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Who's News This Week By Delos Wheeler Lovelace Consolidated Feature!.?WNU Release. NEW YORK.?The worries that clouded the round, good-natured face of Gen. Sir Thomas Albert Blarney last April ?. ?<??Jtat Two-War General mares then Now Depreciatet from think ? ?v ls ing about the Jape at Fightert 200 000 Japa nese poised on nearby islands for a jump to Australia. Now he ticks off Guadalcanal, Buna and Gona ana sundry imminent captures and opines that the Nips are hardly the fighters they were cracked up to he. The .general should be a first class judge of fighting men. He j has been in two big wars, most ly upo where the shooting was most prolonged, and is rated a rattling good tactician. He com manded the Australians in Greece and his handling of his battalions is one of the few good memories of that desperate and luckless venture. To the pres ent generation of Australian sol diers Blarney is "Old Tom,' 59 years old and a loyal supporter of our own Gen. Douglas (they never - Invite - him) MacArthur, . under whom he has commanded the Allied ground forces in the southwest Pacific for more than a year. When the war started Blarney re duced his own rank so that he might lead the first division of Aussies in the field. He had been the common wealth's chief-of-staff. Before that he was in charge of recruiting, and long before that, when the Japs were only a faint distant hiss on the horizon, he was chief of police of the state of Victoria. He married late, at 51. and has a son. In the First World war he was mentioned seven times in dispatches. In that war, as in this one, he led a mixed force of Australians and Americans. With these he helped crack the Hin denburg line. ? CINCE "Dogs are people" on the ^ word of the club wtiose doings are told by Darragh Aldrich over a midwestern radio station, General . ? , , "Ike" Eisen Gen. 'Iht? Holdt hower'sScot Vp Captaincy of t i e, T e 1 e k, ThUDogofWar "M. My column. Especially as he has been invited to be the club's commander in-chief with the rank of captain. _ Commander Harry C. Butch er, naval aide to Eisenhower, has conveyed to Mrs. Aldrich from Africa, Scottie's thanks and bis master's gratification. But, alas. General Elsenhower decrees that Telek may accept only a corporal's rank! He's ? been In service only since Octo ber 14, the general's birthday. Telek was a year old on June 29, 1043. But before he reached his first birthday be was a proud father. His wife is Commander Butcher s Caacie, pronounced Khaki. It stands for "Canine Auxiliary Air Corps." Telek and Caacie have a son and a daughter now. Only satisfaction over the way the war goes over shadowed the thrill of arrival of their family, Commander Butcher writes. Recently Telek tried to eat a scor pion, and now his tongue has the outlines of an elm leaf. The gen eral was away but Telek knew that under the circumstances he was en titled to the comfort of the general's bed, and took it. During bombings Telek and Caacie and the pups go under the general's bed together. "For the general, Telek and Caacie afford opportunity for escape from war," writes Butcher. More power to them! ? D IO DE JANEIRO repeats her as " surance that a Brazilian over seas force waits only a call from the United Nations, and if the call _ ._ _ comes the BraxtPt Overseas od(jg are Force Ready; War that the Chief May Lead It .command ing general will be Brazil's war minister, the serious but hard-riding cavalryman, Enrico Gaspar Dutra. Datra has been Brasil's out standing commander for almost ten years and a soldier la fact as wen as In heart since he was It. Be mads up his mind then, after reading limitless lives of mUltary heroes from the deified Alexander onward. He enlisted. was graduated from the state military aeademy at 22 and moved ap steadily to become a brigadier general after the Sao Paolo rebellion 11 yearf ago. Four years later he was appoint ed minister of war. Bis deeora * tions are numerous and include Brasil's Order of Military Merit. Unlike some good generals he is highly articulate and his lectures in the general staff school and at the military academy in Rio de Janeiro were long remembered. He has written a number of books on mili tary matters and knows mechan ized warfare down to the last gas ket and crankcase bolt He has been a horseman almost from birth, and trained to the saddle as a boy out on the broad, cattle covered plateau of the Mato Grosso. But be quite easily shifted to mech anized cavalry when it crowded the hnyburners out of warfare. Sketch of a Victorious Invasion Route This sketch was made by the English artist E. O. Lambert as the Allies were bombing Messina harbor. It shows the entire area of the strait of Messina from the air. Across this strait, which separates Sicily from Italy's tod, the British Eighth army spearheaded the first invasion of the European continent which resulted in Italy's surrender. The distance across the strait, at its narrowest point, is two miles. Prior to landing on Italy proper, Allied batteries along the Sicilian coast shelled Axis positions across this stretch of water. Afrika Korps Men Save Peanut Crop in Georgia I'iiimimii?Hill??imwiwhihi mull iimniiiiM I ni Hill million I n iiiiiniii"ii?i?n?iiiiriimi Harvesting peanuts ocenpies most of the time of these former German soldiers, once dabbed "super men." They were members of the Afrika Korps, first German troops to collapse. Farmers at Dublin, Ga., praise the work of the war prisoners and credit them with saving the peanut crop. Left: This "superman" swung his pitchfork with such seal that he broke the handle. Center inset: Time out for lunch is taken by the prisoners. Right: Coder a warm southern sun, these men apparently are regaining health and com posure. One tenderly holds a baby rabbit eanght in the field as his curious comrades surround him. Japs Murder English Before Leaving Kiska ?' % When D. S. troops entered this dugout on Risks island, they found the Japanese had murdered the English language in a message on the wall. Foolish was spelled "foolisehe" and Roosevelt became "Rousebelt." Mary Churchill Visits the WACS " ' ? 