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Show U UINTAH a Win f rfhmttlpl ft HftiMllTlrir Seas, in Addition to Peacetime Duties .. ... rSN Army Fears Political Snarl In Handling News for GIs J Off News Military ot Desirous of Cutting From Armed Forces; Dislikes Entering Possible Controversy. By BAUKIIAGE Sews Analyst and Commentator. Service, Union Trust Building WX C Washington, D. C. There is a great deal of talk, some of it sincere and from the heart, some of it so dripping with sentimentality that it offends good taste, GI Joe" and what the about country owes him. After a bitter battle, a bill was passed In congress, following all kinds of political badminton, to provide means for the men and women In the armed services to vote in the coming election. Then, a fortnight ago, came a dispatch from the core respondent of the New York in Algiers which said: "Unless some provocative discussion of the presidential campaign appears in the Stars Sc Stripes (the service newspaper) only a small percentage of the troops will Herald-Tribun- vote." A little later, Col Egbert White (I worked with him on the original Stars Sc Stripes in Paris In the first World war) was relieved of his directorship of the Mediterranean editions of the Stars Sc Stripes and ordered to report to Washington. About the same time, it was revealed that books like The Republic" and similar works which have been accepted as standard textbooks are on the war departments prohibited list because congress has forbidden political argument and propaganda in the armed forces. Colonel White wanted to make the Stais Sc Stripes as much like a metropolitan newspaper as possible. He wanted to send reporters to cover both the Republican and Democratic conventions. He wanted to have the use uf a regular news report from the Associated Press wire, like any other newspaper, instead of being limited to the army news service (a digest of the news carefully screened in New York). Receives Legion of Merit Just how far Colonel White had gone with his ambitious plans when the pressure began, I do not know. I do know that when he first went to Africa, while General Eisenhower was still there, the Colonels work was apparently so satisfactory that the General made him a member of his staff and he received the Legion of Merit award. But General Eisenhower departed, and another Pharaoh came to Egypt (or I should say to Algiers). For a time, White seemed to have a pretty free hand but there were no great Innovations noticed in the papers he was publishing. He did start a reprint of the Readers Digest which caused some disturbance, not because of the content, but because other magazines objected. I believe some reprints from the Saturday Evening Post were also used. Then General Surles, head of army public relations, and Secretary of War Stimson both appeared In the war theaters and about that time White's demission occurred. He had left when President Roosevelt agreed to run again and the GIs who read the ' Rome edition of the Stars & Stripes learned about It in a story given third place, well down on page one under a head. The Normandy campaign was given first play and the Russian offensive, second. The coverage by the Rome Stars & Stripes of the Dewey and Bricker nominations was a story, halfway down the page, with a box containing highlights of the convention. There were also 200 words on how New York papers covered the nominations; seven paragraphs on Hoovers speech; two paragraphs on Farley. The cordescribed this as respondent meager" coverage due. not to the wishes of the editors, but to the restrictions. d n d Herald-Tribun- calculated to affect the election of any federal officer can be put in Jail for a year or fined a thousand dollars. Now, the military fears a political as Brer Fox feared embroglio brambles. They are not particularly desirous of cutting off news from the armed forces. They have no objection to having the boys get into controversy so long as it doesnt interfere in the argument with the enemy. But they have a decided dislike for getting into a controversy There is themselves. They say, the law. We dont intend to violate it. At this writing. White has not any public statement officers dont talk. Since the action oc- made BRIEFS The Japanese Domel agency said today that approximately 30.000 school children had been evacuated from Tokyo to rural districts since July 8. The new station Radio Cherbourg opent Its daily broadcasting program with: "From the liberated soil of France, Radio Cherbourg speaks to you." Service Originated As Arm of Treasury To Check Smuggling after he took over direction of the treasury in Soon George Washingtons cabinet, Alexander Hamilton discovered that the government was losing a lot of sorely needed revenue because of the brisk smuggling that was going on along the coast. Accordingly, he told the President that something would have to be done. Washington brought the matter to the attention of congress, and that body, acting with remarkable celerity, provided funds for the establishment of the Revenue Cutter Service. So