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Answer Remains e in e eAnswer in Doubt Doubt , fiJ Successful American Offensive Result of ofThorough ofThorough ofThorough Thorough Planning Plannmg ; Two Possibilities PossibilitiesMay Possibilitiesl PossibilitiesMa May Alter Picture in m RussiaBy Russia RussiaBy By BAUKHAGEA BAUKHAGEetas BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGEicitii i\citii i citii 1etVS 1\ 1 A \ \ etVS etas Analyst Ana/ysl Ana ysl / and Cone Con n " e f a ! tutor rotor tator , 1313 1M3 1343 n 11 Street N Y . n W nWashington Wpashington fi\1J fi 1J cep ' \ M Features gestures Washington pashington { Masitlnff0 * " I D ClIow Cgow c the war last ' will lIow gow ? . long happened m in the thelast thebst have T'Wo TWo Tao ' T Q thmgs things ujut * * - vh eh ch have made peoplek peoplea people . i.st ist last bst weeks again agam even if 11 it the theansller themiser theer question questlon a ' k k that as deep dcep in 10 the mire mireof mireof mire- mire mireat ansller , miser , remains rcmams speculat apeculat - - at on as everT1e everg9ie ever everst of Scant ficant ficantI ficantpassmg ficantpassmg I the s is gn go tlrst first st e event esent cnt T1e g9ie ! first milestone on the theroad theroad theroadto'ToIqo theroadtoToIqo ' of the theI I passmg ' On the 1 ttle ttie Islands Islandsand islandsand islandsyii TolQ Tok ) 0 a road about to Tulagi rulagl luiagi harbor \ wl I ch Br t tas tyi I Ijh jh , and Admiralthcone Admiral Jell thcone thconeest coe estnatural in m natural the last harr war wara 3 as < il d COIItaAdmiral cantsbar conta COIIta cants ned the finest est natural har harI harbor hardor I . the marines landed landedand landedaid world the bor bar to In have bave the situat sltuat on well inhand in m inkind I Ihand and now kind hand kindThe handThe handTbe American odens offens oflens \ e a m in mI mthe inout inthe I first The Tbe accompi accompl shed not wIth wIthout without ins the war was a andwitha andwith andwitha but w th success and as asa asa s losses a out result of a plan worked out nearly nearlyfive nearlybye nearlyfive five bye months monUls ago It was a surpr se seattack seattack sesttac attack ! . . and yetHues yet there were many 10 10Wasbmgton inWashington edrthat that some somethmg something Wasbmgton 1Qashmg some1Qashmg \ ho Hues guessed thmg thing 1Qashmgthing was about to pop in 10 the PacificDel Pacific PacificSsy know what They didn dldn t tbave thave thare Ssy Del eY d d not bave have any idea that it at would be on the thescale thescale thescale the battle ot of the Solo Solomons Solomesas Soloroons scale of o ( mons mesas But tor for a full \ week eek before beforeit It took place I 1 found great mterest interest interestin mterestID quarters in m the achvit activit actavit es esof esof esof certa certs n ID in in m those Islands IslandsT1e islandsDie islandsThe of the Japanese T1e Die ! people I 1 talked talhed with probably probablyduro probablydidn probablyAda duro didn t know what the navy was plan plannlDgthey plannagthey plannuig nlDg-they nlDg they nag-they nag - they were not naval officers- officers officersbut officersbut officers-hut officers hut - - but they d d know lmow that the Japs Japswere Japswere Japswere were busy as bees complet ng a fine fineairfield fineairfield finealrBeld airfield on Guadalcanal and gettmg getting gettmgready gettingready gettingready ready to prepare other complete 10 in 10stallat installat installatons Islands IslandsespeciallY islandsespecially islandsspecially stallat ons on the nearby especiallY ( developing developmg and protect1Og protecting protect1Ogthe protectingthe protectingjhe the Tulag Tulagl Tulagi harbor tor for a submarine submarme base baseAlso Also Japanese forces there would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be too near the island of New Cale- Cale Caledon Caledon Cale-aon Cale aon - - don a on " , fthich which hlch American forces