; lines? Cover it wiftl a nice shade of blue 1 give it a matching a a hem stitched linen 1 tricked out in tassels?! 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I Eat KeUogg's 4 Urly, drink plenty of see If you dont forget I constipation. Made by I In Battle Creek. If yourf Is chronic, it Is wise a physician. I MERCHjj Your I Advert! Dollar j buys something J space and ciraj the columns of tnj paper. It buys spj circulation plus able consideration readers for this ne and-f- advertising LET US TEt MORE agOg Washington, D. C. CONSCRIPT' DOCTORS National Guardsmen and the new draft army are going to have plenty of medical and dental service. Army plans call for a corps of 12.000 doctors and 2,287 dentists by July 1, 1941, who will be summoned from the Medical and Dental Reserve as the expansion of the army pro-gresses. At present the army has 1,196 physicians on active duty and ex-pects to add another 2,700 from the mobilized National Guard. The re-maining 8,400 will be secured from the Reserve Corps, the draft and volunteers. Dental vacancies will be filled the same way. The 7,000 nurses needed for the Nursing Corps will be obtained chief-ly through Red Cross registers. The nurses have warrant officer status and receive $60 a month, plus board, room and laundry. They cannot marry while in the service. Animal medicine also will not be neglected, with 1.143 veterinarians to be added to horse-draw- n units. The army is strict about Its med-ical and dental qualifications sccept-in- g only graduates of Class A col-leges. Under a bill Introduced by Rep. John McCormack of Massachu-setts, the army would be required to give commissions to graduates of Class B schools, but this is being opposed vigorously. There are only two such schools in the U. S.: The Middlesex college at Middlesex, Mass., and the Chi-cago Medical school. Their gradu-ates can practice only in Massa-chusetts and Illinois and the army refuses to admit them as physicians, It applies the same rule to chiro-practors, osteopaths, naturopaths, neuropaths, and podiatrists. The over-al- l medical ratio of the army is: For every 20,000 men a 1,000-be- d hospital; with each 1,000-be- d unit manned by 73 doctors, 120 nurses and 500 officers. BALKAN MESS Diplomatic dispatches from the Balkans indicate that Russia is not having a very good time in her deal-ings with the Axis. The Russians are worried over the troops rushed by Hitler and Musso-lini across her southern border in Rumania. The Axis has taken over the Rumanian military system com-pletely and even plans to conscript Rumanian troops. This came as a surprise to Mos-cow, which asked Berlin about it. This was the answer: 1. Nazi troops are needed in Ru-mania, first to protect the oil fields, since oil is to Ger-many. 2. Italian and German troops may want to invade Turkey later in the year, and they want 60,000 men who could be rushed immediately from Rumania to Istanbul and the Straits. The Nazis also explained that they were not taking any chances with Stalin's troops, because after Hitler had agreed to Russia having Bes-sarabia, Russia also seized Buko-vin- a without even consulting anyone. Therefore, the Germans say they will station their own troops near the Russian boundary to see that this does not happen again. The Nazis also explained that the Bulgarian and Hungarian armies still were itching for more territory, so Nazi troops. have come in to pro-tect the sovereignty of these small Balkan countries. ARMY UNIFORMS Young men who want to be of-ficers in the new army are finding that the greatest obstacle is the cost of getting dressed. The army dries not provide uniforms for its officers, and the cost at a tailor shop is enough to send them back home as conscientious objectors. For an officer called in from Re-serve, here is the list of minimum requirements. It does not Include the "special evening dress," which would add another $105 to the total Olive drab blouse (coat) with "pink" slacks 60.00 vercoat 58.oo Garrison cap 8 50 """I'aigu tap 3 00 Sam Browne belt "'" io 50 Puttees 1n'en i ield boots " 18 50 Six shirts at $3.00 i8 00 Breeches 25!00 Total ?21200 This does not include a $16 saber. h,ch has now been made optional. And it mcludes only one suit of whereas three or actually are required The Quartermaster corps of the army estimates that $250 would be requ.red to purchase a "modest out-la- for a young officer. RATS AM) WAR Kats m America break are getting a as a resuU of the war in Jjjope. For the war has interfer d leducrranean area, and red squill is the most effective P1SOn ever discovered. It is a bulb, llke an onion. You buy U in powdered or n,1,1 meat hS partis n!' 80 once- - of agriculture reoom- - being uuer:upted by war liii This Is New York The glint of superiority in the eyes of the boys who shine shoes via elec-tricity, when one of the shoe shiners passes their shops . . . The lacy title of a shoe store on 57th St., "Clinique des Pieds Sen-sible- s" . . . The antiseptic look of the town around six ayem, after the long evening has cleansed the city's face . . . Men trying to clutch onto their summer sun-tan- s via barber shop sunlamps. A bitter winter war between the machines and nature. Sweet poppas Esquiring baby-star- e blonds to the silk and satin spots. But they never bathe In Joy like the young couples In the two-b-it ice cream parlors . . . The dex-terity of those who