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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Helping Hands U. S. Destroyer Kearny Makes Port Under Own Power After Torpedoing; 11 Crew Members Reported Missing; New Yorkers Are Talking About: Babe Ruth's price ($25,000) for his services in the Gehrig film, which Goldwyn screams is too much. He will probly pay it, though, as Ruth is a 'must in any biography of Gehrig . . . Jimmy Walker, the former Mayor, who is being considered as the head of a new racetrack to be built in N. Y. The backers being very wealthy French refugees, wondering where to invest their coin . . . MGMs planned film version of the towns big hit, Best Foot Forward . . . For Mickey k and Judy . . . The Dept: One of Lifes editors who was ordered to spend at least two weeks with Ginger Rogers for a profile piece . . . The way Lawes has added twenty pounds since getting out of Sing Sing Prison. Nice-Wor- The way the British radio pounds away at Italys slipping morale with eight daily broadcasts urging the country to unlatch itself from Berlin . Romes reply probly is: Why speak to us? Take it up with the Warden! . . . The several society lads, on the verge of being drafted, who flew to California, shifting residences there at the same time. So that when their numbers come up theyll go to a camp in sunny CaL . . . Dumb, huh? . . . The new bootlegging racket in England, where more bootlegging goes on in the clothing field than in food. And in mens attire I .. The book, I Paid Hitler, by Fritz Thyssen, the industrialist who first helped the Nazis in Germany . . . Jimmy Wong Howe, the Chinese cameraman, and Rabbi Edgar Mag-niwho made speeches for a short to raise funds for Irish Relief . . . The depressing news about Hendrik Willem Van Loon, whose docs have ordered him to stop all activity for the next six months . . . The Rev. Jardine, who came to the aid of Wally and the Duke. His letters are now ignored. n, The way some of the over here outsmarted themselves. The coin they saved. on postage by having their hymns of hate franked through the mails doesnt begin to cover the costs of lawyers and bail . . . Jimmy Dorseys check for 0 from Decca, as his royalties for the first half of 1941. In short, he hit the Jukepot. pro-Naz- is $40,-00- Notes of an Innocent Bystander: Clifton Fadi-mawill have you know that hes r, a not a literary critic. He points out the big difference in The Reviewing Business, in Harpers. Literary criticism is an art, he says, like the writing of tragedies or the making of love and, similarly, does not pay. Book reviewing is a device for earning a living . . . Charles Poore also e takes a slant at the prose racket in The Times mag, in his definition of the Pulitzer Prize. The value of the prize, he says, is a thousand dollars in cash to those who accept it and ten thousand dollars in publicity for those who refuse The Story Tellers: n book-reviewe- box-offic- it. The Front Pages: An editorial in the Herald Tribune epigrams the spot the Bolo armies have put the The Russians, the daily Huns in. points out, have only to survive somehow in order to win; Hitler has to win in order to survive . . . You can spot the Fascists weariness for the war in their weakening propaganda bragging. Recently they claimed only to have damaged the British plane carrier, Ark Royal. In all previous naval scraps, both the Heinies and the Fascists have begun with the sinking of that vessel. Broadway Is Like This: Broadway is where after youve reached the top at least a dozen acquaintances claim having played a big part in it . . . But when you fail everybody blames you . . . And you blame the "breaks instead of looking for a job where your talent will be respected such as waiting on tables or being president of a No matter how nice you bank are there will always be others who will knock you from sheer force of ... habit ... A fellow who is consid- ered more important than Roosevelt or Willkie'is one who can pick at least one winner out of seven If you dont talk about races yourself then you run the risk of being bored stiff listening to others gab about themselves . . . The Broadway lights have done more to mate the street famous than any of the famed folk on it. , ... Broadway is still the zippiest street of them all . . . Remember when some people wrote articles alleging it was dead a few years back? . . . Many visitors come to The Big Town to see the shows when the best show is New York itself . . . The Bowery, where many people are starving, is full of restaurants . . . The best way to disillusion your is to daughter who is stage-strucpoint out the chorus girls staggering No playboys into subway kiosks or sables just yawns and smelly subway stations, sister k ... Japan Forms Militaristic Cabinet - (EDITORS NOTE When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) KEARNY: