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Show NEWS NEWSt BEHINDTHE4 BEfflNE BEHIND BEfflNEr | t I THE4 /r r / NEB rmv -mv- mv - mvc - c a fggBy < J > 'E E ' fgg iJ , By PAULI PAUL-MALLON PAUL MALLON - IALLON IALLONReleased "y y "yReleased " Released by Western Newspaper UnionCURRENT Union UnionCURRENT CURRENT ST STTUS STITUS STITUSOF STITUSOF \TUS TUS \ TUSOF OF NAZI AIR AR'IWASHINGTON ARMWASHINGTON AR\I AR I AR'I ARI ARM ARIWASHINGTON ' " \ WASHINGTON - The Germans Germanshave Germanshave Germanshave have been able to get together togetherenough togetherenough togetherenough enough bombing bombmg planes to stage a anew anew anew new campaign against agamst LondonThe LondonThe London LondonThe The number of planes at their theirbases theirbases theirbases bases back in from the French coast coastIndlcates coastindicates coastindicates Indlcates indicates they may be able to send sendover sendover sendover over 50 to 100 planes three or four lourn fourn n ghts a weekTha weekThat week Tha That t is 15 all there seems to be be belund behind behind lund hind their heavy scale < (150 150 ( to 200 200bomber 200bomber 200bomber bomber ) attacks on the British Bnhsh capl caps capltal capstal capital tal in mid month Our best check checklends checktends checklends lends tends confidence to the convlchon conviction convlchonthat convictionthat convictionthat that they cannot sustain sustam even such a amoderate amoderate amoderate moderate scale offensive as that thatone thatone thatone one and have no taciht facllit facrlit es as to expand expandtheir expandtheir expandtheir their newly opened air frontStones frontStories front frontStories Stories Stones have been becn circulated that thatthe thatthe thatthe the bomb ngs of London have been beenmore beenmore beenmore more severe than officially officla1y ! report reported reported , ed There may be some truth in ingeneral inthis inthis ' this general suspic SUSplC on since smce it IS ISnot isnot isnot not cons dered good military mll.ltary mllltary . cus custom custom custorn tom to divulge bombing bombmg damage damageBut damageBut damageBut But the more s 5 gn gnificant cant truths of ofthe ofthe ofthe the situat sltuat on are simply theseAbout theseAbout these theseAbout About six v . weeks eeks ago the Germans Germansrene Germansrenewed Germansrenewed rene\\ rene reneed renewed \ \ ed small scale night mght air at attacks attacks attacks tacks using usmg about 50 planes one or ortwo ortwo ortwo two nights mghts a week ( one week weck five fiveattacks fiveattacks fiveattacks attacks ) They hit some south Eng England England England land cit Clt es but concentrated mamly mainly mamlyI mamlyI.pon mainlyupon mainlyupon I I.pon Ipon upon . LondonTheir LondonTheir London LondonTheir Their raids necessarily necessanly were pot potshot potshot largeI , shot h t and run bomb ngs on large largearea largearea largearea I area targets No accurate attack attackon attackon on a war industry mdustry center has been beenmade beenmade beenmade made They may have hit illt somt some somemilitary somemilitary > military objectives but their thelI ' mam main mamobJective mainobjective mainobjective obJective plainly plamly was to offset psy psychologlcay psychologically psychologically chologlcay chologically ! the effect effeet of Brit Bnt sh shAmencan shAmerican shAmerican Amencan American raids on Germany w th thsome thsome thsome some show of encouraging encouragmg retalIa retalIaton retaliat ton t on tonIf onIt onIf It If they could get the planes they theymight theymight theymight might make it hurt because their theirbases theirbases theirbases bases are closer to the r I ' obJecbve objective obJecbvethan objectivethan objectivethan than ours are But great stores and andreplacements andreplacements andreplacements replacements are needed for sus sustamed sustanned sustamed tamed tanned air campa gns and these theGermans the theGermans theGermans Germans obviously do not haveThe haveThe have haveThe The most they can do therefore thereforeis is to knock do vn some build ngs ngsstart ngsstart ngsstart start fires and cause suffer ng and anddeath anddeath anddeath death to the Br t sh civilian popula populatlon population population tlon tion They cannot impede coneen concen coneentratlons concentrations concenrations tratlons trations ( tor for the second front by pre preCISlon preciseon precision CISlon ciseon bombings bombmgs or bring brmg decis decls ve ye veconsequences yeconsequences veconsequences consequences of any military milltary na nature natore nature ture tore 0 000 000nHERE 000HIIEBE 0 0 0SSIIERE nHERE SSIIERE EDUCATIO'J EDUCATIOJ EDUCATION EDUCATIO'JBoiS EDUCATIONHMS EDUCATIONHIS ' BoiS HMS FALLEV FALLE'J FALLEJ FALLEN ' DOWN DOWNIf If anyone tries to tell you the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American schools