it was that on August 4, 1790, the U. S. coast guard was born. The service is celebrating its 154th anniversary this year. It has the longest record of all the nations sea forces, having taken part in every war since the Revolution. y. , .; If EXPERTLY handling their landing craft, coast guardsmen bring a barge loaded with soldiers to shore through the treacherous surf of the South Pacific. This boat was swamped, but the crew managed to land the troops entrusted to their care. were decommissioned. But when, during the coming years, fears of a war with England caused anxious naval authorities to survey our naval strength, additional cutters were authorized and built, all of which served with distinction in the War of 1812. The Civil war wrought havoc with the revenue cutter service, although all its vessels fought on the side of the Union. Trained crews and officers, torn between divided loyalties, left the service to join their respective sides. To fill the places of these men, having decades of service and experience, relaxed standards made possible the admission of some unfit, morally and mentally, and soon after the war a complete reorganization of the service was necessary. And this reorganization was thorough. New ships were constructed and in 1376 an academy was established to train officers. Although at first the academy was merely a barken-tin"The Dobbin, anchored off New Bedford and later the "Chase" at Baltimore, no move did more to establish the esprit de corps of tlie coast guard, retain and pass on its traditions and raise the service to the high standards of unity that it has achieved today. The present coast guard academy at New London, Conn., compares favorably with Annapolis and West Point. Police Duty in Alaska. Meanwhile the service was entrusted with new duties, while its old functions were enlarged with the growth of the nation. The acquisition of Alaska was an important event for the coast guard, for to it was given the obligation of enforcing law and order in the territory. When the Japs invaded the Aleutian Islands, the decades of experience of the coast guard in the wild unpredictable waters of the Arctic is bearing fruit. In 1915 the coast guard was merged with the life saving service and for the first time the name "COAST GUARD" was officially recognized. The merger of these two units was a logical development, for the cutter and life saving units were both branches of the treasury department and had operated closely for many years. The lighthouse division was not made an official member of the coast guard family until 1939. World War I found the coast guard, as usual, ready for anything. A terse presidential message "Plan were placed in convoy and escort service. The period following the Armistice saw the construction of the modern coast guard fleet. New Diesel and steam cutters were designed and built. Smaller, fast, patrol boats were developed. New equipment was installed on shore stations. Air power was made a vital part of the coast guard with the'Construction of bases on the Atlantic and Pacific. A fleet of planes of the newest design were assigned to the service and so coast guard aviation, long a cherished dream, was a reality. When the country thinks of coast guard law enforcement, it usually associates it with Prohibition. Although the coast guard was given the unpopular job of enforcing that unfortunate act it managed to make the best of it. In fact through Prohibition the coast guard developed a valuable intelligence unit which today serves the cause of national defense as part of the naval intelligence. But prohibition was only one of the jobs of the versatile coast guard. The Narcotics, Oil Pollution, Whaling and Alien Smuggling are just a few of the marine laws enforced by the nations maritime police force. But greatest of all. the hundred fifty-foyears of the coast guard history has been this great global war that will rid the world of tyr- - - i spear-headin- jjtbyw5 iStlirHEY.dop which man she would enjoy meeting To the amazement of the most interviewers, she said: Albert Einstein . . , The noted scientist was lecturing in Manhattan and he agreed to see her . . . With the scribes scribing and the flashlight bulbs bulbing, the star in an awed voice said, Its a thrill to think that I am talking to the one man who knows more about the stars than any other living person. Not quite, replied Einstein. No one can predict what a star will do to get her name In the papers." ... They tell the one about the colonel, speaking at a dinner in his honor before embarking for Africa . . . I thank you, he concluded, for your kind wishes regarding my welfare, and I want you to know that when I am far away, surrounded by ugly, grinning savages, I shall always think of you. Ladds iy-sc- I.V law. Nazi Civilian Morale A significant editorial appeared in a Cologne neu spa per Cologne, the home of the once happy, carefree Rhinelanders who cheerfully boasted of German wine and German song" and one of the first cities to feel the horror of the early mass raids "It ts not easy to calm one raging nerves," says this newspaper, and then counsels restraint and studied concealment of ones personal feelings lest others be affected, and warns against tha use of sedatives. This quotation 'is but one link In a growing chain of evidence revealing the state of German civilian by Uauhhage A map is tlie foundation stone of any operation, sups a lung and precise document issued by the British Inhumation seivice entitled, "Liliei atmg a Continent dex to Invasion." Maps returned for the Allied Noith African binding filled an entire warehouse at the cmbai Ration port, tlie British revealed. 