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THURSDAY. AUGUST 6. igio THE BEAUFORT NEWS. BEAUFORT, N. C. PAGE TWO On New York Front Birth of a Glider WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS German Spearheads Across Don River Are Established After Heavy Losses; Nazis 'Dig In' Along Egyptian Front; Gandhi to Japs: 'You're Not Welcome' (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) . Released by Western nip ti 1 J f fH 1 -.ft i jl A h U (L 1 f I 4 J4i In answer to a call from President Roosevelt, representatives of labor and capital meet in Washington to discuss anti-inflation measures. Front row, left to right: W. Witherow, president, National Association of Manufacturers; Philip Murray, president of the CIO; Erik Johnson, president of the chamber of commerce; William Green, president of the AFL; and George Heany of the AFX. Back row, left to right: Walter Weisenburger, National Association of Manufacturers; James B. Carey of the CIO; and Joyce O'Hara of the TJ. S. Chamber of Commerce. RUSSIA: Desperate Battles Bridging the lower Don river, Nazi troops continued to press on in their steady drive into the Caucasus. Rus sian infantrymen, battling desper ately from the southern bank of the Don, 120 miles east of Rostov, threw tons of explosives at the Nazis, but two German spearheads were es tablished. A Soviet bulletin announced that nine pontoon bridges were smashed, throwing Nazi troops and equipment into the Don. But new reserves were ready to take the place of the drowned men, whose bodies were left to float down the river. Despite German successes at Ros tov, Soviet troops made the Nazis pay dearly for their gains. In part, a Russian communique announced that "One small group of Soviet in fantry alone in one day with anti tank guns, machine guns and in cendiary bottles destroyed nine Ger man tanks and killed hundreds of Hitlerites." The communique said that the Red army still was fighting stub bornly at Novocherkassk and at Tsimlyansk. Soviet airmen were credited with destroying 299 German planes dur ing the week. Russian losses for the same period were placed at 137. In one sector of the front Russian soldiers were said to have wiped out more than four Nazi regiments in three weeks' fighting, capturing large military stores, including 400 machine guns, 560 automatic rifles, 46 mortars and 20,000 sh( lis. In addition, they destroyed 328 tanks. EGYPT'S WAR: Nazis Dig In A lull in the desert war saw Ger man troops digging in on the front 75 miles west of Alexandria, from El Alamein to the Quattara de pression. A communique from Cairo an nounced that heavy British and United States bombers continued to sweep across the Mediterranean to attack Crete and that another force struck at Tobruk again. Light bombers continued to ham mer Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's sea and air bases, troop and vehicle concentrations. Additional informa tion said that fires and explosions occurred when the big bombers struck at airdromes in Canada and Tympakion in Crete. BOMBS: On Wide Fronts On several widespread battle fronts the thud of United Nations' bombs and shells jarred the Axis into realizing that all offensives in this war were not necessarily theirs. Six times in ten days warships of the British navy bombarded Matruh, the enemy's most advanced sea base in Egypt. British reports said that the Axis held city had been knocked "flatter than a pancake" as a result of the some 2,000 shells blasted into the vital harbor facili ties. Use of the harbor by the Axis was believed to be out of the ques tion for practically every shore building had been blown into debris. Meanwhile from Cairo came word that the Germans and Italians based at El Daba, west of El Alamein, had been heavily bombed from the air and U. S. planes were reported to bave caused immense damage to the Axis ports of Bengasi and To bruk, still further to the west. Allied ground forces were kept busy consolidating their positions as a dispatch out of London said that whil.j the Axis appeared to be on the defensive in Africa, the safe ar rival of a single enemy convoy might swing the balance the other way. Newspaper Union. OPEN LETTER: To the Japs "Tokyo papers please copy" . . . It didn't actually read that way but the idea was the same, for the open letter by Mohandas K. Gandhi which appeared in his magazine, Harijan, was aimed directly at the Japanese. And if Tokyo bothered to read it, this is what they learned: "Make no mistake about the fact that you (meaning Japan) will be sadly disillusioned if you believe you will receive a willing welcome from India." Further, the Japs were told that they had "been gravely misin formed that we have chosen this particular moment to embarrass the Allies when your attack Is imminent. If we wanted to turn Britain's dif ficulty into our opportunity, we should have done it as soon as the war broke out." Also for the benefit of the Japa nese, the Indian leader outlined the aims of his All-India Congress par ty with respect to their objective of independence, as preparation "to re sist all militarist and imperialist ambition, whether it be British im perialism, German Naziism, or your pattern." CASUALTIES: In U. S. Forces From the Office of War Informa tion came the latest check-up of to tal casualties in the U. S. armed forces to date. This report showed these casual ties to be 44,143, including killed, wounded, and missing of the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard and Philippine Scouts, exclusive of 1,022 known navy prisoners of and casual ties of the Philippine Commonwealth army. Here is the breakdown by the vari ous branches of the service: (1) U. S. army killed, 902; wounded, 1,413; missing, 17,452. (2) Philippine Scouts killed, 479; wounded, 754; missing, 11,000. (3) U. S. navy killed, 3,420; wounded, 11,501; missing, 7,672. SYNTHETIC RUBBER: Congress Takes a Hand In a congressional