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Jap PWs Work to Clear and Rebuild Manila
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Idealised by the letteri "PW" printed on their backs, Japanese priaonera of war march down Rizal
avenue, Manila, P. I., on their way to tbeir daily work of clearing debria and nibble, helping to rebuild the
eity which they tried so hard to destroy. American policemen, with rifles ready, escdrt the Jap workmen
to tbeir task.?Soondphoto.
Soldiers Stage Rodeo on German Fighting Front
Taking time out during the march through Germany, personnel of the U. S. army stage a rodeo for
the entertainment of fellow G.I.?. Busters and riders from New York City competed with range hands from
Teaas. Almost every part of the country was represented. Entertainment of this type, officials say, does
much to build the morale of tho fighting men. This is one of the reasons that the spirits of American sol
diers has always been the envy of all countries.
Final Trip to the White House
Tke ciluoa earTylay the earthly remains of Franklin D. Roosevelt
passed the White Hoase when It arrived at the end oI the military proces
sion from the Union station. Portion ot the vast crowds ootside the
White House grounds shewn la foreground. Services were held la the
White House before interment at Hyde Park.
Sergeant Captures Von Papen
'Speedboat Betty'
Speedboat Betty Carstalre, famous
far speedboat exploits apalast Oar
Wood, aow opera tins a chain of
frelfhters. has stated that she looks
to air for her postwar career.
Winner of Trophy
Better Planes
Is Aim of Navy
Dcrstppmcnt Goes on Even
In Midst of War; Jot
Is Being Stressed.
NEW YORK. ? Constant develop
ment at the navy's aviation even in
the midst of war, with Jet-propelled
fighters, torpedo bombers and sea
planes going.into large-scale produc
tion this year, was described here
by Rear Adm. Dewitt C. Ramsey,
chief of the bureau of aeronautics,
as reported by the New York Herald
Tribune.
New and replacement aircraft for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946,
will cost $3,000,000,000, the admiral
told 1,000 members and guests of
the Wings club, which embraces
aviation executives and combat of
ficers at its second annual dinner.
Of primary importance, the ad
miral said, were the steadily im
proving fighters, with Grumman
Hellcats and Vought Corsairs now
being used as strafers, dive bomb
ers and rocket launchers, capable of
carrying bombloads up to 2,000
pounds. Essex-class carriers, he
added, "are now bearing an in
creased complement of these versa
tile fighter-bombers, thus increasing
the air group's ability to destroy
enemy aircraft without sacrifice of
its overall bomb-carrying capacity."
Four Dive-Bombers Developing.
"Jet-propelled conceptions of vast
ly improved power and perform
ance will be in mass production by
the end of the year," Admiral Ram
sey said.
four experimental dive-bombers
are under development by different
companies. A new model torpedo
plane with increased speed is al
ready in production, with additional
experimental craft under way. A
new navy land-type patrol plane is
"approaching maturity." The Cur
tiss Seahawk, a new seaplane for
cruisers and battleships, recently
began large-scale output.
The new models will spearhead
a naval air force which has already
downed more than 10,000 Japanese
planes in three years, with an air
combat advantage of more than Ave
to one, the admiral said. He added
the navy had now launched a car
rier fleet numbering "nearly 100
units with an operating capacity of
literally thousands of airplanes."
Recalls Days on the Langley.
In reminiscent vein, Admiral
Ramsey recalled his service from
1926 to 1928 as navigator of the
pioneer carrier, the Langley. In test
flight operations those days off
southern California, he noted, "we
frequently encountered Japanese
Marus that always seemed to have
engine, steering or navigational dif
ficulties that put them on converg
ing courses with us and brought
them to positions from which they
could closely observe us."
He praised British-American co
operation in the war, and recalled
that during the Coral sea sweeps,
he had the British carrier Victori
ous under his command in a South
Pacific task force. The ships worked
so closely that on occasion they ex
changed aircraft squadrons.
The Victorious had a highly ob
structed flight deck, in contrast to
the Saratoga's 900-foot stretch. The
first British torpedo pilot to land
on the Saratoga announced jubilant
ly that it was like "landing on your
state of Texas."
Wounded Marine Gets in
Licks in an Unusual Way
WITH THE MARINES. ? Just be
cause Pfc. Joseph J. Yunker of Ho
boken, N. J., was wounded before
he could Are a shot, he wasn't out
of the battle. But he did get In his
licks in a rather unusual way, the
Leatherneck reports.
Yunker had been treated for his
injury and was lying in a tent ward
when the Japs attacked. He spotted
a sniper in a tree getting ready to'
open up against the hospital.
Ignoring painful wounds he had re
ceived that morning, Yunker raised
himself up and got a rifle that
another paient had left in the tent.
Resting the rifle across his pillow,
he aimed, squeezed one off, and top
pled the sniper.
Americana to Observe
Eclipse of Sun July 9
WASHINGTON. ? Americans will
see their first total eclipse of the
sun in 13 years on July 9, the
United States naval observatory re
vealed recently.
The direct course of the eclipse
will start near Boise, Idaho, and
pass across Butte, Mont. From there
it will swing across Canada, Green
land, through the Scandinavian
peninsula, across Russia near Mos
cow and end up in Russian Turke
stan.