are arestaloned arestat arestat staloned stat oned tor for comfort Ne v Cale CaledOIl1a Caledoma Caledonia dOIl1a doma is much further south oppo oppos 5 s te Ie to the western coast of Austral1a Australia AustraliaI Austral1aI I mentioned th s actlvlt activity ot of the J Jap Japanese Japanese ap apanese anese in III the Solomons on the a r rmore rmore rmore more than thaa once right up to the eve eveof eveof eveot of the battle and nobody ques questioned queshoned quesHoned tioned honed my scr ser pt-l pt l pt-I I pt - - I mean there was wasno wasno wasBO no quest on from the censor cen'or cenor ' Per Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps haps even the censor wasn t m in on onthe onthe onthe the secret Anyho v the blow was wasJust waslust wasjust Just lust about to be struck It v as asslruck asstruck asstruck slruck struck and it may mean the turnmg turning turnmgpomt turningpoint turningpoint pomt point in the battle of the PacIfic PacIficSo PacificSo PacificSo So much on the credit credlt s deRussian de deRussian Russian PictureBut Picture PictureBut But in m the sameeeks same \ weeks \\eeks eeks which whJch saw saw1b sawth sawth 1b th s achievement of American armsthe armsthe arms the Russ an picture began to un unfold unfold unfold fold as darkly darki darkl } as the pess pesb mIsts mistsV mistsp 11 p ctured etured it The story stary of the cam caml3aign campalgn campaign l3aign palgn of the Caucasus is as not over overyet overyet overyet yet , , but the Nazi arm es have car carred carr carred red r ed on so far at a tempo beyond beyond1hat beyondthat beyondthat 1hat that wh ch even the pessimists pessunlsts d d dnot dnot dcot not calculate uponTwo uponTwo upon uponTwo Two things may brighten the Rus RusSIan RusSian Russian SIan p cture The sudden appear appearance appearante appearance ance ante on the northern fronts of a amystenous amysterious amysterious mystenous mysterious army of red reserves reserveswrnch reserveswhich reserveswhich wrnch which some bel eve have been h dden dden d dien den < ien in the long shado vs that cloak cloakall cloakall cloakall all of Russia s war plans Second Second1he Secondthe Second1he 1he the revelation of much greater greaterlosses greaterlosses greaterlosses losses on the part of the Germans Germans1han Germansthan Germansthan 1han than are evident eVldpnt at th s wr t ngBased ngBased ng ngEased Eased Based on developments to da date datehowever datehowever te tehowever however Washington hopes for fora tora a short 5hort war a ' one m I 1 tary man manput manput manput put it to me but is as preparing preparmg for fora fora tora a long one I 1 suppose a short one onewould onewould 1 1would would be defeat of H tier by 1944- 1944 1944a 1944 - a * long one an3 any an } ' longer than that thatwith thatith I IWith With the fight ng In the Far Eastto East 10 to " cont contnue nue st at U II longer 10l/ger 10l ger logger / and then then1he thenthe then"e thene 1he the UrutedNat UnitedNat " Indefln Indefin te to per od when Uruted United Unitedbatons Nat patrolthe ons troops wiU WIll have to patrol patrol"e the "e e " world to keep a semblance spmblance of oforder oforder oforder order prognostitat prognostlcat prognosiseat The reasons for these prognostl prognosis cat eat Hitler liltler one ons are first the tact fact that lilt Hit ler now has food and oil in his grip griptecond gripsecond second with a strong German army armyIn In Incontrol control ol of the Caucasus and Rus Rusala Rusala Bus'la Busla ala ' a chiefarea chief < area rea of raw materIalsand materialsand materials materialsnd and nd war industries cut off olr the Red Redarmy Redarmy Red-wiy Red wiy army - militaryassistance can be of ot no pos tive bve tsve military assIStance to the United Uruted Nations Ul ( ( ( Unless NationsUnless NationsUl ess those mythical reserves reservesturn reserves111m 111m turn 111mup up ) Thismeaus This means meaus that Germany cannot