DECEMBER 5, 1940
"New Order" Faces
Its Decisive Test
By Kirk-- L. Simpson. Associated
Press Staff Writer)
Tile cold gloom of Europe's second
war winter is closing in amid
multiplying signs that it may see
the Nazi-Fascist "new order"' fellowship
put to a supreme and perhaps
I.JIVC ICOl.
Imponderable factors preclude
even a guess as to where or how the
war will end. Among the horsemen
of horror loosed on Europe by the
war to make this probably the most
tragic Christmas season the Old
"World has ever known are starvation
and freezing cold for tens of
millions of noncombati.uis.
There are descernable, however,
certain symptomatic items indicating
that there may be graver concern
over the winter outlook in Axis
Europe than in London. They give
the lie to the Nazi-Fascist assumption
that mankind in the mass can
be dragooned by force alone into a
new way of life.
Intimations of tottering national
morale point now toward Italy, not
England. No other reasonable explanation
of the Italian army's fiasco
in Greece has been offered. It,
may have stemmed from Italian
public distatc, extending into the
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the war and the Axis partnership.
Tragic blundering by Italian strategists
and army staffs alone cannot '
account for Greece's rout of her attackers
against great odds of numbers
and modern battle gear. The
Italian army in Albania was handpicked
and carefully prepared for
its invasion job. It was composed
of forces recruited from northern
Italy, front the Italian Alps. Those
Italian units proved the toughest
fighters of her World War armies,
yet in this war they failed at the
first test against a foe utterly inferior
in numbers and equipment.
It is now revealed by Washington
government reports on Italy's economic
plight that the British blockade
has been grinding for months at
Italian morale. Sharply rationed '
food and skyrocketing prices are
noted. That is all Italy has thus
far gleaned from Mussolini's great '
adventure at war in Ethopia, in ,
Spain and Greece. ,
By contrast, in bomb-tortured ,
England there is no hint of declining ,
morale. Bright visions of delivering j
a finishing stroke at Italy are reflected
in London war news. The
essential pillars of the Hitler-con- |
ceived "new order" structure for ,
continental Europe are lacking still, i
Spain in the west and Bulgaria in ,
the East are still standing aloof. i
An upsurge of French public reae |
tion has thwarted the Hitler-Laval .
hopes for an effective political union ,
between Berlin and Vichy. Intima (
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Merry Christmas
As Year's No.
If you want a truly merry Christmas be
sure that the frivolity of the season doesn't
turn it into tragedy. The Xationnl Safety
Council points out that the Holidays are
the most dangerous [tart of the year, replete
with auto casualties, home accidents,
burns and falls. Keep these. "don'ts" in
mind and you'll live to see the new year:
DON'T give children dangerous
toys, or toys with sharp points. If
they operate with electricity, be sure
you supervise their use.
DON'T decorate the tree with
lighted candles unless it's absolutely
unavoidable. Carefully wired electric
bulbs are much safer.
DON'T place the tree near a stove
or fireplace.
DON'T leave a lighted tree unguarded
at any time; you must be
on the lookout for fires.
DON'T use a rickety, unsafe ladder
in decorating the tree.
DON'T place Christmas candles
near the tree, curtains, paper
wreaths or other decorations.
DON'T overlook the opportunity to
make your tree fire-resistant. Ac
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astronomers believe may be one ex- i
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tions of popular "free French" demonstrations
in both German-occu- s
pied and unoccupied France leak E
through censorship. fc
In Nazi-conquered Norway, Hoi- g
land and Belgium the same story is t
told day by day. Sporadic instances c
af increasing passive resistance to r
Scrman mandates and occasional g
sniping at Nazi patrols dot the news, r
3uite cleasrly tiie first defeat-bred "
public apathy .and despair is giving \
.vay across the channel to hope inhilled
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cording to the United States forestry
service, you can do it this way:
Divide the weight of your tree by
four and buy that many pounds of
ammonium sulphate. Dissolve it in
water, one and a half pints to each
pound of ammonium sulphate. Cut
the end of your tree trunk on a
diagonal, put some solution in a jar
and stick the diagonal butt into the
solution. Add solution as the tree
drinks it up.
DON'T be excessive about Christmas
"spirits."
DON'T leave toys exposed where
people can trip on them.
DON'T leave your tree in the
house after it becomes dried out.
DON'T allow steps and sidewalks
to become icy in cold weather.
During Christmas you'll probably
have many guests; sprinkle salt or
sand in dangerous spots.
DON'T drive carefully ? unless
you want to live and enjoy 1941.
his year.
Professor William' H. Burton, Jr..
xecutive curator of the Hayden
ilanctarium, said today the Cunlingham
comet and the planets uf
upiter and Saturn would be in visble
conjunction by Christmas.
It will be the first time since
683 that the two planets have been
n conjunction, Barton said.
"The great astronomer Kepler was
o impressed by a conjunction of
>alurn and Jupiter that he figured
lack and found that in the year
;enerally accepted as the Nativity
hese two planets were not only
lose together as they are at the
iresent, but had been joined by the
ilauet Mars, to form an extraordi
lary sight in the sky," Barton said.
Perhaps that was the 'star' the
Vise Men followed to Bethlehem."
Poland E. Cunningham of Harard
college observatory staff disovered
the comet September 18
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vite them to visit us at our store,
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$ amples of our ability to save yo
* MEN'S SUITS?formerly sold for $5.00.
worth $10.00, now
I $3.50
3 MEN'S REPAIRED OXFORDS?Hunp.
dreds of pairs, good as new
p $1.00 M $1-25
f OVERCOATS FOR MEN?Large stock,
many colors and sizes
A $2.00 and $3.00
leT Army Blankets, Shirts, Pants?
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LADIES' OVERCOATS?Good and serJSr
viceable, reduced to
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MEN'S ODD COATS?Hundreds of
them, now going at
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Full line of Hosiery for every member of
toshes, Rubber Boots . . . and hundreds of
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amples of our every-day prices:
cB $15.00 Vanity Dressers _
>|p Dining Room Tables
Second hand Bed Room Suites, as low as..
Good Pianos as low as
Special price on Linoleum Rugs, 9x12
We have plenty of Victorian and Antiqr
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Old Books, Pictures, High Poster Beds . .
too numerous to mention, all sold real cl
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CHILDREN'S SHOES?More than 500 $?
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MEN'S UNDERWEAR?All-wool 2piece
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China Closets $10.00 >m*?
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;ers, down to $6.00
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