7 . - av.. 7 7 ' Ala istar- tog . fr i&l t demand U ' in one l0 Us remounts up is made ked photos cut asi.y be c lockets t tie admirers. 9 Marilyn Ms Augui while , orch and t at th ns rood br-th- T i. Having the assignment to construct an airport in less than 12 hours, Coogan called over a Thugee (native chief) and asked that he parade the villagers that he wished to recruit as workers. Hundreds of them were girls wearing very little. One, however, was better groomed than the others . . . Draped to her ankles was a huge towel with the words: Mayflower Hotel Washington, D. C. fafi At an airport the other day, a dejected sailor sat waiting for hours. He appeared so depressed a sym- For gifts and you. Pattern 7041 tains a transfer pattern of embroi. necessary pattern pieces; direr stitches. 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Jars, tubes 30c ,0ne of dens is to ths NOSTRILS ii m A Dab a Day keeps starred irance hes bet men O O ip sever coast-to- - j Fannj trillions P.O! away! mble hildret (Underarm Perspiration Odor) serious file im radio it ... ... nevei fine sub-lande- King-fisher- c Sone bu faintin, Ollecti i from Hitler. been s . Angele t j CREfldl DEODORfMT hard-presse- d a 7 ET your apron blossom f embroidered flowers, an; Jackie Coogan, recently back wont want to hide if the from paratrooping in Burma and In- bell rings. Add bright ruffles, dia, said his Burma Glider group your apron rivals the dress it; landed near a small tribal village tects. 150 miles back of the Jap lines . . . pathetic bystander asked him what He said he had the trouble was just come in from the South Pacific for a four-dafurlough. His home was an hour and a half away by air . . . He had just been put off I' g t one plane in favor of a higher priv 'p He hadnt been home in ority two years. His father had died in the tmeantime, and every hour now seemed an eternity . . . But what RELAXING with a bit of nonsense, a coast guardsman on Saipan really got him down, he added, was that two planes had left for his home dolls up In Japanese garments. He is garbed in a silk kimono and burg but couldnt find room for him brocaded obi. He shades himself despite the fact that the last perwith a fancy parasol while he takes son to board the plane was a civilian aim at a parakeet with a Jap ma- carrying a golf bag! chine gun. When Norway was invaded civilrany and oppression. Three of the ian Germans fled Sweden because guards cutters made naval history they expected that country to be by signal success against the sub- invaded next A German who marine. First it was the Campbell, had been dollars at half buying up which in 12 hours of gruelling acthe price took a train one night from tion five enemy Stockholm. His suitcase contained and shelled, rammed and about one million dollars in small sank a sixth in a running battle He knew he and large bills while guarding a convoy. Then could not get by Swedish customs followed the Icarus, 165 feet of fight- with it, and that even if he did, the off ing fury, which sank a Gestapo would catch up with him the Carolina coast and' took 33 prisin Germany Not long after midoners. The Spencer, sister ship of the train stopped at a small night the Campbell, reached her peak of station. The German hurried out glory by sinking a sub stalking a with his valise, found a dark spot convoy. near a tree, buried his treasure, Beach Patrol. took careful note of the spot and The famed beach patrol reached boarded the train . . . Thru his its heights with the capture, convic- window he made a note of a sign on tion and elimination of the a door (on the side of the depot) would-b- e saboteurs who were . . . It said KVINNOR A few trapped by an alert coast guardsman weeks ago he got perrpission to reon Long Islands desolate shores. On turn to Sweden. At the station he guard against other landings coast showed the ticket seller the memo guard dogs and horse patrols now of the name he had copied down. are ready to give any Intruder a The ticket sellers eyebrows jumped warm reception. The port security . high and then he grinned . force, a similar unit, protects piers KVINNOR in Swedish means WOMand harbors. EN . . . The frantic dope is now This war has seen the full developtraveling all over central Sweden ment of coast guard aviation. Where at night, hoping to find the right once coast guard fliers flew in bad not knowing that even if he depot, weather on many an errand of mer- Is that lucky, the Swedish authoricy, they now skim over the