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Washington, D. 0. I BOMBING NIPS WITH IUh The plan of continuously bombing Japan from Salpan promises to be one of the most important strategies of the war. But like all difficult In novations, it already has evolved some serious kinks which must be ironed out. They include: crew fatigue, main tenance problems, weather condi tions and home front production oi planes to replace those lost In action. Upon these factors depend the fre quency with which we can keep up the rain of bombs on Japan. The bombing of Japan from Sal pan represents a gruelling experi ence for the crews involved, and al lowances must be made to provide necessary rest periods. If any of the crews participating in the Thanks giving Day raid tried it again three days later, it would be only natural to expect that their operational ability would be proved reduced because of the wearing effect of the earlier 3,000-mile flight. It has also been found that infor mation on weather over Japan is still not entirely accurate. . But reconnaissance photos taken 'after the first two raids did show severe damage to a major aircraft plant outside of Tokyo, also effective shattering of several water front areas which are jampacked with Tokyo traffic. - Other Obstacles to Raids. Officials have also learned that the B-29 still has certain defects which may require modification in future production. These primarily concern the safety of air crews and should be remedied before bombing of Japan can be carried out on a day-to-day basis. Air corps officials still reiterate that the air phase of the war against Japan is nearing its climax, but admit that several more months will pass before the air drive can be really stepped up to its peak. One major hope is that General MacArthur's forces will be able to secure several bases in the Philip pines so that the B-29s can operate from there, thus smashing at the south of Japan almost at will. Because of the B-I9s' vast size, it is almost impossible to conceal them under camouflage, with the result that Japanese planes still operating from scores of fields In the Philip pines could bomb B-29s at will if they were based on Leyte now. ? ? ? RUSSIA AND JAPAN Now that Stalin hai put tha Japa nese on notica for war, calling them aa aggreaaor nation,' Another chapter regarding Jimmy Doolittle's raid oa Tokyo can be told. After dropping its bomb load on Tokyo, one of the planes developed a leak in its gas line. Aware that he could not make friendly Chinese territory, the pilot set his course for Soviet Siberia, figuring he might barely be able to reach dry land. Internment, he figured, was better than execution. When the fuel gave out, he had no Idea where he was, but landed on the best fiat stretch he could find. As the crew of the plane piled out, a column of tanks appeared over a nearby hill. The airmen climbed back into their plane and prepared to make a fight for it, but finally saw the Soviet red star on the leading tank and got out of the plane again. The pilot walked forward to talk with the Soviet major who jumped out of the leading tank. Using Eng lish, gestures, and one or two words of Russian, the pilot tried to ex plain how he happened to be there. Finally, the Russian officer stopped him. In fairly good F.nglish, he said: "Tea, we know all about the bomb ing of Tokyo. And we knew one plane was in trouble and might be head ing this way. We came out to see if we could find you." The bomber crew started to climb into the tanks when suddenly an other column of tanks appeared from the opposite direction. A Jap officer came running toward the Russians, shouting, "This is Japanese ter ritory. We demand the surrender of the Americans." The Russian major immediately dug out his maps, insisting ha was on Soviet soil. The argument raged in German for several minutes, un til finally the Jap angrily stalked off, ordering his tanks to fire. This was answered by a volley from the Rus sian tanks, both aiming at the sky. The Russian tanks then drove on, leaving the airplane behind. They had been going at a fast clip for about half an hour, when the Russian major turned to the Ameri can pilot and said: "I now welcome you to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." ( The border had just been crossed. ? ? ? CAPITAL CHAFF < tin. Melvyn Douglas will soon b? In congress, elected from California. 