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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1942 PAGE TWO THE BEAUFORT NEWS, BEAUFORT, N. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Nazi Forces Pay Huge Manpower Toll In Effort to Maintain Unbroken Line; OPA Calls for New Fuel Oil Reduction; American Bombers Blast Balkan Cities 'EDITOR'S NOTE: Whm epinions are expressed In these columns, they are those ef Western Newspaper talon's mwi analysts and net necessarily el this newspaper.) Released by Western Uv v " 'rfc! fciu sail as irrk tJaeg-"Tri-aniiii- - En route to some unnamed destination, these five high-ranking ma rine oLicers are planning strategy aboard a transport. Left to right re Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrift, Lieut. Col. Gerald C. Thomas, Lieut. Col. Randolph McPate, Col. Frank P. Goettge and Col. W. C. James. Colonel Goettge is reported missing in the Solomons. RUSSIAN FRONT: Nazi Toll Mounts Even as Wendell L. Willkie called for a second front to aid the Rus sians, Soviet troops were battling defiantly fur every foot of ground on the Volga river front. Russian gains were reported offl cially on the long front extending from the Moscow-Leningrad sector to the deep Caucasus. Soviet troops occupied several heights and vil lages southeast of Novorossisk, Ger man-held Black sea base, killing about 1,200 Germans in one day In the Stalingrad area more than 4,000 Nazis had been reported killed in one day's fighting. The major battle had appeared to be in the northwest of the city. In one sec tor the Germans launched eight at tacks against Soviet positions in 24 hours in an effort to check the threat to their left flank. The heavy in. fantry attacks were supported by 40 tanks. Four attacks were reported repulsed. Silence concerning the oth er four indicated that progress had been made by the Nazis. The Soviet communique acknowl edged a withdrawal in the Mozdok area where it was announced that "numerically superior forces" had captured a village. Between Mos cow and Leningrad, Soviet troops continued to mop up German forces which had penetrated into the Rus sian defenses. In a broadcast the German high command announced that "In the northwestern part of the Caucasus and on the Terek river the enemy was ejected from deep positions not withstanding tenacious resistance." GAS RATIONING: For Entire Nation Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers' order for the rationing of gasoline on a nation-wide basis came as no great surprise to Amer ica's 27,000,000 motorists, fore warned by the report of the Baruch committee. The rationing system, expected to take effect in November, will be pat terned after the permanent program which went into effect in the eastern states July 22. The system permits a basic ration of 192 gallons a year, enough for 2,880 miles of travel on the basis of 15 miles per gallon. It is an average of 3.69 gallons a week. Non-essential motorists receive "A" books, permitting them to pur chase 32 gallons of gasoline over a three-month period. About 68 per cent of the car owners in the eastern states have "A" cards. A "B" book permits its user a maximum of 470 miles a month. Those eligible for such a book are persons with essen tial occupations. The "C" books are for individuals engaged In war or civilian defense activities. They al low 128 gallons a month and holders may receive as many as they actual ly need. In his first statement since his appointment as rubber czar, Jeffers called upon the nation's motorists to "be volunteers' in trying to keep our "economic life from breaking down." He asked for a maximum speed limit of 35 miles an hour, but told drivers they were to be their -oiiremen. He urged that "ev ition his own driving is own speed" imme ut waiting for actual 5LASTED: ibers ites in the Balkans ry, Rumania and eling the strength of arm as long-range d bombers deposit 'ie capital cities of for the attacks have nor has the nation- crews been re :rs assume that -e working with t fliers. Newspaper Union. WILLKIE: 'Now Is the Time' Before he left Russia for his con ference in China with Generalissi mo Chiang Kai-shek, Wendell Will kie took time out to tell the Ameri can people that in his opinion the time for opening a second front was not next spring, but right now. He said that Nazi pressure on the resources of Soviet Russia was terrific and that relief was badly needed. He urged a very definite step-up in the amount of aid being delivered to the Russians and point ed out that almost a third of their population had been subjected to German rule. After this statement was issued Premier Joseph Stalin held his fare well banquet for Willkie, President Roosevelt's emissary on his round-the-world check-up of the war fronts. This event was described as being most cordial. Though Stalin was joking and teas ing him throughout the affair, Will kie said later that the Russian pre mier demonstrated his clear, logi cal mind, and "a vital subject, which cannot be disclosed" was mentioned often throughout the eve ning. MacARTIIUR'SMEN: Drive on Japs The first Jap withdrawal from some outposts in the Owen Stanley mountain range above Port Moresby, New Guinea, was announced in a communique from General MacAr- thur's headquarters in Australia. Strong allied patrols, aided bv light artillery, forced the Jap with drawal, which