Show 70 2 OR W washington U D 0 U S FOREIGN LEGION most people dont realize it but there are many enemy aliens who are officers in the U S army in fact the army true to the american tradition of the melting pot is made up of american citizens of almost every national and racial background including 2720 german aliens alier er s not tg mention 2700 germans who are naturalized i citizens the italian total is 2472 aliens and natural naturalized zed in addition there are japanese in the army plus japan japanese ese Arne americans ricans formerly of the hawaiian national guard most of whom choin are assigned to the battalion at fort mccoy wis the the army goes on an the assumption that any man who wants to fight can be a good soldier of course the enemy aliens are checked and double checked before they are admitted for enlistment the men who pa pass as these tests are found to be even more zealous for the defeat of the dictators than the average american latin american battalions to make the melting pot more moie complex the army has a filipino infantry battalion and is forming a battalion for norwegians Norwegia ns in the U S and norwegian americans instruction st and conversation in this unit will be in the norwegian language equally eager to fight are thousands of latin americans especially from the nearer countries such as cuba and mexico the office of the U S mili military tiry in havana is flooded with applications from younk young cubans who want to wear the uniform of uncle sam most of them would renounce cuban citizenship it if necessary but what they do not realize is that if they come to the united states they are likely to be swept into the U S army whether they like it or not within five days after entering this country aliens must register for the draft and they had better leave the country pronto if they dont want tobe to be inducted not yet arranged but highly desirable si is a latin american battalion there are now ten latin american countries which have declared war on the axis and thou sands of their young men want to follow up that declaration with something more than police d duty uty at home f BACK BREAKERS an american diplomat returning from italy tells this revealing story about the true sentiments of the italian people in his office at the U S embassy in rome he found a clerk ain an italian italia n girl crying when he inquired what was wrong she replied oh I 1 im ashamed d to be an italian you remember what boasting the fascists did about the greek campaign they said we will val break their kid 0 but everybody knows who really befit beat the greeks it was not our army it was the Ger germans mang but BU t now have you seen the poster on the streets this morning and the girl broke into tears again the diplomat looked outside at the poster which that day was appearing all over italy it showed a greek soldier lying on his face w with ith a steel bar across his backs back on top of the bar was the fascist insigne and on the side the swastika the caption read we said we would break their kidneys mussolini is always right note all reports from italy tell of a growing disgust with the mussolini government and a growing hatred of the germans but the people are too cowed to revolt NO CHAUFFEUR ARNOLD thurman arnold hails from the small town ol 01 laramie wyo and he see any reason why he should hire a chauffeur to drive his car so he drives it himsl lf one evening ve nang after he and mrs arnold had been dinner guests of mrs evalyn hope diamond mclean they were going out the front door when the doorman said in his most elegant manner shall I 1 call your car mr arnold with a dour expression on his face arnold said you can call it butyl buti dont doni think it will come 0 CAPITAL CHAFF fl the thurman arnolds are mourning over the fact that angelica has eaten henry wallaces corn when chevice th evice president heard theard about it he having given the arnolds a present of iowa hybrid coap corn he remarked 1 I 1 hope the corn did angelica some good at angelica is the thurman arnolds co cow w ai fl mrs claude pepper wife of senator no X card pepper of florida walks to social en engagements gagern pints or takes the street car althere there may be a gasoline shortage but you would never know it at congressional country club on a recent sunday there were so many golfers that caddies had to double up and carry two or three bags each on the same sunday motorists so jammed the highways between Wai washington hington and eastern shore beaches that cars were lined up for three hours hour s waiting for the chesapeake ferry |