Major Incident: TO JO: A New Regime Another blow of shocking impact Impact of the torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny near Iceland had had been the sudden resignation of been terrific. First reports of the in- the Prince Fumimaro Konoye cabcident indicated no loss of life but inet in Tokyo, and the princes when the ship made port (under its replacement by General Tojo, thus own power) 11 crew members were forming a frankly militaristic govlisted as missing and 10 more as ernment It had been reliably reported that seriously injured. The full report of Commander the Konoye resignation had been on Danis had been awaited with eager- a basis of this government is unness, particularly after Nazi sources willing to accept responsibility for a DES MOINES, IOWA. Jim called the entire story a flat lie Iowa state conservaHarlan, and stated that the Kearny had and Jane tion commissioner, probably run into an American Wilson were on hand to see mine. an egret begin its flight back The denial had been expected, and the senatorial and congressional to the South by means of articomment had been along expected ficial wings. The bird was lines. Nye said it was just the sort fixed up with man-mad- e flapof thing the country could have and sent from the Des pers looked for, in following the adminMoines airport after its feathistrations foreign policy. ers failed to grow fast enough Most members of congress, howfollowing an injury. It was to ever, took an extremely serious view be released at New Orleans of the situation, many permitting and will be out of the north-land- s themselves to be quoted that this might well be the spark needed to before winter sets in. explode us into war. The incident occurred when the house was debating the PRICES: bill, but was not believed to have No Action Yet had any particular effect on the deWhile congress debated the setbate, and the passage of the measting of ceilings on wages and prices ure had been a foregone conclusion. and rents, without taking any defiChief among reactions to the tornite action, Canada stepped into the pedoing of the Kearny had been sur- breach and moved to halt inflation. TOKYOS TOJO Prime Minister King said the govOutlook was gloomy. ernment has decided to halt the rise in prices, to undertake the control severe breach between the United of all prices, and where necessary, States and Japan. take any other steps to control civilJapans terms admittedly had been received, studied in Washing- ian consumption, in fair and equitable ways. ton. Washington admittedly had He said that ceilings would be set been discouraged at the prospects on of agreement.It may or may not to prices. He admitted it was going interfere with business, would imbe that this attitude had been conpose irksome restrictions. Then he veyed to Konoye through the Jap- announced that all prices would be anese ambassador. At all events, it was plain that the frozen after November 17 on the basis of for that merprince must himself have believed chandise prices charged during the four weeks from that agreement on the Pacific with September 15 to October 11. the United States was impossible He followed this with a. system of and hence his resignation. His successor General Tojo. And controlling wages. Wages also were one of his first utterances had been to be frozen at the same level, that his cabinet would make early, but employers would be required to decision as to what pay bonuses in amounts that would and final vary from time to time according measures to take to end the crisis. to nation-wid- e conditions. Coupled with this had been a first step in prevention of inThe affirmastrong and unequivocal tion of Japans complete loyalty to flation had been thus taken by our LT. COMMANDER A. L. DANIS neighbor to the north. the Axis. Congress took a serious view. Most observers had been watching WILLKIE: prise in all quarters that the Nazis Nazi Germany whipping Tokyo into should want to provoke the country action in the Pacific, obviously to Again to Fore with an incident which might result create a new front, to divide the Though the isolationists and nonin this nation becoming a more ac- U. S. fleet, to lessen our aid to Britinterventionists constantly were tive and positive enemy. d ain, and to involve in a pointing to President Roosevelt as struggle the powerful continent of the big, bad wolf that-wa- s leading RUSSIA: Australia. this nation into actual warfare, it A Defense These seemed plain facts and was Wendell Willkie, former Repubthe developments, those lican 'candidate, who beat the watching Moscow of the defenders Though had been putting up a brilliant and who wished to avoid war with Japan gun, and in an address urged the country to face war. tenacious battle, it had become were becoming gloomy indeed. A coincident reaction with Will-kievident that