'nil Hill ? Mil Mary Churchill, center, daughter of Prime Minister Winston Chnrehill, Is la the British eonnterpart of our WAC. She Is pictured inspecting the chevrons on the arm of a WAC at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Looking on are Alice Marble. V. 8. pro tennis champ, extreme left, and Mary Bard wick, the British tennis champ. TELEfACT AFTER 584 DAYS IN 2 WARS ... fwo?0 WM I. MCiAJutnON TO UMSTICO ffffffffffffffffffj COit AAAAi oCVrnjC ? , -cw- fffffainw. AttWiWiWMW OUR ARMED FORCES fifffttffl * ttftllittii ?*numt 1944 ?r* ttmmm i fad. yfal ,, Mi I, ? mM+* i ?* 1944 1 i Tiny Tarzan Bc'i only M days old, bat Frank ic P. Rust Jr. can chin himself several times. His amaied parents, rela tives and friends are wonderinf if he will be a candidate for Tarxan roles. ! SPECIAL ART IC LfcsV^^^.. BY THE LEADING \ M Air Cadet By Gen. Henry H. Arnold (WMU Feature?Through apecial arrangement with Woman'a Homo Companion.) If you have not had It happen al ready, perhaps some day you will be standing on your front porch with a telegram in your hand. As the messenger goes down the steps you will break the seal and read: "Selected for pilot training so keep em flying. Jack." Pilot training? Flying? Why did the army air forces select your son? Will he succeed? A host of thoughts race through your mind and perhaps with them is some anxiety. The anxiety yon may feel Is large ly groundless. Yon may Judge for yourself as I tell yon about the things being done in the army air forces to keep yonr son safe. But I am not seeking merely to reassure you. I want to make it possible for you to help Jack enormously, wheth er he is a bombardier, pilot, navi gator, aerial gunner or -a member of the ground crews. Above all, your son Jack doesn't in the least feel that he is being picked on. He is proud and wants you to share his pride. Before he could send you that telegram he had to pass more physical, mental and aptitude tests than most mothers even dreamed existed. Superior Young Man. As a consequence the army be lieves fhat your son's chances of flying through this war and of com ing home to tell about it. are tops. The army, in fact, has taken infinite pains to establish something that you, as his mother, have known from the beginning: Jack is a su perior young man. Be and his classmates In our avi ation personnel training program are the best flier material in the world. And ninety-five of every hun dred of them are going through their long and arduous flight training pro gram without so much as a sprained ankle or a barked shin. Moreover, the flight control com mand of the army air forces is work ing day and night to guard your son's safety. The command is head ed by an officer who is a "bug" on safety?Col. Sam Harris, who was for ten years a test pilot at Wright Field. Our military aircraft have been built to be the safest in the world. I have refused to consider planes that might gain a few hundred feet of altitude or a little extra speed at a sacrifice of safety. Our prin ciple is: Maximum protection for the air crews. Combat Safety I: Goal. Combat safety is our ultimate goal; to attain it is not only a prob lem of the technical and tactical training your son receives but also a matter of attitudes. Here are some ways in which you can help: 1. Keep your balance. Don't pro ject your son Jack and yourself into every newspaper account of an acci dent. You have read again and again of highway wrecks without rushing to put your automobile into dead storage. J. Help Jack keep faith in his equipment. No inferior airplane can possibly be adopted by the army air forces; too much depends on the plane. If you hear anything differ ent, challenge the person who makes the statement. 3. Avoid asking Jack to describe any "flying feats" he has per formed. Spectacular feats have no place in routine training. 4. If family problems arise at home, keep your son's mind clear of them. He is absorbed in the big gest Job of his life. Anything that tends to interfere with concentration on his task now will vitally affect his welfare in the near future. 