sit in shop win-dows and build cigars all day. The swift, sure weavings of their fingers show the artistry of these minor league Rembrandts. The plushy conditions the Rock-ette- s have. Swanky dressing rooms, and the best in equipment for relax-ation. They're the only chorines In town treated like the stars they are . . . The of the town in the middle of the night, about 4 ayem, when the city settles down to a whisper. rreuy gai Darners urging you io see the wonders of New York by bus. But their empty stares tell you they don't think there's anythisg wonder-ful about New York . . . The glare of Broadway light blotting out a superior sight: A blue-robe- d sky stitched with sparkling stars. The first nights beautifully drowned In sables, silks and stuffed shirts. Only the detached drama critics not getting drunk on the sat-iny atmosphere and Just being them-selves . . . The people roller-skatin- g at the Radio City rink wearing swanky costumes, and the kids scooting along the various side streets wearing their joy like a flag unfurled. The sadness rampant along the waterfronts. Filled with sparkling scenery and ragged knick-knack- s that used to call themselves human beings . . , The lady who brings a camp chair to 47th and Broadway and sits there enjoying the elec-trick- s. She gets everything the cine-ma could give except Bingo. The gigantic loneliness of the mas-sive empty Yankee Stadium . . . The rains sweeping people off the Main Stem, giving It a chance to breathe. And a chance to show its preny race tnat numans clutter up . . . The description of a woman that fits most of those" who cover night club chairs: "Vogue on the outside and vague on the inside" . . . The snooty eateries with their jew-eled atmosphere; where everything Is the best, except the people. Private Papers of A Cub Reporter Alexander Woollcott's lesson In journalism: It is related of Law-rence Barrett, a once eminent tra-gedian, that sometimes in his cups he would grow tearful and lament that nightly it was his fate to carve a statue in the snow. On this sol-emn plaint Brander Matthews made the stinging comment that that art-ist's fame was the more secure who left no work lying around to be cold-ly appraised by a later generation. Newspaper work, like acting and singing, is perishable. That is the conventional thing to say about it. It is high time someone also said that, like acting and singing, it is therefore profoundly modest I count it a high honor to belong to a trade in which the good men write each piece, each paragraph, each sen-tence as painstakingly and as lov-ingly as any Addison and do so in the full knowledge that by noon next day it will have been used to light a fire or saved, if at all, to line a shell Chinese humor will defeat the Jap-anese, to hear Jimmy Young, the International Newspaperman, tell it . . . oung offers this as an exam-ple . . . The Puppets were holding a big show in Shanghai, thousands attending. Japanese military off-icials were present by the thousands, also. The Chinese DUDDet mayor, in a morning coat and striped trousers (a la Nippon) read off a Japanese-prepare- d congratulatory speech on the new order in Asia . . . The band struck up The Maine Stein Song as all stood at attention . . . The Japs, it appears, thought it was a patriotic tune . . . The Japanese general, commanding the Expeditionary Forces, read his scroll as all bowed in "reverence" to the conquerors . . . The Chinese band then really went to town and played "Listen to the Mocking Bird" . . . Four days later the Japs caught onto the slap and went looking for belittlers. Aint It the Truth! : Oscar Levant met Jimmy Petrillo, the musicians' ur,ion chief, on a train the other day . . . "It s a good thing you married a working girl," counseled the labor czar. "Never marry a rich girl she'll only want you for your piano-playing- Many night club owners are try-ing to persuade each other to close on Monday nights, and save a lot of expenses. That's the one night they all play to the waiters, except one or two spots. GENERAL PJ-- j . HUGH S. aa? Johnson MJour: Washington, D. C. PUBLIC OPINION POLLS This is a piece about these dope-ste- r polls that tell you all about elec-tions before they happen. I don't believe In them. Their accuracy depends too much on their timing, the way they are conducted and the wording of the questions. They can have great effect to sway voters. The conduct of them is a private en-terprise for profit There is no as-surance of bipartisan or neutral control of their conduct. As cam-paigns reach climaxes there are few Americans whose sympathies are not aroused. It is human nature for the wish to be father to both con-viction and conduct among poorly paid enumerators also. These polls do not register secret ballot. They do not even register a sample "yes" or "no." They are frequently built up on a scries of more or less technical questions, sometimes so framed as to persuade a particular answer which the enu-merator Interprets. In view of their great influence, it seems to me that all polls require both investigation and regulation in the public Interest. They certainly do not deserve to be swallowed whole. I don't dispute their possible value (1) as some indication of shifts and trends in Dublic thinking, and (2) as an even better indication when actu-al choice closely approaches, and the simple question is "Do you favor