The eclipse will appear partial
throughout the United States except
within the narrow path of totality.
Government Takes Action
To Bar Bond Speculation
WASHINGTON.?The treasury an
nounced that maturity dates on the
Seventh war loan bonds will be with
held until the -last minute to pre
vent speculation trading by corpora
tions and insurance companies.
Maturities oo the E bands?those
purchased by ordinary individuals
?will be the same 10 yaars at the
asms interest rates as heretofore.
The next drive starts May 14. Pre
eala efforts have been started.
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Reveals Secrets
That Gain Victory
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Featherweight Bazooka Hat
Rifle Accuracy.
WASHINGTON. ? Some of the eci
entitle secrets lying behind Ameri
can victory were recently revealed.
For instance:
A new featherweight bazooka. 41
per cent lighter than the original
model and with a new sight that
gives it almost rifle accuracy, has
been developed by General Electric
and war department engineers.
It substitutes aluminum for steel
and weighs only 10V4 pounds. It
is the seventh basic design, each a
better weapon, since the bazooka
was first unveiled to blast the Ger
mans out of Tunisia.
The accuracy of the new folding
sight has led to the creation of a
new infantryman's marksmanship
medal, for "bazooka sharpshooter."
It also has an impulse generator
rather than dry cell batteries for
firing the rocket.
The army "duck" ? an amphibi
ous truck?can inflate or deflate any
or all of its six big tires while in
motion either on land or water, a
war department approved release
said.
The device; operating through a
ball-bearing antifriction bearing on
each wheel, permits adjustment of
the treads to fit the need, changing
from water to sand to rock or clay.
It enables the driver to reinflate
a leaking tire and helps keep a tire
inflated, despite a bullet tear, until
the duck reaches a safe place.
A contributing factor in the tre
mendous speed of the P-80, the new
jet-propelled fighter plane, fastest
ship in the air today, is the ultra
smoothness of all its external sur
faces.
This, Du Pont engineers say, is
due to a new Du Pont pyroxylin
lacquer, which is buffed and rubbed
to a polished glass smoothness.
Almost Perfect Strategy
Until Marines Took Over
GUAM. ? The Jap strategy on
Guam worked perfectly and accord
ing to plan, with only one exception,
according to the way the Japs ex
plained it to the natives, says ths
Leatherneck.
"We have," boasted a Jap offi
cer, "new strategy to defeat Ameri
cans now. First, we let American
planes bomb Guam. Then we let
American marines land on Guam.
Then we back up and draw them
in trap. Then no more marines."
This plan worked without a hitch
until the marines were drawn into
the trap. Then came the exception.
When the smoke cleared away,
there were no more Japs.
Patience Proves Virtue
In Case of This Marine
WITH THE MARINES. ? Pa-|
tience is a virtue whose reward can ]
be your life. That was proved by'
Corp. Jack Gomez of San Fran
cisco, Calif. A hidden Jap trying to '
destroy the marine started heaving
grenades at him.
Gomez found cover and lay low
while four grenades exploded near
him. Before making the fifth throw,
the Jap peeked out of his hid
ing place to see what the situation
was, says "The Leatherneck."
This was the moment for which
Gomez had been waiting. As the Jap
peeked, the marine squeezed one off,
nailing his man.
Man Is Seized for Theft
Of His Own Automobile
ST. LOUIS, MO. ? Joseph C.
Ansell drove his car home, happy,
but sleepy at 3 a. m. His car had
just been returned by police head
quarters after it was stolen two
days before.
He was thinking how nice it would
be to be back in his warm bed
when a police car crowded him to
the curb.
Ansell was "arrested" for driv
ing a stolen car and taken to a dis
trict station. He got home just in
time to shave after his statements
were corroborated by radio from
police headquarters.
Texas G.I.s Claim German
Town for Lone Star State
BAAL, GERMANY.?A sign at the (
edge of this war-torn German town {
says: "Entering Baal, annexed by
Texas, Feb. 24, 1945."
"When we came in, it was pretty
hot here and we fought darned hard
for it, so we just decided we might
as well keep the place," said Sgt. |
Harry W. Pate, a skinny, freckle
faced redhead from Port Isabel,
Texas.
Pvt. Harold Lane, another Texan,
said, "We annexed it but I don't
think it will be very welcome back
home, for this town is sure one great
big mess. But we fought for it, so
we are going to claim it."
Jap Cabinet Orders
Schools Shut for Year
TOKYO.?The Japanese cabinet
ordered all schools, colleges and
universities closed for one year
and announced that the students
would be mobilised for war and
food production, air raid defense
and "other urgent undertakings
that are immediately and directly
concerned with the proeecutkai of
the war."
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Kathleen Norris Says:
. The Women ,We Need
Ball Syndicate.?WNU Feature*.
uWhen Pete was five years old he was killed by a car driven across the sidewalk
By KATHLEEN NORMS
""K yfY WIFE is so darned
\ /I cheerful," writes a
JL V A man from Butte,
Mont., "that you can't help lov
ing her!"