cannotbe be broken by blockade that a pow trful erlul powtrful powerlul trfulexpedlt erlulexpedat haveto ttul expedit expedlt expedat onary ovary force will have to defeat Hitler s armiesMore armies armiesWore Wore More PredictionsSpeaking Predictions PredictionsSpeaking been havebeen Speaking of prcd prod ct ons there have j jw theWar many of late concerning the War w " and a number have been gath gathMd gathtred gatheredtogether tred Md eredtogether 150Pag 150page together in m a very readable 150 page- page pagebook ? - book caUed called Prophets and r-- r - Portents ( Thomas Y Crowell Com Corn Company Cornpany Cornpany pany ) by Roife Rolfe Boswcll Boswell These Thesesomewhat Thesesomewhat I Isomehat some\\hat some hat somewhat \ \ vague prophecies do not notmtr notmtr notmtr mtr gue me very much but they arc are arcmterestmg areinteresting arcinteresting arcI I mterestmg interesting reading readmg One ho vever veverwh veverwh veverwh wh ch has been quoted cons derably derablyof ' of late is more modern than most mostI mostof mostof I , of the rest and is remarkable to me mebecause mebecause mebecause because it actually uses the word wordfascism ' fascism although it was wntten written wnttenin writtenIn writtenin in 1842 and 'o o ' 0 o tar far as I 1 know that thatword thatword thatword word had never been used to de desCribe describe describe sCribe a form of government It IS as ISby asby isby by Heuinch Helllrlch Heinrich Heine Heme wr tten after afterI afterh afterh I , h s self ex Ie le to Par sThis sThis s sThis This is as \ what hat He ne wrote just a ahundred ahundred ahundred hundred ' years 3'ears 3ears agowren agoWIen ago agoWTen WT-en WT en wren WI-en WI - revolution starts spread ng ngaround ngaround ngaround around the world we shall w tness tnessthe tnessthe tnessthe the advent of the most frightful of o1 ofall o1all ofall all foemcn foemen wl wI o 0 ever set out to fight fightagamst fightagainst fightagainst agamst against the established establ1shcd way of lile life lileThIs lifeThis lifeThis ThIs opponent has not appeared as asyet asyet asyet yet , , but will arise under the name namefascIsm namefascism namefascism fascIsm and w \ 11 be the most com corn competent cornpetent cornpotent petent enemy who ever has counter countermarched countermarched countermarched marched against agamst the exist ng orderWar orderWar order orderWar War will be only the frst irst scenem scenein scene , in m the t tan c drama and will be Just Justa justI a ci et rta n raiser The second act actwill actwill actwill will be the European revolut on and andworld andworld andworld world re re\ re rep reolut \ . olut on the g gantic gantlc con confuct conflict condiet fuct flict between thoseho those \ who \\ho ho have and andthose andthose andthose those who lackThe lackThe lack lackThe The future tells us of crueltiesof crueltieso1 cruelties of o1 blood of athe sm and of vast m in mtrlgue intrigue intngue trlgue trigue and plotting plottmg I 1 warn our ourgrandchIldren ourgrandchildren ourgrandchildren grandchIldren to come into mto the theworld theworld theworld world with shoulders and backs pad padded padded padded ded heavily It \ well ell may be that thatthe thatthe thatthe the ancient bel et ef of of absolut st tyran tyranny tyranny tyranny ny will step out upon the world s sstage sstage sstage stage once again this time in m an ne tie v vattire vattire vattire attire w \ ith nth new warrlCS war \ - 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Where Men Are Men- Men MenAnd MenAnd Men MenAnd - And Women Are AbsentJust AbsentJust Absent AbsentJust Just about the time tlme that ne vs vscame vscame vscame came to Washington Washmgton that the Japs Japshad Japshad Japshad had landed on Attu island in m the theAleut theAleut theAleut Aleut ans I received a copy of the theKodIak theKodiak theKodiak KodIak Bear No v I 1 have had a anodding anodding anodding nodding peanut toss