X or Y?" But the folly of making conclu-sions on these polls Is apparent. Most people don't have time to study them. A flat statement such as Dr. Gallup recently made that his study showed 499 electoral votes for Roose-velt with 42 states and 32 votes for Willkie with 6 states, sounds almost as Impressive as the 1936 election returns when Mr. Roosevelt carried 46 states. But, however inaccurate, except as to trend, an examination of this and other polls shows a surprising reversal of popular opinion. In 1936, Mr. Roosevelt carried 27.4 million voters to Mr. Landon's 16,6 millions almost 66 per cent or a majority of 10.8 millions. The poll of Amer-ican Forecasts Inc. a competitor of Dr. Gallup's predicts 23.7 millions for Mr. Roosevelt and 21.2 millions for Mr. Willkie a 53 per cent ma-jority, or only a 2.5 million majority. Both poll conductors insist on a 3 per cent to 4 per cent margin of error as experienced in their own performances. Both also report very large "undecided" groups and surveys show that as many as 27 per cent of Mr. Roosevelt's current supporters are not definitely sure that they will vote for him." Con-sider the states shown on the Gallup poll with less than a 4 per cent ma-jority (Dr. Gallup's claimed margin of error) for Mr. Roosevelt all of which are shown on the Dunn sur-vey as safely for Willkie. Consider also that the American Opinion Forecast Inc. poll is 2 per cent less favorable to Mr. Roosevelt than Dr. Gallup's. Consider both of these. I come to no such conclusions. I don't trust these polls either way. This is going to be a very close elec-tion. The Democrats are dumb if they are lulled by this sweet news. The Republicans are quitters if they become defeatists because of any such cheap stuff. The political practice about these modern polls is like Shylock with Portia, to praise them when their forecast is favorable and curse them otherwise. I can escape that charge. I have long regarded all these "sampling" polls as a public evil capable of vicious abuse. They won't tell their exact method. They resist investigation that would re-veal more than their "general prin-ciples." These are not enough to determine whether in the science of mathematics they stand even on a sound formula of probabilities. They refer to their record of ac-curacy. Sometimes it has been re-markable, but since they do not claim accuracy within 3 or 4 per cent and many an election has turned on less than that, it is not very convincing especially since they are very coy in reporting the actual number (not the percentage) or unaecmea answers oy location. That clouds their whole result There is a survey in this country based on a different method than "sampling." It is called the Dunn Survey. It has been conducted lor years by a scholarly, retiring sort ( fellow. It is not a poll taken &y part-tim- e agents on a theoretically selected sampling. It is scientific analysis of several factors. There has been no attempts to commer-cialize or publicize it. It has been far more timely, or at least it has forecast results far sooner, than other polls. It is too ear.y for this column to repeat its 1936 stunt "Landon may carry four states, he is only sure of two," but I don't think we are going to hear any more of the Gallup poll after this election than of the Liter-ary Digest poll after 1936. This, of course, is my own opinion. If it becomes appropriate to eat these words, I shall do it as grace-fully as possible, but I didn't have any literary indigestion last time and I don't expect to suffer galluping consumption in 1940. Where Nine School Children Died Nine school children died here in a fire which destroyed a mission school in Breathitt county, in the hills a little distance from Jackson, Ky. The school, known as "Little Mission," was maintained by the missionaries and was undenominational. The children who died were in their beds on the second floor when the fire started. First Nurse Called if! Agnes C. Rosele, 24, of Washing-ton, D. C, first Red Cross nurse called to active duly in the army nurse corps in recently authorized expansion program. Bearing Brunt of Dakar Blame Sill W ' 1 A recent picture of Gen. Charles de Gaulle (right), leader of "Free France," and Brig. Gen. E. L. Spears, who has been acting as liason officer between De Gaulle and the British government. These two men have taken the brunt of the blame for the naval expedition against Dakar, French colony in Africa. Savior of Britain a t' ; Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowdjng, boss of Britain's air fight- er command. Marshal Dowding Is the unsung hero of Britain's stiff resistance to the Nazis in the air t, Thought and Fejf. Thought coavinces; suades. If imaginatioi the fact with wings, fef great, stout muscle f them, and lifts himf' ground. Thought sees b tion feels it. Theodorl. Named Temporary Draft Director W ml : fti President Roosevelt has given Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Bershey power to carry on administration of the selective service system, pending designa-tion of draft director. Photo shows (L. to R.) Lieutenant Hershey, Major ben B. Powell, chief of man power division and Maj. Chauncey Parker, chief of the finance and supply division. Re-Writ-es Laws f mmm,m u .mimm - .y ' j crfrTn m" Warntr' Profsor of ' "vard, is rewrit-m- g the 1. S. sabotage laws with ih. of th 6 dePar""ent Justice. of |