came concurrpntlv with the start of heavy rains, the communique said. MacArthur's ground forces made gains in counter attacks southwest of Salamaua on the left flank of the Owen Stanley line. Ground successes were teamed with new aerial assaults on enemy posts and island bases across a thou sand mile area in the southwestern Pacific. Allied dive bombing attacks on vital Japanese supply routes met with considerable success. The Jap Kokoda-Buna supply line on the northern slope of the Owen Stanley mountains was blasted while other planes raided Dilli, capital of the enemy-held Portuguese Timor, and Ambasi. Allied bombers also struck at Jap positions in the Solomons. FUEL OIL RATIONS : Cut to Tivo-Thirds Oil-heated homes in 30 eastern and middle western states will have to get along with two-thirds of their nor mal fuel supply under a new ruling by the Office of Price Administra tion. The coupon rationing plan." said Paul M. O'Leary, OPA deputy administrator, "is going to be geared to an estimated overall average of 334 per cent of normal consump tion, we found that the 25 per cent cut, originally planned, would not be sufficient to provide an adequate margin of safety and still meet the fuel shortage." O'Leary warned that householders who cannot heat their homes com fortably on two-thirds of the fuel nor mally used, should convert to coal if possible. If furnaces cannot be converted from oil to other fuels, he said, "then everything that is possible must be done to improve the burner efficiency and to insulate the home properly." He pointed out that the household er who improved the thermal ef ficiency of his home through insula tion and by installing storm doors and windows, weather stripping and by overhauling his heating unit would be rewarded by added com fort The OPA warned consumers to fill their tanks before rationing begins. FIGHTING FRENCH: A Nod From Moscow Soviet Russia became the first of the United Nations to recognize the "Fighting French" movement as "the only body entitled to organize participation of French citizens in the war," when it was announced from Moscow that Gen. Charles de Gaulle had been accepted as the sole representative of this group. Thus the Vichy government of Pierre Laval and Marshal Henri Petain received its first official dip lomatic slap in the face. It had been almost a year to the week be fore De Gaulle received the recogni tion he had been seeking from the United Nations. For lnte in Sep tember last year he organized the Fighting French as a political ad ministration as well as a fighting force and through frequent appeals has sought to replace the Vichy gov ernment -as the official agent of the French people. This recognition by the Soviet came just two days after a Fighting French air unit arrived in Russia to fight on the eastern front against the Germans. Known as the Normandy squadron, this unit is being made a part of the Soviet air force. WAR PRODUCTION: Progress Report "Right now." according to WPB Chairman Donald Nelson, "approxi mately 40 per cent of our entire pro duction is going for war. By the middle of next year that proportion has got to be around 60 per cent." WPB Vice Chairman Knowlson is sued a statement about the same time, in which he indicated that present war production is 3ij times that of ten months ago. Said he: "We're beginning to rec ognize the truth of the situation, to know we've been behind the eight- ball." An estimate from the commerce department revealed that the total output of machine tools during the calendar year 1942 would be about 350,000 units, or almost double last year's production. These would have a value of $1,400,000,000. Another report, this one by the Maritime commission, showed that in the past 12-month period 488 ships, aggregating about 5,450,000 deadweight tons, had been complet ed and delivered. Of this total, 327 were Liberty ships. This report, made to the Presi dent by Chairman Land of the com mission, declared that: "Scheduled deliveries for the remaining months of 1942 should bring us to the 8,000,000-ton goal of your directive." AIR OFFENSIVE: Renetced in China After a lull of almost a month, the American air force in China re newed activity against the Japanese with an attack on troop columns in southwest Yunnan province and a foray against Hanoi in French Indo China. A communique from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters announced that 10 Jap troop trucks and a staff car were destroyed in the strafing attack along the high way between Lungling and Chefang by fighting planes. The raid at Ha noi was on the Gai Lam airport Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, com mander of American air forces in China, stated that French and na tives of Indo-China were becoming less co-operative with the Japs as a result of American air successes. "Intelligence reports show that the French are disillusioned, though the Japanese are now all-powerful In Indo-China," Chennault said. A new Japanese two-motored, two seater fighting plane was encoun tered by Americans on the Hanoi raid. The plane, an 1-45, was re ported to be heavily armed with a 20-millimeter cannon and two 13 millimeter guns forward. Alaska Bound Somewhere In the middle of Cana da this U. S. army private is work ing on the U. S.