4. The railway brotherhoods, whose 400.000 members are affiliated with neither the AFL nor the CIO, are borned ap over the appointment of Thomas Cash en of the AFL switch men's union to the War Mobiliza . tion and Reconversion board's la bor panel- Although Caahen's AFL union is in the transportation Held, the brotherhoods feel that one of their son members should have |Mn appointed to the labor poneL ? ' Air Force Triplets and Twins Upper photorraph shows ths triplet seas of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Aldlnger, Springfield, N. Y. Henry L., Robert J., and William F. Aldlnger have flown a total of it trips since May. Right, Boyd and Loyd Bartley, Identical twins of Keystone, Okla., who were members of a B-ti bomber crew. Loyd wears a Purple Heart medal. Cow Shares Home With Refugees Refugee French mother, who Bed from the village ol Corcieux with other temiliea, when retreatini Germans raxed the town, is shown with her baby in the stall of a barn, while the occupant, a cow, looks on. Most of the refugees were forced to do without even the shelter of an occu pied barn. Peleliu's 'Great White Way* Ikli Men* is typical el night HI* on Pelelio, In the Tielnlty *1 the Seeood marine air wing encampment. The streaks acres# the foreground are the headlights of Jeeps and tracks. The earring line Is a marine swing ing a flashlight. The skies are lit ap with tracer ballets and star shells daring attack en Jap positions. Ship's Hatch Becomes a Nursery . ?!? ? tnof tnaMpaiwt, a (hlp'i hatch lerrn u* *fr *5 , y ?* "?* lealaader-Aiaerteaa war ha Mm. with their methera, an nattrea at New Zealaad. They are on their n*yi ****-* to ?*?*?"?? SUtM. Crewmen rlyjed the lines tor the MeMtaMe Wlihi aad made the hatch "eewty." Downs 12\ Planes MaJ. William J. Horde at Crooks ton, Minn., destroyed ltH enemy planes In one day, when be led his fighter squadron into the fire of Nasi aircraft seeking to break np the American daylight raid on Berlin. Vet Earns License Wearing ? hook, Instead of the hand he lost In the service of his eonntry, Marine Pfe. C. W. Pernot of Wilmington, Del., is shown behind the steering wheel of ear in which he qualified for driver's license in Penn sylvania. Ten-other amputation vets qualified. General Wins Pals Chinese grade school children, who consider Maj. Gen. C. L. Cben nault, D. 8. army 14th air force, their hero and their pal, presented him with a handle of Christmas greeting cards, which they had made in school (or their trlead. Knife Saved Life Pvt. Dune Kinman, IS, of Walla Walla, Waak., operated with a pock et knife to tare a pal'* life on the batttefleM. Ho ha* been promlaed ? medical training. / Was Star of Bethlehem A Natural Phenomenon? Astronomers Disagree Four astronomical hypotheses have evolved from the consideration of the Star of Bethlehem as a natur al phenomenon?specifically the pos sibilities of its having been a me teor, a comet, a new star, or the conjunction of two or more planets. A meteor is a very transient and local phenomenon. Under no cir cumstances could a meteor be visi ble for more than a few seconds and one large enough to attract the attention of ordinary observers would have had its place of Impact commemorated. Tradition credits Hipparchus with having noted, in 134 B. C., a bril liant new star where previously no ?tar had been: and since Tycho Brahe discovered his famous nova in 1572, many new stars have been tentatively identified as the Star of Bethlehem. Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Venus are planets visible to the naked eye. Computation has figured that Jupi ter, Mars and Saturn were in con junction in the year 7 to 8 B. C., as such a phenomenon occurs about every 800 years; it is impossible to include Venus and still conform to the biblical account which places the Star in the East since Venus is most conspicuous in the western ho rizon. Modern astronomers do not attach much weight to the foregoing hy potheses. Such phenomena would oc cur too far from the earth to serve as a local guide and, seen in the same direction from any point on the earth's surface, would not stand?as the biblical Star of Bethlehem. Tree for armed forces in Iceland. Hps on Carving ? i Finding the Joints without hack ing op the bird is the hallmark of a skillful poultry carver. He can stand or sit to his task, whichever is more comfortable. Poultry spe cialists of the C. S. department of agriculture offer these tips: Have the platter set on the ta ble with the legs of the roast tur key or chicken pointing either straight toward you or toward your carving hand. A wedge of bread or apple under each side of the bird will steady It for carving. Make a elean eut between the body and the leg and give a slight twist on the end of the drumstick. If the