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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD mgm ttWllMD DREW PEAR5DN PORTRAIT OF A HERO: Nothing has stood longer unless it be MacArthur, the hills and the devil." Believe it or not, thats an old Scotch proverb! . . . The are the oldest known Scotch clan. According to legend, the first MacArthur, Smervie Mohr, was the son of King Arthur of the Round Table. (MacArthur means son of Arthur) . . . Genl Douglas MacArthur proves once again that the Scots have what it takes. Previous yankee doodle heroes of Scotch origin include John Paul Jones, AnMac-Arthu- rs drew Jackson, Jeb Stuart and Ulysses S. Grant. (Scotch and soldier, pun my soul!) MacArthur is like this: When he commanded the Rainbow Division in France during World War 1, h.s superior officer told him one day that he wanted the Cote de Chatiilon (a strongly fortified German key position) taken by six oclock the followMacArthurs aning evening. We will take the swer was: Cote de Chatiilon by six oclock tomorrow or report a casualty list of 6,000 dead, that will include me. When MacArthur went over the top with his troops in France, the g he ever wore only was his everyday service cap, disdaining the safer steel helmet required by regulations. Called down once by his immediate commander. General Menoher, for taking that I risk, MacArthurs reply was: cant be bothered with changing my hat when Im busy! head-coverin- Shortly after the first American troops arrived in France under MacArthur, the French, who didnt think muc of the Yanks as scrappers, figured theyd put on a show and give MacArthur an idea of what real soldiers were like. Placing MacArthur in a spot where he could safely watch the Frenchies do their big stuff, they staged a surprise raid on the Germans across the line. Machine guns started to bark, shrapnel burst, and men were dropping all over the place. MacArthur, armed only with a riding whip. Jumped into the battle. When it was over, MacArthur walked over to the wide-eye- d Frenchies, leading by the ear a German officer whom he had captured with nothing but a whip! The bitter irony is that when MacArthur was Chief of Staff, he made a mob of enemies and was branded a warmonger because he pleaded for preparedness! The campaign to smear MacArthur hit a peak half a dozen years ago when he retired, with Pres. Roosevelts approval, to take on the job of building the Philippines defenses. His enemies screamed that Manuel Quezon was paying him a salary of $18,000 a year to help him establish a military dictatorship. MacArthurs withI wouldnt ering reply was: sell my sword. Back in the early thirties, when he was Chief of Staff, MacArthur prophetically warned that the coming war would be a mechanized affair and repeatedly begged congress for a giant air force and a motorized army. Instead of opening their minds to let in some fresh air, the Rip Van Winkles quipped that the reason MacArthur was anxious to motorize the army was because of his well known dislike for riding a horse! . . . Later, when he was busily training his little native army In the Philippines, many Americans there referred to him sneeringly as the Napoleon of Luzon. (They know it, but they werent s . . . Unlike the now beating the drum for the Pres. hero they once belittled, Roosevelt was a MacArthur fan away back. When MacArthur retired as Chief of Staff for what seemed like military oblivion in the Philippines. Mr. Roosevelt told his 1 must aides: always find a way to keep MacArthur close to me. If there is ever anotner A.E.F., hes the man to take it over! didnt kid-ding- i) second-guess-er- Newspaper men eat out of MacArthurs hand, and no When he was Commander of the Philippine Department and news of his divorce from his first wife reached Manila, the local newspaper men rushed to his headquarters and asked if he objected to their printing the story, adding they would suppress It If he wished. No, was the reply. Put It on the front page If you want to! Buy Defense Bonds won--de- r! MacArthur Is one man who wasnt caught napping by the Japs. On December 6 the day before the Pearl Harbor attack he called the reporters In to his Manila headquarters and told them: "Boys, its When news of a suc. here! cessful raid on the Japs reached an army officer reWashington, marked: "MacArthur is always in the thick of the battle! . . "You mean, corrected a Rainbow Division veteran, "the thick of the battle is always where MacArthur tsl" . . . Washington, D. C. FASCISTS After three months of temporizing with native Fascist champions. Attorney General Francis Biddle is finally going to get tough on direct personal orders of the President. Roosevelt directed Biddle to take vigorous legal action against certain factional leaders who have been publicly denouncing the war against the Axis and in some instances acHOME-GROW- tually expressing pleasure over Jap victories. Complaints have poured into Washington from parents of boys in the armed services demanding that these domestic foes be jailed. But Biddle demurred on the ground of "preserving civil libertieg. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, FBI agents arrested Robert Noble, rabid Los Angeles Fascist leader, on serious charges involving statements Despite the concerning the war. FBIs evidence, Biddle ordered Noble released. This brought down a storm of protests on Biddles head that steadily increased as the hostile operations of these elements became bolder and more outspoken. Still Biddle refused to allow either the FBI or federal district attorneys, who were champing at the bit, to crack down. Finally White House advisers, alarmed over the situation, took the matter direct to the President. They laid before him a mass of evidence dealing with Noble, Father Coughlin, Francis P. Moran of Boston, Gerald L. K. Smith of Michigan and Charles B. Hudson of Omaha. One document shown Roosevelt was the March 16 issue of Coughlins weekly publication which declared that a world-wid- e sacred war was declared against Germany nine years ago. The publication also attacked aid to Russia, denounced the British bombing of French plants making Nazi supplies, and contained such statements as: Unless the German forces can overcome Russia and successfully invade England by the end of September, there is every evidence that the entire world will have elected to experince a blood bath the like of which was never imagined by the most poetic minds." "It has been the practiced policy of the Roosevelt administration to favor the Chinese in their war against Japan. This policy has rankled in the hearts of the Nipponese war lords who are devoted to the policy of Asia for the Asiatic, a policy which, after all, is nothing more than an expression of our own Monroe Doctrine. After carefully examining the evidence, the President summoned Biddle, ordered him to get tough and do so immediately. GOOD WAR NEWS Australia, Country of Fighting Men, Faces Greatest Struggle in History Land Down Under Welcomes Yank of dollar-a-yea- r men. But despite all these, U, S. industry every week is pouring out a steadily soaring floodtide of war supplies. On the basis of a private survey made by the authors of this oolumn, it can be stated definitely Jiat with the British Empires greatly accelerated production the two Allies now are ahead of the Axis. Note: The survey was limited on Allied side to the U. S. and British Empire because it is impossible to get detailed information about Russian production. Buv Defense Bonds die MERRY-GO-KOlN- l) Congressional critics of President Roosevelt are caustically denounced d jy A. F. Whitney, aresident of the Railroad Trainmen, 4i the latest issue of the unions magazine. In a lead editorial Whit-ic- y declares, "No congressman or jongressional committee, no sena-- r or group in the senate, no Axis gent or anyone else seeking to use he war to discredit the President vill throw any sand in our eyes in iny way useful in their desire to advance a selfish, ignoble purpose. white-creste- ... -- 1 (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Australias 7,000,000 population is almost 3,000,000 square spread over miles of territory as compared with the United States total of 133,000,-00- 0 population in approximately the same amount of space. Australia, like our state of Georgia, was first settled bjr English convicts. That both groups did a good job is evidenced by todays developments. Today most Australians live withe in a narrow coastal belt along the south and east About half of the population is in the nan tions largest cities. Sydney, having a million and a quarter inhabitants, is the largest; Melbourne, with a little more than a million, is next largest. Both of these cities are practically at the opposite end of the continent from Darwin, which has been bombed repeatedly. 'Vital Defense Road. From Darwin to the above mentioned metropolitan cities it is little Canbermore than 1,500 ra, the nation's capital, is located about 100 miles southwest of Sydney, on the road to Melbourne. Australias transportation system now playing a very important part in the nations defense (and coming offense) is peculiar in that many of the railway lines extending inland come to an abrupt end. It wasnt until but a few years ago that the railway extending southward from Darwin was connected, by a defense highway, with the railroad extending northward from Adelaide to Alice Springs. This road is the artery through which Australia supplies men and materials to the northern battle scene. With the exception of most of the coastal regions, the greater part of Australia's central territory is flat, land which is arid and semi-ari- d practically defenseless. More than a third of it is actual desert. It is zones that the nain the