only a military miracle SUPPLY RACE: announcement was that concould save the city. gressional leaders began to think in Perhaps a weather miracle might, In North Africa terms not of passing the g but though there was snow on the British and German armies faced bill, but of scrapping the entire battlefields, and more was falling each other on the relatively quiet Neutrality act from time to time, there seemed no and military correLets kill the whole darned diminution in the ferocity of the desert front, spondents believed each was afraid thing, many of them seemed to feel. German assault, or the man and to start a general attack unless the Willkie told his listeners: machine power with which it had reserves of supplies guaranteed a Let us stop deluding ourselves. been delivered. certain success. Berlin, Tokyo and Rome are irOf special interest to men inter- fairly Therefore, back of the front lines revocably linked by the dangerous ested in military maneuvering was the Nazi method, aided by its mar- a race had developed, and trained dream of world conquest Victory watchers believed it might be weeks for one is victory for all. Their aim velously mechanized forces, in shift- or months before one side or the is world domination, the destruction one from the pressure suddenly ing other would gain a sufficient lead. of liberty and the end of democracy. front to another. General Auchinleck commanded Our ships will continue to be torthree Moscow was assailed from the while General Rommel and sunk if we dont arm from the northwest, along the road was British, pedoed the German commander. It had them fast Axis victories will not from Leningrad; from the west, been four months since the last end unless we deliver the goods. along the historic Napoleonic high- real battle on the desert front, wrote But even this is not enough. We way, and from the southwest, fol- one correspondent must remove the show and deceplowing the route from Orel. The British are receiving enorDiscounting wild rumors (there mous quantities of goods via Amer- tion of hypocritical neutrality laws. We must abandon the hope of peace. even had been one report that the ican ships calling at Suez. Russians had recaptured Orel and were said to be arriving faster They We can no more negotiate a than Kalinin, two vital points lost at least they could be handled. peace with the war lords of Tokyo a week before) it was apparent that The British now have, it was said, than with the conquering dictator of the Germans had been able to make thousands of motor trucks, and Berlin. On any continent in every two lines out of the three roughly enough light, fast tanks to make sevocean, we can only stop these partcalled the right and left wings of eral motorized units. There are ners in piracy. the assault. hundreds of new fighters and bombThey are winning now. Unless we act soon it will be too late." There could be little question that ers of the latest types. These developments, it was felt, the cost to the invaders in men and material was heavy, but also there would, within a few weeks, or a MISCELLANY: was little doubt that the retreat couple of months, be reflected in a of the Red armies had of necessity terrific British drive in North Franchot Tone, former YUMA: been swift and a heavy drain on Africa. But the Germans and Italians are husband of Joan Crawford, had flown the Soviet material here to wed Jean Wallace, 18, a Grandiloquent Nazi claims of the not idle, and the British Mediteeight rranean fleet, harassed constantly blonde film actress. smashing of Timoshenkos armies and the collapse of Russian from the air and by submarines, SCARSDALE, N. Y.: The death resistance were perforce discounted has been hard put to it to make a as wishful thinking on the part of serious dent in the shipping lines of Dr. Karl Connell ended the career the Germans as daily gains dropped from Europe to Africa, constantly of the man who designed the first from a score of miles to a matter laden with military supplies for American gas mask, used in the last Rommels forces. war. of hundreds of yards. one on day The Russian defenders CAIRO: The Greeks reported by would be calling on their reserves PANAMA: grapevine that the Germans had to battle smashing assaults on the Takes Step be confiscated their fire engines, sendright, and then just as suddenly, of The expected aftermath of the abthem to Germany. One Greek ing compelled to meet the same sort dication and overthrow of President said it didnt make much left. the laughingly from action Amulfo Arias of Panama followed difference because the Nazis had Diplomats moved out of the city; when the little country in which taken all the cigarettes and matches the report was circulated that the of American-owne- d to Kazan. ships are moved had anyway so the fire danger was government decided to permit the less. Ivan