5. Your son in the army air forces is one of the pivotal figures of this war. In him is concentrated respon sibility not only for his own safety and the safety of his crew but also for a piece of equipment that repre sents the labor of thousands. His is the responsibility for the failure or success of missions on which the lives of other thousands may de pend. Help him to carry those re sponsibilities and you will be help ing him in the best way I know. You will be proud of him; he will be proud of you; and your country will be indebted to you both. Enemy agents spread wild rumors in the effort to break down confi dence in American training and equipment. Perhaps somebody has told you that the accident rate in training is so high that newspapers have been ordered to print stories about only a small percentage of the mishaps. This is utterly false. Check with some personal acquaint ance at the nearest army airport. Ask him if he can recall seeing a single accident which was not pub lished. No 'accident news is sup pressed. This is army air force pol- J icy. PRIVATE PIJRKEY ON TOMATO HARVESTING (Newt Item?Soldiers in eastern training camps are assisting farm ers with the tomato harvest.) Dear Harriet? Lest you get the wrong idea about a new detail I just got harvesting and canning tomatoes I am just writing this note. I know how at first thought it seems funny to think of a jeep who joined up for a global war being in the tomato business, but it is important work, Harriet. When I and a lot of others got orders to help pick tomatoes I did not like the idea of being a Tomato Zouave. I told Sergeant Mooney there was nothing about tomatoes in my draft papers and that my number was drawn from a fish bowl not from no tomato can. ? Sergeant Mooney says "Shut up, dogface, and do what you is told. You are lucky to get tomatoes. It could oe watermelons!" I says to him, "Lissen, sarge, I joined up to be a hero and I never seen no hero with tomato sauce on him." He tells me "You are going to see one now, my boy." ? Well, I am very firm with him and I tells him I was drafted to de a lot of things but that none of them had anything to do with ketchup. I tells him I took a oath to fight for four freedoms none of which has got to be picked off of a vine or pressed into a tin can. Also I explains to him that the Atlantic Charter was not drawn up in no tomato patch. ? Even when I am arguing that my contract makes no menshun of any work among vegetables outside of a clause where I am serposed to get a couple of cabbage-heads named Hitler an' Tojo, he just slips me a sunbonnet and a pair of over alls and tells me that while it wood be bad enuff for a jeep to be took up on charges of mutiny in the face of the enemy it wood be worser to be charged with mutiny in the face of a tomato. ? 1 i am Kind 01 proud on account ol I am one of the fastest tomato pick ers in my outfit. (I get a average of 97 which is very high. All the boys say I must of had experience and they don't believe me when 1 say I never picked one before in my life an' always had a idea they grew on trees. The sarge has thrun out a claim that 1 am a pro.J ? Well anyhow, in a war like this we should all do what we get told to do and wherever I can help is okay so long as the sarge don't put me on no detail to pick prickly pears. I send you all my love, my darling Harriet. Oscar. ? ? ? HIMMLER, MAN OF CHARM ("Hitler assured the German peo ple that Heinrich Himmler, newly named for important duties at home, is a kindly, sympathetic man."? News item.) Do not worry, fellow Germans? Don't feel frightened, sad or blue As I name that gentle fellow Heinrich Himmler over yout Do not credit silly rumors That he is a man of hate; Oh, I really can't imagine ' How such tales originate I He's the kindliest of persons? Ah, that gentle placid face! He's a tribute to the virtues Of the superdooper race; Treat all talk of ruthless tactics As just simple liverwurst; Himmler wouldn't harm a housefly? (If the housefly saw him first I) Just the chief of the Gestapo? This he is and nothing more; He plays softly "Hearts and flowers" To drive out the trials of war; He's my Good Will Delegation He's my little Fairy Prince? He's Sir Galahad (in German)? He's my Chief of Gentle Hints. He's the Boy who's Kind to Birdies He feeds pigeons in the parks; He's our own Big Brother Movement And writes verses on the larks; He helps ladies over crossings. He gives kiddies' heads a pat; When he rides in elevators He will always lift his hat. Heinrich Himmlerl How you'll love him! In his presence each heart melts; Bring your troubles to him freely And do what he says . . . OR ELSE! Rally round this knight so shining, Never doubt his gentle touch; And remember, fellow Germans, Himmler will not hurt you . . . MUCH! ? ? ? A Gallup poll shows that a ma jority of women favor a draft of the fair sex for noncombatant war work, with men opposing the idea. The opposition of the men is easily un derstood. They don't want to listen to all those arguments over why the draft board chairman accepted thai homely Smith woman and deferred the eyefull known as Miss Jones. m One thing is certain: if we have a draft of women the day when th> draft boards have the last word aril be over. A NYTIME is doll time for that little girl. So get started now on this rag doll with yarn hair to braid and unbraid. Her chubby body is made of just two pieces. And such fun you'll have selecting the fabric for her dainty wardrobe from your scrap bag! ? ? ? Pattern 7439 contains a transfer patter* and instructions for doll and clothes. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. 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Tha juice of one Snnkist Lemon in a glass of water. Taken thus, on an empty stomach, it stimulates normal bowel action, day after day, for most people. And lemons are actively good for you. They're among the richest sources of Vitamin C, which com bats fatigoejhelps resist colds and infections. They supply vitamins Bi and P, aid digestion and belp alkalinize the system. Try this grand wake-op drink 10 mornings. See if it doesn't help yon! Use California Sunkist Lemons. JOIN THE C?.C/ fo?b Cotpt) ? *?Y ?
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