semi-ari- d tions vast scattered ranches and large grain producing centers are located. As the huge stretches of land located here are irrigated, this section of Australia will be one of the most fertile zones when the war is 100-mil- half-doze- s. made-to-ord- it lasts! j But arumble if one cat. Tablets with Bimu relieve QUICKLY, from your drugget. q4 r More Raleigh Jb, Raleigh Cigarettes offering liberal pri2e, jingle contest to be e,1 One hundred said Farmer Nordholm, paper. army, three prizes will be a,: is. he where know not do but we we week. Adv. We can write him at an address be will have and know our letters BIRDUfA Australia, the last practical Allied base for attack against the Japs, is similar to the United States both in size and attitude of its people. It wasnt but a few years 1938 that Australia ago celebrated its 150th anniversary. But now it is girding and ready for a battle to the death against the foe creeping down from the north, engulfing all territories and peoples before it, like the Biblical deluge. Most of Australias inhabitants are of British extraction. But in spirit the Aus-sie- s are just as American as British. The welcome are they given to American troops upon their arrival there, the demand for General MacArthur to lead the Allied forces in the fighting zone, all clearly show the attitude of the Australians. U Union.! (Released by Western Newspaper OUR SON, JOHN, IS IN THE ARMY. the "OUR SON. JOHN, is in ARWIN By CLIFF LANGE mashed potatoes, corn. bajt.apple pie, chKl( f while Assistance. GOOD Here is some war news for a change. The United States and the British Empire have won a victory of supreme importance in the crucial war production race. For the first time in the 2(4 years of the war the United States and Britain now are the Axis and its vassal states in vital arms and munitions. Although the two allies still are on the defensive, henceforth war output should pile up an margin of armament superiority. U. S. producing capacity in particular is just beginning to swing into an all-owar scale. The mighty auto industry, for example, is now Other being furiously converted. major industries are undergoing the same transformation. Also hundreds ended. As for natural resources, the of new war plants are In various stages of completion, with hundreds n" of others being projected. comBaruch old "Bernie Sage We can't yet crack our ments: heels together in celebration, even if things are better. What he means is that there are still plenty of sour spots. Some of these are: labor supply, certain obstacles in the flow of materials, shortage of materials, Inadequate use of equipment, insufficient subcontracting, red tape and bureaucratic obstruction, the incompetence, greed and lack of initiative of mSny employers, the Anglo-Americ- 1 but where they will reach John, we do not know. He may be somewhere in the United States or he may be in England, Ireland, Russia, Iran, Egypt Buror Libya. He may be in Java, one in or any ma, India, Australia, of the many south Pacific islands. Dutch Or he may be in Africa, in one or any Canal Zone, Guiana, the of the several islands of the Caribbean sea; or it might be the Philipdo we pines or China or Norway-not know. Because his ancestors came from Norway, I expect John to would like to be there, helping drive the Germans from that ' BE shte the ti: 11 we forwarded,- tt if njp Great W e pONOARA (ff- - -- I ALICE O0 SPRlNGSi ?: V Ai U: S:.t R . AIL SVDrtEY' (rt ADELAIDE I CANBERAffllfl j agMELSOURNEo W Hun-infest- TASMAN Map by WNU Staff Artist The above uncompleted railroad line, transversing the center of the Australian continent, (connected in its central part by the Defense highwill be mentioned quite often way), Is the important artery of war which in future war dispatches from there. tion has everything needed for war activity except oil. The oil industry is a recent development and not very encouraging insofar as amounts produced. Last years production totaled only a few hundred barrels. The European war curtailed agricultural and grazing activities, but operated to speed up the nations expanding factory life. Towards the middle of 1939 there were nearly 27,000 plants employing more than a half million people. Reports since then have not been made public. As gold helped considerably to develop California, its discovery in Australia helped to open up vast territories there. It was first discovered in 1843 and the influx of prospectors raised the population in seven years from around 200,000 to more than 500,000. A story is told about an Australian who crossed the Pacific to take part in the California gold rush. While prospecting in California he noticed that the gold bearing rock and soil of that state had a marked resemblance to territory he had seen in his native land. He found his hunch to be correct when he returned there to prospect