It seems to me that no sweeter
or more sincere tribute was ever
paid a woman. There was a
soundness and fineness about
this man's letter that struck a
heartening note in these days
of broken homes and easy di
vorces.
"We've had 14 years of joys and
sorrows," his letter goes on, "and
when the smoke blows over, just one
person is carrying on, sensibly and
quietly and bravely, and that's
Molly. When we were married I was
making $200 a month, and three
years later, with a second baby
coming, I was laid up with muscular
rheumatism for almost a year.
Molly carried on, had her baby,
worked, borrowed, managed some
how?and always was cheerful!
"Financially we got straightened
out again, paid bills, began to buy a
home, and our third child, our first
boy, was born. Those were good
years. But when Pete was five years
old, he was killed by a car driven
straight across the sidewalk and
into the garden where he was play
ing with his sisters. Molly carried
on. Our third girl was born a few
months later.
"Then came the war, and the im
porting firm for which I worked
went to the wall; no job, no sav
ings, and my mother, widowed and
an invalid, came to live with us. We
rented our house, moved into town,
shortened sail everywhere. This was
before the big defense plants and
the big salaries got started.
'Never Failed Us Once.'
"The joy and hope Molly put into
our lives then will never be forgotr
ten by me. She never failed us once.
Her life had been shattered;
motherhood had brought her an
guish, I had contributed months of
sickness, helplessness, unemploy
ment. But wherever she was, the lit
tle girls were laughing, and she was
laughing with them; hospitality
wasn't ended, nor good home meals,
home fires, home talk. Her affec
tionate appreciation of my mother's
help?for mother, with mending and
watching the children, did all she
could, made my mother love her
like a true daughter.
"This is my tribute to the most
gallant wife any man ever had. We
have bo money troubles now, and
we have three lovely little girls to
go on into better times with us. But
whatever is ahead, I can never be
hfraid while this woman is beside
me."
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Could a letter be pleasanter read
ing? I don't know how. But about
one thing you are wrong, Walter.
This is not mere "Cheerfulness."
Cheerfulness is a more or less natu
ral quality; it can come from
perfect health, from youthful opti
mism and high spirits, even
from shallowness and sefishness.
What Molly has is something
much finer than that. She has the
rare fineness of a soul and mind
tried and purified by fire. To be
comforting, hopeful, with a sick hus
band and dependent babies is not
mere "cheerfulness." It is true
saintliness. Cheerfulness will not
carry a woman over the dark abyss
that opens before her feet when an
only son is torn from her by the
cruel carelessness of an irresponsi
ble driver. Cheerfulness does not
face illness, weariness, doubt, anxi
ety and change with a head held
high and colors flying.
'Others Come First.'
With Molly, fundamentally, and
first of all, comes thought lor others.
She will not let them see that she is
hurt. Nobody must feel any worse
because Molly is stricken. Selfish
grief will not bring little Pete back;
and if the others see her serene
and busy, interested in their wel
fare, their interests, just as she al
ways was, it will go far to make
life seem good to them again.
We are going to need many wom
en like this in the years immediate
ly ahead of us. Women will look at
the conditions of their lives and
say to themselves; "this is just
what I have said I couldn't bear?
and here it is." Womeq will find
the men who come back from war
are almost strangers; women must
care for a crippled husband or son,
a blind husband or 9on, all the rest
of their lives. Women who have
been financially independent, will
find now that they must go back
to the status of housekeeper, or else
sacrifice marriage itself. Women
must meet every mental and
psychopathic problem in those they
love; depression, despair, distaste
for work of any kind, cynicism as
regards the future, bitter disillusion
ment. "
Brace your soul for this postwar
ordeal. It won't last; things do ad
just themselves; conditions that
seem insufferable have a way at
smoothing out. Normal home life ia
a great tonic for bruised nerves
and spirits, and even the blind?
once the first shock is over, are not
necessarily unhappy people.
One woman like Molly in every
home would solve the whole world's
problem in the approaching days of
reconstruction. Be that woman ia
your household.
Blocking Hand-Knit Garments.
To "block" a new or newly
washed hand-knit garment, here is
an easy method. Sprinkle two heavy
bath towels slightly and spread the
garment between them, pulling to
desired measurements and pinning
to shape. (Before washing it ia
handy to lay garment on paper or
cloth and draw outline to use in re
shaping.) Cover with a board or
other firm, flat surface. Weight this
down and leave until the garment ia
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?BEYOND CALL OF DVTr
We seldom read about the reives
and mothers who are quietly do
ing their part without fanfare,
in good times and bad, in happi
ness and in sorrow. The selfish,
the unfaithful, the undutiful
wives get in the news, but the
great majority, who are doing all
that can be expected of them,
seldom get a line of commenda- ~
tion.
Then there are some women
whose courage, energy and unal
terable cheerfulness is so extra
ordinary, that they seem almost
to be superhuman. They are
daily giving the best that is in
them?and far more than anyone
has a right to demand.
Such a wife is described in this
article?one who carried on in
poverty and sorrow with a bouy
ant heart. On the other hand,
she was not changed by a touch
of prosperity?she did not ask
for luxuries to compensate for
her- endurance of difficulties.