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Show THE LEW SUN. LEIH, UTAH lVTrarTtV3TS fcTVYVZYS .. . jn A. II IL'JILM V-LM.YN t H V 1V4: f tl I H W JA tJA: WEEKLY NEWS ANALTalS "VZZTTu I R USg&&Wm D E P i V.V' IB Civil Pilots Eagerly Await Army Assignments Rapidly Expanding Air Force Will Be in Meed of 400,000 Aviators; Good Futpre In Skyways Seen in Time of Peace. By OAUKIIACE New Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. Washington, of late, ha become increasingly air minded and although al-though the war has caused it, peace will benefit A recent advertisement expressed the idea strikingly. It said: "We exist ex-ist upon one globe and inside another. an-other. Our planet earth is the center cen-ter of a larger air-globe . . , both globes, as one unit, follow the same orbit. We take our air with us and always have." It is our activity in that larger globe, the heavens, which is going to be vital to America when the war is over. Now we are concerned with small sectors of the sky, our scattered scat-tered air fronts. Later we shall be concerned with linking them all together to-gether in peaceful and profitable air commerce. In recent weeks, many members of congress have been giving thought to preparation for thai day, and "x" thousand (the number is a military , secret) young men who have in the past months learned to fly under the Civil Aeronautic Authority's War Training program the boys who will be the nucleus of our pilots after aft-er the war are fairly, bursting with impatience to spread their wings. Train Civil Pilots America is planning a military sir force of some three million men. Since the rule of thumb says eight men on the ground to one in the air, that means we are going to need some four hundred thousand pilots. The "x" In the "x thousand" men I mentioned as being civilian trained j- J Many pilots like these, who have been trained under the Civil Aeronautics Aero-nautics Authority program, are eagerly awaiting a call to regular army service. Many have qualified for combat duty while others expect to enter other phases of flying service. serv-ice. or in training does not equal four hundred thousand now but it will help. Before we went into the war, this need was visualized and the Civil Aeronautics Authority created the civilian pilots training courses to which there was a tremendous and enthusiastic response. Not only from boys and men of "fighting" age which is young for combat pilots but of fellows from 18 to 37 who could become flying instructors or could pilot transport and cargo planes. Some of these civilian trained pilots pi-lots are enlisted in the United States Army Air Force Reserves, those who passed the physical and age requirements require-ments for combat flying. The others oth-ers hoped to get into some kind of military aviation service other than combat The army in January called all of its enlisted reserve except those who were In the midst of a college term (they will be called when the current term is over). But because of lack of facilities for training, the reserves who were in the air force have to be called slowly and those who are found to be eligible to qualify quali-fy as flying cadets will begin their final military instructions by April first The complete list of colleges where they will receive this training train-ing will soon be announced. Meanwhile, the boys in the reserves re-serves and those who are training for transport flying are becoming very restive. They have been given free instruction and subsistence but BRIEFS At the engineer school Fort Bel-voir, Bel-voir, Va., incoming mail is read with eager anticipation. For that school operates a suggestion system. Any envelope in any day's mail may have a revolutionary suggestion. The suggestion system is more than a year old. To date, 11 per cent of the suggestions have been approved and put to use. More suggestions sug-gestions are wanted. A they receive no pay as flying cadets ca-dets do, and they have to furnish part of their own uniforms. Many gave up Jobs to take the training or are hesitating to take Jobs because they expect to be called. Some of them have been "expecting" a long time and their morale has sunk to the depths. I have talked with many of them and they have my sympathy for they are so anxious to spread their wings, so anxious to serve their country and so weary with waiting. Of course, some have been able to get into the air force, but not many have, and the brass hats of the army incline to look down their noses at anyone not ermy-trained. Army Fliers Experts Of course, there is no denying that flying a training plane and flying a combat plane are two quite different things. As one air force officer, who really is sympathetic with the CAA program, said to me: "Remember that a man who has spent fifteen to twenty hours in the air is not a combat pilot You might be able to take off from a field in a 60-horse-power crate and land all right but that doesn't mean you can handle a 25-ton, four-engine Job with its 200 