The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation, sharing allegiance, along with the other British dominions, to the British king. The Commonwealth nitions and industries and expanding its land and air forces. In 1938, on down to the present day, the government, as part of its national defense policy, has been urging the manufacture of fuel oil and gasoline from its own coal, and the creation of large plants for the manufacture of industrial alcohol. At no time during the Twentieth century has this spunky nation deluded itself as to what country was its coming enemy. Trouble, which all Australians saw on the southwest Pacific horizon, had been brewing ever since 1935. In that year the tariff laws, which gave a marked preference to Great Britain in the sale of cotton goods in Australia. Japanese markets were practically smashed. As a result the Japs virtually boycotted Australian wool in retaliation. Today the Australians are fully aware of how correct they were in their assumptions concerning the Today, Japanese. this scrappy little nation that cov- - is com- prised of six colonies called Original States. They are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and the island of Tasmania plus the Northern Territory and the Canberra Capital Territory. It wasnt until 41 years ago that the six original states united to form a commonwealth. Up to that time there had been many inter-stat- e quarrels some of them going so far as to' create trade barriers against each other. Preparing Since 38. The Australian federal government is similar to our own in many ways. It has a senate and a house of representatives. In case of a prolonged disagreement with the house, the senate can be dissolved and a new one elected. The house, too, can be dissolved under certain exceptional circumstances. A governor general representing the king of England is the executive head of the government. Since the inception of the Labor party in 1938, the government has been vigorously building up the mu- - We know he is country. he is. doing his best wherever In that little statement about his son, John, Farmer Nordholm painted a picture of this war and of the Americans who are fighting in it for us. A war which encircles the globe; a war on every sea and on every continent the most terrific conflict the world has ever known, the result of which will determine the freedom or slavery of practically all peoples. For America it is being fought by nationalipeople of all races and all ties, for of such America is made. In our armed forces are men whose ancestry comes from all the nations of Europe, Asia, Australasia, South America and from the tribes and peoples of Africa. They are the product of the American melting pot. Freedom, the opportunity for advancement, to prosper, to live as free citizens, has made of them the kind of Americans who will give their all that they and their children may retain the rights and privileges. WAR IS DIFFERENT THAN LAST CONFLICT AMERICAS problems in World War I were much different than those confronting us in this conflict. Then we had an enemy on one battle line in Europe. To be sure, it stretched from the Atlantic through to the Black sea, but we had allies who had been holding that line and who offered us landing places for troops. We had a war on one ocean only, the Atlantic. German subs and German raiders were fairly numerous, but we had the navies of France, England and Italy to join with our own. Today we are fighting on the seven seas of the world. We have only the navy of England and the limited number and size of ships of the Dutch in the East Indies and We have no those of Australia. landing places in continental Europe or in the Far East where we can Get this quick relief. Lifts shoe pressure, soothes cushions the tenBitivej Costs but spot. a trifle,! Two Worlds There are two worlds- that we can measure jm rule, and the world thr with our hearts and irr.a Leigh Hunt. ; s If you suffer monthly era ache, nervousness, j irregularities" due to In monthly dtsturbances-t- rr Pinkhams Vegetable Co4 once! Plnkham'B Compoui medicine you can but tot especially or women. I m Taken regularly time month Plnkhams build up resistant;" such svmptoms. Follow hut tlons. worth trying! LYDIA E. PINKHAMS; Aided by Opposife He that wrestles strengthens our nerve at ens our skill. Our ant:; our helper. Burke. , We're not too young g Vwcua,wPL for a c shol bLAui Life Using Life, if thou knowesto. it, is long enough. Set place an army. World War I was not an "all-ou- t war so far as America was concerned. We did not become the arsenal of Democracy." We were the breadbasket of the Allies. While we supplied food, England supplied us with ships. France supplied us with artillery, for which England Prime Minister of Australia, John supplied the ammunition. American Curtin, who recently clashed with pilots flew French and English the London government