effort to solve the synthetic rubber production tan gle, members of the house and sen ate passed the Gillette bill creating the Rubber Supply agency, which would control that portion of the program dealing with agricultural or forest products. Rubber production from petro leum would remain under direction of the War Production board. Un der provisions of the bill all author ity over synthetic rubber plants using agricultural commodities as raw material would be taken away from Donald M. Nelson, WPB chair man. In its final form, the bill requires WPB, the army, navy or any other agency to deliver critical materials for use in constructing or operating alcohol rubber plants upon certifica tion from the director of the Rub ber Supply agency, and grants the agency blanket priority "over all deliveries of similar articles or ma terials for private account." WAGES: Show Increase Figures released by Frances Per kins, secretary of labor, disclosed that the average hourly earnings of workers In manufacturing Industries rose 1.5 per cent from April to May, and the May average of 83.1 cents per hour was 14.5 per cent higher than a year ago. The increase was held due to overtime, expansion of working forces in high wage scale industries and to wage-rate increases. i- I 'w if i: Senator James M. Mead, Presi dent Roosevelt's choice in the New York gubernatorial race, as he ad dressed an outdoor second-front rally in New York city. Mead op poses Attorney General John J. Ben nett, who is backed by James A, Farley. NEXT JAP MOVE: 'Fool's Paradise9 "... I say we are living in a fool's paradise. It is only absolute fear that will awaken the people to a realization of what they must face in the immediate future." With those words Premier Mitch ell Hepburn of Ontario emphasized the peril which faces the United Nations particularly Great Britain and the United States. Hepburn predicted that Japan's next major move would be an at tack on Dutch Harbor in the Aleu tian islands. From Dutch Harbor long range bombers could attack the United States production centers on the West coast and a considerable distance inland. "Untold difficulties" may be in store for Britain because of the des perate situation of the Russian army, the premier said. Nazi sub jugation of the entire Mediterranean area "will mean Germany will oc cupy the whole of France and take the French fleet." SHIPPING: Highest Level One week last month merchant ship sinkings rose to the highest level since the beginning of the war and also "greatly exceeded new con struction." This brought from the War Ship ping administration a limit on ship ping space to "cargo essential to the prosecution of the war." This action was expected to increase substan tially the cargo space for the United Nations' military requirements. WSA also reported "the several different fleets of the United Nations are combining their operations as complements to each other for war purposes" with the Combined Ship ping Adjustment board directing shipping in the various pools. A definite shortage of trained sea men is reported because of the "tre mendous wartime expansion of our merchant shipping." PRODUCTION: Greater Increases While the Joint War Production Committee of the U. S. and Canada was reporting that the annual rate of munitions production in the U. S. for the second quarter of 1942 was nearly four times that of 1941, it was also announced that Canadian production was almost three times the 1941 rate, and even greater in creases are scheduled. A report covering the first half year of the board's activity in co ordinating joint production outlined steps taken to increase war output by eliminating duplications, increas ing the number of common type weapons, arranging more rapid ex change of supplies, breaking trans portation bottlenecks, eliminating tariff and other barriers and pro moting full exchange of information on production methods and designs. Technical subcommittees main tain constant contacts with those in charge of production in each country. BRIEFS: REPAIRS: Whether flown by the Royal Air force or by their own crews, American planes in England will be maintained and repaired by the United States air force from now on. The move is designed to increase efficiency and speed. INCREASE: The Australian gov ernment has decided to increase the pay of service men in the new budget The increase is expected to consist of additional allowance for dependents. CONFISCATED: The government has confiscated 29 Italian and Ger man ships, including a German ves sel caught in the Caribbean last year masquerading as an American ship. Included also are those ships damaged by their crews while in American ports in March, 1941, as part of a general sabotage plan. WEDDING: Dark-haired Diana Barrymore, actress-daughter of the late John Barrymore, and Bramwell Fletcher, stage star, have applied for a marriage license and an nounced they would be married within few weeks. t -i . ,,' gliders," which are note coming off the production line. One of the factories engaged exclusively in manufacturing them is the Laister Kauffman plant at St. Louis, where these pictures were taken. I VWMV W I-- ' . . "1 The TG-i A is a I n o-place glider which weighs less than 500 pounds. Jack Laister, the designer, and president of the plant, is famous in amateur glider and soaring circles. A large part of the construe' tion work at this plant is being handled by women. Picture at top shows a group of them busy in the rib and wing assembly section. Right: Dressing down a piece of wood for the glider's wing. MP8' . The glider is re-assembled at check before taking initial flight. The first production model I : J : XJ j I k ! 1 The men employees of the . 