bird is cooked Just right, the leg will then separate easily from the body so you can see the Joint and eut through it to the outside. The leg of a <" -ck or goose is more difflcn'* toint than the leg of a ev .urkey or guinea. A gocu c-j. - r leaves Intact the tidbit near the backbone called the "oyster." Separate the drumstick and upper Joint, and slice the leg meat d a large bird. Start the wing eut at a spot a hove the point where the wing sev ms to Join the body. Cut at an angle of about ?S degrees to hit the Joint. The wing is sometimes not entirely separated from the carcass but dropped dowu so as to leavo the breast tree for slic ing. Slice the breast meat of tur keys, chickens and guineas paral lel to the outside surface, along the grain at the meat. Cut the breast meat at ducks and geese across the grain of the meat at right angles to the ridge bene, after running the blade of the knife under the flesh to loosen it. Snapdragon Game Snapdragon, still played in a modi fled form in England and America, was a favorite Christmas game in England mora than 100 years ago. TTie original game called for a quantity at raisins to be deposited in a large bowl or dish. Brandy or some other spirit was poured over the fruit and ignited. The bystand ers then endeavored to grasp a rai sin, by plunging their thmiyh tha flames. A carol called "The Sang ad Snapdragon" accompanied Sooth Americans Celebrate Feast in Picturesque Way The children of Latin America learn about Santa Claua only through the radio pro grama from North America. Yet Christmas for them is not lacking in gaiety and not lack ing in gifts. But the beneficent visitor, instead of being the jolly, rotund Kris Krin gle, is "El Nino Dioa-the Christ Child?assisted by Los Reyes Magos ?the Magi Kings. While the children of North Amer ica are hanging up their stockings on Christmas eve, their neighbors below the Rio Grande are setting out care fully made little beds of grass or straw, which El Nino Dios will fill with toys and candy during the night. This is not universal, however. In some countries the night for gifts is January 5, for that is the night Los Reyes Magos ride swiftly from house to house with camels laden with good things for good little chiquillos. The yule season in Mexico and many other Hispanic countries gen erally begins on December IS and continues to January 8, when pres ents are exchanged in token of the gifts brought to the Christ Child by the Three Wise Men. In fact, there is sometimes a col orful addition of bullfights, rodeos and folk dances. Symbolising the Nativity. As the climax of this period, (De cember 15 to January 6) there are the traditional Nacimientos and Po sadas. Nacimiento means "birth," and in the intimacy of every home a space is made ready for the colorful little display which symbolizes the Nativity. Every detail of the Pales tinian countryside is faithfully de plcted, with sand, pebbles, grass and twigs. A tiny replica of the stable at Bethlehem is set up, and sur rounded with miniature cows and other animals. At some time between December 15 and New Year's day, every Mexi can family holds a Posada. Mem bers of the family and their friends gather in the patio and sing Villan cicos, or old Spanish Christmas car ols, and march around the patio in procession, to commemorate the journey of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem. Though the postmen of Latin America are not so heavily bur dened as they are here, the greeting on everyone's lips is the same as ours?"Felices Pascuas y Buen Ano Nuevol" There will be no window decora tion ihortage. First Yule Card Printed in 1846 The first Christmas card, proper ly so-called, was produced in Eng land in 1846 as the result of a noble man's suggestion. Sir Henry Cole conceived the idea when overwhelmed by the thought of having to pen personal greetings of the season to his many friends and acquaintances. This first card, of which about 1,000 copies were sold, was produced in black and white: the drawing thereupon was by J. C. Horseley and was hand colored. The idea did not really "catch on" until about 1884 and sev eral more years passed before the custom of sending Christmas cards was taken up by British royalty. Monopoly of the American Christ mas card market was enjoyed by Marcus Ward and Company of Lon don for a few years following their introduction into the United States during the 1870's. In 1880 Louis L. Prang and Company of Boston en tered into competition with the Eng lish firm. Prang and Company of fered $2,000 in prises for the best designs submitted and nearly 600 