Instruments and spend perhaps per-haps 12 to 14 hours in the air without with-out seeing anything but those 200 instruments. "Of course, you'll get along faster the first days in school if your moth-er moth-er has taught you your ABC's." That is the attitude of the professional profes-sional It is hard to take and a lot of people In the army and out think it is somewhat cavalier. They think that if it hadn't been for leaning very heavily on tradition, a lot of these boys who have their "ABC's" would be showing their stuff right now instead of breaking their hearts waiting. They feel it is pretty hopeless. hope-less. They are wrong there. It won't be long now. But it is easy to understand how that fine enthusiasm enthusi-asm can fade when the effort the time and the sacrifice of civilian plans seem to be passed over with little more than a shrug. , It is to be hoped that shortly after this appears in print the boys will be on Uncle Sam's payroll. They have friends in Washington who are working for them. Then, even if they have to mark time a little longer, long-er, they will feel that their Uncle believes they are worth their, salt Burma Air Road It Is easy to see the reason why these and a lot of other boys will be needed in the air now. We are going to open a Burma road of the air. Supplies are going to China by that route now but it is only a trickle. We have the transport planes and many more of them will soon be in service. And what the air traffic will bear is not to be sneezed at An airplane that can carry five tons, or ten tons, can make a run in a couple of hours which would take two weeks on the ground. Of course, moving freight by atr isn't the most economical way but money doesn't matter in war. And it must be remembered that in peace time, it is cheaper to ship by water than by rail But where would America be if it weren't for the railways? After the war, it will be the same with the airways, which are being blazed by, bombers and will be followed fol-lowed by freight and passenger planes In a happier day. Every time our bombers take off. something is learned that can be turned to peace-time profit And so far, we have not begun our bombing in Europe One observer who knows aviation said to me just after Casablanca: Casa-blanca: "All we have done over Germany and France so far is really experimental experi-mental It is really a testing. A few sporadic daylight raids. The bombings by the American air force are insignificant compared to what will be done when we get under way. And remember: we've got good weather coming up." And so the "x thousand" boys who have learned to fly most of them will soon have their chance. One of the enthusiastic supporters of the civilian pilot training program pro-gram said to me: "Don't worry. Unless the war stops suddenly, the army will soon be saying: say-ing: "Can you fly?. All right here's your plane, get in.' And when peace comes, civilian demand is going to keep 'em flying." by Daukhage The rag market is now the great shopping center for newlyweds is Nazi-occupied Paris, according to ac article in the French newspaper La-Semaine. La-Semaine. Babies in Nazi-occupied France are no longer dressed in paste! shades of pink and blue, according to an article in the Paris Soir. "Layettes "Lay-ettes are now made in dark color " Curb on Wheat Production Is Lifted; New Foods Restricted as Housewives Get Initial Taste of 'Point' Rationing; Red Army Drive Meets New Successes (F.DITOH'g NOTE) Whn pinions ar eipreaied In thew lamot. the ".'JfiJ.! We.lern Nw.ppr Lnian'1 new nly.t nd oo.t b' "" wPl'"- Released by Western Hailed as the new scourge of the submarine, this mighty new land-based land-based patrol plane, the Vega PV-1, may prove to be the navy'a answer to undersea warfare. The PV-1 carries "ash can" depth charges, or torpedoes, and is the first sub-buster in production to fill the navy's need for twin-engined, land-based aircraft with plenty of range and striking power. POINTS: For Rationing and Study Moving quickly, government agencies agen-cies placed three varieties of food under control as the nation lined up for registration for the No. 2 ration ra-tion book to be used for canned, bottled bot-tled and processed vegetables, fruits and Juices. Shortly after the department of agriculture announced rationing of dried beans, peas, lentils and dried and dehydrated soups, the Office of Price Administration placed wholesale whole-sale ceilings approximating 40 cents a dozen on eggs and froze prices of fresh vegetables at the levels prevailing pre-vailing between February 18 and 22. These moves put almost 95 per cent of all food under some sort of government regulation. The OPA's action came as the nation's house wives still studied the effect of the newly announced point values of the various canned, bottled and pro cessed foods rationed. . To many, point values proved much higher than expected and undoubtedly will lead to numerous revisions in family fare. On top of all this came reports from the Capitol that