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C RUSSIAN SOCIALISM WANES The Russians are doing more than reversing the direction of ot Nazi mill tary movement They are arc also reversIng reversing reversing re re- certain important political and social directions Americans in Russia now report the reappearance of ot shoulder insignia insignia insignia nia on the officers of ot the Red army army- for the first time since the dark days dark days of the Revolution In those days officers who supported sup ported the Bolshevik movement tore I the epaulets from their uniforms as asa asa a mark of ot democracy Those who failed to do so were regarded as enemies of the Revolution and in some extreme cases mobs attacked them drove nails through the epaulets epaulets lets into their shoulders There Is also a change in official awards or decorations indicating that Bolshevik scorn for heroes of ot the past is vanishing Three of ot the most coveted decora decorations of the Soviet Soviet So So- viet vict Union today are the award of ot who was a century prince and the awards of and ond Kutuzov who were Czarist generals at the time of Napoleon Also the St. St Georges George's cross which would have bave been torn from the beast breast of the wearer a few years ago ago has made its reappearance at official functions The U U. S. S public has bas the slon sion of ot modern Russians as dressed in coarse formless clothing but reports reports re reo ports from the USSR today state that Red army officers dress with such punctilio as ns to make American officers look shabby by comparison LITTLE UTILE AID TO CHINA A AJust Just back from Gen oral cral Hap Arnold chief of ot the air forces gave a glowing report to Secretary Sec Secretary of War Stimson regarding Chinese resourcefulness In battling the Japs He was wa amazed and full of praise for Chinese ingenuity in repairing planes landing in cow pastures pastures pastures pas pas- tures and conserving fuel As far as General Arnold Is concerned concerned concerned con con- be he would like to send the Chinese Chi nese a lot more planes though planes though inthe inthe in inthe the past he be has not been too keen about it Incidentally one reason for sending him to China was to win him over to the Chinese cause However despite Madame Chiang Kai shek's slicks graceful appearance here despite Hap Arnolds Arnold's enthusiasm despite the Presidents President's public statements China is not going to get anything much In the way of supplies Reasons Listed Reasons are 1 the the impossibility ity of opening the Burma road now with the monsoon season only a few weeks ofT off 2 the absolute necessity of cleaning up Africa Alrica and preparing for a drive against Hitler in Europe 3 Chinese political dissension which requires too many alms aims for personal armies Some war weapons will be flown over the Himalayas but not much more than in the past SECRET RUML IL PLAN VOTE The vote of the house ways and means mems committee on the Ruml plan was secret but inside fact Is it nevI never never nev nev- I er had a chance of ot getting more I than five votes The flood of mail reaching committee committee committee com com- I members at first favorable turned round and showed conclusively conclusive conclusive- I ly that the country was against outright outright out out- right postponement of taxes Underlying Underlying Underlying Un Un- sentiment expressed in the mail was that although high tax taxes s hurt it was unfair to postpone too much of ot the war cost to the next ge generation Also the committee became more and more convinced that the Ruml Rum plan was largely cooked up for the benefit of top bracket incomes incomes and if it taxes were forgiven one year it would mean shifting a much greater burden to lower income groups to tomake tomake make up the deficit This they concluded was just what Mr Ruml's war var wealthy clients cli cU- clients wanted CURE FOR TYPHUS By way of London has come word that the Germans have evolved a acure acure acure cure for the dread disease typhus If II so so it is a discovery meaning the lives of thousands of men in the eastern front In 1914 General Typhus Typhus Typhus Ty Ty- was responsible for more lives than machine gun fire and from time to time it has ravaged the Balkans Russia and eastern Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope ever since The German cure was discovered by a Dr Van and Is a combination of and chin U. U S S. S Public Health officials have their fingers forgers crossed regarding the cure but British medical circles seem to be favorably impressed CAPITAL C CHAFF AFF C. C J. J General Eisenhower has sent word to Washington that there arc are too many news correspondents running around North Africa fl C J. J Budget Bureau has prepared a aplan aplan aplan plan for consolidating all picture picture- making branches of war department signal corps corns air corps special services and strategic services C. C The senates senate's 75 75 year year old athlete Theodore Green of Rhode Island I eats a buttered muffin and coffee for breakfast a n bowl of soup and a B I glass Class of milk for lunch |