vast ties are waiting for him. expanses of the ocean acting as air umbrellas for victory convoys, on This Is how Russia whipped its constant alert for lurking subs. To In Russia the the fleet of flying boats of peacetime Black Market soldiers get additional pay for each have been added the deadly sleek, trim planes flown by battle they are in, and not having the same experienced men who fly anywhere to spend it, they send it home. The kinfolk are making more ' in any weather, under ? any condit 'i money than usual (in spite of what tions. H One more new branch of the serv- you hear), and all this Is why Rusice is the SPARS, the womens re- sia now has too much surplus coin, serve of the coast guard, aimed at as well as a Black Market which ' j' , replacing coast guardsmen on shore gets 40 rubles for nylons and 50 for stations throughout the country. a bottle of Scotch . . . The Soviet SPAR officers train at the academy govt, being realistic about it, deat New London and enlisted person- cided to go into the Black Market r nel at the new training school at racket, so now they have govt-owne- d stores in all communities Palm Beach, Fla. Over 7,000 SPARS are now on duty but by the . . . They are called: "Government-Owne- d 'Black Market Stores" (or end of the year 9,000 will be wearI whatever the Russian Is for that), ing the coast guard blue. So, whether in peace or war, the and any citizen can shop in them coast guard's greatest pride is to , . . In this way, the govt gets ..IW)M nlfr j back all that surplus money . . . live faithful to its motto, Semper And C'KLUMLN on a coast guard cutter assigned to rescue work iu keeps the citizens honest at Paratus," Always Ready. And the English channel keep anxious watch as they scan the choppy waters coast the same time . . . Over here surare always ready guardsmen for soldiers who were tossed into the sea when their invasion barge was to save lives, patrol beaches, cap- plus money is being enjoyed only sunk. This flotilla of cutters saved hundreds of men the mobs," who keep it al) ture smugglers, watch for during the icebergs, by period. or fight their country's enemies! since they rarely pay taxes. fifty-fou- Jpcsc The Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: A visiting movie star was asked e, curred the Mediterranean theater, Washington army officials cannot comment. They merely point to Title Five, sponsored by Senator Taft, in the soldiers vote law passed bv congress. This Title Fve says that anyone responsible for permitting publication in a service organ paid for by government funds, of political argument or propaganda designed or morale. in On Seven Colonel White's departure has started a discussion, the end of GI Joe" which is not yet. Will get his political news? That depends on whether congress and the From post - Revolutionary days army simply pass the buck back when it operated a handful of tiny and forth or whether something cutters concentrating on the definite is done. collection of import duties for the Senator Taft said when he spon- Infant republic, the coast guard has sored Title Five that in the first expanded in scope of its activities place he had no intention of banning and in size until today it has more works accepted as textbooks in the than 200,000 officers and enlisted schools. The senator met with army men, and is fighting the Axis all officials, members of the council on over the world. books in wartime, and others in New Actually, the Tariff Act of 1790 York on July 20 to discuss this quesmerely authorized the building of tion. six revenue cutters to insure the But our Taft also said to me that he felt collection of customs. the law need not interfere with fur- founding fathers realized that this nishing the service newspapers with little fleet might prove valuable as a news generally circulated here. He defense unit. So it was decided to said if the army asked for a clari- organize the men and ships on a fying amendment, he would be glad military basis. President Washingto take it up with congress. ton commissioned Hopley Heaton of I have also talked with Senator New Hampshire "to command a cutLucas, coauthor of the original so- ter in the service of the United ldiers vote bill. He said he con- States. r One hundred and sidered it "a little short of stupidity years to deny the boys overseas or later coast guard vessels are operatwherever they are, of all the in- ing as part of the navy, sweeping formation that any citizen in this the seas of enemy subs, and coast g country can obtain." He said he guard landing craft are invasions, putting marines thought "something ought to be done to liberalize the regulations on pub- ashore in the South Pacific and the army in France. The coast guard licity. has fulfilled the fondest hopes of its Definition Needed founders. There is no sign at this writing But the military usefulness of the the will that make a request coast army guard, which has reached a for a clarifying amendment but it in this war, was apparent soon peak will be all right with them if what In 1797, after its organization. is