cheese, but ter, fats and oils might be included In the next ' rationing program. Scheduled for meat. WHEAT BAN: Has Been Lifted AAA wheat marketing quotas for 1942 and 1943 have been suspended in what was announced by the department de-partment of agriculture to be a move designed to insure adequate wartime supplies of the grain for food human and livestock. Under the marketing quota system sys-tem only wheat grown under their AAA planting allotments could be sold, used or fed by farmers. Excess wheat so disposed of had been subject sub-ject to a 54 cent per bushel penalty tax for the 1942 crop and it previously previous-ly had been expected that this penalty pen-alty would amount to 60 cents on the 1943 crop. With the quotas sus-' pended these restrictions were lifted. lift-ed. - ; . Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard declared that when the 1943 quotas were announced in the fall of last year this country had a record rec-ord supply of 1,613,000.000 bushels of wheat enough to supply normal needs for two years. At that time, farmers were asked to use extra wheat land for other war crops. New consumption of wheat for human and livestock food has gone up and as a .consequence the restriction had to be lifted to insure supply. RUSSIANS: Continue Drive There was little pause for celebration cele-bration as Russia's army marked its 25th anniversary but well the Nazis knew that the Russians had an army. For all along, the broad front the German retreat continued. From the northern anchor of the Axis line in South Russia at Orel to the northwest Caucasus the Red drive pushed Hitler's troops toward the Russian border. Premier Stalin's message on the anniversary proclaimed the mass expulsion of the Axis forces was in flood tide and would not soon abate. He praised his soldiers for their fighting spirit and urged them to be unrelenting in their future battles. Meanwhile the Berlin radio admitted admit-ted the Reds were smashing through in several sectors near the Dnieper river but this source also declared that "the far reaching aims of the enemy had failed." HIGHLIGHTS CANCEL FAST: Catholics in the Chicago archdiocese will not have to fast during the approaching Lenten Lent-en season. Archbishop Samuel Stritch suspended the fasting regulations regu-lations on papal authority. Increased In-creased productive efforts and the rationing program are believed to have led to the decision. Meatless Fridays will remain in effect however. Newspaiwr Vr'm. NORTH AFRICA: Counterattack "The Americans of Washington's day faced defeat on many occasions. We faced, and still face, reverses and misfortunes." When President Roosevelt uttered those words, 10 days ago, he was thinking in part of the North African Afri-can front But "reverses and misfortunes" mis-fortunes" are a far cry from "defeat" "de-feat" The battleground of southern Tunisia was the scene of an Allied reversal depressing only to those who were over-optimistic. In three places American and British forces checked the pace of a German advance in Tunisia. One Nazi column, attempting a desperate desper-ate push on to Thala, was stopped four miles south of the town. Bombers Bomb-ers and fighters checked another strong attack on the road leading to Tebessa from Kasserine, and farther far-ther north, near Robaa, a heavy German patrol ran into serious trouble trou-ble when it attacked British forces. It was sent rolling back by crack British infantry. The Nazi column moving toward Tebessa was bombed by continuous relays of American warplanes. Fighters and bombers attacked the Kasserine bottleneck in more than a score of missions. But it was evident that our forces had suffered reverses. ARMED FORCES: Let George Do It "Since when has America adopted as its national policy, 'Let George do it?' " asked Robert P. Patterson, Patter-son, undersecretary of war, as he discussed the need for putting 10,800,000 men into the armed forces by the end of this year. He defended defend-ed this plan by declaring that this was the number needed as judged by the commands and staffs of both the army and the navy. "Full account has been taken of the ability of American industry and labor and agriculture to produce the supplies needed by our forces, our Allies and by our civilian economy," said Patterson,- and he went on to point out that China had been actually actual-ly engaged in warfare for five and a half years, that Great Britain by the defense of its homeland had come the closest of the United Nations Na-tions to an "all out" struggle and further advanced the point that the Russians "have killed more Nazis than all the other United Nations combined." Then he inquired whether it was U. S. policy to "Let George do it!" U-BOATS: Still Grave Menace Sinking of two American transports trans-ports in the North Atlantic with a loss of 850 lives underlined a statement state-ment by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox that the submarine remains re-mains a grave menace to the entire en-tire Allied war effort