-Canada-Alaska high way which, when completed, will play an important part in the Unit ed Nations war effort. The new highway is expected to be open by December 1. MISCELLANY: BENEFITS: Headed by Joseph E. Davies, the President's War Re lief Control board has prohibited army or navy relief benefit shows or solicitation of funds after Novem ber 15 unless organized by the serv ices and participated in by service personnel. The order will not pre vent private agencies or Individuals from staging benefits for the USO or other war charities. I iky 4 Washington, D. C. WIRE TAPPING Few people, even inside the gov ernment, realize the extent to which telephone wires are tapped today. The good old days when wire-tapping was done only by big-time gangsters are gone, and almost no telephone line around Washington is safe today. Even the private wire from Secre tary of State Hull to the President of the United States was found to have been tapped some time ago by an unfriendly newspaper. The FBI, which has been doing the job of chasing down criminals for years, is scrupulously careful about wire-tapping. But with out fits like naval intelligence or mili tary intelligence, which suddenly have come into lush funds and have inexperienced men spending them, it is a different matter. Latest wire-tapping development is the system of tapping the wires of army and navy officers by the army and navy itself. For instance, here is the transcrip tion of a dictaphone recording in the navy department of a conversa tion on May 26, 1942, between Capt. John D. Crecca of the Boston navy yard, and Comdr. E. E. Roth of the bureau of ships in Washington, regarding tank landing boats. Higgins Landing Boats. The conversation shows that the navy finally yielded to Andrew J. Higgins of New Orleans, who had a long controversy with the bureau of ships over the design of tank landing boats. The bureau of ships had de signed its own boat, called the "Bu reau tank lighter," which Higgins claimed was not practicable, and the two designs were tried out at Nor folk, Va., on May 23. Here is an ex cerpt from their conversation: Captain Crecca (in Boston): We just got some disconcerting infor mation regarding a possible change in the design of the tank lighters. Commander Roth (in Washing ton): Possible it's a sure thing. Yes. Isn't that a blow? Captain Crecca: It's terrible. Commander Roth: We can't af ford it. We had a test down in Nor folk yesterday. Captain Cochrane went down, Commander Daggett (Comdr. R. B. Daggett of the bu reau of ships) went down. The army went down (telephone connection in terrupted). Commander Roth: Well, they had a showdown at Norfolk but a little breeze blew up. They got up to about 13 knots. The Bureau tank lighter almost capsized. They couldn't steer it. They just drifted around. They had to pack with the thing. Almost lost everybody on board, almost lost the tank. Higgins tank lighter came through fine, up side in and made the beach and the poor old Bureau tank lighter was out there wallowing around. Captain Cochrane came back this morning and he saw the Chief and every body else concerned and they sent out did you get a copy of the dis patch? Commander Roth: Commander Daggett is coming in late tonight and I guess he's pretty well tired out. It's a pretty hard blow for him, you know. He's sponsored this all along. WOUNDED IN WASHINGTON Two crippled soldiers drove up to the Shoreham hotel in a taxi. A friend was taking them to dinner, to bring a little cheer into their lives. One soldier carried his arm in a brace, the other had lost a foot. Both were officers of the air corps. As they were getting out of the taxi, a limousine drove up behind them, and out stepped Jesse Jones, The big Texan watched the crip pled soldiers for a moment, then took off his hat and stepped for ward to open the door of the hotel He held the door open as the fliers passed, and when they had gone, he said to a passerby: "Gee, that hits you below the belt, doesn't it?" GLASS STOVES Next time you try to buy a kitch en stove, the salesman will proba bly ask: "What kind do you wish, madam a terra cotta stove, a ce ment stove, or a glass stove?" Stoves made of iron and steel are disappearing from the market, and manufacturers are trying to make stoves out of substitute materials. Many manufacturers have gone out of the stove business some be cause they can't get the iron and steel, others because they have con verted to production of war materi als. Of the country's 275 stove plants, half have been closed or con verted. CAPITAL CHAFF . Jim Farley hasn't lost his inter est in politics. He called friends in Atlanta long distance about 20 times during the recent Georgia pri mary which finally defeated Gov. Gene Talmadge. C. Super-G-Man J. Edgar Hoover has been trying to discover who the mysterious admirer is in Hartford, Conn., who sends him small wooden dogs symbolic of the fact that he is a faithful servant C Harry Hopkins has a great yen for the New York gossip columnists. U. S. Rangers in United Kingdom Train Under Combat Conditions r4 cuou1 " 'tjS,L...- -1 Hi ll . . AParadeA 1 Live ammunition is used to f$n''Pl ' create realistic effects, preparing lVWV the men for actual combat con- y f 4fVS ditions as shown in photo abovp. fapJ 1 Right, It. William Jarrett, , 'J medical officer ivith one of the fLS4 t f U. S. Ranger battalions. LliJ-sjU One of the phases of Ranger beach landing operations, under the direction of Commando instructors, who are past masters at the art. fi3'; v V ". i VWfiVsiti I.. . a 'f First Lt. Warren E. Evans, chosen as "Typical Ranger" of the battalion, is being congratulated by Brig. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, V. S. officer on Lord Louis Mountbattens Combined Operations Staff. Lieutenant Evans is 6 feet 4 inches tall and 24 years of age. .Ma, w 1 d a a wet 1W Oi A V" Y-v- " .ai1"", vioiiv: s&1- .Jfa KfirtW 4 , 1 to. iff 4 I 1 r SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON -:- Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D Of the Moody Bible Institute of Chiracs (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for October 4 Lrsson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and coovriffhted bv International Council of r.ellgioua Education; used by permission. FAITH IX CHRIST AS OCB FEf&OXAL SAVIOl'B LESSON TEXT Acts 16:1315; Ro mans 9:1-11. I GOLDEN TEXT Therefore being Jus. titled by fal:h. we have peace with God I through our Lord Jesus Christ Romans 5.1. Salvation through Christ is the way, and the only way, into the Christian life; therefore, there could be no other subject more suitable than that of our lesson to begin our brief series of "Studies in the Christ Lift;." Our les3)n for today tells us first I how one comes into a personal sav ing faith, and then gives Paul's statement of the result of saving faith in the changed life of the be liever. I. The Opened Heart (Acts 16: 13-15). Paul anal his companions on their important errand for the Master, bearing tos news of the gospel, had first known His guidance by hin drance, by the closed door; and then by the direction of the Spirit into the open door, revealed in the vision of the man of Macedonia. Here in Philippl they found not only an open door, but an open heart, one which the Holy Spirit had. made ready for the preaching of the Word of God. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). Note that while Lydia was a wom an of ability and culture, and a wor shiper of God, yet she needed the message of redemption through faith in Christ. Lydia evidenced the truth of her profession of faith by open testimony and by a desire for fellowship in putting forward the work of God (v, 15). Salvation is by faith apart from works, but a saving faith is always one which works. II. The Transformed Life (Rom. 5:1-11). This is one of the great passages of Scripture, rich in doctrinal instruc tion, presenting through Paul an il luminating discussion of Justifica tion by faith. This lesson affords an opportunity for teachers to learn and present to classes much needed truth along the line of Bible doctrine. There is not enough teaching of this type. Peo ple seem to prefer a little devotional study, or the discussion of current events, pjssibly in the light of prophecy. These are good, but it is of first importance that Chris tians be Informed regarding doc trine. We find in this Scripture the glori ous transformation of life which' comes to the one who takes Christ as Saviour, as we note the seven, results of God's justifying grace. 1. Peace (v. 1). The human heart craves spiritual peace and knows that it can be found only when sin has been dealt with and put away. For sin cannot be condoned or ig nored. There must be justification, and that can come only through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2. Grace (v. 2). A peace with God brings the peace of God into our hearts. We have that peace be cause we have by faith come into, the place of God's favor. No long er strangers or outsiders, we have come in ("have access") to His place of grace and favor. 3. Hope (w. 2b, 5a). Our faith not only brings present peace, but causes us to see future glory. Such a hope puts us in a right attitude toward God, and the things of life, Including tribulations (v. 3), are rightly valued and understood. Even our troubles become evidences of His love in which we may glory. 4. Love (vv. 5b-8). God's love which gave His Son to die for our sins becomes the "shed abroad" por tion of every believer in Him. It was an immeasurably great love, and it all centers in Calvary. 5. Saved From Wrath (v. 9), The wrath of God is minimized or de nied in much modern theology, but it is nonetheless a very "real and awful affection of the divine na ture." But the Christ who died for sinners will surely deliver the saints from the wrath of God against sin. 6. Reconciled (v. 10). The death of Christ, which justified man has accepted by faith, brought recon ciliation. Atonement had been made for sin. and the One who died is alive again, a living Saviour. 7. Joy (v. 11). And why not? Such a revelation of what our re demption Includes should make ev ery believer in Christ rejoice in God. The One who is the sinner's judge is the believer's joy! That is the glorious transformation which takes place when one believes. Some unbeliever who has read these lines thus far must by now be eager to have these things true in his life. Well, why not? "Be lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 18:31). Then read again those majestic and Joyful words in Romans 5:1: "Therefore being justified by faith, we have" yes, I have "peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" Improve J Uniform International P . A. I ssL.
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