ng acquamt acquaint acquamtance acquaintance acquaintance ance ancelth with \lth lth \ a couple of Kod ak bears bearsa bearsat bearsat a at t the \ Washington ashmgton ashangton \ zoo for many manyyears manyyears manyyears years but like l1ke most people I 1 ne\ ne neer ne\erconnected ne erconnected \ er erconnected erconnected connected the r name with an anAmerican anAmerican anAmerican American base oft off of Alaska where wherethIs wherethis wherethis thIs journal is as publIshedThe publishedThe published publishedThe The Bear is a six page seven sevencolumn sevencolumn sevencolumn column newspaper w th a red hot hotheadw1"lter hotheadwrster hotheadwriter headw1"lter headw1lter headwrster " and some very peppery pepperycorrespondents pepperycorrespondents pepperycorrespondents correspondents on its staff I 1 would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not estimate or , ident dent fy its clrcula circula clrculatlOn circulation circulation tlOn tion if I 1 could since smce it Jt is prmted printed prmtedfor printedfor printedtor for the American forces that IS as ISprobably asprobably isprobably probably a military secret But Butwhoever Butwhoever Butwhoever whoever the readers are they cer certamly certainly certainly tamly tainly are a lively lot according accordlllg to tothe tothe tothe the accounts of the r doings domgs And Andthey Andthey Andthey they have a var ety of tastes That ThatIS Thatas Thatis IS as clear from a two column headlllle headline headlineon headlllleon on a page one story It readsBaseball readsBaseball reads readsBaseball Baseball Fishing Flshmg GIrlsRehglon GirlsReligion Girls Religion Rehglon Keep Outfit DusyWhere BusyWhere Busy Dusy BusyWhere Where men are men the story storyreads storyreads storyreads reads and women just aren t tsomethmg tsomething tsomething somethmg something must be done to take up upIdle upidle upidle Idle moments The men have con constructed constructed constructed . structed themselves p ng pong tobles ta to | _ bles and tournaments are frequentI frequentBut frequentBut frequent frequentBut I But gentle reader don t let men mention mention mention tion of that innocuous pas pastime lime of oftable oftable oftable table tenn s mislead you The Theba Theba Theba ba eball has started to 10 cleave the thea thea thea a r the reporter cont nues and andmany andmany andmany many have taken up axe and kn fe to fethro tothro fethro thro vmg ving ( Not so innocuous mnocuous I Iwould Iwould Iwould would say ) Fishing Flshmg tackle is as out too and the thechron thechron thechron chron cler pred prod cts that it Jt at i t \ on t be belong belong belong long before the smell of fresh fishfry fishfry fish fishfry fry ng on the griddle will be a de dej l 1 ght Tbe The very Idea is a delight dehght , right nowTWIce nowTwice now nowTwice Twice aeek a \ week \\eek eek rel reI gious glOus pious meet meetings meetings meetIngs ings are heldBut heldBut held heldBut But as tor for the ladles ladies the last lastparagraph lastparagraph lastparagraph paragraph reveals the sad truth truthThe truthThe truthThe The news on that score is lim hm lam ted tedto tedto tedto to heart breaking breakmg accounts of sol soldlers soldaers soldiers dlers daers who don t get those letters lettersfrom lettersfrom lettersfrom from back home any more It Itseems Itseems Itseems seems the writer wnter from far KodIak KodIakconcludes Kodiakconcludes Kodiakconcludes concludes absence makes the theheart theheart theheart heart grow fonder-for fonder for fonder - for somebody somebodyelse somebodyelse else Ask the man who no longer longerowns longerowns longerowns owns oneTo oneTo one oneTo To men there is real pathos In an Inthat anthat mthat that . . It s bad enough to be a soldier soldierm soldierin m in a foreign land but in the lonely lonelydomam lonelydomain lonelydomain domam domain which the Kod ak Bear re reveals reveals reveals veals as its habitat , , it |