Coincident with his statement Knox revealed that an American destroyer succeeded in trapping a U-boat in the Atlantic and sinking it with a barrage of five-inch shells. An American gun crew aboard a freighter fired four shots to sink a Jap submarine that had torpedoed and severely crippled their craft in the Pacific, Knox also revealed. Germany is building U-boats faster fast-er than we are sinking them, Knox said. The new submarines have longer cruising range than the old and can submerge to greater depth. The U-boat menace is expected to reach its peak this spring. in the week's news LOST: According to Wilfrid Gal-lienne, Gal-lienne, British consul, Britain has lost 2,798 bombers in raids over Germany. AFRICAN RESOURCES: Ameri-can Ameri-can ships used to transport food and other goods to French North Africa have returned to the United States loadtd with cobalt ore, cork and tanbark, raw materials obtained from the occupied territory. ALLIED ACTION: Renewed Demands Renewed demands In London for a second front came J sources on the heels of Josef Stalin s warnings that "the enemy has not yet been defeated." Ivan Maisky, "Soviet ambassador to London, in a fighting speech de-clared de-clared that Russia expects "an early realization of the military decisions taken at Casablanca." While acknowledging that the sue cesses of the Soviet army were "very encouraging," Maisky point-ed point-ed out that they were being achieved at a tremendous cost of Russian lives and property. It is natural, therefore, he said, that the USSR expects early. Allied action. Speaking before the house of lords, Lord Beaverbrook reiterated demands for a second front, declaring declar-ing that "Whatever may be the plans of the Germans, we should strike and strike now before they can regroup their divisions ... If another attack is made on Russia. June may be the date, so we must strike quickly if we are to be ready. We must invade northwestern Europe Eu-rope now." FINLAND: Tired of War Ever since the re-election of President Pres-ident Risto Ryti the world had wondered won-dered whether Finland would make a bid for separate peace with Russia. Rus-sia. When Finland called home her ministers to the Vatican and Germany Ger-many the rumors of a separate peace bid were given impetus. But official dispatches from Helsinki announced an-nounced that Georg A. Gripenberg and Toivo M. Kivimaeki, ministers respectively to the Vatican and Berlin, Ber-lin, had been summoned home "for ARCHBISHOP SPELLMAN Visitor to the pope a tonference in connection with the reorganization of the government" Two factors gave credence to such belief. First was the possibility that the Vatican might be asked to act as intermediary (bolstered by the visit of the Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman, archbishop of New York, and Pope Pius XII), and second was a suggestion made by Undersecretary Undersecre-tary of State Sumner Welles that Finland discontinue immediately "effective military aid to the mortal mor-tal enemies of this country." RATION DATES March 10 Last day of registration registra-tion for institutional users of rationed foods. March 13 Period 5 fuel-oil coupons, cou-pons, good to September 30, become be-come valid. March 15 Last valid date for No. 11 sugar coupons, good for three pounds. - March 21 Last valid date .for Stamp No. 25, good for one pound of coffee. March 21 Last day on which Coupon 4 in "A" gas ration book is valid. March 31 Final date for first inspection in-spection of passenger car tires for "A" card holders and motorcycles. mo-torcycles. April 12 Expiration date for Period 4 fuel-oil coupons. June 15 Last valid date for Stamp No. 17, good for one pair of shoes. GUERRILLA WAR: Along Sahveen River Although the Japanese continued their advance along the west bank of the Salween river in China's Yunnan province, informed quarters said that the Japs were not trying for a major break-through but merely mere-ly were feeling out the Chinese lines. Chinese guerrillas achieved "fine results" in harassing the rear of the Japanese line on the banks of the Salween, according to a Chungking Chung-king communique. In Washington, Edward R. Stet-tinius, Stet-tinius, lend-lease administrator, told the house foreign affairs committee that the United States will leave "no stone unturned" to get increased material aid to China. Stettinius answered charges by Representative Maas of Minnesota, a marine reserve re-serve officer who saw action in the Pacific, that "we are not getting all the aid we can to China." MERCHANT SEAMEN: Lauded by Marines d arges that merchant seamen refused re-fused to unload ships at Guadalcanal were denied by a house naval affairs af-fairs subcommittee which reported that in all cases American merchant seamen co-operated fully with marines ma-rines in the Solomon Islands. The subcommittee's report included letters let-ters from highest marine corps officials of-ficials praising "co-operation, efficiency ef-ficiency and courage" of U. S. mer-ccant mer-ccant seamen. New