Show J JI I I aR W rON rONE E R BE EN Washington D D. D CV C. C V ENLISTMENTS Thousands of oC determined women eager to don the V un uniform orm are driving V officials wacky The campaign for Enlistments inthe in inthe inthe the Women's Army Auxiliary corps has succeeded too well Maj Oveta Ovela Culp Gulp Hobby and her chief lieutenants lieutenants lieutenants lieuten lieuten- ants Mrs Arthur Woods and Mrs Genevieve Forbes Herrick have a abear abear abear bear by the tail and they know it Sad truth is that there cannot possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly be more than W candidates taken in hi now No auxiliaries that is officer non-officer I can be recruited until the I officers have been trained possibly around September 15 The greatest number of that can be taken taken taken tak tak- en in this year is estimated at and all of these will be subjected to toa toa toa a minimum of four weeks' weeks training This leaves some disappointed disappoint disappoint- ed would-be would out of an estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated registration of Toughest job of all falls upon the chief recruiting officers in inthe inthe inthe the nine army corps areas Itis It Itis Itis is their job to sort out the W registrants and select the lucky women Those chosen then must I face a series of very stiff aptitude aptitude aptitude tude tests J BOND LOTTERY I Rep Adolph Sabath of Illinois I genial chairman of the house rules I committee wasn't able to sell the I President on sponsored government-sponsored lotteries when he called at the White House However he was given a novel idea on how to use the lottery lottery lottery lot lot- tery principle in the sale of war I bonds i Sabath contended that a legalized lottery conducted monthly by the treasury would greatly aid in relieving relieving relieving re re- re- re lieving taxation and raise billions in revenue for the war effort Under a bill he is sponsoring the Illinoisan said the government would realize approximately from the sale of a billion 1 tickets whereas if it borrowed this amount at 3 per cent for 2 20 years the interest alone would total tota It HIt wouldn't be the first time our government has held a lottery argued argued argued ar ar- ar- ar gued Sabath We did it in 1776 to help finance the Revolutionary war Yes I know said the President President dent adding that ha he doubted the advisability of lotteries at this time because of the strong opposition opposition opposition of religious groups Instead Instead Instead In In- stead he proposed a compro compro- mise raise Why H not apply your lottery ideas to the sale of war bonds he sug sug- The Belgian government held bond lotteries for a number o of years 01 SHAKY SnAKY CHINA Chinese leaders in Washington are not shouting it from the housetops but behind closed doors they are doing some tough talking to the effect effect effect ef ef- that an increasing number o of Chinese are getting discouraged discourage about the war and would like to see some kind of appeasement with Japan Ja Ja- pan Chinese leaders give this as the reason why China must have airplanes air air- planes planes and and have them immediate immediate- ly The Chinese dont don't demand a alot alot alot lot of planes But they do say that even a small fraction of the munitions going to Russia would work wonders in bolstering Chi Chi- na Here is the Chinese picture now being presented to U. U S. S war strate strate- After five years of war the Chinese are Most discouraging discouraging discouraging dis dis- dis- dis thing is the ironical fact that the Chinese are worse off now with Allies than they were before fighting alone The Chinese were delighted after Pearl Harbor because because because be be- cause it meant they had a powerful ally against Japan But now after six months of it they almost wish they had been left to hold out alone That is why recent reverses in Burma and along the China coast have shaken Chinese determination I down to the foundation Generalissimo Chiang shek Kai-shek is not weakening But many Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese are especially the well-to- well do class the people who yearn fo for fol restoration of normal business business busi ness who would rather have a chance to make money and live peacefully even under the Japs than to pay the frightful cost of continued war Meanwhile Japan seems determined determined determined deter deter- mined to crush China now Apparently Apparently Apparently the U. U S S. S bombing raids on Tokyo scared the J Japs aps sick made them see the danger of nearby Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese bases caused them to sh shift t their strategy to cleaning up China ahead of other warfronts l ROUND MERRY Y ROUND GO Heard in the navy press room A sailor after 20 years' years service retired retired re re- re- re tired with a sizeable fortune of 60 He amassed this sum through careful investment enterprise ini ini- and and the death of an uncle who left him The war departments department's service of 01 supply shortly will release a new movie called The Army Behind the Army showing Americas America's vast war production machine The picture picture pic pic- ture will be shown in defense plants throughout the the country COUDry 1 j tu i k h t ti E O |