have not broken brokendown brokendown brokendown down m in both scholarships and dlSCI disci dlSCIplIne discipline discipline plIne cite to them these foowmg following foowmgfacts followingfacts followingfacts followingfactsThe ! facts factsThe The navy found incoming fresh freshmen freshmen freshmen men at the leading leadmg universit uDlversJt unrversit es so sofar sofar sofar far belo v its educahonalstandards educationalstandards educational educahonal standards standardsit It had to mst inst tute the V program programIn programIn In a test to 4 200 freshmen at 27 27leadmg 27leading 27leading leadmg leading universit umverslt unrversit es 68 per cent centwere centwere centwere were unable to pass the arlthmehc arithmetic arlthmehctest arithmetictest arithmetictest test and 62 per cent failed falled the thewhole thewhole thewhole whole test Among the same candl candy candydates candldates candidates dates tor for naval reserve officers officerstralnmg officerstraining officerstraining tralnmg training only 10 per cent had taken takenelementary takenelementary takenelementary elementary trigonometry in rngh high rnghschools highschools highschools schools only 23 per cent had more morethan morethan morethan than a year and a half of mathBut mathBut math mathBut But in order to enroll the number numberof of men needed by the navy Ad Admlral Admiral Admiral mlral miral Nunitz Nunlt2 Nemitz : wrote in m a letter to toProfessor toProfessor toProfessor Professor Bredvold of the Umver Univer Umverslty University University slty sity of Michigan Mlchlgan November 21 1941 1941that 1941that 1941that that it was found necessary at one oneof oneof oneof of the training trammg stations stahons to lov lower . er the thestandards thestandards thestandards standards in m 50 per cent of the ad admissions admissions admissions admissionsNot missions missionsNot Not halt half the graduates of the ele ale elementary alementary elementary mentary schools in Tennessee today todaycan todaycan todaycan can read and write well The can con candlhon condrtion condition dlhon drtion is exposed m in an article in m the theTennessee theTennessee theTennessee Tennessee Teacher by School Super Supermtendent Superintendent Supermtendent mtendent intendent H I Cal1ahanho CaUahan Cal1ahan Callahan \ who \\ho ho sho saysThe saysThe says saysThe The testimony of high lugh school schoolprincipals schoolprincipals schoolprincipals principals and teachers bears Wit Witness witness witness ness to the fact that more than hall half halfthe halfthe ' the children finishing fimshmg the eighth eighthgrade eighthgrade eighthgrade grade in m Tennessee schools are un tin unable tinable unable able to read with ease comprehen comprehension comprehenslon slon sion and pleasure that they arc are arcvery arevery arevery very poor in m the elementary me me- mechamcs mechanics mechanics - - chanics chamcs of written wntten English EnglishIt It is impossible lffiposslbIe to teach the prod products products products ucts of lax elementary schools a aforeign aforeign aforeign foreign language in m college as Dr DrT DrT DrT T Braxton Woody University Umverslty of ofVlrglma ofVirginia ofVirginia Vlrglma Virginia School of Romance Lan Languages Languages Languages guages saysAs saysAs says saysAs As the sorry products of pro pro- progressive progressive progressive - gressive education filter into mto our ourclassrooms ourclassrooms ourclassrooms classrooms the problem of what to todo todo todo do with Wlth them becomes more and andmore andmore andmore more acute It is really reany unreason unreasonable unreasonable unreasonable able to expect them to learn a for forelgn foreign toreign elgn eign language since our modem modern edu edueators educators educators eators cators have tailed failed lamentably In Intheir intheir intheir their efforts to sugar coat the pill pillof pillof pillof ( of learnmg learning learningWHAT ) WHAT WIiAT CHILDREN cmLDREN 11ISSIf MISSIf \ MISS 1\1ISS 1 1ISS MISSIt It If the parent will well sit down WIth WIthhis withhis withhis his high school child one night mght he hewill hewill bewill will find the average cannot figure figurethe figurethe figurethe the area of a floor if 1f the sides are aregiven aregiven regiven given in m feet and inches mches cannot cannotname cannotname cannotname name three countries in m every can con cant cont cont t nent they would not know the cap capitals . . itals of six states or five flve rivers in inthe inthe inthe the United Umted States or any country countryA ( A Philadelphia Phlladelprna teacher name wl.h wlh wile wl.hheld wileheld wiihheld . held ) Teachers are required to pass pu pupUs pupils pupils pUs pils even it if they do not do the work workand workand workand and this has created a generation generahon of o1 oflazy o1lazy oflazy lazy spineless boys CA ( ( A teacher ) ) |