York Heartbeat: The Wireless: " Eric Severeid, analyzing an-alyzing the news the other midnight got pretty bold. He mentioned that the British were more outspoken than we are mpre articulate. He doubted that, the articulate Britons would stay mum if they found as much Fascism creeping into its official of-ficial places as goes on oyer here . . . Wm. Shirer also got tough-wanted tough-wanted to know how come that Edgar Ed-gar Mowrer, one of our best Fascist-haters, Fascist-haters, couldn't get a passport to North Africa.' The Magio Lanterns: "The Siege of Leningrad" is a testimonial to the heroism and courage of the Russians and, better yet, plenty of proof that the Nazis blundered when they tackled the Soviets. Any nation that takes it like that can't be licked with armies. The facts of how the Nazis failed to take the town even with hunger, disease and suffering on their side are familiar. But the facts don't rob this documentary film of its mighty wallop . . . The Rooney kid shows up in another Andy Hardy installment, called "Andy Hardy's Double Life." It's a sprightly enough account of Andy and his lady friends, cornier than an Iowa farm, but what of it? . .; . The West Coasters Coast-ers are laying bets that "Stand By for Action" will ring all the best bells. It's a Navy tale . . . "Forever "For-ever and a Day," which has everybody every-body in the world in the cast is another an-other supposed to be heading for hurrahs. The Magazines: Clifton Fadiman has found a swell title for the war. He has monikered it Germany's First War Against Mankind. It would look good on the memos of the peace arrangers ... The -New Republic's paragrapher figures it out that Hitler Hit-ler isn't really dead but only wishes he were . . . Just how tough a job Elmer Davis undertook when he headed the OWI is described in Harper's by Michael Darrock and Joseph P. Dorn. He has succeeded admirably, they write, in providing what the agency was established for: information. The ironical part of it is, the authors, both employed In Washington, chose to by-line the piece with pseudonyms ... You have to like C. B. DeMille for his shrug-off of the critics' opinions of his super-colossals. super-colossals. John Durant quotes DeMille De-Mille in the SEP: "Every time I make a picture, the critics' estimation estima-tion of the public drops another ten degrees" . . . Collier's K. Crichton has a good tongup-in-the-cheek version ver-sion of H'wood's headaches under rationing. "Apparently movietown is worried that it might have to live normal ordinary lives" . . Recommended: Rec-ommended: Jimmy Young's: "Japan's "Ja-pan's Fatal Weakness," in American Ameri-can Legion mag . .' . Howard Bru-baker Bru-baker in The New Yorker: "It is reported that "Putzi Hanfstaengl once Hitler's personal piano player, is giving our State Department helpful help-ful hints. Mr. Hull would naturally want to know what kind of music Adolf cannot face." Memos of a First-Nighter: John Barrymore was one of the few actors who had a mind just as alert as those of his severest critics . . . Some of his admirers enjoy recalling re-calling the time a famed actress, sitting sit-ting down front, annoyed him throughout his performance , . Her audible remarks to her companion distracted the audience's complete attention, when she wasn't demonstrating demon-strating some point by waving her arms . . . Barrymore waited until the play ended to punish her ... In a brief curtain talk he mentioned that a famed actress had honored him by attending the play . . . "Please stand up." he cooed, "and take a bow" . . . Which she did . . . Then he bowed to her and fang'd: "I want to thank you for co-starring with me this evening." This one has been pinned on many plump persons, but when Alexander Woollcott was tipping the scales in the 300s he liked telling it on himself . . . Two actors, who had suffered from Woollcott pannings, saw him bathing in thev Atlantic City surf . . . "Let's go swimming," said one. "How can we?" asked the other. "Woollcott's using the ocean." Mark Twain was once guest of honor at an opera box-party given by a dowager . . . She was talkative throughout the performance, much to Twain's irritation . . . When the opera was almost over she gushed: "I so want you to be with us Friday, Mr. Twain. I'm certain you will like it The opera will be a great favorite of mine, Tosca'I" Twain coldly replied: "I nevei heard you in THAT!" Quotation Marks-manship: EdMur-row: EdMur-row: Rationing means that everyone every-one has bread before anyone has cake . . . O. Henry: Their angry eyes met each containing an invisible invisi-ble clenched fist . . . Punch: For three-quarters vof an hour he lay awake all night . . . Heywood Broun: Trouble bad scribbled its autograph all over her face . . . H. Klurfeld: Oh, for the good old days when the only ism we had to worry about was rheumatism . . . Wm. O'Dell: - He felt as deserted as a cigarette butt "NT BLADES Mess Jth stitch., ? 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