Maisky, Soviet spokesman, registered, of arming of merchant vessels. asking for a complete pooling This putting of ships in Panamian NEW YORK: George M. Cohan, British and Red resources, pledged was a device used of registry on to regardless by this 63, veteran of 5,000 theatrical perthe nation fignt had been reported . . . Moscow showing that the we country because of the neutrality formances, spirit was para- act which forbids the vessels to en- gravely ill following an emergency need a miracle abdominal operation. mount even in the highest circles. ter belligerent ports. ship-armi- - near-at-han- es ship-armin- THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE PURKEY Dear Ma. I got your clipping about 200,000 jeeps two be released by Christmas and you are no more anxious about me being one of them than I are. I wish I had helped out more at home so I could claim somebody was dependent on me without laughing. I have checked and double checked to see if I couldnt dig up some evidence of what a help I was to you and pop but I did not have no luck to speak of. All I could get down on paper was these three cases: 1. Once about three years ago when pop was sick ten days I took care of the furnace and chipped in about $4 to help pay family expenses. (This is subject to error. It may have been $4.50, but I kept no papers.) '2. In 1938 or 1939 I forget witch when he was on a auto trip we had a blowout and I did not let you and dad get out and change the tire. I did it myself. 3. Last year the radio went on the fritz just when you and dad wanted to hear some favorite program and I fixed it for you. Also I went to the delicatessen store for you a couple of times when dad was two tired. I do not think this is enuff to get the army to send me home as a dependency case, so if you can think of anything let me know and you better make out a affedavits and have it sworn by a notarery public as the officers is very suspicious. Pattern UIS 7082. AND HERS Mr. and Mrs. the favorite decoration for linens today. These motifs in easiest stitchery are practical and decorative, too. Pattern 7082 contains a transfer pattern of 12 motifs averaging 4 by 5i tacha illustrations of stitches; materials needed To obtam this pattern send your order li Circle Needlecraft Dept Minna St. San Francisco, Calif. Enclose 15 cents in corns for Fat tern No Name Address Sewing 117 The paper says some units will per cent of their men through releases but if all the boys in my unit who are trying to get out are successful mine will lose at least 99 per cent Otto Bixbys folks have dug up evidence that he is over 28 years old and that they put him down as 26 because they lived two years in Brooklyn witch dont count lose 30 wmUSF ,muMrm zSWS. Otto also says his family is suffering without him as his mother cant carry up coal and wood three flights like she used to. He also says his sister has arthuritus and cant mow the lawn, wash the flivver and do all the washing and ironing. Altogether his being away from home leaves the family in a awful fix he says. Another boy in my outfit says he is needed right away at home as two new saloons have opened up' near his house and his old man is less a help than ever. I am still trying to get out on the ground I am a hardship case and two new things happened by way of evidence this week. First I had two front teeth pulled the same day that we had steak for dinner. If that aint a hardship I dont know what is. Next I am innoculated so many times that to look at me you would think woodpeckers had been working all over me. And Nellie Petersen aint wrote me in over a hole week all of witch makes me feel more like a hardship case than ever. Of coarse if was married I could get out of the army in the Christmas releases and I am now, convinced that early marriage is a good thing for every boy. Not that I wood be such a heel as to get married to dodge the draft, but I just wish I had got married to a nice girl four or five years ago when I had some fine chances. If I had my life to live over again I wood get married the time I was 18 and no later. by If I was anywhere near 28 I might stand a show of getting out, but unless you made a mistake in the berth certifficates there is no that way. Could you check hope up all over again and be sure. I always used to hate to think of being as old as 28 or 30 but after a year in a army no age seems so swell, in fact with the world as cockeyed like it is today I would have no comif I was 50. plaint Well this will have to be all for now and do not worry as I am beefing just because it feels good and life in a army is not so bad when you get used to it Americas Contribution America has furnished to the world the character of Washington, and if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind Darnel Webster. 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