Show aa washington D 0 V U S FOREIGN LEGION most people e dont realize it but there are many enemy enemy aliens who are officers officer slin in the U S army in tact fact the army true to ta the american tradition of the melting pot is made up ol of american citizens of almost every national and racial background including 2720 german all aliens not to mention 2700 germans who are naturalized citizens the italian total Is 2472 aliens and 1781 naturalized in addition there are japanese in the army plus japanese americans formerly of the hawaiian national guard most of whom are assigned to the battalion at fort mccoy mcco y wis the army goes on the assumption that any man who wants to fight can be a good soldier of course I 1 the enemy aliens are checked and double checked before they are admitted for enlistment th the im men en who pass these tests are found to be even more zealous forthe lor the defeat 0 of f the dictators than the average american latin american battalions to make the melting pot mor more complex the file army has a FI alipino infantry battalion and Is forming a battalion for norwegians Norwegia ns in the V 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 ohp n nearer countries such as cuba and mexico the office of the U S military in havana Is flooded with applications irom young cubans who want to wear the uniform of uncle sam most of them would renounce cuban citizenship 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 tor for the draft and they had letter better leave the country pronto if they dont want 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 thousands of their young men want to follow up that declaration with something more mor a than police duty at home BACK BREAKERS an american diplomat returning from italy tells this revealing sto story ry about the true sentiments 0 of f t the he italian people in his office at the U S embassy in rome he found a clerk an italian girl crying when he inquired what was wrong she replied oh im ashamed to be an italian you remember what boasting the fascists did about the greek campaign they said we will break their kidneys kid but everybody knows who really beat the greeks it was no not our army it was the germans but 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 with a steel bar across his back on top of the bar was the fascist fasal st insigne and on the side the swastika the caption read we sa said d 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 veople people are too co cowed W ed to revolt NO CHAUFFEUR ARNOLD Trust busting thurman arnold halls hails from the small of laramie wyo and he see any reason why he should hire a chauffeur to drive his car so he drives it himself one evening after he and mrs arnold had been dinner gue guests ats ol 01 j mrs evalyn hope diamond mclean they were going out the front door when the doorman said to in his most elegant manner shall I 1 call your car mr arnold with a dour expression on his lace face arnold said you can call it but I 1 dont think it will come CAPITAL CHAFF ax C the thurman arnolds a are i e mourning over the fact that angelica has eaten heni henry y wallaces corn when the vice president heard about it he be having given the arnolds a present of iowa hybrid corn he rema remarked aked 1 I hope the corn did angelical angelica some good angelica is the thurman arnolds cow 41 fl mrs claude pepper wife of senator no X card I pepper of florida walks to social engagements or takes the street car fl 41 there may be a gasoline shortage but you would never know it at congressional co country antry 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 washington and eastern shore beaches that cars were lined up tor for three zing pg for the chesapeake terry ferry |