en tries were received: thus launching the modern Industry which offers Christmas cards of almost endless varieties to fit every pocketbook. Send that Christmas card today! to bind up the wounds of bitterness, make fast the moorings of friend ship, and echo the glorious promise of peace. Ancient Druids First to Hang Evergreens, Mistletoe The Druids of ancient Britain started the hanging of evergreens, holly and mistletoe at Christmas. They are the oldest existing Christ mas rites. December 23 was a holy night in pre-Rom an Britain. They called it the Mothers' Night, and it was part of their ceremonies at Iol, or Yule, meaning a wheel, which suggests the revolution of the sea r Explaining the 7% Cent \ S Cent Cigaf ("Under an OPA order, the eifer Industry la permitted to charge 7H cent* tor the old-time S-ecut elger that has been selling tor L Tbli win mean a saving of St mSBon a year to cigar smokers who have been forced to pay II, 15 and M cents far a cigar about the quality of the former 5-cent smoke."?News Item.) "I don't quite get it." "It's simple, if you stand still and don't twitch." "Look, how will it save smokers SO million if they pay 7% cents for the new cigarT" "The seven-and-a-half-cenUr will be the same as the old nickel cigar." "But there ain't been a nickel cigar in years." "Yes there has, but it has cost six cents." "Okay. I Just took another aspirin. Go ahead." "So OPA authorizes you to pay seven and a half cents for the five cent cigar for which you have been paying six cents." "How does that save me 50 mil lion smackers?" "Because for a cigar as good as the old-time nickel cigar you have had to pay 10 cents." ?*? i "Go on, I'm still on my feet." From now on yon only pug 7V4 cents for what yon would have to pay lO cents." "Bat i never nought U-eent cigars." "Okay. You'll be saving lets at money." "HowT" 'It's easy. By smoking the eigar yon may soon get throngh OPA tor 7tt cents yon will bo saving money on the eigar yon never bay tor 10 cents." ? "But I asked tor a seven and n hall cent nickel cigar today and they ain't out yet." "Did you ask lor the 7% cent nickel cigar that cost 6 cents up to the time they thought up the 7tt cent cigar that will cost 10 centsT" "Yeah." "That leaves you even." "How?" "H you can't get the seven and a hall cent cigar you ain't out any thing, provided you don't buy some thing else that costs more." "Is that ad valorem or ne pins nltraT" "It's without matches, dne to the laet OPA has not acted an the tree matches now selling (or esse cent that may be raised to three cents to keep yon from burning your Angers at the pre-war level." "Where are we now?" "Fourth down, in the shadow of the cigar store Indian, 20 yards to go." "Got a cigarette?" "A saboteur,, eh I" ? ? ? Hitler Explains His Silence I cannot talk about the war? There's nothing I can say; I have so many things to do I I cannot get away; To speak Is quite impossible No message can I bring, For I've discovered suddenly The war's a pressing thing. The mike and I were lovers one* But we are parted now; Affairs that keep me silent, aeh! Are pressing on my brow; My viewpoint's undergone a change And now at words I balk; At last I think It nice to let The other fellow talk. I never thought the day would com* Whan tar off I would stew And let another make my speech. . . (And neither, friends, did yen!) I never dreamed there'd come a time? (So mark this day with chalk!)? Whan Germany wonld hear these words: "Der Fuehrer eannet talk!" I realise yea're mystified When Himmler reeds my staff; It mast seem sfaaife to bear my Bead from another's caff; Bat still I erect yoo from afar Where I mast work aad sweat Tee basy to leap to the mike la wartime . . . WANNA BET? ? e ? "As long as only I myself was the object of some persecutions among certain Germans I could be mag nanimous and overlook their actions. But whoever use a dagger or bomb today against the State will be de stroyed without mercy."?Hitler. ? You remember, of course, how magnanimous Adolf used to hand things over to Himmler in the inter est of magnanimity, and they were popularly called the "Magnanimity Boys." ? ? ? "The OPA announced that on Christmas restaurants would not be allowed to charge more than 19 cents extra over what they ofaarged for turkey dinners a year ago."? News item. ? Wanna bet? ? ? ? The Lotus Club at New York which has been tor man only for ?* years has capitulated and gone over to the ladies. It was abort the last place in New York where a man jumlJ |,JJ- f. . . ?- ?' coma Qiat zroxn nil vm.
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