over the planes. We had no tanks. World War I was a conflict of selection of Australians who take part in imperial government affairs. men. This is a18conflict of machines. At the end of months in 1918, we ered itself with glory in World War had an army of some three million men In France, and practically no I, is ready for a repeat performance. The Aussies are determined American-mad- e machines. In this that their nation shall remain as war at the end of four months, we they have always had it a land of are supplying the machinery of war na- Individualists, rugged and aggres-siv- e to all of the Allied nations. a land free from the imprint of "T a tyrants heel. (INCOME TAXES AND BATTLE FRONTS Still Has a Frontier Spirit. ' THE FACT THAT 22 million The Yankees, "down under in Americans planked down their at least 7,000 miles from Australia, their native land, will be learning money to pay their income tax without any perceptible murmur of much about the Aussies, and the complaint is the best evidence of land they are helping to defend. any lack of enthusiasm for the proseTrue, the Yank will have time to cution of the war in which we are absorb but little of the past history engaged. will back the govthe nation. He will, however. ernment toPeople the all-olimit. The learn all about present-da-y Austraone where war apathy is lia for the Aussies, in addition to found place is in the halls of congress. being excellent fighters, are definiteA large majority of the men who ly proud of their native land without represent us in our legislative bodies being intensively nationalistic. are evidently thinking more of winThe Yank will understand the ning votes than of winning the war. spirit of the country by remember-in- g The rank and file of American labor that Australia today outside of is willing to work 48 or 60 hours a its metropolitan cities has the same week if that be needed to supply frontier spirit which lived in the tanks, ships, guns and airplanes. United States about 50 American farmers and American inyears ago. The average American citizen and dustry will cheerfully sacrifice war the average American soldier asso- profits that our freedom and liberciates Australia with ties may be preserved. The coterie kangaroos early experiments in social legislal of minority lobbyists at Washington does not represent tion, a national scourge of rabbits anything other When Australia raised the age limit for enlistment to 40 these and some remarkably than themselves. Our law makers years, courageous men were among the many who answered the call to fight for the mothfighting men who covered themmay discover that at the next elecerland. Shown here are veterans of World War I who took selves with glory battling the Ger-ma- tion. the fierce fighting with the Germans In France. during World War I. Buy Defense Bonds Then the Yanks will see that the Animal Curiosities in Store for Yanks e just as modern as cities WnAT HAPPENED those In the United States. There are many other unusual The East and TO M PLANS? The Yankee soldier, West coasts of the United WHAT HAPPENED to animals which the Yankee doughboy his history, will be remembering the "M States interested to where the of wnich we heard much two bill, in see of Australia, majority learn that in the far north section might large cities or are is three located, somewhat like the years ago? Newspaper and Like the early days of the West in of Australia, buffalo roam over an east and south coasts of Australia magazine stories and the United States, in the north sec- area as large as the British Isles, whole books riUen abu It. It was to tion of Australia, live nomadic in a territory where few white men where the most important cities Le such as all draft Sydney, Melbourne, men and women, all tribes who make fires with sticks live. wealth and industrial plants, all Brisbane, and Maryborough and kill their game with spears. There are many other strange are labor and situated. the farmers land. There were to be Like many tribes of Indians in early creatures there that are peculiar to no strikes, no ShW lhe Yanks U. S. days, these nomadic people Australia. that There is the wombat znW01 profits, no wage It provided for an "all out are quite harmless, some of them which burrows deeply, the arming to the hilt, they dingo and aren t by nature warriors, nor do war, and was to be passed by conbeing friendly with the Australian the spotted native cat, and the mole, they have disturbing "frontier people. blind, deaf and dumb. aspirations to gress along with any declaration of be such Ade-laid- saber-rattlin- g people. May Warn of Disor& Kidney Actios Modem life with its honyii irregular habits, improper s drinking its risk of xpwws tion throws heavy strain of the kidneys. They rpi''i over-taxe- d and fail to filter and other impurities from w blood. 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