4 big glider plant spraying wing I ! dope and stenciling the army 1 t v j insignia on wings for the first J C V. v a production line model. H VjI I , , - 'wKmimmtnmmmnitnmwvmmmm-Mmm-iV-'""- ......... -r-r r-i laaaniisil their ernerience throueh "training r-w...imammm!Wfnmk wmn ".hump hiwh'w immi"'. iiinnn-nnpi WI i, Tflt I X 7 . -AnfMikiififlWwrtiHaMr Skeleton of the train ing glider. In rear is Jack Laister, the airport, and is given a final Inset: Insignia for glider pilots. gliding in for a perfect landing. DXeW PEARSON Washington, D. C. V. S. FOREIGN LEGION Most people don't 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 back ground, including 2,720 German ali ens, not to mention 2,700 Germans who are naturalized citizens. The Italian total is 2,472 aliens and 3,781 naturalized. In addition, there are 644 Japanese in the army, plus 3,000 Japanese-Americans, formerly of the Hawaiian national guard, most of whom are assigned to the 100th battalion at Fort McCoy, Wis. The army goes on 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 ad mitted for enlistment. The men who pass these tests are found to be even more zealous for the defeat of the dictators than the average Ameri can. Latin-American Battalions. To make the melting pot more complex, the army has a Filipino infantry battalion, and is forming a battalion for Norwegians in the U. S. and Norwegian-Americans. In struction and conversation in this unit will be In the Norwegian lan guage. Equally eager to fight are thou sands of Latin-Americans, especial ly from the nearer countries, such as Cuba and Mexico. The office of the U. S. military attache in Havana is flooded with applications from 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 for the draft, and they had better leave the country pronto if they don't want to be inducted. Not yet arranged, but highly de sirable, is a Latin-American bat talion. There are now ten Latin American countries which have de clared war on the Axis, and thou sands of their young men want to follow up that declaration with something more than police duty a' home. 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, an Italian girl, crying. When he inquired what was wrong, she replied: "Oh, I'm ashamed to be an Italian. You re member what boasting the Fascists did about the Greek campaign? They said: 'We will break their kid neys.' But everybody knows who really beat the Greeks; it was 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 appear ing 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 in signe, and on the side, the swastika. The caption read: "We said we would break their kidneys. Musso lini is always right." Note: All reports from Italy tell of a growing disgust with the Mus solini government, and a growing hatred of the Germans. But the people are too cowed to revolt. NO-CHAUFFEUR ARNOLD TrustbustingThurman Arnold hails from the small town of Laramie, Wyo., and he doesn't see any rea son 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 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 call your car, Mr. Arnold?" With a dour expression on his face, Arnold said, "You can call It, but I don't think it will come." CAPITAL CHAFF ft The Thurman Arnolds are mourn ing over the fact that Angelica has eaten Henry Wallace's corn. When the vice president heard about it, he having given the Arnolds a present of Iowa hybrid corn, he remarked: "I hope the corn did Angelica some good." Angelica is the Thurman Arnolds' cow. ft Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of Sena tor "No-X-Card" Pepper of Florida, walks to social engagements or takes the street car, ft There may be a gasoline short age, but you would never know it at Washington's 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 Washington and Eastern Shore beaches that cars were lined up for three hours wait ing for the Chesapeake ferry. i-orcn rocKers will not "walk" if a strip of felt is glued on th bottom of each rocker. i A finger cat from an old glov. and slipped over the end of curtain-rod enables it to be pushed through curtain-hems of the finest net without catching and tearini the fabric. Kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water. Chamois leather gloves will not dry stiff if, after washing, they are rinsed in warm water to which i teaspoonful of pure olive oil haj been added. A simple way to freshen white washing silk which has become yellow through constant washing is to add milk to the rinsing water and allow it to soak for a few minutes before squeezing out. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT MONUMENTS .llk.itA.lkii UT MKf rOOAT. HTVrHATIOMAi MluotUl tt Telling time in the Navy is oa the 24-hour system. Morning hours are from one to twelve, but after noon hours are from 1300 to 2400 (midnight). So if you ask a sailor the time and he says "seventeen," subtract 12 and you get five o'clock in the afternoon. It's sim pler if you ask him what cigarette he smokes. Chances are he'll say; "Camel," for Camel is the favor ite cigarette among Navy men as well as among men in the Army, Marines, Coast Guard. (Based on actual sales records from service men's stores.) Local dealers are featuring Camel cartons as gifts for men in the service from the folks back home. Adv. Having Contentment The contented man is never poor; the discontented never rich. George Eliot. May Warn of Disordered Kidney Action Ifodsrn life with Its hurry end worry. Imcular habits, Improper MliU drinking I la riik of pour and IniM tion throwa heavy (train on th worn of tha kidnayi. They an apt to becomj over-taied and fail to filter and other impuritiea from the Ula-sivuiS blood. Yon may Buffer nagging backache, headache, diuineaa, getting up leg paina, awelling (eel eonrtantiy tired, nervoua, all worn out. Other ngn of kidney or bladder diaorder are aome timea burning, acanty or too frequent urination. ... Try DooVt Pill: Doa'i help tM kldneyi to paaa off harmful exceea body waste. They have bad more than hall century of public approval. Are recom mended by grateful ueere everywhere. 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