considered propaganda directed American ships bound for England to the election of a federal office were seized and boarded by privaholder is clearly defined. Meanwhile, French vessels, operating teering why shouldnt the military want to with tacit blessing of the Revolutiontoe the line? Their commander-inchie- f ary government of France. (a political candidate himself) Fought French Privateers. is a Democrat. Their secretary of When in 1799, the U. S. navy was war, the venerable and party loyal finally organized and new ships were Henry Stimson, is a good Republican. What about Colonel White? He sent out to aid the cutters in their must have known what was ahead battle against the French. But it is to note that of the 22 of him when he tried to make the interesting Stars Sc Stripes a metropolitan news- ships captured, 18 were taken by the coast guard, which also assisted paper. He must remember as I very in the capture of two more. well do the headaches he and I and The war against undeclared the rest of the old Stars Sc Stripes France saw the establishment of the staff caused GHQ-G2up In Chau-mon- t, precedent of transferring the coast in the last war. guard from the treasury department The Stars Sc Stripes of World War to the navy in time of war. Ever II appears in London, Algiers, Casasince this date, the alert, trim, fightblanca, Oi'an, a weekly edition from ing coast guard cutters and men Naples, editions out of Cairo for the have joined the navy by presidenOne . . . Acknowledge, transMiddle East. That is a publishing tial proclamation on the outbreak of ferred the coast guard ships and undertaking of no mean proportions hostilities. personnel into the navy for the duraintended to suit a real "GI. When peace with France was reCoast guard officers were tion. But if a newspaper Is any good stored in 1801, the cutters were re- assigned to duty at naval stations for anything, it is supposed to view turned to the treasury department and on naval ships throughout the with alarm and point with pride and in an economy measure by the world with many being given comcome election time. It takes a real government several mand posts. The cutters as usual argument to sprout a vote. And that is what the army says congress says the Stars Sc Stripes must have no part in. Meanwhile, you dont expect "political argument" in the service ' publications if it Is going to cost some honest colonel with a wife and j family to support, a thousand dol't-' : lar fine or a year In Jail. There .7 i A will have to be a clarification of the e No Public Statement SIN RECORD i54fh Birthday Finds It Fighting Axis irds h HA Isnt stiff ot sticky! Soft it Baltim tently l! Chie spreads like face cream. ! tribe, is actually soothing I Use right n pic' after shaving will not irritate. fcy ap haslight, pleasant sc ent.No sickly Kush,1 smell to cling to fingers or clothing, Lslant will not spoil delicate fabrics. UeU Yet tests in the tropics made by non prove that Yodora protects under tq J A s fcig conditions. In tuber or tart, I Oe, 25c, 60 wallei McKesson & Rabbins, Inc, Bridgeport, Conn mone f to vis s n; a On Every Iicachlicad, Coast guardsmen landed the ma rines at Tulagi. They were under fire at Guadalcanal. They were In tliete again at Tarawa. They manned landing oatges stunning the beaches of Cape Gloucester and Bougainville, Kwajaiein and Eniwe-to- k in the Marsha. is, Holland':! and Wakdo and Biuk tn the invasion of Dutch New Gu.nin. More recently, when navy task forces moved agaiist Saipan in the Marianas, coast goaH-me- n operat Its the Coast Guard That Puts ed assault transports and tank landing ships, and coxswains and gun crews were at their posts in the LCVPs that swarmed to the Saipan beaches. On the other side of the world, coast guardsmen landed em in North Africa, on Sicily and at bloody Salerno. On D Day when the Liberation Armada swept across tlie English channel to breach Hiller's vaunti d Festung Europe in coast guaeivaet were un Em Ashore der the terrific Nazi fire that made a literal hell of the beach. Coast guard crews operated transports, LSTs. LCls and landing barges in those heavily mined waters. A flotilla of coast guard dubbed match boxes" boldly and tirelessly poked amidst wreckage and mines to save the lives of more than 8J0 American and Allied soldie.-- s and sailors in the first 24 horns of invasion under heavy shell-firfrom Ger-masi ;r lmplacements. e n Marine 1st Lieut, Mitchell Paige (just returned after 26 months in the S. Pacific), one of two living enlisted Marines in this war to hold the Congressional Medal of Honor, has the unique distinction of being the only Infantryman in this war to be grounded! . . Wearied by the comparative inactivity ft a for-- j ward training camp in New Guinea (following the Guadalcanal cam- paign), Paige stole a ride on a scheduled to bomb Rabaul . . . The hero was then grounded for the duration. . j yv -- - - V- - VI ' "ty-T- - iriltM and Q'har King fRE MU 3 JUNKS Heralds Male Quartet Roll Riklo BDMUI CrrMMdM JPAMUN Coon! 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